Olive & Paula
Member Since 2015
Yesterday. Caber Yr 2 Day 264
Busy morning already.
1st no visible blood in urine. I know NDW happenes on increases. I swear Ollie has it on decreases also. After 3 days or so of reducie she hits pinks and reds then back to blues.
2nd. Last night dad fell. Walked into his bathroom eating a cookie and apparently I was told split his head open and they sent to hospital for stitches. So 5.5 hrs later I had not heard from anyone. Facility not answering phone for over an hour. Hospital said he never came in. They checked the other hospital and no record there. So where is dad????. Call facility again, no answer. So I get dressed to go to facility myself, now I'm really angry this is what I have to do. I decided to call the administrator instead at home at 11pm. I woke her up. Well to bad. So she did whatever she did and called me back 30 minutes later. Dad was back at facility, no stitches. He didn't go to hospital they told me, he went to another. The staff at facility has cordless phones so when reception closes, they can answer the phone when it rings. Apparently they don't carry them. I know in weekends when I'm there families always call because the nurses are not picking up. Sometimes they can't because they are dealing with a problem, I get that. But at 11 pm it's change of shift and they are at the station desk, no excuse to not pick up phone. So this morning I called Hospice to let them know what happened, they were not told he fell when they called for daily update. So now hospice will have case manager go today and check him, and make sure they have treatment orders for gash on head. It should be automatic to have treatment orders but I know last time when he tore skin open on arms no one called doctor for treatment orders. One week, not one nurse checked his arm that was wrapped up. I mean really. So I did (before I worked there) when I visited, took bandage off and his arm was infected. I was livid. I so lit into the doctor and administrator at that time. This is basic nursing, there should be routine house orders for this. Whatever happen to common sense in nursing. Not everything needs a specialist. If it was your child who skins a knee, do you take them to ER or orthopedic? No you clean it up, put some ointment and a bandage on it. And do it everyday until healed. What is the problem today, everyone is so detached.
Sorry for the rant.
Busy morning already.
1st no visible blood in urine. I know NDW happenes on increases. I swear Ollie has it on decreases also. After 3 days or so of reducie she hits pinks and reds then back to blues.
2nd. Last night dad fell. Walked into his bathroom eating a cookie and apparently I was told split his head open and they sent to hospital for stitches. So 5.5 hrs later I had not heard from anyone. Facility not answering phone for over an hour. Hospital said he never came in. They checked the other hospital and no record there. So where is dad????. Call facility again, no answer. So I get dressed to go to facility myself, now I'm really angry this is what I have to do. I decided to call the administrator instead at home at 11pm. I woke her up. Well to bad. So she did whatever she did and called me back 30 minutes later. Dad was back at facility, no stitches. He didn't go to hospital they told me, he went to another. The staff at facility has cordless phones so when reception closes, they can answer the phone when it rings. Apparently they don't carry them. I know in weekends when I'm there families always call because the nurses are not picking up. Sometimes they can't because they are dealing with a problem, I get that. But at 11 pm it's change of shift and they are at the station desk, no excuse to not pick up phone. So this morning I called Hospice to let them know what happened, they were not told he fell when they called for daily update. So now hospice will have case manager go today and check him, and make sure they have treatment orders for gash on head. It should be automatic to have treatment orders but I know last time when he tore skin open on arms no one called doctor for treatment orders. One week, not one nurse checked his arm that was wrapped up. I mean really. So I did (before I worked there) when I visited, took bandage off and his arm was infected. I was livid. I so lit into the doctor and administrator at that time. This is basic nursing, there should be routine house orders for this. Whatever happen to common sense in nursing. Not everything needs a specialist. If it was your child who skins a knee, do you take them to ER or orthopedic? No you clean it up, put some ointment and a bandage on it. And do it everyday until healed. What is the problem today, everyone is so detached.
Sorry for the rant.
to you.
I hope you're feeling much better! 
