Re: Bill at LA>hospitals

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Bill

Welcome to hospital stays MSA style, a bit of a shock, isn't it? If you

haven't seen any of our notes concerning hospital stays, it is much like

the boy scout motto, " Be Prepared "

You quickly discover they don't know what MSA is. My advice has always

been that you don't leave a patient alone in the hospital. We also

discovered that placing signs over the bed was helpful. As you found

out, our MSA patients can not always respond nor can they argue the

point that they have to have their meds on time.

Glad Kate didn't have to stay too long. If it happens again, you'll

know what to do. We have all had experiences we would rather forget but

for the most part it isn't that the staff doesn't want to help, it's

just that they don't understand what needs to be done and that most of

them do not have the time to do it.

This is coming to you from someone who has worked in hospitals and from

the mother of a recovery room nurse who says " short-handed " is a way of

life today.

Sally in KS