Subject: Re: "Unnecessary" Is The Word That Bothers People
Author: Charlie
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] Date Posted:10:27:07 06/16/09 Tue In reply to:
Carol
's message, ""Unnecessary" Is The Word That Bothers People" on 23:21:45 06/12/09 Fri
Leah and Paula, if that's how you feel then be happy and enjoy it. For those of us that have minds of our own, who have had past experiences that prove that medical personnel DON'T have our best interest in mind and DON'T always know what they're doing, we can think, request and demand it be done properly. Chances are neither of you have been shaved from nipple to knee by a teenaged boy for a abdoman procedure.
Until we stick up for ourselves that nonsense will always happen. I don't believe that CNAs and other medical "go-fors" know what they're doing or deserve the kind of respect we give doctors. They can't decide for themselves through their medical education or experience how each individual case or patient should be handled. They play "Monkey see - monkey do". Every patient is the same for them and if one patient, for one reason or another needs to be shaved a certain way then to them all patients must be done the same.
I personally won't allow it. If more people stuck up for themselves instead of assuming these teenagers or other medical go-fors really know what they're doing then maybe the medical world will begin to realize that their patients are humans, same as them, and start to treat them accordingly.
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[> [> Subject: Broad Training Is Easier and Cheaper
Date Posted:12:19:55 06/16/09 Tue
They use a broad brush approach when they train the aides of which you speak. They are trained to do everything the same so no decisions have to be made. For example, every patient having an abdominal operation is prepped this way,
every patient having a knee operation is prepped that way,
and so on.
That way, the training is faster, easier, and cheaper, so
all they have to do is tell them which patient is having what surgery and they take it from there. No decisions, no questions to answer. We may not approve of this, but that's how it works. But don't blame the kids for that.
