How good is your food?

[xoemmylouox]

I recently was inpatient to deliver my baby. The food was terrible. I didn't expect much, but honestly this food was gross. You could only order what would fit on one plate, so you were limited on what you could order together at mealtime. Like i ordered a slice of cheese pizza and a side of 3 chicken strips. Since they will only give one plate they put the strips on my pizza where they melted into the cheese. Yuck! This coming from a hospital that brags about it's award winning chef.. No thanks I'd rather eat disgusting McDonalds. My hubby brought me food in so I didn't have to eat too much of it. So how is the food at your facility?? Do you have it outsourced or is it made on site?

[HumerusNurse]

It's ok but they serve the same thing every day! And it's pretty over-priced. I've started brown bagging it lately and have saved myself so much money!

[SouthernPoint]

I haven't been an inpatient in a couple of years. But when I had my last stay of 5 days, I couldn't understand how a veggie diet could get so screwed up and be totally nasty. I ended up eating yogurt most of my stay. It is scary at time just how gross hospital food can be.

[SwansonRN]

Never been an inpatient, knock on wood, so I can't speak to that. I also work in a unit where our patients are rarely capable of ordering or eating food, but those that do usually seem pretty happy. One time I had this adorable older gentleman with a southern accent who was ranting and raving about how delicious the Mac and cheese was. He called down and asked for some for breakfast because "it's just the best darn thing I ever did eat". They sent him up a big bowl at 8am lol.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Our cafeteria is pretty good- salad bar until 0300 for us cool kids on nights.

The patient side? Well, every jack last one of our PICU kids who can eat orders (it seems) 'chicken nuggets with fries and ranch dressing'. I'm not kidding. every. Single. Kid.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

Our cafeteria is pretty good- salad bar until 0300 for us cool kids on nights.

The patient side? Well, every jack last one of our PICU kids who can eat orders (it seems) 'chicken nuggets with fries and ranch dressing'. I'm not kidding. every. Single. Kid.

We used to have a "pediatric diet" that could be ordered and it was pretty mich nuggets and pizza. They got rid of it, cause they can order that off the regular menu.

[ComeTogether, LPN]

Its actually really good and we have room service. Pts can order pretty much whatever they want anytme from 7-7. We can get cheeseburgers cooked to order omlettes etc at the cafeteria.

[canned_bread]

Our hospital, a private hospital, has delicious food that the staff can order too. We have a chef that is the head, and he has worked in multiple high-up places (hotels etc). I frequently ask the patients in my general chit-chat how they find the food, and they are very pleased.