NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — From tackling a nurse to the ground to sexual inappropriate comments, several Metro police reports show health care workers were assaulted and harassed at TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage.

News 2 spoke to one of those nurses.

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"I became a nurse to help people," Kileigh Shelton said.

In 2024, Shelton graduated from nursing school and took a job in the emergency department at TriStar Summit Medical Center. As time went on, she realized violence in the workplace was happening too often. Then this June, Shelton was assaulted while treating a patient.

"She grabbed me by my hair, and she yanked me down, and I went to the ground by how hard she pulled my hair," Shelton said. "I was in sho

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