30 May 2011 @ 1:35 PM 
 

Nursing Assistants On Patient Mistreatment

 

A lot of nursing assistants apply different forms of abuse to their patients. It can be done physically, sexually or even emotionally. It may sound cynical but you may find that nursing assistants also steal some items from the patient. To handle this matter, many companies execute background checks to their staffs. Whenever an employee is identified to have records regarding domestic violence, any forms of harassment or drunk driving, the person will never be employed because this type of conduct can occur while at work.

The key reason as to why the number of nursing assistants turning to patient abuse is on the rise is that medical facilities decrease their requirements when employing the candidates because of insufficient medical staffs. Today, the companies will have to take the responsibility if this type of incidences take place.

Cases of sexual abuse by Nursing Assistants are taken very seriously. This kind of sexual abuse reports usually contain claims of inappropriate touching and sexual activity. In most cases it is found to take place with male Nursing Assistants with those they are responsible for bathing. It is the duty of Nurses to regularly an unexpected visit into the place where a Nursing Assistant is alone with a patient. It will express the message that their misdemeanours can be interrupted and caught.

Physical abuse is another form of abuse performed by nursing assistants to their patients. The challenge in this kind of event is that the nursing assistant who turned to this act could hardly be proved liable except if we have a witness or indications of abuse are seen on the patient’s body. Nursing assistants carrying this out behavior are usually those who are hot-tempered, quickly get annoyed and are not satisfied with their work. This is also common among the senior citizens because these patients are reluctant to report it because of fear.

Another type of most common patient abuses would be the verbal abuse. Instances of this kind are when nursing assistants criticize their patients or threatening them.

Amongst all types of abuse, theft is the type being reported the most. These cases include missing jewelries, cash, food, mobile phones as well as other expensive possessions belonging to the patient. However the difficulty in this situation would be that no one can easily be pointed as the thief because a lot of people are there in the ward.

The Nursing Assistant profession is often very difficult. It takes a very specific kind of individual to be able to meet the the expectations of everyone. Employers have a duty to protect all the patients. This requires money and time to be spent on thorough criminal background checks and training. It also needs training courses and recurring educational programs for all personnel. Everyone ought to understand indications of abuse to be watching for and the way to report them. Abuse by Nursing Assistants will be prosecuted in courts of law. Anybody getting into the occupation needs to be made very aware of this fact.

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Posted By: TheBrain
Last Edit: 30 May 2011 @ 01 35 PM

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