What is your opinion of care??

[68RN]

Several weeks ago I went to ER at 3:45 in the am. I had been having alot of GI pain-nausea-dryheaves-diarrhea and it was getting worse by the hour. The triage nurse had on country music and was chomping down on her gum to the music and I guess I really put a dent in her quiet time!! I have a history of autoimmune colitis and pancreatitis. She acted annoyed that I was on so much medicene and it had been 3 1/2 years since I had been to the Er and there were lots of changes. I did get escorted back right away and was placed on the bed and not even given a gown. the doc came in and I explained what had been going on and he kind of patted my tummy with his hand!!!!! I did not let on I was a nurse, and could not believe what was going on!! The triage nurse did give me a good iv and I did had a liter of fluids.reglan.zolotf and small dose of Dilaudid. Then the x-ray gal came to get me and I had a chest x-ray and abdominal series. They also did lab. The doc did not even do a physical not even the minimum of heart and bowel sound check with stethescope. They did say there had been alot of flu symptoms that night!!! Well, you still do an exam. I told them I was having chest-shoulder pain also. I was just baffled at this lack of exam on the docs part. I am going to get the ER reprot and see what he put down on his symptom review- it ought to prove interesting. I am not sure what I will do if I find he has filled it out!!! Just wanted your thoughts. This is a Magnet hospital also!!too!!!!!

[Victoriakem]

I figure you should be really happy you "were not even given a gown." Those things are awful, butt hanging out and all... I think you're the first person in the world who has actually wanted one.

Other than that, care sounds pretty good to me. You're still alive, so that's a plus, right?

:yeahthat: What do you give a patient to wear or cover themselves with when the laundry guy hasn't arrived?! Geez, what do you want, egg in your beer?