New signs to post at the door

MADDOG70, BSN · Apr 14, 2005

always wanted to put up a sign in the e.r.

one compalint per pt. per visit!!

after a particularly odorous day, i've decided we should post some new signs that all patients can see as they enter the er:
bathing not optional
oral hygiene required
clean underwear a must (your mother was right)
all dirty unruly children will be dunked in bleach and given to supernanny
combs and brushes are your friends
anyone have others they would like to add???

Peg804 · Apr 14, 2005

Oh, love it, one complaint, How about when your run out of room on the triage because they have so many complaints. LOL, I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing in their face. Isn;t it sad what people think are emergencies. I just want to screen at them GET OUT. They are the one who lodge the complaints that they waited for hours for treatment, and guess what there was no FREE coffee in the urn OOPS I was caring for the patients who really needed to be there. We had one family(the entire family usually is seen when the come in once a week) who called the patient advocate because there was no hot chocolate inthe waiting room, and nothing to eat, cause they were hungry. I get hungry too=guess what eat at home or pack a lunch we are not the soup kitchen

elizabells, BSN, RN · Apr 14, 2005

I know the whole corporate consolidation of medicine is hotly debated, but as much as I mock Santa Cruz, when I lived there they had a great city wide system. They had three big buildings, which housed, variously, primary care, any specialist you could dream up, all the radiology, and they had three walk in "urgent care" centers. It took a lot of strain off the one actual emergency room in a city of about 50K. All hail the urgent care!

erjulie · Apr 14, 2005

Oh, love it, one complaint, How about when your run out of room on the triage because they have so many complaints. LOL, I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing in their face. Isn;t it sad what people think are emergencies. I just want to screen at them GET OUT. They are the one who lodge the complaints that they waited for hours for treatment, and guess what there was no FREE coffee in the urn OOPS I was caring for the patients who really needed to be there. We had one family(the entire family usually is seen when the come in once a week) who called the patient advocate because there was no hot chocolate inthe waiting room, and nothing to eat, cause they were hungry. I get hungry too=guess what eat at home or pack a lunch we are not the soup kitchen

What I REALLY hate is when you ask PMH, and they pull out a freaking document, or worse, a binder with every stinkin hangnail since 1948. Then, get angry cuz you try to whittle it down to what's RELEVANT. :angryfire