Litigation

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

You make your kids buy you loads of stuff and make them do everything for you that you had to do for them



Matt

+1
As a parent, you start by wiping the dribble from your babies mouths and changing their nappies, and excusing the fact that they've sh*t themselves because they are too young to know any better ... and as a parent, I'll be expecting my kids to be wiping the dribble from my mouth, changing my catheter, and excusing the fact that I've sh*t myself because my sphincter is too weak for my brain to control anymore ... eventually ... unless I decide to go out in a blaze of glory at the ripe old age of [whatever] but JUST before all my faculties go ... and JUST before my licence expires (again) LMAO

EDIT: Oh yeah and Mel, if justice prevails (which I'm sure it will) then this case (and the plaintif) will be thrown out of court instantly!

[Biker Biggles]

Good post Melody.You have just demonstrated in a few lines what is wrong with our public services.At grass roots level the staff are so hacked off with the blame culture that large numbers want out of the job.These are people who are good at their jobs and often have many years experience,but who have had it all knocked out of them by incidents (either personal or to their colleagues) like you describe.
In the type of work I am involved with things have got so bad that many staff have second jobs just in case they lose their main one,and the "When your number comes up go quietly"mentality has corroded the workplace morale to ratdoes.

My daughter was born early due to problems, thanks to the midwives ( not the doctors! )spotting the problem and immediately responding, the baby and my wife are healthy. In your case Melody that woman needs a good slap aross the back of the head with a frying pan!
Thank you for doing a very difficult job, I hope nothing comes of it.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

Not many people even realise that as health care professionals we actually have to pay a subscription each year for the "priviledge" of being a nurse/midwife??? How many other professions have to pay?

I wouldn't have realised, but then again most professionally qualified people have to pay to retain their qualification. You're not alone.

[Biker Biggles]

Yes most professionals do have to pay subs to a regulatory body in order to be registered to practice.This applies even to those directly employed such as nurses by a hospital trust and is a curious throwback to the old otherwise illegal closed shop of the 1970s.
To work here you must be a paid up member of this body or you are out of work.If you misbehave in any way that this body doesnt like you will be expelled and automatically dismissed from your job and not allowed to work.
Now I think the old closed shop was an evil system and getting rid of it is one of the few things I respect Thatcher for,but this current registration system run by a self perpetuating oligarchy is just as bad.

i cant belive that today people are prepared to sue for having ribs broken during CPR etc, FFS do they not realise that giving CPR involves breaking the chest bone and maybe ribs, its not like F***ing TV where they just bounce on your chest. If you are revived via CPR you will be FUBAR.

I might sue all those naughty Iraqi's who mortared us and shot t the base when i was ther, it caused me trauma!!

people just need to get a life FFS, i would rather have a few broken ribs that will heal and be alive. I would only be greatful to whoever revived me.

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

I`m in a similar profession and i`m sick to death of the threat of litigation... its trebled my paperwork and thats valuable time taken away from the hands on nursing which I love.

You do your absolute best for someone and yet they insist on finding fault.

It sucks! (for want of a better term)

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

Anyway, was she expecting childbirth to be hassle free?!

Matt

Yes.

Women's expectations are too high and a large number do not expect to feel ANY pain at all during labour.

When they do, someone's got to be held responsible.

We once had a morbidly obese woman deliver in our unit. We had to order a special bed for her because she wouldn't fit on any of the regular ones. As you can imagine, getting an epidural to work on her was an absolute nightmare.

She ended up with an emergency Caesarean section, which was a MAJOR risk because she had to have a general anaesthetic.

She tried to sue for an ineffective epidural and the pain and suffering and that she wasn't warned that being obese would complicate her delivery!!

OMG that's insane!

hope it all works out ok for you melody

Originally Posted by neio79

I might sue all those naughty Iraqi's who mortared us and shot t the base when i was ther, it caused me trauma!!

Surely they had filled out the correct risk assesments for the mortar firing, and had several health and safety visits whilst shooting at you?!

Sigh...

Some poeple are just really really thick being obese complicates everything, surely?

Matt