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My husband has been in the hospital a lot in the last few years.  for pneumonia and different things.  The last time 2 weeks ago, he was haveing black BMS and throwing up black, wich is blood.  when he went in he couldn't have nothing to eat or drink, (He hadn't been able to keep anything down for days so he was very dry.  but after test doc said he could have clears drinks which he  inclued coke, pepsi, tea, coffee, water and jello as long as it wasn't red till midnight because he was having a upper gi next afternoon.  the nurses gave him nothing, so I went down and got him a pepsi and ice water. 3 hours later they come in with tray and got mad because he had a pepsi and poured it out.  On the tray was black coffe and green jello and broth.  I didn't say anything I just went and got him a 7 up. and kept him plenty of ice water.  next day after test the doc said he could eat and drink  anything he wanted, again they didn't bring anything in so I went down and got him food and drink and more water.  the doc come in and said his blood count was low so he was going to give him 2 pints of blood.  when they come with a tray about 5 it was clears, about the same as before so we gave it back to them.  next day they said he needed another pint of blood and they wanted to do a lower gi, so he couldn't eat again.  and the doc said he wanted him to start drinking that gal. of stuff at 5, 1 glass ever 10 mins.  till gone, well nurse didn't bring it in till 6 and told him to only drink it ever 1/2 hour.  At 7:30 night nurse come in with a bottle of stuff to drink and seen he hadn't drank the gal. yet and was mad.  come to find out day nurse didn't want him to start haveing bms before she left.  he got it all down.  they brought in a potty chair to use that night.  He still hadn't got the blood.  I ask again about it and was told he already had blood the day before, I said doc want him to have another pint.  She come back after a while and said I was right and she would get the blood and give it to him.  I left at 10pm.  after 12 hours of careing for him.  He called me at 11 and said they moved him to another room and he still hadn't gotten the blood.  after test the doc said he could have anything to eat and drink and again I had to go down and get it for him they didn't even bring in water. his room smelled so bad that I dis conected him and went down to waiting area for him to eat.  I throught it was the man in the other bed which wasn't getting that much care.....when I said something to my husband he said no that it was his pot that no one had ever empty.  I still don't know if he got the blood I was so tire that I fell asleep.  In the 4 days he was there he had no bath or shave and I changed his bed because it was a mess.  The nurses have been on stike twice and going out again...they say they are fighting for  better patient care.  I say they need to get off their fat behinds and at least give something to drink and give the blood that the doctors  orders, family should not have to do the work.   sorry just need to vent....I did nurseing for years and its hard work if you do your job.

 

That is the worste care I have ever heard of . You have every right to be mad .

But you also need to report this too .

This kind of stuff just burns me up !!

 

I do hope he is doing better.  And yes I would report that.

I just don't understand it, because he has alway gotten good care before, maybe they are wanting people to complain to prove that they need less patients per nurse, I don't know it's crazy.  I didn't want to make them mad because I never know when I'll have to take him back. they never did find out what was wrong with him after 4 days of testing.  He is feeling a lot better after getting blood. 

First night he was there the man in other bed more less died, they worked on him for over 20mins and got him back, so many people come in there, the room was full and they knew what they were doing, (man died later in ICU)  So they are good.  Back when I was an NA. We where told what to do and the Rns trained us, so when they left we took over.  We gave shots handed out meds and did about all of it.  But the patients got daily baths with back rubs.  Is any body else old enough to remember back rubs while in the hospital.  I miss the good old days when the only reason that I hurt was because I put in a hard days work and didn't have RA. .....nite all