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Old 18-09-2008, 12:52   #9
jambutty
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Cool Re: Community Matrons

A bit like District Nurses in days gone by.

What goes around comes around I guess.

But in this day and age where money is god, is it cost effective? How many patients would a Community Matron see during an 8 hours day? 8, 10, 12 at the most unless her charges lived close to each other.

If her charges were all in one place, like a hospital, couldn’t that Community Matron attend to more patients during those 8 hours?

When I was in hospital with a pulmonary embolism once the daily blood clot busting drug was injected, the vampires came around and took some blood and I was given the prescribed dose of Warfarin I was left to my own devices. I spent most of my daylight time in the hospital grounds and only appeared on the ward at meal times and when required. Of course the ward nurses knew where I was when I was off ward but really it was a waste of a bed.

From the patient’s and their relatives view Community Matrons has to be great. I’m all for it in spite of the cost effective point.
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