Report: Edgerton hospital was in violation of staffing, reporting mandates
EDGERTON--Edgerton Hospital plans a slew of corrective actions in the wake of an investigation that showed the hospital was understaffed on several days this year.
Investigators from the state Department of Health and Human Services found the hospital did not follow its own policies for staffing nurses during more than a dozen night shifts and that hospital staff did not properly report the details of an “unexpected” cardiac emergency in August that left a patient dead, according to a state report.
The violations surfaced after an anonymous complaint that the hospital had left its emergency room without staff for nearly an hour overnight on Aug. 9 while patients were there, the report said.
According to the report, the incident happened early Aug. 9, while hospital staff was responding to an inpatient and a nurse who were both suffering apparent cardiac emergencies at the same time in another part of the hospital.
The inpatient, who is not identified by name, reportedly died later on Aug 9.
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Dec 6, 2012 at 1:15 a.m.
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nurse4u that does not suprise me a bit. its a damn shame. we have good nurses out there than we have the ones that just want the check & dont care about the patients. same as some cna's. something needs to be done with these places. idk how heatlh & rehab can keep sliding thru like they do. something has got to give. these ppl deserve better.
Dec 5, 2012 at 10:38 a.m.
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spbrat- I know Beloit & Rehab got investigated cuz we had a patient admitted from there who was suppossed to be receiving multiple narcotic pain relief medications. A drug screen revealed the patient did not have ANY indication of any of the medications in this person's system. Not even a trace of his meds. HOWEVER, med recs from Beloit Health & Rehab showed they had documented he was receiving his meds as ordered. So tell me, what happenned to the narcotics, & who faslely documented that the patient had their medications administered? I am not even going to go into other issues I saw with this patient cuz of HIPPA. NURSING is a skilled profession. C'mon NURSES advocate for ALL of our patients!!!
Dec 5, 2012 at 10:03 a.m.
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I applied for an ER position there in September. The new hospital is very nice in Edgerton. I was very surprised to learn that at their night shifts they had only one RN on, & were going to increase the staff to two ER RNs for night shift. They ended up giving the position to an in house RN already. I do not know all the circumstances, but the lead RN manager, Shelly, she seemed to really care for her staff & patients. I am saddenned that someone died. It must be very frustrating trying to staff and run a new hospital, and of course, you always have SNAFUs that you have to prepare for. When the RN to patient ratio is too much, patients do end up receiving less quality of care. Just remember, RNs are human too. We are not Superman. Just saying.
Prayers & my condolences to the family of the deceased patient.
Dec 5, 2012 at 7:53 a.m.
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SPBRAT14, I know exactly what you mean, a relative of mine works at that place. I have heard many, many stories, especially in the past..say 5-10 yrs ago also. (with past owners/management) Many people have either left (not working there anymore) or have been let go for various reasons.
Dec 5, 2012 at 2:44 a.m.
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I am so grateful to work at a long term care facility that truly cares about their staff and residents! Staffing is unheard of as compared to other nursing type homes. Never even considered working in a nursing home, but when I happened to experience Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona...it changed my mind completely!
Dec 4, 2012 at 9:12 p.m.
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well all the calls we have made they need to come to beloit health & rehab as well. we are always understaffed & as soon as admin. gets wind the state is coming, they pull ppl out of the ceiling to make it look staffed. its a shame. the residents & workers are suffering. even admin. passes meals when state comes just to make it look good. any other time you dont see any of them. oh & some residents have complained as well as about the infestation of mice & its still getting the page turned.
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