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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Health Care |
Why doesn't the government have laws on how many CNA's per Residents in nursing homes ? 26 residents to 1 CNA |
Employees and residents are both victims to not enough staff in nursing homes.To bad profits mean more than good care and good working conditions. Many states has a ratio but it is counted as nursing hours per patient, that is they include CNA's, LPN's & RN's as part of there overe all nursing hours for a 24 hours period. Meaning like each patient must have at least 2.5 hours of direct care each 24 hours, but like i said it includes cna, lpn, rn Don't like it? Leave. Plenty of CNA jobs around. Many states do have caregiver-to-patient ratios. What state are you in that doesn't??? (Of course, just because the state law requires a certain ratio, doesn't mean that every nursing home meets that requirement at every moment of every day. But, the requirement is still there...I was under the impression from the wording of the question that your state doesn't have any legislated ratio at all?) Most states do. That is the reason I quit being a CNA, none of the homes would abide by the rules. You can try and call your state health surveyors and find out. I found that in my state of Indiana its up to the place of employment how many and where I work (as a CNA and Ward Clerk) we have 3-4 CNAs for 39 residents and it still can be tough.. it also depends on acuity and the shape the residents are in. |
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