General Chat

The worst thing that happened in nurses training was going to uni...not enough experience on the practical side.
I know the theory is important,but interaction with patients and compassion is so important and seems lacking.
A lot of staff nurses won't make beds but leave it to support staff.
Bring back matrons!

Hopefully they might have a different approach after you been to the hospital tomorrow. Hope they find the right treatment for you......it has been going on a while.

Anne

I'M AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MORE SCANS ON MY SORES
TOMORROW MORNING THE DOCTOR IS NOT HAPPY I ASKED MY GP FOR A REFERAL,SO HES A BIT OFF WITH ME ,THE DISTRICT NURSES ARE THE SAME AS HE HAS TOLD ME TO HAVE SOFT DRESSING ,WHICH WILL MEAN I SWOP
CLINICS AND THEY DONT WASH LEGS AND I NEED IT BECAUSE OF SMELL.
I AM SO FED UP OF THE PAIN AND THE HEAT FROM THE LAYERS OF BANDAGES.

as you know, my dil is a qualified nurse in elderly mentally ill - she works on the same site where Terry had his op - she popped in to see him during a rare break and was more than a little shocked to see that every member of nursing staff was on the reception desk - none were out on the ward with patients - this never happens on the EMI Unit

I hope that anyone who has a loved one in hospital on bed rest insists they are regularly checked for bed sores

I don't care what mattress they use pressure sores on heels appear very, very quickly and are extremely painful :-(

If you don't insist on a) being turned and b) having every part of you checked daily sores magically appear within hours of the last check.

I have every sympathy with him.

xx

forgot to mention that they also allowed him to go to the toilet unattended the day after the op - he fell over in the toilet and badly damaged his shoulder, which is still causing problems

when he is finally discharged, his daughter is going to play merry hell and I can assure you, heads will roll - big time

My friends m-in-law is bedridden and in a very posh nursing home at a cost of £1200 a week. She has ulcers from pressure sores !!!!!!!!!!!!

Almost like they expect it - very sad

the awful thing is that people don't seem surprised about this poor treatment any more

They just don't do things like that any more Ann :-( .
A friend's dad was in hospital terminally ill (waiting to be transferred home to die), and friend asked if he could be turned.
She was told, and I quote, 'we don't need to turn him, he's on a pressure mattress'.
Sometimes words fail me - nurses having degrees has done nothing for nursing care.

My friend's Dad, 92 years old and fit both mentally and physically, had an op for a knee replacement on the 21st April last - and would you believe he's still in hospital - the op was a success but they let him get sores on his heels and feet and until they heal he is unable to walk - it'll be about another two weeks before they heal

This should not have been allowed to happen - back in the day if you were confined to bed for any length of time you had the vulnerable parts of your body treated every night with surgical spirits and talcum powder to prevent such an occurrence

because of the lack of good nursing care he has taken up a bed which could have been used by several people by now and it must have cost the NHS thousands of pounds, apart from his discomfort

Fortunately he is in good spirits and was moved from the offending ward to one where the care is excellent