(20 November 2011, 18:42)NorthernRaider Wrote: My missus is a very highly qualified and experienced nurse of 35 years service and she hates the way the NHS is set up these days, Thousands of graduate nurses who think they no longer should have to clean or feed patients or make beds or tidy up, it drives her mad. Also if any of our families kids are admitted she makes me stand at the door to the kids room and makes me ensure than anyone who enters washes their hands first.
She showed me pictures of patients who had lost limbs to MRSA, C diff etc no one gets past me at the door to our kids room. Our hospitals are filthy, but I dont know about where you folks live but my missus again says many of her wards are full of self inflicted disease ridden druggies and alcs who cost the service a fortune, and are often violent to the staff and bring in loads of self inflicted diseases on their bodies.
This is so true MRSA didn't even exist in the 70's and early 80's my aunt is qualified midwife and nurse for 40 years and in the 70's early 80's they weren't allowed to wear their uniform in public or take it home. When they finished working it was placed in laundry bin and the hospital washed/sanitised their uniform. that way infection was down to minimum. - There are many nurses /doctors that have VERY poor hygiene and bring in ALOT of bacteria into the ward.
My hubby was in hospital for pneumonia and when he was admitted I went in with a pack of dettol wipes and wiped every single thing, including the bed railings buttons etc and I did this every single day. I bought him breakfast, lunch and dinner and I sponge bathed him every day in the hospital. My aunt and I checked his med schedule every day (because 1st day they missed doses of meds and his fever was going sky high). He was out within a week. By then the nurses truly hated me!
But during this week - I noticed that not once did any of the nurses offer any of the patients including my hubby, assistance to sponge or shower, they were moping with water and half the floor wasn't moped and they used the same damp cloth to wipe 12 patients food tray. You can easily see how bacteria can breed in a hospital and those poor patients that had no family coming to assist them were getting worse as the week went on.
One poor patient (next to my hubby) kept wetting himself because none of the nurses came when he called - I even went to tell off some of them to try and assist the gentleman, I felt really sorry for him and everyday I visited hubby I always ask him if he needed anything so I could try and assist him. - I grew up seeing how the NHS was and now most of the nurses either don't care or are too overworked to care. In fairness the head nurse had 3 wards to deal with - its alot when your working 12/16 hours. and 2 very lazy nurses who didn't want to be bothered with anything except gossiping and being irrated at seeing me 3 times a day!
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