Task D In May 2011 BBC Panorama aired a program called “Undercover Care”. The program showed the unmanaged staff at Winterbourne View hospital mistreating and assaulting adults with learning disabilities and autism. The program caused up roar in society, people who watched it were left feeling angry, disgusted and shocked with how the staff had being treating service users. Winterbourne View was a hospital in south Gloucestershire for people with learning disabilities and autism whose behaviour sometimes made their health professionals and families worry. Winterbourne View hospital was put in place to help to assess and treat patients so that they could lead ordinary lives in their own homes.
Task D Stafford Hospital A report on the failings, poor management and standards of care. Over the years there have been a number of failings resulting in a great number of deaths, this resulted in the public becoming extremely concerned due to the amount of relatives that have died due to the abuse and neglect of the staff at Staffordshire hospital. Numerous reports were made by relatives all of which were ignored, one particular relative demanded a meeting with the head of staff after writing numerous reports on their findings of the failings outlining the bad practice and poor standards of care of a particular department and was given a meeting which lasted no more than 10 minutes. During this meeting the person was made to feel that they were a nuisance and the report they made was untrue. Patients also made formal complaints, due to contracting C-diff, E-coli, Mrsa and severe pressure sores.
Petur Vega English 1302 Paper 2 March 5, 2013 Bourdon In Gilb’s “Please, Thank you “He describes a recently admitted patient that hates everyone and everything about hospitals. A man named Mr. Sanchez is in the hospital due to a recent stroke that he had; leaving half of his body numb or in other words lifeless. Describing everything from the employees to the help button; Being in a hospital makes Mr. Sanchez degraded and also feel worthless as well. Mr. Sanchez would say “This hospital is racist and uses discrimination towards everyone except Anglos. He describes in detail to his kids every employees name and how they all piss him off one way or another.
The Quadriplegic Centre Board of Management vs McMurtrie case. In May 2001, McMurtrie, a nurse, suffered a back injury while turning a patient, R.J, in his bed at a Quadriplegic Centre. After swearing at her, R.J. struck out towards her face while she was bending over him. To avoid the hit, she lurched backwards quickly, and suffered a back injury. R. J. had previously been physically aggressive towards two other staff members, which the employer was aware of.
In March 2012 four-year-old Daniel Pelka was brutally murdered by his mother and her partner. As the shocking news hit the headlines it quickly became apparent that his death resulted from months of abuse and neglect. And the saddest part is, that his death could have been prevented. Failure in social care led to Daniel becoming “invisible” in a system that was in place to protect him. A serious case review found Daniel Pelka, was simply "not heard" at times and "no professional tried sufficiently hard enough" to talk to him.
Life Twice Given: An Unlikely Sacrifice At 16 weeks, Logan Hampson fell mysteriously ill. Four years later, his baby sister, Alyson, developed the same symptoms. Discover the true story of what a mother and father sacrificed for their children. By Nicholas Hune-Brown [pic] Photography: Frances Juriansz When Lynn and Jason Hampson first saw the hint of yellow in their four-month-old son’s eyes in the winter of 2008, they didn’t think too much of it. The young parents assumed it was jaundice, a common illness that would pass with a little time under the hospital lamps. Instead, the colour spread.
The solution was terminating the employee and providing briefing staff members on HIPAA laws and regulations. The fact is the nurse disclosed patient information to her husband for their personal use. The behavior of the nurse is not tolerated in any medical facility. The nurse actions led to consequences that could destroy her career. The nurse in the article made an unethical decision to bring home the patient private information and disclose it with her husband.
and daily visits by a nursing assistant to Francine R., who is largely incapacitated by multiple sclerosis. Confined to her bed, Francine is neglected by her husband, who often allowed her to go unfed or to lie in her own feces for days at a time. Visiting nurses also suspect he abuses Francine sexually, though she will not confirm this, and her catheter is often pulled out when they arrive. The couple’s insurance will no longer reimburse care for the catheter, nor for the other home-care visits. The visiting nurses and aides are extremely reluctant to cease their visits, knowing that Francine is likely to be at serious risk.
After different nurses had went in and tried working with this patient I went in. After entering the room I introduced myself to the patient and got straight to the point. I informed the patient that medicine could not be left at bedside it was against the hospital policy. Also I explained that the only medicines administered to him were the ones ordered by his doctor; and some medications that the doctor ordered was multiple dose. I discussed with the patient also that some medicine is not as effective when not taken all at the same time.
A few other patients in the waiting room scoff at the notion he will ever be seen and they are right. Travis is told that his life-threatening situation “will be reviewed”. Before Travis has the chance to leave he goes into cardiac arrest in the lobby and then and only then is he admitted to the hospital for care. There wasn’t money or room for him, but the administrators could not let him die in the lobby. Even after the cardiac arrest and surgery, the administrators try to release Travis from the hospital.