Employee help...services?

[brai9284]

I work on a L&D unit that has antepartum patients that may stay long term. Our newest patient (who is also an employee at our hospital- housekeeping) is bleeding and may stay for a while. She is stressing out because she is the primary breadwinner at home and doesn't know how she will be able to pay their bills or watch their children. Her husband just started a new job and cannot take time off from this job. She also watches her other children when not working. She's already been cut down in hours due to the bleeding and now may have to go on bedrest. . To top it off one of her other children has leukemia and other issues.

So I'm looking for programs or agencies that can help for situations like this. If anyone has any ideas on what we could do for this patient...please let us know!

Thanks!

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Check with your employer- they may already have something set up. I had a coworker who went from working in the morning to vented in the ICU by evening. The facility had a fund set up as well as hours of PTO donated by staff into a general pool that helped her out financially.