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No. 40
from karenchad
Old Oct 27, 2009, 12:08 AM

Default Re: CA nurse assistant in vegetative state denied care after being attacked at hospit
the woman's first stop after the ER should have been that CT Scan then to ICU preferrable a neuro ICU for a ventriculostomy or surgery for the evacuation of a hematoma!!
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No. 41
Old Oct 29, 2009, 04:58 PM

Default Re: CA nurse assistant in vegetative state denied care after being attacked at hospit
Chances are good that no Incident Reports or AB 508 Forms (California Assembly Bill law requiring report of assault on healthcare personnel) were filled out.

Regardless of job title, we just have a compulsion to do our job, and we know that these do little to protect us when the patient strikes the caregiver. And, we can see how everyone else is trying to CYA and pass the buck.

Workers Condemnation, er, Compensation, in California will end up being too little, too late, and there won't be the compensation that the family needs now to care for her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcMLfXjjUZg this link to YouTube puts a human face on the damage.

We all have to work with a certain amount of denial that it could happen to us, despite our best attempts at being good employees, nurses and people.
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No. 42
from dscrn
Old Oct 29, 2009, 05:50 PM

Default Re: CA nurse assistant in vegetative state denied care after being attacked at hospit
I agree that nobody wants to think that it will happen to them...but when it does, we should not be fearful(or intimidated not to) about filing paperwork,,and compensation should come quickly. In my state, wc cases can take over ten years to process. You just would not believe the stalling, excuses that goes on...
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