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Originally Posted by cricket1
The exception was that neither the doctor, nor the RN, asked Mom even a basic health history (except if she had fallen) and Mom was never asked for a list of the medications that she takes.
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I think you may have somehow missed the history and medication part. Perhaps you stepped away for awhile?
I'm a RN on the medical floor in TVRH. When patients are sent up from the ED I see all the paperwork (yes there is tons of it!). One of the basic and yes most important forms is the history and medication list. In fact we need to reconcile the medications with a doc ASAP when the patient is admitted. The health history area is usually very extensive and details all known conditions. Maybe it's different when someone is not considered for admission but the facts I just stated are just that - facts, for all the patients I have admitted.
Right now the ED is completely overwhelmed with patients. Two days ago we had 14 patients waiting for a bed upstairs but the hospital was booked. And quite often the ED is in 'divert' mode where we send patients (non life threatening) to other hospitals.
I'm not saying it justifies the long wait but she was triaged in decent time for a non life threatening injury and I'm sure the triage nurse (hopefully) let you know that it would be some time since the injury wasn't urgent. We have dozens of very ill patients that get seen in appropriate time in the ED and unfortunately this time of the season presents many challenges.
I hope she is well.
Russ