Hospital to nurses: Your injuries are not our problem

[Jim Schue]

Hospital to nurses: Your injuries are not our problem

 

I love corporate culture. Especially after seeing all these nurses care for my dad and haul his fat behind around while he was incapacitated. What a crock.

[mcpapa]

But the hospital's lawyer disagreed, arguing that Cawthorn actually hurt her back partly while lifting a dinner casserole out of her oven.

[Jim Schue]

But the hospital's lawyer disagreed, arguing that Cawthorn actually hurt her back partly while lifting a dinner casserole out of her oven.

 

Yeah, that seems reasonable. Definitely had nothing to do with hauling around patients such as my 225-pound dad.

[Beechwoodfan]

Sadly, this doesn't surprise me at all.

[capt278]

But the hospital's lawyer disagreed, arguing that Cawthorn actually hurt her back partly while lifting a dinner casserole out of her oven.

 

Bull (you know what) at it's finest.

 

My wife is a RN. She has been nursing for 25 years. She's 5'2" about 115. She has aches and pains due to the lifting, tugging, etc. I would like to see the hospitals attorney do a nurses job for one day. He would have a different perspective.

[Blue Magic]

Yeah, that seems reasonable. Definitely had nothing to do with hauling around patients such as my 225-pound dad.

 

225 is a lightweight if you ask nurses.

[BigVMan23]

Care facilities/nursing homes have some of the highest injury and illness rates of any industry in KY, and hospitals aren't far behind. Main reason? Patient handling and the resulting injury's associated with moving/lifting patients. And yes, it absolutely IS the hospitals concern/problem when employees are hurt at the job. Which is why they should be trying to do everything they can to prevent/limit injuries through training, proper staffing, equipment, etc.

[swamprat]

My sister is nurse manager of ICU and PCU at a major hospital here in the TBA. It's relatively new, 6 years old, and they have all of the most modern equipment available to safely lift and transport patients. The hospital determined the equipment was much less expensive than paying workman's comp. Still, she's loses nurses because patients aren't machines and sometime do stupid things.

 

Sis taught me several techniques to lift and carry my father without hurting my back, when he could no longer take car of himself. However, I still wrenched it a few times when he would zig when he should have zagged and I wasn't going to let him go down.

[swamprat]

BTW, Sis is looking for good ICU nurses. Anybody qualified and wanting to be warm, they pay well. :thumb: