"Hey Joe,
Read your blog all the time, so I thought who better to vent my frustration regarding the multi-million dollar facility posing as a hospital. I have an 11 month old son who was running a temperature of 104.7 rectally. My wife took his temperature at 4:30 this morning rectally before going to the hospital. We gave him infants motrin and immediately headed for the er. When we arrived, the waiting room was empty, so we were seen by a triage nurse immediately. We informed her that or sons temp was almost 105 rectally and he was given motrin. She takes his temp at 5:15 and it is 102. We are moved to a room in the er. We are set up in a room directly across from a empty nurses station. When we arrive, we have to wait for the triage nurse to clean the soiled sheets off the bed. She changes the sheets and we wait.
We are in the room for 20 minutes before a nurse takes a seat at the station. She is sitting in plain view through my doorway looking at her computer monitor. I'm telling ya Joe, it was almost awkward because every time I would look up, she would peer at me. This tango goes on for another 10 minutes and I begin to dose off. My wife is already asleep with my son on her chest on the bed. Now mind you I am pretty observant, and I pay close attention to my surroundings ALWAYS. I already know as we are walked to the far end of the er that there is currently 1 other patient in the rooms. I also have noticed nurse Kim arrive at her station, look at a chart, look at her monitor, and begin the awkward eye dance. I have also noticed who I later discover is the nurses assistant stroll by my door in two different ten minute intervals complaining about how much school work she has and how she hasn't had a chance to get any school work done tonight.
At 5:45, nurse Kim decides to walk in with a syringe of infants Tylenol! My wife says he was given motrin a little over an hour ago. She rolls her eyes and walks out without saying a word! Ten minutes later, I hear nurse Kim in the hallway tell the assistant to get my sons temperature rectally. The assistant walks in and I inform her they just took his temperature and you are NOT waking him up to be stuck on stupid. By now, my wife is livid. She's had enough and decides we are better off waiting for our physician or driving to Baltimore. Now on our way out of the er, we see the doctor as he yells "call security" so casually with a tone that shows he's done this before.
Call security for what? Your incompetence? What happened to genuine compassion for a patient or just general decency? PRMC is a joke"
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62 comments:
Doesn't sound like you had to wait long, and they were just following procedure. Be a little more patient and realize they are the medical experts, not you. Go ahead, try an ER in Baltimore and see how long you'd have to wait there.
WHAAAAAAA!!!!! What else do you have as a choice and if you answer that then go there next time...
If you have an issue with someone or something then get the answers you want from that person or place. You seem like quite a wu$$y if you have to vent in this forum... Grow some BALL$ and show up at the ADMIN. office and vent on the ones that need to hear this problem occured...
By the way this website is blocked by hospital personel so how are you going to help make sure this problem is taken care of for future patients... The propper personel will never know about it unless you contact the propper personel.
I do not work for or PRMC or even know much about them, I am just tired of people that want to cry about things that go on deaf ears.
Joe does alot of good for this area but how the HELL can he help your child get better service next time... THATS UP TO YOU!!!!
And not a funny joke, either. There are some good, competent, caring folks there, but they're in the minority. As a whole this place is only worried about $$.
Ours.
Sadly they're the only hospital game in town. I'm going to Seaford or Berlin if anything happens to me. I'd rather take my chances there. It's not a case of "the devil you know" with a hospital. It's more like "once burned twice shy".
Just my VERY EDUCATED opinion. I've earned the right to say it.
anonymous 7:50,
If you believe for one minute the entire Staff at PRMC doesn't read Salisbury News, you're NUTS!
Just like when Barrie Tilghman demanded no one from the GOB view Salisbury News, our numbers increased and she was a fool, just like PRMC.
You can believe one thing, this message will be heard loud and clear, especially to those PATIENTS and other Parents of small children who may choose to go to AG instead the next time, since PRMC doesn't seem to be Infant Friendly.
I had a different experience this past Monday night but none the less it wasn't a pleasent one either.
Monday morning my son woke up stating his stomach was hurting. He stayed home and we made appointment for the doctor. By the time we got to the doctor his entire left side was in pain along with stomach and was shaking but wasn't cold. After being examined by the doctor they told us to go directly to the ER immediately for a CAT scan. (They were thinking it was his appendix) We arrive at hospital at 4pm.
