For the second time in four years, federal investigators have determined a Prescott veterans’ medical center failed to protect healthcare workers from unit residents who kicked, bit, struck, punched, slapped and sexually harassed them. In December 2023, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded that Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System’s Bob Stump VA Medical Center again exposed nurses, nursing assistants and housekeeping staff to patient violence. Federal regulations require employers to provide a workplace free of hazards that are causing or are likely to cause employees to suffer serious physical harm or worse.
