Glen Beck's hospital experience

Get over this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Stop it!!!!!!!!!!Don't some of you have other people to tear down??? We don't talk or gossip like this in our ICU. Perhaps because we are actually nice. We are a 24 bed neurosurgical designated ICU, patients come to us from every Continent on Earth, many who cannot receive care in their home Countries for so many reasons, you can imagine the amount of staff we have from all disciplines.

RunningWithScissors, you really are. Don't fall down on them.


RN Dave You wrote:

"I'm sorry, but there are public figures who have been through worse and don't attempt to cry on America's shoulder. The problem is that people let television and radio opinion spewers shape their own opinions, me included at times. Take his offerings with a grain of salt, I say. I guess he won't be giving that hospital much of a Press Gainey score. "

1.Clearly you haven't had entertainment news shoved down your throat on a daily basis.

2. Uh..Glenn Beck has never called himself, nor insinuated that he was a journalist in any way, shape or form. I believe his has occasionally referred to himself as a "Rodeo Clown" Turn him off if you "hate" and/or "disrespect" him so much. Kinda like when Air America thought it was funny to have the sound of a gun shot when talking about Bush. Yeah, what a professional journalistic venue radio is.

Move on..or Movon.org if that is where you are comming from.

My feelings are if you don't take him home why should you care?

God..so many judgemental people..I hope if anyone who has posted derogatory comments, smart *** comments, hateful judgemental comments..etc..are never in a position to care for my friends, family or myself..I AM LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE, TO OLD TO PLAY AND HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH PERSONALITY TO FIGHT AND DEFEND THOSE I LOVE. AND FEEL COMPASSION FOR. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS GUY!!!!!

Have a nice sunshiny day and may all of your family and friends have the most perfect lives, without any personal faults, failures or personality defects. Because some nurse or health care worker may spend time tearing them down as you look on.

Go ahead..."hit me with your best shot"

For the record..I fight for my patients' I don't tear them down. I cannot imagine tearing down a man I have never met nor ever will.
Bye

EndGameRN

end game,

you need to chill, woman.
all the yelling in the world, will not and should not inhibit others from expressing their opinions.
i'm glad you advocate for your pts.
and i'd be willing to bet my last dollar, that most on this bb, do so, too.

advocating and protecting the rights/well-being of your pt, does not mean enabling nontherapeutic behaviors.
and if some of us are irritated at the histrionics of a misinformed pt, then that is ok too.

capiche?

thanks.

leslie

end game you need to calm down and not be telling people what to say or think.

1. Don't forget to call your doctor on the way to the ER

Nope, you still go through triage, and get placed in line of most to least sick.

2. Don't use an ambulance unless you really need it

True, and ayou'll get a therapeutic wait for trying to jump the line

3. Don't be quiet

The triage nurse is the person in charge, but if you get a hospital administrator they may bump you up whether you are sick or not in the name of customer satisfaction.

4. Don't get angry, and don't lie

ER nurses have amazing lie detector abilities. They've seen 10/10 pain many times, and if you can make it into the triage room and talk coherently you are not there. Give us the REAL number so we can provide better care.


5. Don't forget the phone

but you'll make so many people cranky that it may not be worth your while unless you are dying. Send in the post discharge survey and be detailed, name names. They DO get followed up on, but please, if you have something good to say don't leave it out. For every ten complaints, even the best nurses might get 1 compliment, and they earn it.

in the end it does matter how inflated the patients head is, it is the job of nurses to provide adequate care
and a 'therapeutic wait' is not good nursing
the md was wrong, he should have been scheduled to a day surgery where they can evaluate level of pain and potential for discharge
i have never been with hemorroids but i have heard that they are very uncomfortable

PAIN LEVELS

#1 on pain scale = you have two broken legs

#10 on pain scale = a door slammed on my finger

Hello out there

I appreciate the input. It was excellent!!! I had a lot of fun writing this. Thought adding "Hit me with your best shot" would get a quick response.

I'm a very strong proponent of free speech. I do not tell people what to do or what to say or think, only an opinion that it is better to be kind when speaking about someone we don't know. Not all of these posts were insulting and judgemental, many were compassionate and had legitimate criticism. I was not addresing those who offered reasonable commentary, just those who seemed to mock this person.

We are as a rule a very compassionate group of people who chose this profession because we felt it was our calling. It helps to love what you do, and the bonus is that we are paid for something we love doing.

With respect

End Game RN

Beck really seemed to be most unhappy with the 250-300 male nurse. I'm frankly as surprised as he that he was treated in that manner. He expressed concern about breathing and was anxious; he was ignored. He was angry about his mistreatment and used his resource to vent.

Yeah, sorta like we do here on allnurses.