I’m a physician
This is all a sham
Today I saw 160 patients. Urgent Care
No one had anything more than a cold
Same thing, different year.
All a sham
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I am a nurse, but I would not chose to do so again. Back in the 1970’s it was about the patient, now it is about the documentation, paper work, meeting government regulations, reimbursement-money, control of physicians through hospital affiliation/administration, politics. The hospitals are lawyered up-retainers with all major law firms makes it nearly impossible to sue hospitals for malpractice, if you can find one with enough gumption to take on the hospitals. It is all about drugs, even hospice is medicated euthanasia. Nurses entering the profession today are for the most part non-thinking, lazy twits. Medicine has gone down the tubes. Keep yourself healthy and avoid doctors and hospitals.
It used to be nurses and doctors spent time at the bedside evaluating the patient, getting a decent history, exam, etc.. Now go to the hospital wards and they are on the fucking computers nearly the entire time.
And check out what they put in the computers. I was admitted about 6 times 2019-2020 (before covid). They never asked me but put false statements in my admission and discharge summaries. Such as never married (was married twice), lives with children (I live alone) 20/20 vision (I wear bifocals or 1 pr glasses to read, another pair to drive), Activities of daily living normal (I'm handicapped), wrong PCP and pharmacy listed. They had listed meds I never took. I found this in the discharge summary they wanted me to sign. Oh how pissed off the nurse was when she had to go back to the computer to print out a corrected report. She literally started yelling at me so in the same tone and volume I said We could yell back and forth so what does that accomplish. She said I'm so frustrated. I said You're frustrated? I'm the one who is sick.
Yes/ I’m ashamed of how the hospital has failed
Absolutely right. A woman who volunteered in our Dept for years came in one day slurring, dragging her left foot, left arm kept bent. We told her please go to your doctor; looks like you had a stroke. She said she did, had tests that were negative and told to come back in 6 months. So we helped her to our ER. She died a few days later.
We then told our Dept Chief and he said that per insurance (Medicare) you cant treat/admit a patient without documentation of the diagnosis. I said there are always a chance of false negatives but just look at her you can see. He said thats just the way it is.
Agree. Hospital systems can be quite a mess
I have long thought all of this - thank you for confirming. Keep yourself healthy as well, fren - I can imagine it wasn't easy to come to this conclusion. One of my best friends is a nurse - the kind you'd want to have caring for you. She's got a big heart and a wonderful bedside manner. Beautiful human being. Being a nurse is all she ever wanted to do. It's not a decision one makes lightly, and I know how much of your life you devote to your job. This must be so disappointing for you, and that sucks. Take care and God bless you! :)
God Bless.