I Was SHOCKED By What Happened At The Hospital After Brain Surgery!
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As a nurse I have had a philosophy for the past 22 years - don’t go to the hospital unless you can take care of yourself or you have someone there to advocate for you.
That is the way we feel.
So so true
I stay as far away from hospitals as possible. I’m 71 so my philosophy has worked well so far.
That nurse didn’t need to be there and her phone should be in her locker.
Hope she does great. Prayers.
I was in a Rehab Hospital for 3 months back in 2021 due to both my legs being broken, so I had casts on both legs. When they asked what I did for work, I told them I was a Law Clerk for a Medical Malpractice Attorney. I had a great experience
Brilliant!!!
I will use this if I end up in a hospital❤
I bet they freaked out haha on their part good job
😂😂😂
😂 that’s awesome!
As a nurse this is unacceptable! Please send all of this to the hospital administrator and file a complaint!!!
Absolutely!
They dont care, health care is really bad now.
As another nurse replying, yes! Report!
You definitely need an advocate.
This is normal apparently for hospitals anymore. There is something wrong with the healthcare system. Same thing happened to me. I will never return to the hospital here.
I'm a nurse and after a surgery I landed in the ICU. I have never been treated so horribly in my life. I could NOT believe what they were doing and saying to me. Like I was a criminal or something. Even criminals deserve better. I'm sorry this happened to you. I have lost faith in the US health care system.
It’s terrible that anyone has to go through this.
I’m a retired nurse also and was treated horribly by some and by some I almost died! I can’t believe what is going on in the medical field now a days, much worse than when I was nursing and something needs to be done!!!’n
it’s a people problem. the staff come as high mighty attitudes they do not rightfully have. bad people.
I went in for a simple shoulder repair…but surgery was unsuccessful? I woke with my chest on fire, could barely breathe, or swallow-my throat/mouth was so BLOODY & swollen! It was 1-1/2 hr procedure, but I didn’t leave the hospital until 7-1/2hrs later! Was left in a tiny recovery room, as the surgery level closed around me. I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH AIR-because everything was STILL terribly Swollen. The surgeon said I was ok, even tho the surgery was a fail & left. I was afraid to leave because I couldn’t get enough air…was dizzy & weak. I couldn’t stand-collapsed, from lack of oxygen. Was LEFT alone for HOURS! My driver looked all over for help but the hospital wing was empty!? A nurse FINALLY brought a useless NEBULIZER?! Seriously? Dunno HOW they expected me to get some “mist” past the swelling, when SEVERAL HRS LATER -my Uvula was STILL so swollen it was blocking my airway…(which is NOT THE OXYGEN that I needed!). 71/2 HRS LATER - I finally got home. TRAUMATIZED! My chest/breasts/arm hurt sooo bad, was SHOCKED to see everything was completely BLACK & BRUISED! I am TERRIFIED about going back for a complete shoulder replacement. WEEKS LATER at post op dr visit, was told i had been intubated & “there were some problems “ but I would be ok in time. Then United Healthcare (Medicare/Medicaid as i’m disabled) dropped the hospital completely out of coverage, along with many of my drs - eye dr, dentist, Endocrinologist, & the physical Therapist (who said she was only putting me through 2 months of agony) trying to fix a failed surgery & all the residual damage that would not heal. Surgeon ignored her & ordered 3 more MONTHS of therapy!… THIS IS HORRIBLE leaving me w/a Useless/ agonizing Shoulder ripped up & DAMAGED WAY WORSE THAN BEFORE SURGERY!! Now no coverage for a repair? Wth is happening?
I lost faith in the medical system when I had my daughter last year. The hospital was horribly understaffed and no anesthesiologist available for four hours. I was begging to die. The nurses just rolled their eyes and told me to stop saying that. It turned out the midwife missed my baby was breech and that was why contractions were so bad and back to back. They were so awful and abusive I had to go to therapy afterwards
As a nurse,her nurse should have been fired.former DIRECTOR OF NURSING
With all the current shortages, I’m afraid more are slipping through the cracks. Thankful for all of you great nurses out there!
It’s been 🦵 a year since I broke my right hip and femur 🦴 bone. I have a titanium rod in my femur 🦴 now. My surgery went great!
I was treated worse than a wild animal! While I was in the first room after surgery one nurse was horrible!
This place is a trama hospital, in a large city! I’m gonna save y’all from the gorey details!
Two days later I was transferred to the Rehab unit.
One nurse and one doctor treated me like I was the only patient in the hospital! True caring human beings!
That first night in Rehab I fell asleep and woke up in pure agony 😮 I pushed the call button and asked for medication! A nurse came to my room and said, you were asleep and I didn’t want to wake you up. Since when does any hospital care if they wake you up !
She told me I would have to wait for a shift change for my pain medicine. I asked her how long would that be and she said around 8 or 9 am and it was 2am!
She looked straight into my eyes and said, I bet you want be ASLEEP next time, will you!
I’M SO SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO YOUR WIFE!
And please file a complaint to the head of that Dog Kennel❗️
I was suppose to be there two weeks. After 2 nights there and fear for my life, I called my husband and told him to come and GET ME ASAP‼️
This happened to me May 16 2023!
😳😖😡😭
Malpractice laws need to be reformed as well,to hold hospitals and doctors responsible and not just when it is someone who can afford an attorney. Far too many people get horrific treatment and wind up not being able to sue,all because they did not have lost wages.
Oh, wow! So Sorry this happened to you. Hope you never have to experience that again! Thanks so much!
Whomever in charge of kitchen needs to be replaced not acceptable..
As a long term healthcare worker I'd never leave a person I love in a hospital alone.
I absolutely agree now!
Id never leave a loved in a long term care facility either. The whole medical system is crap.
