tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post114105481258257071..comments2023-10-02T06:01:07.043-05:00Comments on The-Paris-site: Back to the Cath Labfac_phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-64318021700818493472007-05-29T11:54:00.000-05:002007-05-29T11:54:00.000-05:00There is a distinct problem with PRMC. I have had...There is a distinct problem with PRMC. I have had my grandfather and my father-in-law in this facility in the past 2 1/2 years. My grandfather was almost given the wrong medication because the nurse supposedly couldn't read the writing on the chart. Luckily my mom was in the room at the time and strongly questioned why he was getting a "new" medicine. He had a stroke and was on a soft diet... his tray had a hamburger on it. My father-in-law was admitted there on a Monday a.m. He was dismissed on Wednesday at lunch. He didn't get a tray until they were filling out his discharge forms. We had to bring him the rest of his meals. I 'm sorry that some of the nurses get really mad at us for asking questions and verifying things on our own as family members, but we have seen many mistakes happen. They'll just have to get over it where my family is concerned when one of us has to be admitted. I do worry about folks being admitted that don't have anyone looking out for them. I cannot even begin to tell you what great service we received with my father-in-law at Baylor for 5 bypasses. We had excellent care in Tyler at ETMC when he suffered a hymorraghic stroke and we finally got him transferred from the e.r. here after finding out that we didn't have a neurologist at this hospital. Our family motto has become "stop off at PRMC to stop the immediate bleeding then get me to Dallas ASAP"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-1141103344278340072006-02-27T23:09:00.000-06:002006-02-27T23:09:00.000-06:00Your right about the problem. You are paying 1000...Your right about the problem. You are paying 1000/+ dollars a day, and there is no one to feed your loved one.<BR/><BR/>Here is where the staffing issues comes in. Paying a regular RN on the staff is somewhere about 20 dollars an hour. Paying an agency nurse is about 95 dollars an hour. The nurse gets about 30-40 dollars of this, the agency gets the rest.<BR/><BR/>It cost more to run staff on agency, therefore less nurses, especially when the money is the bottom line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-1141092975043497292006-02-27T20:16:00.000-06:002006-02-27T20:16:00.000-06:00Just remember that when the issue of socialized me...Just remember that when the issue of socialized medicine comes up. The places that holds true seemed to be, with the profit motive satisfied by bribes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-1141087256867859302006-02-27T18:40:00.000-06:002006-02-27T18:40:00.000-06:00Well there is the problem. How many patients HAVE ...Well there is the problem. How many patients HAVE families to take care of them in the hospital? And if you're paying $1000+/day why should you have your family do your nursing care?! You're paying for a service!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-1141055810401925822006-02-27T09:56:00.000-06:002006-02-27T09:56:00.000-06:00In some countries, family is the answer to the dis...<I>In some countries, family is the answer to the disconnect created by staffing. Patients might not eat, unless family is there for them.</I><BR/><BR/>How many times have you gone by a room and seen a patient laying in bed, obviously unable to feed himself, with an untouched meal tray in front of him? It was probably charted as "no appetite." The staff may have good intentions, but with understaffing(yes, I said it, so fire me!) and time constraints, they don't get the help they need.<BR/><BR/>I would not leave a member of my family to their own resourses in this hospital!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com