sweet thing

Hi! New to this site and was browsing the messages. Bariatric surgery is a high risk operation. Did these patients do research on their surgeons and the hospital? A good surgeon has support meetings before a patient makes the first appt. to see him/her. He or she should explain the surgery benefits, as well as, the possible complications. He or she should also be honest enough to say if he has had any complications or deaths. Sometimes the complications can be caused from co-morbidities. The bariatric surgeon should also be up-to-date on his or her training. The patient should also talk to other post gastric patients. They should also investigate the hospital and who are the primary nursing caregivers who usually cares for the bariatric pts. Ask the surgeon if he has is own surgery team, if not, how often are the surgery staff are rotated through their room and if they are on the job trained or has went through special training. I know a bariatric surgeon and his staff. I would not hesitate to recommend him at all. He is an excellent surgeon and a wonderful family man.

Hi! I spoke with my friend. She worked late and the on call nurse brought her the narc keys and expected her to take them even after she refused. I talked her into her surgeon and he agreed that she should not be expected to take them. I also told her to request a copy of the hospital's policy on private duty nurses. They haven't produced it yet. I'll pass your comments on to her. Thank you for your input.

Dear Jolie, Thank you for that reply. I agree totally. They only want the private circulator to take the keys so the oncall or nurse won't have to come in.

Hi! I'm new to chat rooms. Please be patient. My question is this: If a surgeon has his own private circulator and the or director wants the circulator to accept the narcotic keys when an emergency case comes in for that surgeon, can a private nurse legally accept that responsibility? Sorry to run on. Thanks for any help. Sweet Thing:confused: