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| - Recently, I had surgery and was placed for overnight care. Into a room with electrical problems! All throughout the night, lights would flash on and off, the tv never did even turn on, and most upsetting, alarms would go off and not be checked immediately by the nursing staff. It was frightening! No wonder the nurse was apprehensive about my heart rate and blood pressure. This was after a full hysterectomy. Before even entering my room, in the elevator, the night transport attendant noticed that my iv was spraying everywhere. I was never checked throughout the night for possible bleeding and the nurse was surprised when she finally looked and had to change the sheets the next morning. Last of all, my physicians need to know that their instructions were not read or administered in a timely manner, i.e. within the first 2 hours at least! I felt like anyone taking care of me was ONLY interested in whatever the machines hooked up to me had to say. So many tubes and wires from head to toe, made it extremely difficult to move, mush less get comfortable. I felt like a slab of meat trying to be kept fresh for a butcher. Sorry, that is harsh, but it has been over a week now. I have waited for some type of evaluation form from the hospital, so that I could just let them know directly, but have seen nothing. These people work hard, and I do have empathy for them. But no one should have their health care compromised by an inadequate room and overworked staff.
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