Assistant Nursing

The patients anywhere in the hospital or in the nursing homes are very vulnerable and some times the nursing assistant takes advantage of their position by abusing them.

The abuse can be of a very serious nature or a small one, nevertheless it is abuse. The abuse can be mentally or physical or it can be stealing of things from the patients.

Most of the hospitals make necessary enquiries into the background before recruiting their staff for the position of Nursing Assistant. In most of the states, the people who are charged with domestic violence, drunk driving are not allowed the post of nursing assistant.

However, now a day the demand of nursing assistant being more the background check has been relaxed and they do not thoroughly check the background of the nursing assistant before they recruit. Since the abuse has increased, the hospitals are being more careful as their reputation is at stake. The Sexual abuse is very common as the male nurse’s patient inappropriately touch the patient or having sexual intercourse with them. For this, the nurses need to be more alert and can make a round at regular hours and check or can give a surprise visit when they know that the patient is alone with the nursing assistant. The nursing assistant also will know that they are under check and will try not to do such deeds. The physical abuse is very difficult to prove unless the culprit is caught red handed or some bruises are noticed. Some elderly patients are hit for soiling their clothes and they are so awed that they will not report such abuse.

• Mental abuse is more prominent in nursing assistant who will tease the patients, or threaten them. Often the nursing assistant here wants to show that they are in control.
• Stealing can include the stealing of cash, food, jewellery or food supplements, as the person stealing is hard to find as the patient meets so many people who work there.
• Most of the Nursing assistants are true to their work and they put in hard work and take care of their patients, but few of them give a bad name to this profession. When some of the nursing assistant is felicitated for doing their work in a proper manner, the others are behaving so badly.
• The nursing assistant’s job cannot be done by anyone and everyone it takes some guts and courage to do that type of work and very few are in a position to make the mark in their field.
• The hospital staff has a responsibility to take care of all the patients and see that they are safe under their care. Therefore, they have to have extensive background checks on all of their employees and this involves money and time. This also puts a responsibility on the hospitals on training their staff and making them understand how important their role is in taking care of the patients.
• The Nursing assistant should know that if they are caught abusing the patients they might be in trouble not only with the law but will loose their licenses.

Tags: nursing assistants, patient's rights

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