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Originally Posted by Karron
I had the same experience.....
I arrived by ambulance (^ B\P, headache, vertigo & vomiting)...
I never saw a MD...
A PA saw me...( the nurses kept saying "the doctor wil see you before MRI is ordered!)
My own doctor was out of town....
I stayed overnight and saw a neuro doctor (who only worked at the hospital ) who told me, "I'm surprised they admitted you!
He told me I was not sick enough.....
After writing for my discharge, the Nuse, (actually a LPN) was so overwhelmed she never came into the (over 8 hours) so...I just left with my sister...
I worked as a RN (Magnet Status) for 35 years and all I can say is, Shame on you!  |
First you say you were admitted? If so then the neuro doctor can not write the discharge (no exceptions to this rule). It has to be the admitting doctor. So I'm pretty sure that what happened is that the neurologist cleared you but you needed to wait until the attending doc (a hospitalist in this case since your doc either doesn't have privileges or was not available as you mentioned) wrote the d/c orders.
Second an ER doc has to be the one to write the admit to floor order. There is always an ER doc - always. Again no exceptions.
If you were on the floor (which floor?) and a nurse did not see you for 8 hours then you should have brought this to someone's attention. Did you do that? And if so what was their response?
I hate to sound defensive but since I do this for a living at TVRH I need to point out inconsistencies in these posts that I know can not happen.
I'm sorry you felt mistreated but some of the things you are saying are from your point of view only and I know some are not accurate as I pointed out.