Hospitals and Nurses

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Yesterday, I went to see a longtime friend of 30 years who has been in ICU since Thanksgiving. She had bypasses on abdominal aorta. I wanted to speak to the head nurse on her case or the doctor who was floating around, and I waited an hour and a half and someone came. This does not bother me, as I worked in the Operating Room for years, and know how busy a hospital and staff can be. However, I went to the Nurses Station, and there were 12 nurses I counted just sitting, laughing, drinking coffee, and one of them was the nurse that I needed to see. I asked for the nurse again, and she came, reluctantly and she spoke with me. I know the hospital is understaffed, but it is also not run on a regimen like it used to be run. I was in ICU, and so much to be desired there, that it is scary. I am still trying to find out from someone why my friend went comatose, as one day she was fine and the next she is vented and comatose. There could be complications, but noone is telling me what really happened, and unfortunately the family does not seem to care.

I don't know what nurses make today, but when I was nursing we were paid nicely for the time I was practicing.

I am so tired of being in hospitals. It is such a challenge to me.

Diane M/Florida