At 8:45pm (supposedly only 8 people ahead of us when we arrived) we were finally taken back. I questioned the intake nurse on why people arriving after us had been taken back long before us. She explained that they minor problems go first since they get them out faster. I calmly explained that our DR would not have sent us directly to the ER just for them to sit us in the waiting room and maybe they should have spent more on DR's and less on the building. Anyway, at pm we're sitting in a room. At 9:30 they have my son drink a solution for the CAT scan and then inform we have to wait for 1 hr for this solution to work. Now why if they knew he was there for a CAT scan could they not have him drink this while waiting 5hrs in waiting room. At 11pm he gets CAT scan. At midnight they come out and say, there is nothing wrong with my son and to take him home. I hear the nurse talking to the PA stating that if people like us didn't waste their time they wouldn't be so busy. Let me just say there is a good think security was there because I'm not sure I could have contained myself. It takes them 45 minutes to discharge us, so at 12:45am, 8hrs, 45 min later we are on the way home with no answers and just some pain meds for my son. BTW, my son is 16 and for him to say something is wrong that he is hurting terribly. 3 days later his still in pain but they just say there is nothing they can do. Oh I almost forgot, after getting a room at 8:45 we were kicked out into the hallway around 9:30 for the rest of the night. How good that must have felt for a 16 boy in a gown feeling like crap being sat in the hall all night.
What do you do?
How about you research out what the proper treatment for your son should have been. I think you will find that you did that before you left the house. Why did you even bother to take him out to the ER? What did you expect them to do? Run thousands of dollars in unnecessary test that you probably wouldn’t even pay for. But it sounds like you wouldn’t let them because you turned down the treatment they tried to give. I have seen both the good and the bad with PRMC. But when you watch that same ER try and bring back someone’s father, mother, son, or daughter you can’t help but thank God they are there. I have seen that same group cry along with the family. Why don’t you take your story to the other guy in town who things the system is out to get him also. We just don’t care to hear it.
I'm sorry you had to go through this with your son. It doesn't surprise me. Sadly, each dept in the hospital is this way. Wait until your wife has to have a mammogram. The one person that does it complains about being hot, will openly discuss her medications and this is the same person who will tell others that you are patient! Radiology isn't too bad, pretty friendly and not too much of a wait unless it's late at night. Seems this hospital runs by the clock. If it's after 10:00 pm everyone there runs on a slower pace or doesn't work at all.
The one good thing about the age of your son, if he has to be admitted he'll go to another hospital which is the best thing for him. PRMC can't take care of babies or anyone else.
If you think that was a long wait. Just wait and see what happens if the Obamacare goes through. You might as well just lay down and die. Because that is how long it will take to get seen. And don't even think about getting a doctors apointment without a six month wait. And god forbid if you need an operation you may never get it because on your age or they have already booked allof those operations for the year.
Hey 7:50
I have had a few dealings with PRMC,and they are similar. I have complained to the proper people , but , nothing was done.That place is a joke , we have chosen to make the drive to Berlin or even Baltimore. PRMC doesn't have the talent or professional people they need. They have a nice building
that employs sub-standard medical
personel. It seems they have been under the Obama health care plan for years. Take an asprin and go home and pray!
You might not be able to view Joes blog but you can view JT's blog at PRMC.
PRMC is like the City of Sby. All they know how to do is keep putting lipstick on that same ole pig. Looks pretty on the outside but it is rotten to the core on the inside.
I've found you have to be assertive there on behalf of your family member. Ask questions. Inform hospital staff of other staff who have seen your family member and what that staff person did. Ask what procedures are being done, who the staff has to speak with first. Be proactive, not reactive on a blog.
call security? what a freaking joke! and what may i ask did you do at that point?
listen to Barney Fife? You seem like a decent caring dad.
I am always amazed about how these so called health professionals are so worried about what care you giv eyour child, when there are so many neglected children in sby. Ever drive around booth st?
there is a patient advocate at the hospital you need to speak to along with the head of the hospital.
Ok so the doctor said call security? Why did you leave out the part that lead up to that? What did you say to cause that kind of issue?
When someone has something good to say about PRMC you tend to not post those comments. Why do you with hold them?