After being on the planet through eight different decades, I would never ever leave somebody I cared about in the hospital without me sitting right there watching everything they do. When my son was in the hospital they came in to administer his meds 5 minutes after another nurse had been there administering meds so I insisted on knowing what they were doing before they injected it into his IV. Come to find out the medication they were fixing to give him was for the little boy in the room next door. It probably would have killed my son. He had just had kidney surgery.
@@DianeSturlinXXOMG that is horrible. I was with my husband in the ICU almost all day for 7 days. The hospital staff was great. At my workplace, i had one client come in complaining to my co-workers that I couldn’t take care of her that week. A sweet 12 yo girl told me who it was. I dropped that client. Family comes first. I was grateful to sit with my sleeping husband, massaging his swollen toes, giving him sips of water, scratching his itches, and making sure he was treated well. My family is also in the medical field and things don’t always go smoothly. I’m glad you were able to be with your son😊
Diane…I live in the UK and was in hospital after a small operation, next morning and I was given a pot of medication by a nurse that I took.
Not long after I had the medication I started feeling very strange/high, ten minutes later the nurse who had left the meds next to me came back and asked me had I taken them I told her yes and she disappeared.
Apparently the medication was supposed to be given to the woman in the bed next to me who was an addict, she was a regular and would get herself admitted to hospital to get a fix. How can these nurses get away with that when I as a carer who administers medication to my people are held accountable for everything?
As a retired nurse I’m amazed at the decline in nursing care that is taking place. I went through major abdominal surgery this past December and was hospitalized for 8 days. I requested a bed bath every single day and didn’t get to have a shower until the 5th day. Which they left me on my own to do. Had to request ice water several times a day, asked to have my bed changed which was never done, asked to have the bedside commode emptied which was never done. By the time it was gotten around to the nurse had to bag it and throw it away. I asked for the nurse to call the doctor and request ibuprofen instead of OxyContin which wasnt relieving the pain. She refused saying it’s what the doctor ordered. One nurse even told me she wasn’t there to wait on me. I have never treated any of my patients as poorly as I was treated.
That’s so horrible that you were treated that way! Definitely a shame after devoting years to providing good patient care!
Im so sorry😢
I'm not sure if all states are doing the welfare education incentive but in my state they are, for those on welfare there is maybe 2 options to choose from & the state pays for the schooling, so my point is Nursing use to be, a calling, meaning people wanted to care for & help people ect. today there are very few of those kinds of people in the field, it's just a Job with benefits..
I’m a nurse too. We can be real bee itches. I don’t treat my patients like that unless they treat me like a slave (which some do, thinking they’re the only patient in the hospital). That said, patients are in a dependent position with little control and frequently react negatively to this. Nurses need to get out of the biz if they don’t understand the power dynamic.
This is why you never want to be in a hospital without an advocate.
Very True
Not everyone has someone though 😢
Some of us have no family so what are we to do ?
*_A lot of us_* do *_not_* have that opportunity!!! But, I must add, I have NO problems being in hospital without an advocate. I have been in and out of hospital for years, but rarely have had any problems (actually can’t think of any right now)… Most of the health care workers I have met on my way, have been great. They’ve all been wonderful and have given me the care I have been there for and often more than that. I am very grateful for the care I have got at my local hospitals, without them I wouldn’t even have been here!!! This is within the state health system we have, not private hospitals, just in case someone should wonder.
You should file a complaint. Call the doctor even if it's past office hours. If he is a good doctor he will take care of this. WOW sad.😢
Yes contact the CEO of the hospital and file an official complaint. Do not let this slide.
We are checking into that. Thank you.
@@GrownsFamilyFarmor an attorney
Contact the state licensing agency and JCAH
I’m a nurse and was recently hospitalized for my 6th hip replacement. I was there for 4 days and not one time did anyone, doctor or nurse, put a stethoscope to my chest or abdomen for assessment purposes. Nobody even lifted my sheets/blankets to assess my skin or to assess for a DVT since I had been flat in bed for 3 days. The pitcher of water I received on admission was the same water 4 days later when I was discharged. I ran back through my head of my early nursing training when emphasis was placed good assessment skills and detecting subtle changes in respiratory status to bowel sounds or skin changes especially in a post-op patient or a patient who is confined to a bed. I was so saddened and was thrilled to go home. The system is so broken.
Heck no one listens anymore to your chest including your heart doc. They just look at the ekg.
It’s so sad to see. Thankfully there are still some good nurses as well. So sorry that you had to go through that.
Sounds neglectful. In Ireland my son was admitted with an unknown issue where he lost the use of his arms and legs, was on oxygen. The er ignored him for a day and a half but once they eventually saw him they got cat scans, MRI, lumbar puncture and then to a ward on oxygen and steroids. His blood pressure and breathing was monitored hourly for two weeks. Water was fresh several times a day. Doctors and nurses visited at least once a day. He was there for six weeks then a month each in two different rehab centres which were excellent. Makes me appreciate our health system hearing stories like yours.
Cell phones should not be allowed while working! Mom was in a nursing home last year, you go to the desk, they were all on their phones.
Really disgrace to their patients!
I used the language conversion app when I had non English speaking patients. Otherwise, it was in my pocket.
That’s understandable.
That’s terrible!
My daughter isn't allowed to have her phone while she's with her patients. That's their hospital rules and should absolutely be that way..IMO
On behalf of a momma that's daughter is an ER, ICU, and trauma nurse I am so very sorry you all went through that. It's unacceptable!!
There are hospitals that make nurses carry phones . It’s so distracting
I'm a retired RN. Almost all hospitals have been run by corporations that cater to the shareholders who want more money. The number one expense is wages. They solve this problem by understaffing big time. Therefore, everything is a shitshow.
