The real heroes of health care

July 28, 2008

Nurses: “In the ever worsening financial stresses being forced upon our system, one can see why nurses can feel overly burdened by very time consuming and needy patients while also trying to maintain a picture perfect paper trail of documentation that has overwhelmed their profession to much the same degree as physicians.”



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1 Anonymous July 28, 2008 at 6:49 pm

What about the CNAs? CNAs work just as hard, if not harder. At my facility, the CNAs are responsible for 90% of the nursing care for the patients. Who gets thanked? The Nurses. Nevermind the CNA who did all the work! What gives? CNAs get absolutely no recognition and are entirely underappreciated!

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