Not sure this is the best place for me.
Not sure this is the best place for me, but I will see how it goes. My current focus is not to continue working in Direct Care but rather to be a teacher and educator in the Field of Psychology, in an attempt to help in retraining service-oriented people who have chosen to pursue Nursing or patient service. My reasoning is this: because still today, patients and service-related employees in the Health care field are forced to turn a blind eye when it comes to observing, and reporting patient and employee abuses or neglect in this field. If they speak up about what they are perceiving in their daily workdays, it seems like the whistle-blower rights are often grounds for termination. This is more apparent is Profit based health care provider organizations, such as Avamere, Prestige and even issues like this are being observed at the level of Governmental service organizations, such as the Oregon Department of Health Services, or on the same note the Washington State department of Health. Granted Oregon state laws have really been focused on regulating this kind of illegal or immoral activity, and the Ombudsman of your state Health department is you'r only safe and secure place to report the kinds of potential inhumanity that happens to health care workers and their patients in our society. And I think the State of Oregon is years beyond most modern regulating authorities throughout the United States at the Local, State, and Federal levels. The certification provided by the Oregon State Board of Nursing is by far probably the best system of regulating and certification authorities throughout the entire country. I think the State of California Nursing Regulating probably comes in at a close second, but, at the level of Direct Care, much more needs to be done to support the rights of patients, and employees. What are some thoughts of others regarding this controversial issue?
This is slowly growing into a national concern as more previous generations continue to demand these direct services. I've heard 2 NPR reports on health center under investigations over abuse and fraudulent charges to their patients. It's just a matter of time before it becomes a national crisis especially with all the money involved. As a career though it doesn't look like you'll be able to change anything broken in the system without getting fired. Maybe more room for change in a managerial role.
That's what my mama does.. she is the director of Clinical Education at Golden living Louisville kentucky. She has been a RN 36 years
A national healthcare system eliminates the profit motive that encourages those practices . It also increases the emphasis on comprehensive primary and preventative care that addresses the underlying causes of ill health.