Lives are being put at risk because student nurses are being left on their own with patients, a study has claimed. A poll by the Royal College of Nursing of 1,500 student nurses found nearly half had been left unattended with patients without warning.Guidelines say student nurses should always be monitored except those in their final year and even that has to be prearranged.The government said patient safety was of "paramount importance". So it said thiese things should not be happening and is a risk to patient care. Another survey of nurses working in 173 hospital wards revealed a third of nurses thought patient care was being compromised on each shift because of reduced staffing. Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said: "This is extremely worrying - patients' lives could be at risk.

The damaging deficits in the health service not only result in job losses but have a serious impact on the remaining workforce. I feel these things if continued on a regular basis can result in a serious accident, risking the patients like never before. If experienced nurses are unavailable or their number is short then the hospital should arrange their shifts or their working hours in such a way that they can cover the patients round the clock. If everything is left to the student nurses, patients left unattended, this is nothing but extreme callousness of the hospital staff. The experineced nurses should understand their duites and responsibilities with regard to the patient's health care. Its good that student nurses learn from them but on the other hand they also should not learn how to take the situation carelessly.

The government should take this situation seriously and must intervene to improvise the situation atleast for the betterment of the hospital affairs and patient health care. More light on this issue can be found out by just following the link http://news.Bbc.Co.Uk/1/hi/health/6560497.Stm

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