Its so unfortunate to read about this story...I went into PRMC ER on Sept 4 for a herniated disc in my neck and within minutes I was seen then ready to go get an MRI after approx 20 min wait which included talking with the doctor then was admitted and scheduled for surgery...I've couldn't have ask for better treatment!! The nurses were great and I certainly send a huge THANK YOU TO DR MALIK! Without him I don't know what I would of done! The care I received from the nurses and doctors at PRMC couldn't of been anymore than it was, they were fantastic with me! I'm just sorry that didn't happen for this family....
years ago, my newborn was brought unresponsive to the er by ambulance. she was thankfully resuscitated however, minutes after being brought to a room in the er, she began bleeding profusely from the iv site. she was covered in blood. we called for a nurse, no one came. my husband ran to look for help, the nurse had to finish her bag of doritos before responding. my husband caught her eating red handed as our barely conscious baby lay covered in blood, i could tell so many more stories, the place is horrible and if i am conscious and able to speak, i would beg to be taken somewhere else if i had an emergency.
Ill tell you something PRMC Cannot do ANYTHING right, thats why Most of my Doctors are at Johns Hopkins, and if its an emergency i call Dr Khalil or go to the Med center by wawa on route 13. There is NO way you would talk me into going anywhere NEAR prmc! They are killing people everyday for their lack of knowledge, they almost put me through CHEMO for NO reason, because they read the lab report wrong!! something is really wrong with that!
Been there! Nothing will pi$$ you off worse. I am surprised they just didn't automatically give you the pink stuff (amoxicillian) without even checking anything else.
Wish you knew the nurse that was complaining about her homework. That individual needs to be fired on the spot. My experiences with both hospitals in this area have varied. One time, there are the most kind people you will ever meet. They make you forget about how long you are having to wait. After all, it is your business that pays their salary. Then other times you leave there saying I am never going back there again. They were rude, disrespectful, hateful and just down right mean. At AG, it the same thing. Sometimes I have gone in there and they are great. Other times I just wanted to slap them cause they just plain miserable individuals on staff. It is frustrating and I would have done the same thing you did. You have the right to expect good service. After all, it is YOUR money that pays their salary. Some day they will be the one lying in a hospital room being treated the same way that you were. Everyone eventually needs medical care. So you just remember this what goes around, comes around. You can just sit back, think about it and smile. Hope your son feels better. All of you get some rest. God bless.
JOE I never said that PRMC was not at faught, I just wish folks would stop hiding behind computers and take these issues up with the people that can fix the problems..
Even a BABY can cry all it wants but what good does it do if the right person does not hear it CRY!!!
I also know that the staff of PRMC reads this blod HELL everyone reads it... THATS a good thing..
But if somoeone is that mad over an expereince at PRMC then that person should have the balls to confrint PRMC themselves.. It seems like a cowardly way to handle thier childs healthcare issues....
When a nurse or assistant complain they have done so much work at work so they couldn't get any school work done it's a joke. I thought they were being paid to do hospital work while at the hospital. I've never worked for a boss who paid me to do my homework on their dime. If most of the hospital staff would do the job they were hired to do & treat the patients with the respect they would want to be treated with themselves then there'd be no problem.
AGH would never treat you this way, they are AWESOME!
1) So you're claiming the temperature dropped a miraculous 3 degrees between the time of Motrin and getting to the hospital- let's say about 30 minutes? It doesn't happen that way. In fact, the normal is only 2 degrees/hour. So I think your wife needs thermometer lessons.
2) There isn't always a "Triage" nurse on duty. They pull a nurse from a slower area of the rooms to handle this late at night.
3) 20 minutes before being seen? Then you're pretty lucky.
4) I think you're leaving out a key portion of the story. There's absolutely NO WAY a nurse is going to just come out with a syringe of children's Tylenol without the child being assessed by the nurse AND a physician. Nurses don't just hand out medications, they must have a doctor's order.
All in all, I think you're a crybaby who feels so important that the world should revolve around you and your family. Well guess what bucko? It sounds like the kid was just fine, and instead of panicking like idiot parents and clogging up an ER, just wait the few hours and go to his pediatrician!
Please print this, I am a nurse at PRMC and am sick and tired of people trashing us when they have no clue.
PRMC does suck! It took them 3 hours to stitch my damn knee up after an ATV accident.
complain complain... and to the blogger who thinks "all" the doctors are at Hopkins.. yea that is an intelligent statement
Wait til Obamacare when thousands (and yes it will be thousands) of doctors quitting and retiring early.. then WAIT for your care. you will be waiting for months.
