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Originally Posted by pepperpot
How have health care wages been affected ?
Also going back a while.....in hospitals where they were looking to 'make cuts', they took away some of the nursing duties and hired 'less qualified' (meaning non-nurses) to handle some of the responsibilities of patient care. It was scary.  Some of those people barely spoke English, had very little training or understanding of 'patient care'....it wasn't their fault, they were just cheap labor and hospitals looked to save by delegating some responsibilities. End result, patient care went downhill, as things which would've been 'caught' (recognized) by the nurse being familiar with their patient was now being overlooked as they spent way less time with the patient. And the nurses became so overworked and overburdened by the increased responsibility and workload to cover more patients at a 'high' level of care. |
I got a 7.5% raise in April. I work in private practice. The hospital in which I do occasional per diem is staffed adequately and has a large per diem staff to cover vacations and illness. We all got raises this year. Patient care is consistant and MA is one of leaders in the nation in healthcare standards. PCA'a are only allowed to take vitals and assist with basic care. They have to be trained, certified and do a numbe of assisted hours on the floor before they're allowed to work on their own.