Nurses worry about mental health care after closure of HCA behavioral health unit
COOL IT’S GOING TO GET COMING UP NEXT. >> IN PASCO COUNTY NURSES ARE SPEAKING OUT AFTER THE CLOSURE OF A HOSPITAL’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT HCA, FLORIDA, TRINITY WEST CLOSED THE HOSPITAL’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT IN SEPTEMBER. 8 ON YOUR SIDE’S, MELISSA MARINO IS IN TRINITY AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PATIENTS. AND I ESTIMATE SOME PEOPLE BUY OFF GUARD. I GUESS MELISSA. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. STACEY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IS THE FACILITY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THIS FLASHING SIGN IN FRONT OF IT. IT SAYS THIS FACILITY IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. YOU CAN IT IS EMPTY NEAR THE HOSPITAL. TELLS ME NOW THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED AT THEIR FACILITIES IN WEST TAMPA AND LARGO. HOWEVER, NURSES WHO WORK HERE, THEY WORRY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE PATIENTS. THEY SERVED. >> AND OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE NURSES CONDEMNING THE SHUTDOWN OF HCA, TRINITY HOSPITALS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT. THEY SAY IT PUTS MENTAL HEALTH CARE OUT OF REACH FOR MANY OF THE PATIENTS THEY SERVED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE NOISE. WE WON HCA TO KNOW THAT, YOU THIS IS HEALTH CARE. MENTAL HEALTH IS HEALTH AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE TO HAVE AVAILABLE RATE IN THEIR BACKYARD. THESE REGISTERED NURSES WORKED IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT. THEY SAY AFTER PATIENTS WERE EVACUATED FOR HURRICANE IDALIA, THE HOSPITAL DECIDED TO CLOSE THE UNIT NO LONGER OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AT THIS FACILITY. THE HOSPITAL TELLS US ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE DECISION IS A DECLINE IN PATIENTS SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, HCA, FLORIDA TRINITY WEST HOSPITAL HAS EXPERIENCED A STEADY DECLINE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENTS BEFORE HCA, FLORIDA, TRENDY WEST SUSPENSION OF SERVICES DUE TO THE HURRICANE. THE HOSPITAL’S AVERAGE DAILY PATIENT CENSUS WAS ONLY A 3RD OF ITS CAPACITY. >> NOW THE NURSES SAY THEY WERE OFFERED NEW JOBS WITHIN THE HOSPITAL AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. BUT THEY SAID THEY SPECIALIZE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE. THESE JOBS WERE IN OTHER SPECIALTIES AND THEY JUST DIDN’T FEEL COMFORTABLE ACCEPTING THEM. SO THEY SAY RIGHT NOW THEY’RE KIND OF
Registered nurses at HCA Florida Trinity Hospital West held a press conference Tuesday to speak about their concerns after they shut down the hospital’s behavioral health unit.
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This, amidst the pretense on the part of 2nd Amendment proponents that the solution to gun violence rests in proper care of the mentally ill. If the for-profit institutions don't stay open, what do you think that bodes for affordable, accessible community mental health care?
This makes no sense whatsoever;the cases of mental health 'incidents' are rising all over the country.
Half the country is nuts. Welcome aboard.
Biden’s Open Southern Borders with 9 million plus illegals & more on the way, will Collapse the U.S. Healthcare System.
Thats right, nurses!! We want nurses leadership with this problem!!!
Behavioral health units/mental hospitals don't help anyone anyway, they're just in it for the money.
Ok ladies, instead of whining and crying, start a mental health facility. If there's a market, why aren't you monetizing it? C'mon all you strong empowered females!