fat lip & a black eye." "I left with a U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014). Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work, 2013. (No. USDL142246). 13% of days away from work were due to violence in 2013 ASSAULTED Deb, RN, FNP Missoula, MT I was working with a younger, female patient in the ICU. She was mentally alert but angry and had been verbally abusive throughout her stay. As I was taking her vital signs, she grabbed my stethoscope which was around my neck and held me down with it while she spit in and punched me in the face. I left with a fat lip and a black eye. and this rate has increased In health care & social assistance, i Between 2012 and 2014, workplace violence injury rates nearly DOUBLED for both nurse assistants and nurses. DOUBLED Gomaa, A. E., MD, Tapp, L. C., MD, Luckhaupt, S. E., MD, Vanoli, K., . . . Sprigg, S. M., MPH. (2015, April 24). Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Retrieved May 12, 2016, from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ Assault is not part of the job.