So true which causes the dedicated nurses to quit or retire as they are so over worked
Retired RN also, recently fractured my hip. Filing a complaint on the surgical floor w/dept of health, writing to the CEO and patient advocate. The care was horrendous, had only one excellent nurse, one good nurse and one fairly decent nurse. The rest were absolutely useless and inept. The aides, except for two all needed to be fired. Rehab center was disgusting.
GREED
So on point. The doctor wanted me out walking after back surgery. You cannot walk the halls w/o a nurse because you just had back surgery. But the nurses are so short staffed. The emergency departments are terrible at a Sentara Hospital here. It’s because there is not enough staff.
Agree
The hospital sounds like a hot mess! This needs to be reported! Patient care for brain surgery should never be delayed or taken lightly! This makes me angry! Please don't back down and accept this lack of care.
We are moving forward with upper administration.
Best of luck to you and your wife.
You have young nurse really don't have enough experience,lack of care,always on phone..I work at the hospital as housekeeper. I seen them
I’m a retired nurse and I believe everything you said and it’s so sad that nurses are nothing like we used to be!! I m in my 60s and I fell and broke my nose a couple years ago and badly bruised my knee. I had to call an ambulance and they took me to the ER. I laid on a stretcher in the hallway by the nurses station and other than taking my vital signs the nurses sat at the desk and chit chatted! They didn’t even offer me any ice packs for my face or my knee!! I finally asked for some. The medical care in this country is going to hell in a hand basket! No one cares any more. I’ve just been told I need surgery on my back and I’m scared to go to the hospital to have it done! I pray your wife gets better real soon! God bless you all!
I still remember the charge nurse I worked under in 1974…wore her nurses hat proudly and she was an old maid Miss ….she took me aside more than once and was a better nurse for it.
Thank you so much. Work quality is decreasing in many professions. Sorry you had such a rough time. Thanks for the prayers!
Thanks for all of your service over the years!
Make sure that you have someone that you trust with you as an advocate! Also, write down names, medication doe times, everything!
Nursing isn’t like what it use to be ..you are now a secretary, housekeeper, cna , lab tech , do your own ekgs , ..it’s nothing like decades ago
I highly suggest that you do send a letter to the hospital administration regarding all the issues you listed here in this video. Bad enough with the food issues, but that nurse needs to be disciplined. Not just because of how your wife was treated, but for the patients who will fall under her care in the future.
Yes, we plan to make sure they are aware so that maybe they can make changes so that this doesn’t happen to anyone else.
Agree100%
As a nurse this story is pretty common now days, I would never leave anyone alone in a hospital except for maybe 6 hours while they sleep. All this sounds exactly like when my daughter had an appendectomy.
It’s so sad to have to feel that way.
Wow the nurse is not paid to be on the phone she is paid to take care of patients.she should be fired .
Agree as a retired RN
We were shocked at all that happened during our stay.
This happens way more than the patients would think.
I had that happen to me. I could hear the nurse talking to someone about going out for drinks after work.
I feel bad for them, but at the same time, I wonder if the RN was actually playing on the phone or if he perceived/assumed she was playing? I am an RN in the Chicago area and I have worked in hospitals where we have iPhones to work (each RN). So if the computer is down we do not have to do paper charts we use the phone. The same goes for overriding meds. We are not allowed to do bc we can do it on the phone. Many of my colleagues prefer to do their charting on the phone. I once was accused by the daughter of a patient to be talking on my phone while I was talking to (ironically)her mother. Nonetheless, healthcare is a mess. I love taking care of patients, but nowadays 60% of the day you have to solve issues that are not even patient care issues. I went to school to be a nurse, not a magician. Now if that nurse was really playing games on the phone she should have been disciplined minimally.
PLEASE file an official complaint with the hospital. This sort of treatment is *UNACCEPTABLE* period! unfortunately Nothing will change unless an official complaint is lodged with the administration. I’m so sorry she was treated this way. Hang in there all of you ❤️
We are following up with administration and the patient advocate. Thank you!
@@GrownsFamilyFarm Patient advocate is a buffer or act like a friend to you but don't be fooled, they try to save the HOSPITALS from any legal or official filings that may be made against the hospital. File a FORMAL complaint so processes and procedures can be looked into and hospitals are ONLY THEN held truly accountable. RN of 10 years here that works bedside and knows how hospitals cut corners and will continue to unless people speak up!
I'm a retired nurse and was hospitalized last year and was shocked at the amount the quality of nursing and dietary care has decreased since I worked. It was such a horrible experience I forced them to discharge me early. I seriously feared for my life. I've also had some family members and friends who have had similarly horrible experiences. Part of what the Bible warns about in the last days...knowledge increases, but love grows cold 😢
I’m just glad we were there to double check everything for her. She’s always careful and questions any food that could be contaminated. Thankful for that. It just scares me that there may be people who just trust that it’s right or may not think about it if they are receiving meds. It’s could definitely turn into a bad situation quickly.
Agree
Everyone should have their own meals brought in (homemade), instead of the low quality food in most hospitals.
So true. I was shocked as a nursing student what really went on behind closed doors, and after just a short stent and nursing, I left it due to Director nursing tearing up my nursing notes and demanding I rewrite them to cover facility.
@@charleneneisler7596 I had that experience once….a director ordered a nurse to change her notes to indicate more pain med use to cover the visits. Those are legal records. It was not me. The director changed the notes herself. That was last century.
There is nothing like a miserable, or worse, non-present nurse when you're in the hospital. And there is nothing like a lovely, sympathetic, caring nurse either. I've had both and both made huge impressions on me.
When my husband was in the hospital, I brought him food in because the food was absolutely horrible. Always surprises me the garbage they feed people that are there to be “healed” .
