An NHS area in Kent has been on trials for Nurses, who are handing out medication, to wear vests with the words ' Do not disturb drug round in progress' and if a patient asks a question, they get the finger, pointing to the vest words.
Nurses say that this is brilliant!
How caring is that?
Assistants if available are there to deflect questions. Doesn't this cost money?
Here is the crux. Football vests cost about Stg 2 each. The NHS is about to buy 500 of these vests at a cost of Stg 15,000 which is Stg 30 a vest.
Whoever, agreed to this needs sacking immediately!
It'S all about errors in medication.
This has apparently reduced the errors very slightly, so hardly at all.
Surely it's the lack of common sense of the nurses that make the errors.
Just use a simple check list and tick when the medication is given.
If the list is wrong, wearing a vest won't change this.
It really is pathetic and explains where the money goes.
Nurses say that this is brilliant!
How caring is that?
Assistants if available are there to deflect questions. Doesn't this cost money?
Here is the crux. Football vests cost about Stg 2 each. The NHS is about to buy 500 of these vests at a cost of Stg 15,000 which is Stg 30 a vest.
Whoever, agreed to this needs sacking immediately!
It'S all about errors in medication.
This has apparently reduced the errors very slightly, so hardly at all.
Surely it's the lack of common sense of the nurses that make the errors.
Just use a simple check list and tick when the medication is given.
If the list is wrong, wearing a vest won't change this.
It really is pathetic and explains where the money goes.
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