WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO PATIENT CARE?
DO YOU WONDER IF THE DOCTOR UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH, THE FEAR, ANXIETY, UNKNOWN AND JUST PLAIN FRIGHTENED? CERTAINLY, ONE WOULD THINK, HOWEVER, IS THERE A CERTAIN SENSITIVITY THAT THE DOCTORS LEARN, OR ACQUIRE, ALONG THE WAY? OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT, AND, FAR FROM PERFECT. MISTAKES, ERRORS, MISCOMMUNICATION LEADING TO MISTAKES. OFCOURSE, THERE IS GOOD QUALITY CARE OUT THERE IN THE LAND OF REALITY. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS BAD AND LESS THAN GOOD CARE, INTERTWINED AMONGST THOSE THREADS OF PATIENT CARE. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE MORE OF A SEASONED CONSUMER WHEN IT COMES TO JUDGING DELIVERY OF CARE. OR, PERHAPS, I AM JUST FROM THE OLD SCHOOL WHERE CARE OF THE PATIENT IS THE PRIORITY. THIS MEANS, SIMPLY PUT, THAT ALL ASPECTS OF CARE ARE DEALT WITH, INCLUDING THE EMOTIONAL PART. I AM TIRED OF HAVING A NURSE PERFORM SOME PROCEDURE OR DELIVER CARE AND NOT EXPLAIN WHAT SHE/HE IS DOING. DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE PATIENT NEEDS TO KNOW. H E L L O........AGAIN, I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE WONDERFUL CARING NURSES OUT THERE, AS WELL AS DOCTORS, AND I AM DIRECTING THIS WRITING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF DELIVERY OF CARE, THE POOR SIDE. THESE ARE THE NURSES THAT PROVIDE PATIENT CARE AND ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY ARE LIKE ROBOTS,JUST DOING THEIR TASKS, ONE AT A TIME. MOVING FROM PATIENT TO PATIENT. ASKING IF YOU ARE OKAY, BUT NOT WAITING LONG ENOUGH TO GET AN ANSWER. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO START TO GIVE YOU AN INJECTION AND DON'T GIVE ANY INFORMATION. JUST WALK OVER TO YOU AND TAKE YOUR ARM. H E L L O..............PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IT IS MY BODY AND NOT YOURS. THAT IS WHAT THESE, LESS THAN ADEQUATE, NURSES NEED TO REMEMBER. PERHAPS THEY NEED TO BE IN THE PATIENTS PLACE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THEN, OH YES, THEN, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PATIENT IS COMING FROM ........PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY.........PSYCHOSOCIALLY..........THE ENTIRE GAMBIT.............H E L L O ...............TELL ME WHT YOU ARE DOING.