Nurse for 44 patients! Sigmaringen: One patient raises the alarm

Nurse for 44 patients! Sigmaringen: One patient raises the alarm

Sigmaringendorf, Deutschland - Ingrid Grießhaber, a 57-year-old patient from Sigmaringendorf, found a three-month stay in her former “pride”-the Sigmaringer hospital-to be deeply depressing. After a hip operation, she experienced conditions that she describes as unreasonable during a three-week stay there. She reports that often only one nurse is said to have been available for 44 patients, especially at night. This not only leads to an overload of the staff, but also leaves valuable time for discussions and consolation for anxious patients, as semolina who also emphasizes, who also had to actively act for another patient received a pain reliever. "I thought the hospital was a place that ensures care and security, but the opposite was the case," she summarizes and promises to make the grievances public href = "https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/sigmaringen/patientin-war-mar-stolz-ihr-krankenhaus-nachtlieb-steben-ist--nur-noch-deceprimized-3620765"> Schwäbische Zeitung reported.

semolina also criticizes the range of meals in the hospital, which she feels insufficiently and tasteless. In three weeks she has not received salad once, which she describes as disappointing. The hospital reacts to the symptoms: Gisela Dürr, the head of corporate communication, particularly emphasizes that the personnel key is actually with a ratio of 1:20, but admits that short -term personnel bottlenecks cannot be excluded. In order to improve working conditions, the facility has initiated a program that includes a "flexpool" to cover illness failures, which also includes the integration of foreign nursing staff in the recognition proceedings.

Current challenges in nursing

This Situation does not stand for itself. There has been an acute nursing emergency in Germany for years. According to the Böckler-Institut are more than 100,000 full-time positions in the care area vacant. This shortage of skilled workers is reinforced by poor working conditions and inadequate payment. The pressure on the staff is enormous, which also affects patient safety. Scientific studies have shown that burnout among nurses has a direct impact on the safety of patients. Studies from recent years have shown that the well -being of healthcare staff is closely linked to the quality of patient care.

The demands for better working conditions become louder. Bettina Rödig, a pediatric nurse and works council, as well as Dorothea Voss, expert in working conditions in social professions, emphasize the need for collective agreements for appropriate wages. Despite the increased attention that was directed towards the health sector during the Corona crisis, the working conditions have hardly improved. A survey shows that 86 percent of Germans support a public investment offensive in the health and care sector.

The way to the future

A study estimates that at least 300,000 full-time nursing staff would be available if the working conditions are improved. In this context, the economization of hospitals is identified as one of the main causes for the poor conditions. The existing hospital financing often leads to cost reductions and thus to job cuts. Family and care facilities have seen the official goal of creating a “flexpool” to cover bottlenecks, but it is already clear that additional measures are necessary.

The medical sector is at a critical point. Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach has highlighted the need for a de -economization in hospitals in recent months in order to improve both the personnel situation and patient care. The challenges are numerous, but urgency to tackle these grievances is greater than ever. The case of Ingrid Grießhaber shows how much the real conditions in the healthcare system can deviate from the official statistics.