When a nursing agency cannot find a solution to multiple safety issues for a client and chooses the route of no longer servicing the client, the healthcare system has failed them. Having spent over ten years volunteering with families who require home health care for children with disabilities, I have seen and heard countless experiences of incompetent home nursing care. This has led me to develop a strong passion for advocating for improved home care for those who are vulnerable and cannot advocate for themselves. As a volunteer caregiver, I often wondered where the issue lies and who holds accountability. As a student nurse, I discovered that as a self-regulated profession, it is us, the nurses, who need to take accountability for our own actions. The system itself is not always able to follow through with ensuring client safety. We can only hope that the organizations we work for foster a sense of responsibility.
