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Bakersfield nurse refuses CPR, elderly patient dies
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<blockquote data-quote="dstc_99" data-source="post: 583100" data-attributes="member: 15473"><p>Has anyone heard what kind of nurse this was? The reason I ask is that from every account I have heard and seen they have yet to state anything other than nurse and haven't provided any proof as to why they call her a nurse. Not that all employees shouldn't have been trained and that even without training could have tried to help at least.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if this woman who called was simply an employ? She could be a desk worker for all we know, if she was she isn't making diddly squat for money and probably was just following policy in order to keep her job. It was an independent living facility not a "nursing home" and most of those facilities are staffed with people who are needed to assist with meals and activities not health care. They generally have no medical knowledge unless they have been trained by the facility in CPR. Honestly they are glorified "friends" to the people who live there. They often dont even handle medications since people who live in independent living are basically just old and need a community not health care. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand that policy is just ridiculous! I understand liability but ****! They should be able to provide basic life saving measures as instructed by the 911 operator until the EMS arrives. That would cover them in a liability issue. They would simply be performing as instructed by a professional until help arrives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dstc_99, post: 583100, member: 15473"] Has anyone heard what kind of nurse this was? The reason I ask is that from every account I have heard and seen they have yet to state anything other than nurse and haven't provided any proof as to why they call her a nurse. Not that all employees shouldn't have been trained and that even without training could have tried to help at least. I wonder if this woman who called was simply an employ? She could be a desk worker for all we know, if she was she isn't making diddly squat for money and probably was just following policy in order to keep her job. It was an independent living facility not a "nursing home" and most of those facilities are staffed with people who are needed to assist with meals and activities not health care. They generally have no medical knowledge unless they have been trained by the facility in CPR. Honestly they are glorified "friends" to the people who live there. They often dont even handle medications since people who live in independent living are basically just old and need a community not health care. On the other hand that policy is just ridiculous! I understand liability but ****! They should be able to provide basic life saving measures as instructed by the 911 operator until the EMS arrives. That would cover them in a liability issue. They would simply be performing as instructed by a professional until help arrives. [/QUOTE]
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