Re: 6 weeks post-op TP/ICT: nursuing

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In a message dated 6/28/2003 11:21:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

l10nx@... writes:

> It is mind boggling to think there can be such excellent care and such

> poor care just floors apart.

>

I understand and I agree. I found the nursing staff there to be an insult to

the doctors who are trying to do their job with dignity. Shirley

[Guest guest]

Shirley,

You wrote:

I have been meaning to ask you how the nursing staff was when you were

recovering from your surgery. I had two very bad blood infections at

once that kept me in UC for 23 days and the nurses left a lot to be

desired. A doctor I had there also commented on the bad nursing.

Thanks Bert, Shirley

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I received the best care ever during my trip for the pancreatectomy.

Nursing, pain management, anesthesia, surgeons and medical docs,

patient care assistants, nutrition, everyone. I was treated like a

dignitary. My home was in the critical care pavilion, on the 9th

floor, which is a lot like staying in a resort hotel. I suspect I got

the red carpet treatment because these research based procedures have

lots of grant moneys, and the critical care pavilion probably has its

own budget line and so on. The staff are thrilled to do what they do,

they get treated like gold, and it is just a real model that should be

looked up to. I don't think you can compare that with a normal

admission. Its like two totally different worlds.

My stays on medical floors for acute pancreatitis were just miserable

compared to the care of the critical care pavilion. Nursing care

generally was poor. Some of the worst nursing I have ever been

subjected to. I only continued going to UC for ER visits because I was

getting worked up for the surgery there. Prior to being a candidate I

went to Good Sam. for my ER visits and received much better nursing care.

It is mind boggling to think there can be such excellent care and such

poor care just floors apart.

See ya,

Bert