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Bad Nurse
I had my first bad nurse yesterday. Everyone has been really awesome so I was surprised.
She came in to give me meds around 8:45am and then to do my monitoring at 9:45. She came back to take me off the monitors around 10:45 and I didn't see her again until 5pm. She didn't check on me alllllll day. Now, I don't need someone checking on me every hour but how does she know I didn't die in here? I am not hooked up to anything so I could have fallen or something and no one would know. Also, I have to drink a ton of water that I can't get for myself.
I buzzed around 3:30 for more water and she didn't come. The blood pressure lady happened to come in and got me water. So by 4pm I was pretty cranky about the nurse and looked at the log they have by my door and she wrote down that she checked on me at noon! She must have logged it in when she was here in the morning. I didn't nap or leave my room cause I'm on lockdown so I KNOW this biitch wasn't here.
So she comes at 5 to give me an iron pill. We have barcodes on our wristbands that they scan everytime they give you something. She didn't scan me. She was here 10 seconds and left. I looked at the chart again and she put in another time in the afternoon that she supposedly visited me. I can't believe it!!
It's one this to suck but it's another to make things up on the chart!
Re: Bad Nurse
I would totally say something to another one of the nurses or the doc about her made up chart-signing. Who knows, she could do this to other people and what if something really bad happens?
"Once I got a bath bomb that, once exploded, filled the tub with confetti. Little sharp metallic pieces of confetti. The product description said nothing about confetti. Oh look, there's a tiny, sharp metallic blue star stabbing me in the labia. HOW RELAXING. " - NoisyPenguin
Either the Nursing Mgr or Asst. Mgr. come in to check on me every morning so I am going to tell one of them. I didn't want to tell just another nurse because I don't know who is friends with who, etc.
One, I don't want made up shiit in my chart and two, you can't have a careless nurse that will make up stuff and not follow procedure like scanning to make sure she is giving the right people the right medications. It's crazy.
Oh yeah, you bet your asss I'd talk to her manager about that one. That's got to be a liability issue.
How are you feeling, BB?
Huge liability. Imagine if she gave me the wrong meds? Or if something happened to me at one of the times she said she was checking on me but wasn't? Also, this is the mother/baby unit. You need to be extra careful around the new little humans.
Physically I feel fine. I always did. It's kind of annoying to have a problem that you can't see or feel so you have no idea if you are getting better/worse.
It's tough mentally to be here. I know it's best and I'd rather be here than home at this point for the health of the babies but it's a biitch to be cut off from the outside world and stuck in one room all the time. I miss being home, my hubby in bed at night and my dog.
You're getting close though. Did they give you a timeframe of what point they'd let you go home?
I can't wait for the nurse mgr to come today. She's going to flip out. They ask everyday if everything is ok and remind me to let them know if it isn't. On my first night a nurse blew a vein in my arm trying to get the IV in and I have a big, dark purple bruise now. It doesn't hurt but when the nurse mgr saw it she was pissed and wanted to know who did it. I didn't remember who did it but jeez, that was an accident. This is total negligence so I know heads will roll.
Wendy, I am getting conflicting reports on when I'll go home. I had been seeing my Dr's partner while she was on vacation. He said 32 weeks then changed it to 34 weeks. She came in yesterday and said as long as I am stable the next 2 weeks they will send me home at 32. I am not holding my breath either way as I know it can change in an instant. The nurse last night (after the bad one left) said that a lot of women get told 32 only to be held longer so to stay realistic. I really want to hold these babies in until 34 so if that means staying here, that's what we'll do.