Sheffield Community Health shamed on hygiene

[DIVA]

I completely agree with you Scoop, and that's why I was saying you have to consider the needs of the family/patient.

In fact, my original post was just stating the number of people with the patient, and there happened to be kids. Diva then picked on this issue, and the rest you know.

As you are a nurse you know what I'm talking about, when you have visitors who don't give a monkeys about anyone else.

I adore kids, and allow them to visit their mums/dads/grandparents/close rels etc. It's the one's who come to see their step mums aunties friend of friend,then crawl around on the floor I'm referring to!!!!!

Anyway, we better get off the topic, we're miles off the thread!!

ps I really admire you for doing that job, that would break my heart.

 

Actually, Anabella, this is what you wrote - post 42

 

"Cleanliness would be easier to achieve if vistors adhered to the code. No kids."

 

People in the same position as scoop are exactly the reason I wrote my post, raising my objections with this.

[DIVA]

But no one knew he was dying, he died suddenly and unexpectedly. His illness wasn't diagnosed until after he had died, so my point is that we wouldn't have been afforded the special kind of care afforded to families who are losing their loved ones. Just as visitors to someone who was in hospital for investigations.

 

I'm a nurse myself, I work in paediatric intensive care, and I believe that you have to be flexible to every family and recognise their individual needs as far as visiting go.

 

Whilst appreciate that this may often bring conflict between different families and the needs of the hospital, thats where negotiating skills come in.

 

Blanket rules don't really serve anyone, other than jumped up jobs worths who like to bully people by enforcing them without any consideration for others.

 

Not aiming this at you in particular by the way, just using my experience to highlight the fact that blanket bans on children visiting hospital can be very bad for families (I didn't mean to sound harsh, sorry if thats how it came across.)

 

 

Scoop, you are a star. This is exactly my sentiment. Seems like you had more luck getting through than I did though, perhaps because of your job - well done, you put it very well. The people you work with and for are very lucky people indeed. Thank you for restoring my faith in the 'caring' profession.

[anabella]

Unfortunately for you, there are increasing numbers of patients and relatives who won't be treated like second class citizens, or idiots, and will speak out. Sorry if this annoys you, but get used to it.

 

Shame there is an increasing number of patients and relatives that act like second class citizens then isn't it?

What are you talking about anyway, nobody was treating anyone like that. We were talking about hospitals on the wrong thread.

If you don't like the code-write to the chief executive. Perhaps you need to get used to the fact that boundaries have to be set.

[anabella]

Scoop, you are a star. This is exactly my sentiment. Seems like you had more luck getting through than I did though, perhaps because of your job - well done, you put it very well. The people you work with and for are very lucky people indeed. Thank you for restoring my faith in the 'caring' profession.

 

That's exactly why scoop and I had a better discussion, as scoop was able to put it very well.

I'm ending this discussion there, as we are in danger of repeating ourselves, and this does not relate to the thread.