Nurse’s aide lets man she hit bleed to death
A 25-year-old nurse’s aide has been charged with murder after her admission
that she hit a homeless man on a Texas highway and watched him slowly die in
her garage.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020308-7340154.htm

I saw it on our local TV station several days ago. A nurses aide hit the
homeless man, he went through her windshield, she drove home, parked her car in
her garage, and left him there until he died several days later according to
their report. They reported she was under the influence of alcohol, poss. drugs
at the time. Still hard to believe she left him in the window to die.

I know this case is atrocious, but I don’t feel this woman brings
disgrace on every single nurse/nurse’s aide. People are responsible
for their own actions. The use of the term “nurse’s aide” in
describing her was to add sensationalism to the story, IMHO.
Becky

Most news stories use the victim’s/accused occupations to describe
them. Unfortunately, given the sad state of affairs in today’s health
care system, this moronic psychopath might well have been employed
taking care of YOUR grandmother.
Cate

Recently another report before Congress outlined the problems found in health
care settings and certain employees’ . This report focused on nursing homes but
as we all know the problem is all over.

Yet the problem is nothing new,and the report suggested no new way to combat
keeping those who are ill-suited either by temperament or past behavior away
from patients.

The average salary for a nursing assistant in some settings is pitiful,home care
and nursing home being particularly bad. You can background check all you
want,but until salary and conditions improve you’re *NOT* going to get the best
caliber of persons willing to do the hard and sometimes menial labor that NA’s
do in patient care.

As our population ages and more and more persons are choosing to remain at home
rather than go into a clinical setting,it’s going to be vital to find
caring,trustworthy and competent nursing assistant/home health aide personnel.