[Puterguru]

Originally Posted by jadebox

I did not ask that anyone be fired someone else said that..

Originally Posted by jadebox

nurse in red pants needs replaced.

I certainly took this as meaning she be fired??

[Peachie]

Puterguru, Jadebox said "replaced", I believe you said "fired".

re·place [ ri pláyss ] (past and past participle re·placed, present participle re·plac·ing, 3rd person present singular re·plac·es)


transitive verb

Definition:

1. substitute for something: to take the place of or substitute for somebody or something

I think the suggestion was to place this person in a different position than where she was, due to her people skillls.

[graciegirl]

If I need a nurse, I want a PEACHIE flavored one. That Peachie, has anyone thought how lucky her kids and husband are? She is a thinker with an open mind and genuine compassion. Other than that, I sure hope she is gonna hang out with me when I get there in TWO WEEKS!

[SABRMnLgs]

My wife and I went to TV Hospital for the first time last evening to visit one of her friends who was laid up.
That being said, I have worked in the medical field for alomost 40 years now.
Almost 30 of them in a hospital, the last 10 doing mobile x-ray. So I kind of know what I'm saying here.
Iy took us almost 15 minutes to find her friends room. While the volunteers at the front desk gave us a floor, my wife had to call her friend twice on her cell because we could not find her. Believe it, THIS IS TRUE! There are NO names on the doors outside the patients rooms. Nothing to indicate oxygen in use, pts who are diabetics, pre-op or post-op, etc. (I did see one sign about precautionary issues for a pt who had vertigo, it looked like someone had printed it up on a Zerox). Then when we finally found her room, there was nothing in her room to indicate her friend's name (on the bed, wall, etc) or that she was a diabetic.
This is a recipe for a disaster in the making. Granted it has been 10-12 years since I worked at a hospital, but this disregard for lack of data to a visitor on a patient could have some serious side effects.
We we taught, no name, no exam no matter what the nurse said. Arm bands? Yes, some patients have them, so don't. Again, no ID, no exam.
The last hospital I worked at had patients names and room numbers on a pin-board, so you knew right where to find their room.
Now hippa is involved and hospitals get squirrley over things nobody cares about anyway.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by SABRMnLgs

Now hippa is involved and hospitals get squirrley over things nobody cares about anyway.

You hit the nail on the head Jerry. HIPAA is to blame for almost everything you mentioned. I'm working at two hospitals in Boston right now and the only thing on the door is any precautionary notices (Infections, precautions to use etc.) for the protection of the staff and visitors. Every pt must have an ID band and in fact I think TVRH (like most new hospitals) now uses or will soon use barcode scanners to ID every pt prior to medication or transport etc. I wouldn't worry about the diabetic issue, all staff including food service know exactly what diet has been ordered for the pt. Can mistakes be made? Of course. Could mistakes happen in the old system? They did.

The main thing is that you found your friend's room and made her day a little brighter.

Russ

[The Great Fumar]

Your both out of line.... She was making a general statement about an experience she had and this is not the place for specifics ..specifics are for a letter of complaint submitted to the Director of Nursing ....She is responsible for the behavior of her nurses and will shape her up pronto..........Your prodding about specifics is really none of your business , Your defense of an ill mannered nurse makes you sound like a union chair which still no justification for your outrage ...You would do well to state your position instead of just picking apart her post ....You should be more declarative about your point (if you have one). Anyone can stand back and throw darts......

Married to a retired 30yr OB Supervisor Fumar

[Bogie Shooter]

This all sounds like something one would read in the Property Owners Association POA newsletter. They are still digging for any "bad" stories about the Villages hospital.

[Frangyomory]

Fumar, not the great as you may think you are....I never defended the nurse. If she was the same nurse I had, I said she went to the Joseph Mengele school of nursing in Nazi Germany during WWII !!!!!!!

That nurse in the ER at the Villages hospital is a horrible person and should NOT be in an ER. She treated me terribly and was outright nasty. I also said that regardless of what she did for a living she would likely be nasty. It had nothing to do with her being a nurse, I believe she is simply a nasty person.

Please don't direct your crappy responses to me unless you know what the heck you are talking about FUMAR!

Put that in YOUR pipe and smoke it!

[chuckinca]

My experience with Villages Hosp ER:

This past February my mother was in ER for a week. All the nursing staff I encountered seemed competent, friendly and helpful.

Again - just relating my experience.



