tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post5690878878354326898..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: How to Optimize Your Care While HospitalizedDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56901901843227207782011-05-18T13:18:15.638-05:002011-05-18T13:18:15.638-05:00Hi Dr. Wes,
My guess would be that the "high...Hi Dr. Wes, <br />My guess would be that the "highly experienced and capable nurses" you overheard have not personally been in the unenviable position of actually being hospital patients themselves. <br /><br />You know the kind - suffering, in pain, humiliated, helpless, dependent, fearful, confused - the ones who are NOT pleasant and happy like a "good" patient is required Carolyn Thomashttp://www.myheartsisters.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-6591442113237183082011-05-12T05:50:35.093-05:002011-05-12T05:50:35.093-05:00@Barbara: Thank you for seeing the humanity in bot...@Barbara: Thank you for seeing the humanity in both positive AND negative patient behaviors. I hope, when I am in the hospital, you are my nurse, or at least I am surrounded by some of the others you surely influenced in your hospital career! You put the "professional" in Health Care Professional.InTheWildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24281288680249364042011-05-11T14:16:21.830-05:002011-05-11T14:16:21.830-05:00As an RN spending 20 years in the critical care ar...As an RN spending 20 years in the critical care arena, 35 years in the hospital setting in total before moving on to affect healthcare in other ways....I think I can declare myself as a highly experienced and capable nurse. Reflecting on the statements made by these nurses, I say shame on them. The very patients who they avoid are the ones who need them most. I was never let down by giving a Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716087190002857702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60168509113317839252011-05-11T06:25:12.789-05:002011-05-11T06:25:12.789-05:00I don't work in healthcare, but I too like to ...I don't work in healthcare, but I too like to work with people who are nice. Then again, the customers I work with aren't lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to machines or tubes, having their pee and poop monitored, being told when and what to eat, when and how to sleep, being aurally assaulted by overhead announcements day and night (or hallway conversations about staff's lives InTheWildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-49113083559508780912011-05-10T13:26:05.506-05:002011-05-10T13:26:05.506-05:00Wes, I think this maxim applies in many realms.Wes, I think this maxim applies in many realms.Elaine Schattner, MDhttp://www.medicallessons.netnoreply@blogger.com