Right, i have just got home from my first day on the wards which was brilliant and i loved every moment apart from one. Im working on a 'care of the elderly' ward and most of the patients need help to wash or are totally unable to do it themselves. Well today the 2nd patient that i have 'EVER' cared for needed a bedbath. This gentleman was well built and tall-I am short-I was with another nurse (a fairly high up nurse, Sister) and when we had to place the gentleman in his chair she placed her arms under his armpit (axila) and heaved him off the bed and then complained when i didnt help her lift him. Ive been told that this is assult and can cause serious injury to both patient and nurse by my university and the moving and handling people.
She left me to tidy up and went behind a curtain and proceded to ***** about me not doing any work. Im actually quite upset by this as this woman is my mentor
What do i do? Do i lift and risk damaging my back/hurting the patient or do i risk annoying the staff?
some states in america are trying to institute what the uk has got, but the thinking of nurses over here is about 30 years behind the uk, its strange how such a civilised country is so underdeveloped in their health care industry. theres lots in the uk that america still has not caught up with.
no anna, thats not how it works, each 2 week pay period that i work i earn 6 hours of vacation/sick time, so if you work the 3 nights/days you start to earn time, you can get workers compensation if you hurt your back in work but its not very much money and you make the money up for a while with the time that you have earned. then it goes back to paying for medical things that your insurance doesnt cover. i am afraid that american nurses just dont have the same support for lifting and injuries that uk nurses do.
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some states in america are trying to institute what the uk has got, but the thinking of nurses over here is about 30 years behind the uk, its strange how such a civilised country is so underdeveloped in their health care industry. theres lots in the uk that america still has not caught up with.