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Monday, June 21, 2010

The staff's convenience or maybe...the hospital's administrative variable cost cutting: what do you think Mr. Brown?

I don't mean to be flip, I just need to understand

As I said in the previous post regarding the Attorney General Jerry Brown press release which for the first time in the history of this elder abuse case at the Kern Valley healthcare district, former CEO, Pamela Ott is mentioned alone in the story (a paragraph) being compared to the so -called elder abuser of the year, Mary Louise Wilson of San Diego for attempted murder by arson.

As I was writing about Pamela Ott, the CEO, of the Kern Valley Healthcare District prior, during and ...during the mess that would take place in the nursing center for "several years" (You could try to dispute the time frame, but it's not really disputable, as the records still in existence show.) which would degrade into the the safety hazard it became.

But a hazard, not announced such as the Toyota recall. Now that is something major a company would have to have the courage to do. Admit mistakes and begin to fix them.

That didn't happen at the Kern Valley Healthcare District. But I have a question, maybe somebody can answer for me.

Why is it that Jerry Brown keeps calling the chemical restraints for the staff convenience. Is that a term widely used in the business? Or is it like a smoking area out of the rain, for "staff convenience."

What is this staff convenience?

First, the state tagged the hospital with lack of staff, so are we saying for the short staffing, we will convenience them by sedating patients to the point of little necessary care so we can get by with less staff?

Were all the drugs given for staff convenience or were some for patient and family convenience, as some patients would be prone to anxiety attacks, potential frightening hallucinations, depending upon what disease or diseases plague them?

That's where I'm thrown off of this whole argument. I'm all for the argument that the top manager, administrator, knew of some misuse of restraints, be it, chemical or physical restraints. They were popping the physical restraints like candy too, they just weren't as easy to swallow.

But what is missing is the short staffing causing mistakes and ratios of nurses and patients at a minimum, but definitely, more money for the hospital. That's the act of two top administrators, the CEO and CFO, as well as the "pleasure of the board."

So, there should be some sort of explanation for this oft repeated statement by the California AG, Jerry Brown. I'd love to hear it any time.

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