Been a hospital patient yourself?

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charebec65

379 Posts

Specializes in Peds.

I've been a challenge to the insurance companies since shortly after my birth..... I had 3 surgeries by age 6 (and quite a few since). My experiences have been positive. I do remember with one of my surgeries when I was little that the nurse came in and attached nets over the tops of our cribs (there were 2 of us in the room). She said it was so we could play zoo. Now, we know that really wasn't the true reason, but we bought it at the time and we had great fun.

My son had surgery today and the staff at the hospital was great....all of them that we had contact with. I took my laptop and NCLEX review disk to practice during the hours of boredom. I got some practice in but my disk bit the dust!!!!

charebec65

379 Posts

Specializes in Peds.
I've been an inpatient many times...

1. ..... Stayed overnight at the military hospital where the surgery was performed (my father was a colonel in the Army). Horrible experience, mean, nast nurses. When I was crying from pain after the surgery and couldn't answer the nurse's questions in PACU, she actually snapped "Shut up and listen!!!" I was only twelve.

And I was under the mistaken impression that military hospitals only behaved that way with military personnel, not their families. We had no problems with tx at military facilities with our kids. My husband however underwent an endoscopy w/o anesthesia except throat spray and a root canal with no novacaine...... (not by his choice). Insane if you ask me...

GratefulHeart

171 Posts

Yikes - I have to have oral surgery on Thursday and I called the office today to see who was ACLS certified and when the last time someone was intubated at the office. I also asked about oxygen, the meds used, reversal agents available, suction availability and how many cases did they do a week?

Haven't received a call back from them yet!! Hmmm lol

LOL - You go girl!!!

luvmy2angels

755 Posts

Specializes in Geriatrics.

I had 2 surgeries while in school and was amazed at how many times the nurses DIDN'T check my id band before giving me meds. I always made sure that i asked them what I was taking. After the hospital stay I was given a survey and I did tell them about not checking before med adminstration. I never told anyone in the hospital that i was a student at the time.

elisabeth

206 Posts

I've not been admitted to a program yet, but I've been in the hospital a time or two.

I had leukemia as a teenager, so I had the same nurses when I was admitted. Only certain nurses were able to treat oncology patients.

My daughter was a C-section baby, so we spent a couple days in the hospital when she was born as well.

In general, the nurses have been great. One or two needed a lesson in bedside manner. I think I've only told a nurse to get out once. She kept trying to access my VAP and missed several times. I told her to get out and get someone who knows what they're doing. She came back with another nurse, but I wouldn't let her touch me again.

:)

SillyLilly

209 Posts

Just after graduation last may i went to celebrate on a vacation in California. I broke my ankle and required hospitalization. Because i was so used to being in a hospital i felt as at home as you can feel in a hospital. I even disconnected my iv from the tubing to take off my shirt and told the nurse assistant how to work the bed. Ha... unfortunatley because i need to rehab, i have not been in a hospital since.

Specializes in Pediatrics, High-Risk L&D, Antepartum, L.

I was hospitalized once with preterm labor (real preterm labor not just contractions). I was heavily drugged with Mag Sulfate for 3 weeks (baby born within 12 hours of it being turned off). Anyway at one point one of the connections came out and fell on the floor. There was a nurse in the room...she picked it up and just reconnected me. I couldn't believe what she did. When she left I took it back out, wiped it down with alcohol, reconnected and called my mother (a nurse on the same floor and an NP) and asked her to speak with my midwife. During that stay I also kept track of my I&O for the nurses and maintained the fetal monitor for them. The nurses liked me...I was easy.

I've also had emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy which resulted in a stay because my BP bottomed out. I have no memory of the hospital stay after surgery but everything pre-op was as good as could be given the situation. The only problem was the MD where I had the u/s to confirm the ectopic was horrible. Tells me it's ectopic and in then almost instantly offers to remove both tubes. Now is not the time to make that decision.

I've been hospitalized other times as well...I've had 4 kids. 3 of the children were premature with several visits before they were born. The last 1 was term, shocking, but also with several visits. The last one has also had 2 surgeries 1 with 2 procedures. She's had an ng tube which I had to place on her. I now change gtubes regularly. So we have been in and around the hospitals a lot.

For the most part...good experiences. My mom had been in nursing forever. She's an NP and a CNM after working as an RN forever. We grew up with more medical and nursing information then most as her work day was part of the dinner conversation. My poor brothers know more about lady partss and women's health them most women!

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