Industry officials contend the bills would force the state's 450 nursing homes to hire 1,317 new nurse aides and 410 new nurses, with no proof that the result would be improved care. An aide's day Leland disagrees. Many of my constituents are nurse aides. She wants to take care of these people, but by the end of a 16-hour day, she' s tired. The institute was chartered in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to enlist distinguished members of appropriate professions in the examination of public health policy and act as an adviser to federal government.
Many nurse aides agree with the report.
For 29 years, Sally Romps has worked as a nurse aide in several southeast Michigan nursing homes. You have to get them up, washed, hair brushed, dressed, teeth in and brushed, glasses washed and on. The stress is so great. The residents who are coherent, they'll call you and ask you to rearrange their clothes, pick up a hanger because it's fallen on the floor, trivial things. Meanwhile, the more-dependent residents need help getting to and from the bathroom, having diapers changed or being turned every two hours so they don't develop bedsores.