Jess

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Jess 6 years ago on Nurses - it’s not about the money

Nurses - it’s not about the money

Has anyone had a relative or friend as a patient at PMH? I’ve had several as patients. Very few nurses deliver care with empathy and passion, yet so many ongoing pleas for more from the government. For hours, we asked for help to turn my grandmother. We needed help because she had a broken hip and had to be turned using proper alignment. So often the reply “We are short staffed, someone will be there”, yet three of them sitting at the nurses’ station. One of them commented, “This my second shift, I’m not killing myself”. Bold and upsetting, but my relative is at her mercy, so silence on my part. I’m thinking, why are you at work? Go home! Don’t stay to collect money not labored for. The conversation then rolled into whtether or not overtime would be paid out that month. After an hour plus, the Filipino nurse came over removed her restraints and we turned her. Sadly the Filipino nurse’s presence and concern was more than that of the native nurses. Our family then rotated visitation. We needed to ensure she was not laying in the same position, and her clothing and linen were dry, & that she was fed on time. The care on the public wards at PMH is dismal, yet for the poor there’s no other choice.