Health Care Scenarios

Your forum post touches on two very sensitive topics. One in particular is the potential injuries that can occur to caring for obese patients. Who will take care of the patients, when the staff are unable to care for them due to injuries? It is imperative as health care professionals we advocate safety for ourselves as well as our colleagues. It was reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “nursing and residential care facilities” in 2015 was the second most “highest incidence rates’ of total nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases” (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, 2015). Surprisingly, Police protection came in third with aquaculture being the highest. The statistic was based on reported cases, as I feel in our profession, injury is well under reported. There have been numerous times myself, that I have tugged on a patient and felt the strain in my back without reporting. We have a mindset of we are the nurturer, not the one to be nurtured. In addition, I do feel there is a lack of routine …show more content…
Plus, rarely do we get to sit down for lunch and a healthy meal. It is a run to the snack machine and eat it on the way back, so you don’t pass out in front of the patient kinda job. By the time we get home, if we don’t stop by the drive thru, we are famished and tend to over eat on processed foods.
Living these habits makes it difficult for us as professionals to preach to our patients these healthy living habits. I too am overweight even though I exercise, but my weight affects me personally when counseling patients on healthy life style changes. As I often think, they are thinking “what does she know about healthy”. However, I will continue to preach, exercise, and try to eat healthy. A while back, I came to the conclusion it is not about my weight, it is about the heart and