Hundreds of cases of physical, sexual, and verbal abuse of nurses investigated

It is expected that one of the people addressing the Oireachtas health committee today will be a children's nurse who has endured verbal and physical assaults from parents angry at overcrowding. File photo: iStock

Almost 500 investigations were carried out into physical, sexual, and verbal abuse of nurses in the workplace during a one-year period, the Oireachtas health committee will hear today.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) is to say the increasing levels of assaults, burnout, and occupational infections cannot be ignored.