That nurse should be FIRED! I'm a PHYSICIAN, and after my 6th MAJOR Spine surgery, an error in my pre-op info led the arrogant hospitalist to think
I was an alcoholic. Instead of giving me BLOOD for my severe anemia, and antibiotics for my infection, he discontinued my pain medicine and sent me to ICU asking my husband about the last time I had a drink. (And accusing him of giving me extra opioids 😡)
You guys are VERY forgiving. I agree with you that a person should own up to the mistake. I'm thankful for your wife's recovery. Bless you all.❤
So sorry that you had to go through such an awful experience! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Phones need to be banned when nurses are on duty!!
Sadly as a nurse we all have phones( iPhones )that we are required to use to scan meds, labs and patients armbands. It’s how we communicate with both residents and attendings. I really miss paper charting and actually calling and talking to the MD.
That's a bit outrageous you can't just ban phone's Some of these nurses have young children and babysitters husbands and possibly have sick parents living with them as well. So you can't simply just ban phones. Besides using the phone when you're supposed to be doing something else as a widespread issue in most businesses work places and Schools.its Not just a Hospital issue
What did we do before mobile phones if there was an emergency at home etc? Ah yes we had to phone the office or department the person we are trying to reach works for, it worked no problem.
Nobody should be carrying their personal mobile phone during work time it’s disrespectful to answer your phone whilst dealing with patients or clients. As a carer in the community I have a work mobile that I use to log into during my call time with my client, the office can track where we are and will not call me whilst I’m in the call unless it’s an absolute emergency.
@@cgat1955 yes you are Right .I agree with you 100 % I work on a rehab word. But I have my mobile phone on me . because I use it when I'm writing PT notes.becose I'm dyslexic.my family and friends know not to call me at work unless it's an emergency.most Nurses and other health professionals I know don't have there phone on them it's in the offices and they check there phones at lunch break.i haven't seen a nurse on her phone when dealing with a patient.and it is rude to do that .
When I was in the hospital for 5 weeks for flesh eating bacteria, my nurse gave me her cell number so I could just call her when she was on duty, instead of pushing the call button and waiting for the message to get to her.
For those of us with no one to advocate for us, it’s terrifying to think about going into hospital. You die if you don’t go in and they’ll kill you if you do!
This can definitely be true!
You need to file several complaints with hospital administrators!!! Get that nurses name and send in a complaint! This is medical incompetence! There is ZERO excuse for this!!! I am so sorry!
We do have her first name and it should be on Kimberly’s file who her nurse was. We are definitely following up though.
PLEASE have a meeting with the hospital administrator. Not a manager. Not an assistant. The hospital administrator needs to know this and that you are not happy. This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a direct result of poor management and it’s ridiculous. Things happen yes. Absolutely. But the REPEATED disregard for her comfort and safety is shocking.
I had a totally mean nurse. I filed a complaint with the patient advocate. She was banned from my room. She tried to come back in before I told them. I rang the desk nurse after she tried. They called her out and banned her
My husband was almost killed in the ER about 3 years ago. He was having horrible back and burning feet(neuropathy)and bone spurs. The "Dr" and nurse had horrible attitudes to boot. He had an appointment with his PM the next day. Didn't set up an I.V., the nurse thought she was a doctor and gave him a large dose in the muscle of Ketamine! Had horrific flashbacks from the war. Speak for those who can't speak for themselves. 🤬
Oh no that’s terrible! So sorry he had to go through that!
That was horrible, report that hospital to the state ok Arkansas! Horrible, the nurse should be reported, may not have been qualified.so sorry you had such a horrible experience, so sad.
Nurse here…….write all of this down in a letter and then send that letter to the CEO of the hospital, along with the DON (Director of Nursing), and the floor manager, and the Director of Nutritional Services. Make sure you fill out the survey too.
We are following up with administration. Thank you!
Always have somebody with you 24 hours a day when you are in a hospital for your safety!
So sad that this is needed!
Never ever leave a family member in the hospital alone, always have an advocate with you. Been there many times done that.
Not everyone has someone to be with them.
Never needed to do this in Australia. Have never needed an advocate, no one has ever stayed with me, for the most part the nurses were wonderful. Night shift nurses are not my favourite though, always grumpy! I have had nurses who have sat with me and held my hand and one even cuddled me after my babies were stillborn, so much compassion for me. Maybe we are lucky, our nurses are very like the ones in the UK, very caring professionals. Cannot,praise them enough 🥰
How ridiculous.
I had a brain tumor removed about three years ago. PLEASE tell your wife I am praying for her. Also tell her to be patient with the recovery, it is slow, and will take time GOD BLESS.
Thank you!
My husband had brain surgery in 2022 and is still recovering daily it’s a long fight
I've had some horrible experiences with both nurses and doctors, and wondered why they ever went into a profession where they're supposed to help people, when it seems they prefer to medically gaslight vulnerable people
Do NOT get discouraged if you think recovery is taking a long time. I had this surgery in 2009 and was not prepared for the initial and long term recovery. You will be absolutely EXHAUSTED for several months. Be patient. Listen to your body. Take the time to recover. And the weird thing is: don't feel ashamed to cry! It is overwhelming and emotional. Praying for you ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement! This is definitely a long road but praying and hoping that the end result will be well worth it! ❤️
This is very important, I found it very reassuring when someone told me an injured shoulder took her about 10 months to get much better so I didn't freak out when it took me that long too! Just believe you will feel better, it just takes awhile.
I'm a nurse, in healthcare for 40 years, Trauma, ICU, Life Flight. This is completely unacceptable. As an RN, I apologize for the issues your wife had.
I am at my wife's side whenever she has medical care. Prayers for her full and speedy recovery, for you and the kids.
