Majority Of Nurses Fear For The Safety Of Their Patients
Every nursing home abuse case I get involved with ultimately boils down to problems with staffing--- or simply an inadequate supply of it. Particularly when dealing with a vulnerable group of patients in a nursing home or hospital, even minor errors can result in exceedingly complex medical complications. While my impressions on staffing issues in nursing homes could be skewed by the type of cases that I work on, a recent study seems to reinforce my observations. Straight from nurses' mouth to patients' ears--- safety issues are a real problem facing patients in nursing home and hospitals. A survey conducted...
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Use Of Restraints Amongst Nursing Home Patients Has Been Reduced More Than 50% Over The Last Decade. Is It Enough?
When you consider forms of cruel treatment, maybe you consider beds of nails or solitary confinement? However, another form of cruel treatment-- the use of restraints, is commonly used with innocent nursing home patients. At some facilities, patient restraints are a commonly used tool used by facilities in lieu of providing actual hands-on patient care by facility staff. In the past, nursing homes used physical restraints such as: bed rails, lap belts, vests, wrist ties and special chairs to assist them in literally controlling their patients. In addition to de-humanizing patients, the use of restraints was attributed to rapid physical...
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Many Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities Continue To Threaten The Safety Of Their Patients With The Use Of Bed Rails In Their Facilities
To many, the use of bed rails on a hospital bed provides an added level of safety to prevent falls for patients who may be in a weakened physical state. While use the of bed rails may be appropriate in certain situations, research tells us that bed rails are still significantly overused and can endanger patients by allowing them to become entrapped in a gaps created between the rail and the side of the mattress. The entrapment risk can quickly kill a patient within minutes. The New York Times recently reported on potential dangers associated with the unnecessary use of...
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