[GLORIAmunchkin72]

"While Ms. Rodriquez was dying like a "dog," none of the nurses in that ER came out and spoke for her. What a shame!!!!"

What about the janitor who mopped around her? It looks like the indifference was catching.

[bopps]

wait i have a feeling im going to get flamed so i guess ill go down in flames! I want you all to realize I am in no way condoning what happened to that poor pt. Its horrible, pathetic, and just plain sad. However I don't think we know the real story. Lets face it can anyone know what really happened unless they were really there? The media always(and yes i am generalizing) blows things way out of proportion. So what do we know? What really did happen that horrid night? There are always 2 sides to every story and unfortunately we will never hear the patients side. I think her death speaks louder than words. All im asking is for the pointing fingers to stop. All of you who can't stand us sorry ED nurses may some day find yourself looking up into our eyes. I pray to God it is a good experience for you. I would be proud to help you.

[TazziRN]

Bopps, I agree with you that the finger-pointing toward ER nurses in general needs to stop, however, King Drew has a bad rep for mistreating/misdiagnosing pts. It would not surprised me in the least to find out that what was reported is exactly---or close to---what happened.

[chuck1234]

Originally Posted by GLORIAmunchkin72

"While Ms. Rodriquez was dying like a "dog," none of the nurses in that ER came out and spoke for her. What a shame!!!!"

What about the janitor who mopped around her? It looks like the indifference was catching.

Janitor is not trained to do that, therefore, he/she is not responsible for it.

[TazziRN]

Janitor may not be trained to do that, but every housekeeper in every other place I've worked at will stop and ask a pt on the floor if he/she needs help.

[chuck1234]

Originally Posted by bopps

wait i have a feeling im going to get flamed so i guess ill go down in flames! I want you all to realize I am in no way condoning what happened to that poor pt. Its horrible, pathetic, and just plain sad. However I don't think we know the real story. Lets face it can anyone know what really happened unless they were really there? The media always(and yes i am generalizing) blows things way out of proportion. So what do we know? What really did happen that horrid night? There are always 2 sides to every story and unfortunately we will never hear the patients side. I think her death speaks louder than words. All im asking is for the pointing fingers to stop. All of you who can't stand us sorry ED nurses may some day find yourself looking up into our eyes. I pray to God it is a good experience for you. I would be proud to help you.

It is the incompetency and the indifference that are horrified us here.
It is true there are 2 sides of a story; however, Ms. Rodriquez was died unnecessarily.

[Myxel67]

BOPPS:

As I said: Of course you don't do this. But just because you don't do it, it doesn't mean that no one else does it either. That, too, would be a generalization. It seems to be what happened in the case of Mrs Rodriguez. She apparently thought she had gallstones....


Three words to assess ability to spell (at least on Allnurses.com)
1. receive
2. definitely
3. separate

[GLORIAmunchkin72]

Bopps, I hope you're right. Maybe they'll come up with a list of all they (the hospital) have done for her. But she shouldn't have been laying on the floor...or maybe somebody just made that up.

[multicollinearity]

I found an interesting article regarding this hospital:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/ki...politics-local

It sounds like this hospital is quite possibly the worst hospital in the United States. This woman's death is but one occurrence among many.

[GoLytely]

Originally Posted by Myxel67

Just go to the ER thread and read it. I can't believe you haven't seen some of this yourselves. Just because someone is a nurse, they are not automatically nominated for sainthood. There is no excuse for this kind of treatment. It's illegal. I don't care if the patient was stinking drunk (there was no indication that she was--just an example), she deserved to be triaged.

There are NO extenuating circumstances that can excuse how this woman was treated. Judgmental--Me? You bet, if it means holding hospital employees accountable.

I do not believe it had anything to do with being hispanic because the same thing happened to my cousin and she was white.
Morbidly obese, went to the ER several times over two weeks with abdominal pain and was shown to be getting weaker and weaker with each visit, but other than prescribing and antibiotic and sending her on her way they did nothing. She went to the ER one night, got sent home, my aunt found her dead when she went in to check on her at 3AM.

I do fully believe, however, the way she was treated had to do with being indigent.
I have been sent away from a hospital as soon as they found out I had no insurance, the doctor wouldn't even come in to look at me and told the nurse over the hospital phone it didn't sound like an emergency and to send me home. I mean, he didn't even try to be subtle about it, but I was 22 at the time, didn't realize I could have caused a rukus.

It's not fair, but then, that hasn't stopped the system from business as usual. There's nothing new under the sun.