No need to apologize! We know there are tons of great nurses out there and a single bad apple doesn’t ruin the bunch in this case! We appreciate you for your hard work in this difficult profession. She is home now and recovering well, so we are blessed. Thank you!
That nurse needs to be reported.
The hospitals and medical care in general have gone down the tubes! It's everywhere!
So sad!
A hospital is not a place you ever want to stay and it’s soooo wonderful that she had her husband as her advocate!!!! God bless you Kimberley and your entire family! 🥰❤️🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
Thank you so much!
As a retired nurse, I am appalled at the behavior of that nurse. She needs to be disciplined strongly. I hope you reported her! Praying for Kimberly!
Thank you so much for the prayers. We made them aware of the issue.
Yes, complain to the nurse supervisor as well as the administrator. That's uncalled for.
Sending prayers for speedy recovery
So many new nurse are because of the way they are educated so unprepared….go to school for 4 years ,graduate,get a job and have never capped anIV,never inserted a Foley catheter,can only get a blood pressure with a machine…shall I go on? But they do know how to spend hours on the computer charting and writing care plans for the care they are not giving….just saying.😊
@@anonymousfemale9231 I agree. I'm a diploma RN and had to train BS and Master graduates that had never passed meds, started IV's, etc. They were making more money than I was yet i had to train them. The medical field has disintegrated to crap! I dont trust any of them anymore.
Very scary time to be sick and need hospitalization. Retired nurse.
Very sad!
I'm a retired nurse and I wouldn't want a loved one in the hospital without an advocate by their side. This is why the Covid "rules" were so abhorrent in my opinion. Unfortunately they can't teach common sense and bedside manners in nursing school. I noticed a real shift in the attitudes of the newer nurses coming through before I retired. It's frightening.
I agree but am thankful that there are still a lot of great ones out there working!
A nurse can make or break a hospital stay. I strongly advise you to write a formal complaint about the nurse who just wanted to sit at the nurses station and play with her phone, and include her mistake in not flushing her line, and lilly pushing the pain medicine too fast, causing the IV to blow. She acted like she doesn't want to be a nurse, and they need to know that! You should also compliment the nurses aide, who was so helpful. And the other nurses who did their job well. It's important to point out bad service, but just as important to point out positives, so they take you more seriously, and you're not labeled as someone who just likes to complain!
Absolutely! We plan to go forward with this and try to make change.
To be fair the nurse could have been on her break. However, I worked in on place that my floor team member spent the whole shift in the phone while I covered her patients. Turns out she was related to the home's owners.
You need to file a complaint with the board of nursing in your state also. They have no skin in the game.
I was my mother's advocate for a year, and you have to make a formal complaint, otherwise it will happen to others.
Example: I walked in to my mother being unresponsive- septic shock.
@@mimiso516
Nurses don’t take their breaks in the nurses station. They have to be out of the patient care area, and not disturbed in the break room either. I kept my phone in my purse in my locker.
They need to give the nurse walking papers , it’s unacceptable to not properly flush and then administer the medication properly,allergies are serious people pass away from allergic reactions from food, medication etc Kevin wishing your wife a speedy and successful recovery 🙏
Thank you so much! That’s why I was shocked. I assumed a hospital should be one of the safest places to get safe food.
Prayers going up from Chico, California!🙏❤
So sorry for your experience at the hospital. May God prompt that Nurse to do better.
Will ask the Lord for a complete & rapid healing😇🕊
Thank you!
@@GrownsFamilyFarmoh gosh I remember you guys saying that outloud. I didn't want to say it out loud but i have zero trust in the medical field, especially after my dad in the hospital for a month. Ill say we had some that genuinely cared and others that didn't at all. Some that wanted to do more but cant because policy they are hamstrung.
@@OldPecanHomestead- yes…we’ve always had positive experiences with hospitals until now. So this was a complete shock, but now we know what to watch out for.
Please file a complaint with the administration and CEO, you maybe saving others from this horrible neglectful incompetent behavior.
Yes, I was also treated like a non-person and served inedible food. I was really traumatised by the lack of empathy. In four days, nobody ever asked how I was feeling. They don't have any interest in the answer. So sad, because I'm a retired nurse and always did everything I possibly could for people under my care. Things are very different now....
Thank you for being one of the great ones! Sorry your care did not match what you have your patients!
She IS a warrior 💪
Officially report that useless nurse. She’s in the wrong job.
You have NO idea what you are talking about. Shut it up.
I never believed in going to the doctor, but finally when I had to go, due to a four-year natural gas leak in my bedroom that caused me a stroke. They ran me through the gamete for the last 3 years. I could write a novel on the mistakes and unprofessional attitudes in medical today. They made my problem way worse, than what the gas caused, so, two months ago, I stopped everything, and am trusting and letting my body heal itself.
I was an athlete before the gas leak, after they found and fixed the leak, I was recuperating from it, but what the doctors did and the meds they put me on, literally crippled me. I was able to hike the desert botanical garden on Mother's Day with my daughter, who is a triathlete. I would rather have a shorter happy healthy life, than a longer miserable one.
Prayers for your wife, that she heals quickly and has no further problems.
So sorry for your terrible experiences. Thank you so much for the prayers!
I would definitely write a letter to the hospital ministration about the nurse, may be beneficial to other patients.
Absolutely. I had a problem with a nurse when my husband was in ICU. She punctured his track. Then she tried to kick me out of the hospital. The Surgeon made arrangements for me to be with him with no restrictions. I blew up. Found the on call hospital manager. Go a hold of the chief operation officer. They new a law suite was on the horizon.
No it won't they sure don't care either.
Having a loved one in the hospital is stressful enough without anyone adding to it. Sorry you had to deal with that.
@catherinekoretz4327 oh the administrator does.....especially if you threaten their Medicare listing...
