Read these complaints of bad care at Boston Medical Center that were posted as comments on the website of a Boston newspaper that published an article re: contract negotiations that allnurses.com listed in its News section:
Having been a patient at the Newbury Pavilion at Boston Medical Center for four days, I would say the fearful and hostile working environment is more applicable to what I went through as a patient. I was left on inadequate pain control for 48 hours, met with hostile nurses, inadequate "Patient Advocacy," a nurse manager who did not return a call after I returned home, and a hostile Patient Advocacy Head, who, although she had read "internal notes," expected me to believe she had received no info on my case and was rude to me on the telephone. There evidently is no complaint for for patient abuse, except for the nearest police station. I don't care WHAT these nurses grievances are; they are in a profession where taking out their grievances on patients who are in uncontrolled pain is unacceptable, unprofessional. I was not impressed by Boston Medical Center, to the point of being traumatized. I am considering legal action, simply because, despite reporting manhandled after being settled by my nurse for the night by two obviously uneducated "aides" or some such workers, am being told BMC cannot identify them (I complained to my nurse in the presence of an IV nurse, complained to my surgeon, complained to his floor doctor....what else do you have to do? After being out of pain for the first time in 48 hours, they marched in while my nurse was getting the IV nurse, did not id themselves ( I described them, told everyone my nurse saw them and the IV nurse heard me complain of being "settled" I had told them that had been done, and at least three times in no uncertain terms told them to get their hands off me, leave me alone. They did not. As far as I can tell from trying to communicate with Boston Medical Center, these complaints are so commonplace as to not even rate concern. My advice: do not go near the place, despite the skill of t...........[the complaints and commentary continue at:
