The Toxicity of Long-Term Care
Minimizing the Nurse Shortage
It has been three years since Covid-19 changed the course of healthcare. Whether that change has been good or bad is still up for debate. Relatively speaking, the business-as-usual prototype for long term care still dictates how facilities operate.
It is within these models, where underpaid and understaffed scenarios are the norm, exposing the most abused profession in the workforce the American Nurse.
Nurse disparities have doubled since the onset of Covid, giving rise to trending shortages without considering a failing healthcare system.
If you question the validity, refer to the nursing board within your state and examine the staffing ratios for skilled nursing facilities.
State agencies deem 1 to 30, sometimes even 1 to 40 ratios as acceptable.
How is this even legal?
Keep in mind the same boards who regulate staffing are the same organizations who opt to suspend or revoke a license for deviation of care.
One nurse cannot manage the med pass, chart, do skin assessments, answer the phone, do admissions, speak with families, perform treatments and keep the residents from falling?
