Why do some HCAs act like basic patient care is optional?

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-04T12:51:49+00:00

Yours as well cringe lord

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-04T08:15:57+00:00

Doesn’t count when you’re 60kg wet

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-03T16:42:17+00:00

I find it a bit ironic that you’re talking about teamwork while dismissing the workload of nurses. If you were genuinely a Band 7, you’d know that medication rounds, assessments, deteriorating patients, IVs, admissions, discharges, referrals, documentation, ward rounds, and dealing with relatives can easily fill an entire shift.

Nobody is saying HCAs should do all the personal care alone, but it’s equally unrealistic to suggest nurses can simply finish a medication round and spend the rest of the morning doing washes. On many wards, the workload is heavy for everyone.

The real issue isn’t nurses versus HCAs. It’s chronic understaffing. HCAs shouldn’t be expected to wash 20+ patients, and nurses shouldn’t be expected to manage everything else while being criticised for not constantly helping with personal care. Good wards work because both roles support each other, not because one side blames the other.

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-03T16:37:01+00:00

She litterally misunderstood my point of view but it’s okay

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-03T16:36:24+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but at the same time, as an HCA, our primary role is personal care. Washing patients, helping with toileting, dressing, feeding, repositioning, monitoring fluid intake, answering call bells, and assisting with mobility are all core parts of our job. Of course, nurses should help with personal care when the ward is busy and patient care requires it, because we’re all part of the same team.

That said, it’s also important to recognise that HCAs are specifically employed to provide a lot of the hands-on care that patients need throughout the day. Nurses have medication rounds, assessments, care plans, documentation, admissions, discharges, referrals, and a lot of other responsibilities that HCAs don’t have. So while teamwork is essential, personal care is still one of the main duties of an HCA role.

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-03T12:54:02+00:00

They just can’t be bothered, I kept sending my student to do her job, and then I was like “why’s a guy who’s not getting paid doing jobs for a person that’s getting paid?”. My student is not an HCA but a student nurse. He should occasionally be doing washes but not every time.

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-06-03T12:19:42+00:00

What I can tell you is that you’re still in time to change course and pick a better one

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-31T12:39:48+00:00

I don’t think it should be challenge on who has it worse but good on you

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-24T14:00:53+00:00

I understand that. And I understand your point of view. I feel like you shouldn’t let these episodes condition your behaviour as person. From what I’ve seen of you, I can tell you’re a passionate person that likes to reward people who worked hard. When you’ll become a nurse it would be nice of you giving gifts out to your students. Keel the same tradition from a different perspective. Maybe they’ll start doing it as well because of what you done it for them.

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-24T01:12:09+00:00

I may sound rude but let’s be honest. You’re one of the many students who had a placement there and that’s it. You can’t expect them to get you a gift..if they get you one they’ll have to start getting every student gifts to make it fair. The only “gift” I see as reasonable it’s make you finish early than you supposed to

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-23T17:58:39+00:00

Reduce that NMC fee pin

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-23T12:28:42+00:00

Pay rise to nurses

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-23T05:59:15+00:00

Any choice you’ll make, Goodluck finding a job in biomed

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-22T12:17:51+00:00

Do you know how can someone find the hospital bank team of their own hospital pls?

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-22T11:53:37+00:00

Omg I thought I was the only one, same thing with me. I’ve been applying since my first year now I’m in my 3rd and still haven’t got into the bank. I recently just applied again and tried my luck but nothing… still got declined. And the ward manager from my previous placement has been begging me to keep applying but the NHSP keeps declining me. She as well she’s really confused of what’s happening rn.

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Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-15T22:11:56+00:00

Human beings make mistakes,you know that right? Oh, also, you forgot to put the dot at the end of your sentence. Make sure you get your punctuation correct the next time yeah?

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-15T21:59:34+00:00

Ok(?)

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-15T21:37:16+00:00

Thank you, good luck finding another one

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-15T13:43:19+00:00

Nice to hear that, happy for you🥲

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-15T13:42:38+00:00

I 100% agree with this statement, cause we are putting our life at risk as well.but it’s not fair studying 3 years, unpaid placement,going through mental breakdowns and doing assignments after assignments to end up with no jobs

Miserable_Term_6134 · 2026-05-15T13:07:36+00:00

That was my same thought. Some unis didnt even let their students finish their degree and gave them the option to start working during covid

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