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Re: Have you seen this Kennedy v. maternity nurses?
It's really strange. At our hospital, if we took Ian out of my room, we couldn't be carrying him, we had to be pushing him in the hospital pram, and we weren't allowed to leave the floor. Seems like that be common sense to any new parent.
If the nurses were aggressors, as his doctor friend says, it's most likely because they were just trying to do their jobs.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/us/new-york-robert-kennedy-son/
Also weird: RFK's son is a FOX newser.
what a strange story. to me it sounds like the only one being inappropriate was Kennedy. wtf take the baby outside to get some fresh air? kicking and pushing down nurses? most birth wards are on full blown lockdown and they have so much security in place in the interest of protecting the babies from just anyone waltzing in and taking one. the nurse's priority would be to keep the baby safe and in the building until they were officially discharged, right? regardless of whether the father was famous, because it seems like there is an unspoken "don't you realize who i AM???" undercurrent to his/his lawyers allegations.
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But Taub said neither nurse recognized Kennedy as the child's father and intended to protect the baby, who apparently had not been discharged. They were trying to enforce hospital rules, Taub said.
They did the right thing. Absolutely. Hitting or grabbing a nurse there to protect the infants and mothers in the maternity ward is outrageous.
Why? It's hospital policy. He'd have had the right to leave with the infant on a waiver which would take some time to put in place. He's clearly an ass and a bully.
And yeah, at our hospital, if a baby was taken too close to the elevator bank, the entire wing automatically went on lockdown--elevators wouldn't open, and additional keycards were needed for stairwell doors--until security had done a thorough sweep of the floor.
I haven't been really following it, but the above makes me think Dr House had something to do with it.
Also, in-between Bug and Dimi the pushing your baby down the hall rule got implemented and I just thought it was really weird. I don't have any problem with the arm bands and not going outside, but I can carry my baby around the hard linoleum-floored room where there's lots of equipment and cords, but not the wide, carpeted hallway free of obstructions? Oh-kay.
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There are dumb rules. I wasn't allowed to carry jo in a hospital bed, as they wheeled me down the hall. Um. Ok? But regardless, when you register they go over all this stuff in detail and you get another rundown on those happy hospital tvs that play on repeat and help from the nurses. The guy is a bully.
That's crazy.
When we were on our hospital tour and again at our childbirth class, they went over the rules. Bob and I will also get bracelets with a number that matches the baby's bracelet that gets checked anytime the baby leaves us or gets brought to us.
The baby will also have lojack on her ankle and the ward will get locked down if she gets too close to the door. The elevators are outside the locked door so you can't even leave the floor.
That's nuts. It sounds like the baby lojack system is pretty standard across the board everywhere - we had it at our hospital too. Elevators and stairs are outside the lojack door and down the hallway, so no escaping with the baby. What a Mr. Cheney.
Our hospital was stifling. Soooo hot Jo kept getting overheated and I still had 0 desire to take her out into the frigid night for "fresh air." I mean I might have been ticked off that I couldn't open a window but no one was getting their arm twisted for fresh air.