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[whartonjelly]

The red pants nurse is burned out. She has lost her desire to help people like she dreamed she would. She can no longer take the criticism from the doctors, patient families etc. She is now a Robot. She has lost faith in the system. I am so sorry you ran in to her. She needs a brake but probably cannot take a vacation because she is divorced and now stuck in the job. And the administration knows she is stuck.
They wont listen to her complaints , wont give her a raise, she is stuck.

Many Nurses are divorced because they seem to be co dependent to alcoholics, always trying to change someone for the better. It never works. But it is those same qualities that make good nurses. We have hope and great expectations for our patients.

She also could have some serious problems and is taking it out on the public. Most hospitals have a program to assist people with personal problems.

I was just thinking that there are red pant nurses everywhere beaten down by the system and there are soooooooo many divorced and single parents trying to make a living. Sometimes I would like to hear " Is there anything you need to make your job better" Supplies, linens, stethescopes, even forceps dissapear by the patients and their families. Clocks taken off the walls, once even a whole set of new furniture walked right out of the hospital. All the wheelchairs eventually disappeared over a year. The whole supply of pillows gets replaced annually because the pts sneak them out.

Do you know what it is like not to have paper towels to dry your hands 30 times a shift? Everything gets frustrating. WE should not talk about it. Just deal with the way society is and do your best.


No offense to anyone. Just wanted to give you food for thought.

[Cassie325]

This is indeed VERY sad EVERY way you look at it!

I suppose we can only send prayers and good thoughts to those that work and need to be treated at all hospitals.

This is just so sad....

[Puterguru]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

Your both out of line.... She was making a general statement about an experience she had and this is not the place for specifics ..specifics are for a letter of complaint submitted to the Director of Nursing ....She is responsible for the behavior of her nurses and will shape her up pronto..........Your prodding about specifics is really none of your business , Your defense of an ill mannered nurse makes you sound like a union chair which still no justification for your outrage ...You would do well to state your position instead of just picking apart her post ....You should be more declarative about your point (if you have one). Anyone can stand back and throw darts......

Married to a retired 30yr OB Supervisor Fumar

I am no where near out of line but thank you for your opinion. I voiced mine as you have yours and simply stated that without giving any specifics they were being a little hard in my opinion on one particular nurse and I stand by that. This place certainly IS for specifics if the person who posted it chooses to do so. Without those specifics people will form their own opinon.

In this case:
A nurse sat down
There was a mis-communiction about being discharged.

Without specifics my opinion is that they are being a little hard on her.

Done.

[Russ_Boston]

Not to quote anyone above but in my three clinical assignments so far in Boston I have not run into these severe problems that others have noted. In fact, most of the time, we are overstaffed for current patient census and having students around to do the dirty work just exacerbates this.

Maybe I just so green that I don't notice or I'm just so 'glass half full' kind of guy to not lean that way.

[gnu]

Originally Posted by Puterguru

She was doing next to nothing and was not watching monitors. I thought she was a ward clerk who was not busy. Hmm, maybe she needed a break? Do you realize that most nurses work thru their measely little 30 minute lunch in a 12 hour shift?I was told that she got all bent out of shape - You're not really specific here, what happened?
When we got to discharge she said something that made us believe we could leave but turns out that discharge needed to see him - Again what was said to who and by whom?

nurse in red pants needs replaced. - No offense here but you have given three generalities, one of them because she was "not doing anything" and never gave any details on what if anything actually happened yet you feel the need to tell everyone on TOTV that she needs replaced.

Nurses work very long hours with almost no appreciation. They are suppose to get a 30 minute lunch but don't often have time to take one so they eat on the go. Most don't punch a clock right when it's there time to go, especially if they are busy and have lots of patients.

I might understand if there were something in this thread indicating "red pants" did something terrible but I don't see it. In my opinion you are being way too harsh.

HOLD YOUR HORSES Peterguru! I too have spent MANY a day in the Hospital, due to 27 years of serious heart problems and have never had trouble identifying who was the hard working, dedicated and caring nurse from the HIGH HORSE egotists and goof offs.

No patient should be treated in anything less than a civil manor. It doesn't matter if the nurse missed lunch, worked long hours or stayed overtime. Those are issues to be worked out with the Hospital management and not to be taken out on the patients.

Nurses chose this line of work and for the most part love it. Those who are not happy, for any reason should, find a different line of work.