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by MGE on August 4th, 2008
You could sue the administration and the corporation, but do not blame the staff, as much as it may seem like their fault. Even if it were their fault NAC's are not college grads and what training they do go through is short and then they are thrown out onto the floor. Nurses can be awful, under staffing is a huge problem. On days you you are scheduled to have 6 NAC's you only receive 3 to work with, that's a double load for every NAC. A man who has never fallen out of bed before is tucked in and sleeping, your nurse screams at you to come and do something for her now (that means NOW) you had better go and do it. Double checking the side rails is the least of your concerns at that point.
NAC's are almost always stressed out of their minds and while the nurses scream at you to take your breaks your fellow NAC's scream at you not to because your work while your on break falls to them (remember your already short handed). At the end of the day not all of your work is done and whats left you get reamed for not doing, even though you did just pull the load of two people. If you had been fully staffed everything would have gotten done on time and all the bed rails owuld have been checked. NAC's do the best they can with what they have and if your grandfather fell out of bed and died because of the fall (my sympathies) justice should be brought.
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It was my dad. I think that they should remember that there is a human life in their hands, putting up a bed rail doesn't take that long. I understand what you are talking about, they are short handed. We are too where I work, and we have to take on double and triple loads, but we still have to service the students. We are there for the children, so we work very hard to get them all seen as often as they are supposed to be. When your job is taking care of a human being and taking life into your hands, you need to be so careful.
by JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate on August 5th, 2008
Agreed. -hugs- My sympathies. Where do you work that involves children?
by MGE on August 6th, 2008
I am a speech therapist for a school district.
by JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate on August 6th, 2008
I understand your earlier comment better. Speech therapy is so important for children it their annunciation and pronunciation of words has such a strong impact on how others treat them and on how well they learn. Kudos for choosing to work with children : )
by MGE on August 6th, 2008
thanks
by JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate on August 6th, 2008