(Salisbury) -- On Saturday, January 25th, Delegate Mike McDermott (R-Worcester & Wicomico Counties) will be presenting a House Resolution and a Governor’s Citation to the Forensic Program at Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) to recognize their outstanding work. Last year alone the forensic nurses were working hard and handling a total of 140 cases from various states and counties. PRMC has 14 highly specialized nurses, certified by the Maryland Board of Nursing to perform Adult and Pediatric forensic exams.
The Forensic Program seeks to help victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, abuse and neglect, elder abuse, and vulnerable adults. The program allows patients in need of extended services once they leave the emergency department to receive such services. The nurses in the Forensic Program facilitate communication between law enforcement, local child advocacy centers, social workers in the community, and Life Crisis.
In 2012, the Forensic Program at Peninsula Regional Medical Center also successfully implemented the Lethality Assessment Program to the triage process. This program seeks to determine whether a patient needs necessary referral resources to prevent future lethality in domestic violence cases. This allows patients to receive assistance through outside resources, such as Life Crisis, while still receiving the medical care in the hospital, which can begin in triage. Since October of 2012, the Lethality Assessment Program provided resources to fifty patients.
Another part of the Forensic Program is the Sexual Assault Response Team. This involves three day training to a multidisciplinary team of agencies and hospitals throughout the region. The training is typically conducted by law enforcement and involve information about the changes in the laws, information on rape kit collection, and how to work with victims of a sexual assault.
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Oh horror of horrors - how on earth could this PRMC, any of its departments or employees be worthy of receiving such high honors?
ReplyDeleteIs this the hospital that I read about on here all the time? The hospital constantly thrown under the bus for the shoddy way it is run and the employees are no more than rift raft that do not know how to do their jobs or even care?
Yes, it's the PRMC, the so called For No Profit Hospital, where there are certain 'priviliged' top ranked 'CEO's folks like Peggy who 'manage' to get the yearly raise from making $850,000/year to $900,000/year while other employees get minimum or no raise and their vacation days reduced. Same hospital with a lot of good employees like those nurses working 12 to 16 hours shifts days and nights and weekends, while upper echelons of this TAX EXEMPT, NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION are enjoying the benefits of the High Life. When was Peggy last time in the hospital on weekend? Nevermind, don't answer that.
DeleteYes, it is the same shoddy hospital. You can polish a turd, but it is still a turd.
ReplyDeletewhen did the concept of making no profit become a badge of honor?
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