I've been listening to Prime Minister's Questions.
David Cameron wants to introduce 'hourly roundings'. That is, that each patient under a nurse's care should have a 'nurse by the bedside, at least once an hour, checking that they have had water, that they're not uncomfortable, that they don't have bedsores....'
Let's think about this. One nurse can have up to 15 patients on a normal ward now. In 2003 as a Newly Qualified (ie. 3 weeks qualified) RN, had 12 patients in the morning, then 18 in the evening.
So, working with 15 patients. Each hour, the nurse must visit each of them. That means that the nurse has 4 minutes per patient, per hour.
What happens when patients need washes, morphine (requires two nurses to sign out, check, administer), theatre prep, admission?
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To think that David Cameron is out of touch with the realities of the NHS?
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Lougle · 05/12/2012 12:39
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