Checkpoint Ethical Decision Reflection
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Checkpoint Ethical Decision Reflection
HSM/230
March 31, 2011
Laura Prati
Checkpoint Ethical Decision Reflection
I use to work for a nursing home, where there were many different people who believed in different ways. While working there I faced many ethical issues that were very hard to swallow. Where I worked there was three units, which equaled out to 150 beds and all of them where full but three at that time. Each unit had what was called a day room where residents could eat meals that didn’t want to eat in the community diner hall. Until one day the company came up with this plan with cutting back on staff in the kitchen and making so that there where two seating’s in the community diner hall where everybody would have to come and eat. Well this became tuff and very unfair to the residents. This place is their home and should run like a home setting. We had a lot of residents that would sleep in lake an because that was just how they were. But if they woke up at 9:30 am then they had missed out one breakfast and we as the CAN’s would have to find something on the unit for them to eat because the kitchen was closed. Not fair or right. These people and their families are paying big money for people to take care of their loved ones. Well it wasn’t just the eating routine that got me the most was the fact that we as CAN’s weren’t able to toilet our residents the amount of times were suppose to per shift nor were we able to give the showers and baths we were required to per shift. And to make things worse there were still residents in bed that needed full assistance and didn’t get dressed or ready for the day until 11:00 o’clock. So in the meantime the residents are laying in a soiled ore wet brief for well over 4 hours. Well this resulted in bed sores, breakdown, infections and many other problems. So I made a list of all the people that had these problems and why they have them and called the state and reported the facility for neglect....
HSM/230
March 31, 2011
Laura Prati
Checkpoint Ethical Decision Reflection
I use to work for a nursing home, where there were many different people who believed in different ways. While working there I faced many ethical issues that were very hard to swallow. Where I worked there was three units, which equaled out to 150 beds and all of them where full but three at that time. Each unit had what was called a day room where residents could eat meals that didn’t want to eat in the community diner hall. Until one day the company came up with this plan with cutting back on staff in the kitchen and making so that there where two seating’s in the community diner hall where everybody would have to come and eat. Well this became tuff and very unfair to the residents. This place is their home and should run like a home setting. We had a lot of residents that would sleep in lake an because that was just how they were. But if they woke up at 9:30 am then they had missed out one breakfast and we as the CAN’s would have to find something on the unit for them to eat because the kitchen was closed. Not fair or right. These people and their families are paying big money for people to take care of their loved ones. Well it wasn’t just the eating routine that got me the most was the fact that we as CAN’s weren’t able to toilet our residents the amount of times were suppose to per shift nor were we able to give the showers and baths we were required to per shift. And to make things worse there were still residents in bed that needed full assistance and didn’t get dressed or ready for the day until 11:00 o’clock. So in the meantime the residents are laying in a soiled ore wet brief for well over 4 hours. Well this resulted in bed sores, breakdown, infections and many other problems. So I made a list of all the people that had these problems and why they have them and called the state and reported the facility for neglect....