I'm starting to get worried about the hospital, I'm in.

[kozar]

2 hours ago, I asked for relief from a bout of diarrhea. The nurse just came back to me and asked," so, you are having trouble going?"
I woke up early this morning for a pee, and my bed was set down to the floor, I had to crawl out of it. To what end? I've never heard of setting a bed to the floor, for an adult,
I'm getting worried, I called my VA patient advocate,, hoping they can help

Koz

[IbogaProject]

1. Whew

I hope things improve for you today.

[kozar]

2. Yeah, it won't,

Nurse came in, have me meds, and threw the med cup against the wall and stomped out..
I've asked to speak to admin, will see how that goes

[stopdiggin]

3. hey, man. this isn't happening a vacuum.

If you're POing the nurses enough that they're throwing your medication at the wall ....
Time for a little evaluation ..

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[kozar]

5. Reread my post,

The med cup, not the meds.
I understand your premise, but disagree. When I started my medical, many years ago, one of my bosses told me, " we have 2 sides here, the sick or hurt, they get to be scared, they are allowed.Its our job to always remain professional.

Guess I always believed that

[obamanut2012]

8. Why did she throw the cup?

I have a family full of nurses, and I work in adjacent health science education and have never seen this.

My BIL is 100% disabled combat veteran, and has spent many, many days in a VA Hospital, and the staff ahve always been professional.

[stopdiggin]

9. while I agree with that common premise - (professional behavior is ALWAYS the standard, and expected ..)

With the rest of us having just rarely (if ever) seeing anything resembling such behavior. One has to wonder ... What the heck is going on here .. ?

[No Vested Interest]

10. We are in a new age now, where civility is old school and "feelings" are supreme and freely expressed.

The new age of coarseness received its major impetus in 2015 and has been accelerating ever since, except for a slowdown 2021 through 2024.

[stopdiggin]

11. I can assure you that nurses are NOT

encouraged to 'express themselves' or engage in the behavior described here.
( we will have to allow for a certain number that are just not particularly interested in keeping their jobs ... but that's precisely where this manner of display is going. and a somewhat different topic for discussion ... ? )

[No Vested Interest]

12. I agree that nurses are encouraged to act/be professional in conduct and the majority do so.

I am more familiar with long-term care facilities, where nurse aides and some nurses aides exhibit less than professional conduct. especially when dealing with some long-term residents with conditions and behaviors which necessitated the long-term care in the first place.

[highplainsdem]

4. Koz, they set beds to the floor when they're worried a patient might fall getting out of bed and might

not wait for help after calling for it.

[Goonch]

6. Not defending hospital abuse but.....

"Scope of hospital patient falls
While the number of lawsuits is unknown, the number of falls that occur each year is substantial, with a significant percentage resulting in injury.

Up to 1 million falls annually: Between 700,000 and 1 million patients fall in U.S. hospitals every year.
High injury rate: 30% to 51% of these falls result in an injury, and some are fatal."

[70sEraVet]

7. Better to crawl, than fall.