I’d have been calling the doctor every time something was even slightly amiss. They hate doctors being unhappy. As well, I’d be calling the hospital Administrator. They also hate being called for incompetence.
I also would be recording everything on my phone video and taking names. It’s all unacceptable. Absolutely unacceptable.
You are too nice.
Dear Lord, I'm so sorry for your wife. I couldn't think of a worse time to be in a hospital.
Just glad we are now home! Thank you!
We have been through many hospitalizations for various episodes. The message you are giving is key. Never leave your person alone. They need to have an advocated on duty all the time to survive hospitalization.
Absolutely and it’s sad!
I, 100% agree that every patient needs an advocate. I would sincerely like to know how I could do that when my husband is put in a semi-private room when the hospital policy says no one can stay with him in the room all night? Believe me, i put up quite an objection to being told i better leave. I was kicked out of his room with promises by staff that he would be completely taken care of. So, i sat in the car in the parking garage. When I returned to his room, he was kept awake through the night by the other roommate, throwing open the curtain asking for help multiple times. No one ever came in to help either patient! So upsetting! This was a no private room hospital. From what I later found out.
You need to complain, this nurse should be reprimanded.
She should be FIRED. No second chances, when someone's life if threatened by negligent care there should be no second chances for employment. She should be banned from the profession forever.
After a transplant surgery in the ICU if it weren’t for my daughter’s being with me for the entire time they could and would even take their time leaving. For 64 days 😔 God saved me from death, the Dr’s said I was days away from death 🙏 I couldn’t wait to leave and won’t even go back to the city. Recently I fell had to go by ambulance to the hospital my girls with me. It was 3am one of the nurses said it was going to be a while for things to get done so told my girls to go home and I would call when I was ready to go. After my girls left 😔 I couldn’t even look at any of them because they were so awful. The Dr. released me with 2 broken ribs and a fractured foot. Yes!!!
If you don’t really have to go to a hospital…DONT.. ✝️❤️🇺🇸
So sorry to hear that you had to endure that!
This is the care my husband got after open heart surgery, hes diabetic, went in with normal blood sugar and the "diabetic meals" they brought in had his bs over 400 WITH insulin shots. I had 4 nurses including supervisors in our room over lazy nursing care. 😢 They got us a new nurse.
So sorry you had to deal with this!
I had a back fusion done and one night kept calling the nurse because the pain was so bad. They kept telling me to push my button to administer the meds (which I had been doing) I said it must not be working but they did nothing to check it out or help me. The morning nurse said no wonder your in so much pain, the machine wasn’t working. They don’t care and neither do the administrators.
Glad your wife is doing well.
That is truly terrible! So sorry that you had to go through that!
Last year I was in for a week. Everyday, I asked to get a shower, but they never did. One week passed, and I finally asked for a towel and washcloth so I could at least wash myself. This was just one of many issues. I now have a real fear of going to the hospital. I can take better care of myself at home!!
So sorry you had to go through that!
Most hospitals especially in the general areas have patient techs or assistants to help with shower/baths, activities of daily living. They can be super helpful or also be lazy. As a nurse, you can get overwhelmed with charting as well as other medical aspects of nursing. I do try to assist the techs with helping with bed care because it’s faster. It annoys me when people are glued to their phones. It’s not only the nurses and staff. I have tried to admit, assess patients and they’re on their phones, too. Sometimes, it takes a few instructions for them to stop. A few times, I’ve left a room and gave up. I assumed they’ll call me when they need me which they usually do but then I’ll be doing other things so now they have to wait. Some hospitals also have their charting system on a phone. One hospital that I work gives us an iPhone for charting and for contacts. Just like the regular population, there are the good and the bad. I’ve worked with crappy nurses that I questioned why they’re in this profession that needs a lot of empathy, patience. I’ve also been a patient and had wonderful and not so great experiences.
If I was in that position I would talk to a lawyer about getting the bill reduced, Sounds like the after care was incompliant so I would NOT want to pay for that !! I'm thankful that she is doing well. May God bless y'all.
Unfortunately they required payment on the day of surgery, so any reductions would be in the form of a refund. I’m sure refunds are not easy to get. 😬
@@GrownsFamilyFarmI would still consult a lawyer.
I don't think he will need to spend unnecessary money on a lawyer and as a retired nurse who also had bad hospital stays as a patient, I will give you some advice. Call the Nursing Director, tell her what occured during your stay, stay with the facts. Tell her to review the chart and speak with all the individuals you spoke to during your stay. If asked, what she can do, and she will ask, then state " I want you to waive the deductible." That should be all that you will need to do and if you paid anything, you want it reimbured. Remember, the incompetent nurse delayed pain medicatin and caused undue pain because she did not follow protocol in delivering a narcotic medication. Prayers for your wife and family.
Thank you so much for the information!
Sorry, you had such a bad experience. Make sure that you file a complaint.
I am also a retired Nurse . I left Healthcare 2 years ago and let my license expire. I refuse to be part of system that puts profits before patients.
We are going to follow up with them.
We ran into a nurse like that on a night shift in Texas, my mother wrote a detailed letter explaining exactly what took place and got a letter back saying that that nurse no longer work there as a result of my mothers detailed and documented experience
That’s good!
I have found that my recent visits to the hospital as impatient nurses are NOT WHAT THEY USE TO BE!!
It sounds like you were just the advocate that your wife needed. Good job!
Ten years ago our 84 year old dad had hip replacement surgery. After a few days in the hospital he was transferred to a rehab facility. The EMS drivers set him in a sitting position on the side of the bed. The nursing staff left him in that position for three hours before they came to lay him down. I couldn’t be with him every moment because I had to take care of mom at home who had dementia.
