MCdonalds in Hospital

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What would you think if your local hospital had a Mcdonalds on the hospital grounds. Wouldnt it be even funnier if your hospital was one of the top 100 cardiovascular facilities in the country.

Of course the families and patients love it, but the dieticans hate it.............

Not naming names.........

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Here we call it the VAH SPA.....total food court, hubby goes to the VA for diabetes management.......

:roll

I am not working at a hospital currently do to school, but I said I was going to Chicago's Childrens Memorial because they have a STARBUCKS!!! (they also have a McDonalds) I could get a Venti Toffee Nut Latte and work a 16 hour shift.:D

I never drank coffee before I started nursing school, but have started for the rush....see nursing school is dangerous to my health!!

I have a real problem with fast-food places in hospitals. Come on, we should be trying to send a message here! I think a person's all-around health should be promoted when in the hospital. Too often the food is abysmal. A lot of health problems start with what we eat.

I'm not knocking people who eat McDonald's or beef every day (well, not here anyway), but I think hospitals should set a good example. You go to the hospital to get well.

I know, reality check in need here...I live in la-la land.

Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

I know that at the Cleveland Clinic there's a Subway in the lobby. Least it's better than McDonalds. I love Subway!

No fast food chain in my hospital. We're only 367 beds so I doubt that we'll ever get one. But we are building a Womens and Childrens hospital which is scheduled to open in 2005, so who knows. I vote for Wendy's!

We have a McDonald's in our hospital. It's also the number one children's hospital in the state. Go figure!

But the hospital is also right across the street from a taco bell, pizza hut, donatos, chinese place, etc etc etc

so...go figure

and a few years ago, they were selling cigarettes in the book stores..

:)

Well...our Children's Hospital has a McDonald's in the lobby!!! It's on the same piece of land as another hospital that has a cardiac program, etc...whatever.

we have a mcdonalds and a chick filee right in the hosp

I can't believe this! No wonder pts are non compliant and dont take health professionals seriously. The health industry is hypocritical! They will put McDs and crap in the hospitals but yet hardly teach nursing at all in nursing school. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

Laura

Understand what people eat is so confusing, as is understanding our each, individual metabolism. I used to think eating unhealthy food was unavoidable, or weak, but it's something we can't under normal circumstances avoid. I heard only 15% of Americans eat a "good" diet of fruits and veggies and grains. Who cares: Eat! Or Mangia!!! like they say in Italian. I'm eating a pizza made with gorganzolla nad peperoni. I love the regular McDonals hambergers, just to buy like 3-4 and eat them one after another when your hungry. Like whimpy in Popeye.

A couple of years ago, my hospital eliminated its cafeteria, allowed Taco Bell to open shop in the lobby, and agreed that it would allow no competition on the premises. So if you want to eat while visiting my hospital, Taco Bell has you hostage.

Originally posted by cindyln

I would love to have a Burger king or even subway in my hospital. Some days our cafeteria food is just plain pitiful.

You ought to try prison food.:imbar

Specializes in NICU.

Starbucks has toffee coffee? Oh, my. Umm. Anyway. Have any of you read the book Fast Food Nation? VERY interesting look at how commercial chains have come to dominate our society today. Just FYI. I have to say, because of nursing, and my husband's inability to enter the kitchen without fainting or feigning a seizure (once I caught him putting Lemon-flavored PAM in our chili just so he wouldn't have to cook it again!), we have depended largely on fast food (bleeeechhh!) and takeout (not much better) from every restaurant within a fifty mile radius for the last year. The result? We both felt like crap. We recently decided that a little planning could take care of it, and for three weeks now we've been eating a balanced, moderately low-fat/salt/etc. "diet". I FEEL GREAT! I used to be a vegetarian, and always had a problem with fast food (and felt like a total hypocrite eating so much of it in the last year). Not to mention that I have a personal issue with the commercialization of our country (SperWalMart and McD's being at the top of my list), so y'all can have 'em! Anyway. ;>P

Our cafeteria, in the basement, which is grody and near the morgue, serves only the best in greasy, disgusting, badly prepared cafeteria food. There are NO healthy options, aside from a big bowl of half-bruised apples and oranges. Oh, and they sell bottled water. I'd heard that we were getting a contract from the Hilton caterers, but apparently that fell through.

You know, I work night shift, and sometimes because the cafeteria is closed, we rely on the vending machines. Now will someone please tell me why they can't throw a few healthy items in there? I mean, Jeez...keep the M&M's but use a few tiers for some fruit, or soup, or granola bars or popcorn or WHATEVER, but is it necessary that we have TWENTY different choices in chocolate? We're a hospital. Also, I can't speak for days, but at night, if you happen to forget your lunch, or if you get hungry, you're stuck with a nice meal of TWIX, Cheetos, and a Honey Bun to go along with your Coke. I always feel gross after eating that crap.

Subway is great (for a fast-food rest.)- nice healthy choices, veggies, options for those who don't want to eat 'regular' food. Wendy's is good, too...chili, baked potatos, salads out the yin-yang, grilled chicken sandwiches...all things with higher nutritional content (if not lower fat). I'll never understand it.

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