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Related: About this forumI'm starting to get worried about the hospital, I'm in.
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
(5,058 posts)I hope things improve for you today.
kozar
(3,243 posts)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
(14,455 posts)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
(3,243 posts)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
(28,865 posts)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
(14,455 posts)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 .. ?
highplainsdem
(58,403 posts)not wait for help after calling for it.
Goonch
(4,017 posts)"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."