The next morning I went to visit and found out that he hadn’t been administered any pain meds since he had left the hospital the day before. I was dumbfounded and began to question the doctor who gave me some limp excuse. I phoned my brother who is a lawyer, and he was prepared to fly out and tend to matters. However, care improved after that.
Now both my parents are in assisted living at the cost of $9,600 per month. Facilities are happy to take your money, yet quality of care is poor.
PS. Our daughter had brain surgery for a Chiari malformation when she was sixteen. She has about an 8” scar down the back of her head/neck. Her hair grew back beautifully, and I expect your wife’s will as well.
So sorry your dad had to deal with that. Yes, assisted living costs are outrageous and the care should match the costs but oftentimes do not. Yes, her hair should cover it nicely. Thanks so much!
Oh my goodness! Last thing you expect in the hospital is a lazy, negligent nurse. A disorganized kitchen to boot. So glad you’re OK getting home or your family can really take care of you. 🙏
We were shocked. We’ve been in hospitals many times and have never had such issues. Just thankful for all the great staff they did have.
You haven’t been to a hospital lately huh? I haven’t either, and I was super blessed in 2017 when I was to have great care. But the reality of understaffing, and constantly changing systems has destroyed healthcare in this country. Most dietary systems have gone to direct ordering be each patient vs meals coming at X time. And if the patient doesn’t order every meal, no food comes. It is absolute NUTS . I was very sick, I didn’t want to make decisions about food! Well the first three days I couldn’t have food, but once I started on food, I needed my full liquids so I could prove my re-sectioned bowel was working properly. It was frustrating. Here is another problem….hand held phone looking devices have become very involved in care, so it is possible that it could be mistaken. All that said, dietary should be able to follow proper meals for dietary limitations. What a mess of poor care in this story.
She had another surgery in December of 2022 and the care there was great. It was a different hospital though.
It's amazing what a difference a good nurse can make (as opposed to a bad nurse). We saw this with my wife when she had a blockage in her intestines, and again with my dad with his hip surgery--where his first nurse was so bad that my sister refused to leave the room until the nurse's shift was over. So props to the good nurses out there.
Absolutely! We need all the good nurses we can get and appreciate them greatly!
I am so sorry about your wife I had a brain tumor myself I am 67 Old Man I've been doing good with my brain surgery I will keep you in my prayers God is so good
Thank you so much! Happy to hear you’re are doing well after your surgery!
My husband had open heart surgery, I stayed by his at all times even in ICU, the nurse made him sit for 12 hours straight up after surgery in a chair , when the dr came I told him and he was not happy.
It’s definitely best to have someone with you as much as possible!
Always have a advocate at the bedside watching everyone who comes in!!! I stood guard with my brother in law, I took the 8pm ti 8am shift he took the 8am to 8pm. Watch and pray 🙏 .
I wasn’t very clear about who we were tending , my sister was in Stanford University Hospital 🏥.
Prayer changes everything. God bless you and your family.
My Aunt had brain surgery for an aneurysm, she was supposed to lay still until the Doc gave the OK. That evening two aides came in and got her up in a chair to change her bed. She suffered a stroke and died while sitting there.
Oh my goodness! So sorry to hear that!
Since the Nono in 2020 doctors have a new motto “ FIRST DO AS MUCH HARM AS YOU CAN !”
We did have excellent care from the surgeon and most of the nursing staff. They definitely took their job seriously and were in it for the right reasons!
This has happened to me but by a cardiac surgeon, thank God my husband was always with me and took care of it. NEVER GO BY YOURSELF ALWAYS ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU. Good luck and God Bless.
Thank you!
My opinion that hospital is totally incompetent! I would never go there again and would report it and file charges against them! They are not a safe establishment for any person to be going to. Keep reporting them until something is done.
It is a specialty hospital, so hopefully we will not have to return.
You are a great husband and father...Another retired nurse here...The nursing programs that are charging an arm and a leg for a nursing degree these days, are churning out a lot of
"nurses" who just are in the profession for the money. Always ask questions! Never assume that the person taking care of you or your loved one is competent! Not all Are!
I've seen this in our profession and have fought against it. May God Bless you and the family!🤕
Thank you!
That's awesome that she is looking for an employer that will help her further her education. Getting to do hands-on work will help her gain the knowledge she needs. Wish her lots of luck and success from us! If she is seeking to further her knowledge, she will do great!
*ALWAYS have somebody stay with your loved one in a hospital; it can save their life!*
It’s so frustrating when people especially in ICU situations don’t care. So sorry she went through all that.
I had a retired nurse tell me that in the last couple of decades, hospitals in this country went from patient centered care to hospital staff centered, whatever that means. All I know that a splenectomy in 1990 I had wonderful care. Everyone was great. In 2012 I had a hernia and esophageal operation and I could not get out of there fast enough. (same hospital; different people) It was a frightening experience because of the careless indifference I had to deal with. I feel now it makes more sense to just die than to go to a hospital just so they can get paid to kill you.
It’s crazy how many are having similar bad experiences in hospitals.
Without watching the video and just by reading the comments, it could only be America.
Yes, you are correct.
Australia is pretty bad too or is it just hospital environment that's the problem
No, sounds like Canada too.
That behavior from the hospital staff is despicable and inexcusable. US hospitals did not used to be run this way. They have become bureaucratic corporate institutions. Compared to how it used to be, they are like a bunch of fast food workers. Hospitals used to carry high standards and extreme accountability.
My mother was extremely proud to be a nurse. She is retired now and 80 years old. It meant something to her because it was something she always wanted to do and genuinely wanted to help people.
Now people go into nursing just to make money. That is not a place where you can fake being a healer. Either you are or not.
It was definitely not fun. But thankfully there were still a lot of good staff who helped make the stay a lot better!
The lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals. Extra prayer for your wife Kimberly
Thank you so much! We appreciate the prayers!
I am a disabled/retired RN and sadly I watched the healthcare system deteriorate over the years. Staff cuts after staff cuts until a skeleton staff was the norm. It was near impossible to give the best care to our patients/residents. And it seemed like they kept bad attitude people and got rid of the more experienced and higher paid staff that did work hard and cared. I am so sorry Kimberly got such poor care. It really is frustrating. Never was able to get the right diets for my diabetics and other special diets for my patients. Bless her heart and sending prayers for healing. I would not have been as nice to the staff as it sounds like you all were. I will never go into hospital again after the bad experiences I've had. God is my physician now and I will let him take care of whatever I need.
Sad to see this happening. It puts a real strain on all the great staff trying to do right.
Corporations should never control health care. Nixon removed the laws that prevented profiting from healthcare
@@GrownsFamilyFarm yes, and breaks many hearts of people that go into nursing because they truly want to help people. They throw those away and keep the slobs that lie and don't do their work. I worked with one nurse that didn't even take her cart down the hall and pass meds much less do her assessments. Just sat with her feet up and did nothing all night long for 12+ hours. Bet she's still there.
I'm so sorry! I am a retired nurse and today's nursing ethics are outrageous! That is not how I was educated in the nursing field! I had a complete hip replacement and they kicked me to the curb the next day! I had no one there with me or at home to help me and they didn't care! I am glad she is doing okay now! The health care system needs to have some reform! I'm afraid its all about money and not about patient care!
They should have sent you to a care home for a few days. No nurse or other workers came to your house?
Amen. Praise the Lord for answering our prayers and we give him all the honor and glory,thank you Jesus.Amen.
Amen
Yes! Thank you!
@@GrownsFamilyFarm you're welcome!
You must file a complaint with the CEO and Hospitals Administrator and Director of Nursing. You may make it better for the next patient.
We definitely plan to move forward.
Also board of nursing.
Make sure you get her name and write a letter to the hospital and the board of nursing. I am so sorry that happened to you all.
Ever since COVID the medical community has just continued to go down I've almost lost complete faith in it
I would send this clip to the admiration at the hospital, she had very bad service there as a patient. Was uncalled for. Good luck and healing prayers for your wife and family.
Thank you so much!
This is hospitalization today. They are understaffed.
As a retired nurse I avoid Dr.s and hospitals at all costs. I have had 17 surgeries in the 80’s & 90’s and received great care. Shortly after that the nurses coming out of school could have cared less about patient care. It’s disgusting the lack of care and cleanliness in hospitals today. No one in my family goes to the hospital alone anymore. It’s not safe. I am so sorry for the way you were treated. Things need to be changed in the way hospitals are run as well as what is being taught in nursing and medical schools. One day they they will need help.
Spent 40 years in anesthesia, this is normal. The incompetence in healthcare is routine, the injuries to patients , many fatal, occur daily in every hospital and care centre .
Sad 😔
UA-cam put this video in my feed. I agree with you that that nurse needs to find a different profession. I hope you will meet with the director of nursing and share what you experienced. Sending out good thoughts to Kimberly for a complete healing.
Thank you!
I can so relate to your hospital stories. I've been through similar things when hospitalized. It's aggravating and stressful.
Absolutely!
I totally understand what your wife went through. My mom was murdered because we requested that one nurse not tend to her. The patient advocate person took the side of the nurse and they moved her out of ICU. My mom was critical overnight. We finally got her transferred to another hospital, but it was too late! We lost her on Christmas Eve in 2021!😢
So sorry for your loss! That is so terrible!
My daughter went through spinal decompression surgery without any pain meds - except for Tylenol. Because some asshat put in her file that she was a drug addict. When in reality, she is the administrator of the women's unit at a dual diagnosis addiction treatment center. She sued and won. Yet! Her file still shows shes "drug addicted" and "do not administer pain medication" So! Back to court she goes! And she's on track to have her first award doubled. Which puts it into 7 figures.
That is horrible that she had to go through that!
@@GrownsFamilyFarm she is an incredible woman. I admire her greatly.
I had surgery last month and I had to spend the night there and the nurses were mean to me. I know how she feels I hope she feels better soon
You can also file a complaint directly with the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation. (You can find all the details on-line) Retired RN here - this is totally unacceptable. God bless your family
Thank you so much!
And state
Lawyer up!
We are following up with administration.
I would file a formal complaint. Possibly even talking to a lawyer to intervene on her behalf.
Thank you. We are checking various avenues.
Dido!! My brother had liver surgery and I was horrified at the state of hospyand staff now!! We have the work generation with our health care in their hands!! Just look at how the colleges are training these young people!!
I am so sorry you had such a tough time in the hospital. However, praise the Lord she is doing well. Kimberly you have been in my prayers and will continue to be until full recovery.🙏🙏
We appreciate you and your prayers so much! Thank you!!
Since hospitals have instituted "hospitalists," to take the places of our own doctors, the hospital care is not as it should be. Nursing has also gone downhill. My daughter's friend became a nurse who worked at the local hospital. She eventually left the hospital because she had to agree to doing double shifts quite frequently. Instead, she went back to school and became a nurse practitioner and worked at schools or other private healthcare facilities.
She should be fired. That's not the job for her.
Sure it’s the job for her. She’s there for the drugs! I’ve worked in healthcare all my life and watched this for years.
I'd NEVER go to that hospital again - and be SURE to tell your doctors that were taking care of your wife about the issues you had there!
Yes!
Never ever
Sadly I think it's that way with all of them.
God bless you and your family 🙏
Thank you!
I feel fortunate, with all my surgeries, I've had excellent care in 3 different hospitals. Prayers
Praying for a speedy recovery. 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼
Thank you so much!