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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:51 AM Original message |
Guess who is in charge of your stay when you are admitted to a hospital? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Years ago one of my kids was admitted to pediatric ICU after rupturing her |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm so sorry that happened to your child and your family. I'd be |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. If only I'd known then what I know now. I guess that's why so many older |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I guess a hospitalist would have mitigated that situation, so I can hypothesize that |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. My husband does not do hospital care anymore |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I think it is a constructive influence if the individual has access to a not-for-profit hospitalist, |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. P.S. Nurses would be good in this role. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. when my dad was in the hospital in april we had a heck of a time getting any information |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Wow, two nurses for the entire floor |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. this wasn't the first day my dad was there. and i don't think it was a sunday. |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. so now you know |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I was told I had to take responsibility and advocate |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yep, it's true. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. They weren't burn nurses, they were clueless |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. That's terrible. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. This happens because they don't listen to the Nurses. Nurses should Lead!! and CNAs should step up |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. The nurse didn't know what to do |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Not the Nurses I know. There are few in my Family and I know many others because I am "old". |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Maybe that's one of the differences between for-profit hospitals and not-for-profit LTC |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It was a non-profit hospital |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. heard about this on Hartmann's show. Thanks for |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The People need Their Own Hospitalists. This would be good for America. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. I looked all around the site |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think that stuff goes under the for-profit "Risk Management" meme. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. WE MUST BE ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. The Family Councils at not-for-profit are parts of the GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS that run CMS. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Doctor is only in charge of your medical care. As a nurse, I used to say my job was to advocate, edu |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Nurses are the Closest, so the Patient and Nurses should always be first for Care. |
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WillieW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. I fell while buzzing for help for 40 minutes but no one showed up |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Corporations have been cutting Nurses, to meet 30% overhead for at least 10 years that I know of. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. You were lucky |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. A Hospitialist saved my husband's life. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. A niece-by-marriage in my Family is an Emergency Room Nurse. Wow!! They are amazing people! |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Look, there is a reason for this concept... |
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