So this blog has great "job security" because the medical complaints when Obamacare goes thru--will be so long Joe will need to buy more computer servers
Julie Magithy, RN-C, BSN said...
All in all, I think you're a crybaby who feels so important that the world should revolve around you and your family. Well guess what bucko? It sounds like the kid was just fine, and instead of panicking like idiot parents and clogging up an ER, just wait the few hours and go to his pediatrician!
Great!!!This is what employees at PRMC think of us. And you wonder why people don't go to your place. I'll be calling your CEO Peggy about this.....wonder how long you'll have your job for.....my guess by Thursday at 4pm you're out of there.
Boy,that was real professional Julie!!! I sure nothing happens to u or ur family at PRMC. I bet if it did, u would get off ur high and mighty attitude then. U have the same attitude as most nurses do. What ashame!!!
Sounds like we are missing significant parts of this story. Why would the Doctor "call security" if you were walking out peacefully? The answer is: he/she wouldn't have. Someone was causing a disturbance--it's not clear from your post that the doctor was even calling security on you. If he was, you were causing a disturbance. Think about how that affected the other patients in the department.
It sounds like your son is ok and that's the good part of this story. You arrived at the hospital, were immediately put in a room and the child was assessed. You waited half an hour and by then 'had enough'. Half an hour? In an Emergency department? Clearly you realized this was not an emergency to begin with. You did not have your expectations (as unrealistic as they seem to be) met and so you decide to complain about nurse assistant comments and imagined slights by the nurse. Very immature. This post is the main reason Obamacare will never work--people in this country want "Burger King" medicine: They want it their way. If they don't get it "their way" then they complain: "the doctor is an idiot" "The nurse rolled her eyes" "The staff was complaining/eating/laughing" . They don't look at end results, the health of the person, they just want what they think they need and if they don't get it, it's a license to bitch.
Joe, why do you insist on posting such negative comments about businesses and facilities on the shore? We are lucky to have a facility like PRMC (and AGH) available to our residents.
i wonder if julie was the rn that turned off the ventilation to my grandfathers device that keeps circulation flowing to the lower extremities.(sorry i dont know the name of it) she kicked the machine, turned it off because the alarm was "getting on her nerves" . i had to go downstairs to the front desk to find someone to fix the machine and turn it back on.
Less than an hour in the er and they're po'ed!!! WTF Let's see...their baby has a temperature, call the child's pediatrician, for goodness sake. Oh, that's right, no pediatrician, they don't work for free. Went to er and acted like pompous asses looking for free medical care for a non-emergency that you had no intention of paying for. Then complain, as if I (or most other readers) even care. It was MINOR, and you want to act like it was a major deal. Go to Baltimore and get in line with the other "wel-faries". Your baby got better, I presume? Didn't die, I presume. You are irresponsible parents that would leave a emergency room with your child, if you thought it was a life-threatening emergency. And if you were there just for free medical care, you should have been patient....you got what you paid for. They didn't refuse care for your child, but you refused to allow them to care for your child, according to protocol. SHAME ON YOU AS PARENTS! What gives you the right? Your child should be removed from your home. Your attitude puts your child at risk!
If you think that is bad wait for Obama care !
Well Julie I think you make a good point about over reacting parents but for you to respond in the ignorant unprofessional way you did I think maybe a career change would be best . Oh and F Y I if I ever go to the hospital and run across you expect a smack in the face your a BITCH !
aw snap!
Please quit trashing the parents,people.Having a sick child and not being able to do anything to take that pain away for them is torture.
The nurse who posted here is extrememly unprofessional and should zip it.My sister is an RN,on her way to being a PA,so I know a little about medical ethics.
Everyone I know goes to AGH.Newborns and terminally ill patients have a nasty habit of picking up staph infections at PRMC,sad but true.Not everyone there is bad,no one is saying that but there are problems.Check out mortality rates if you dont believe me.
Medical doctor I'm not but to the nimrods saying stuff like motrin doesnt work that way and so what the kid was fine, shut up!! Febrile seizures are a concern when a temperature rises quickly. So yes these parents had every right to be concerned. There could have been an infection in the baby's brain, the little boy could have contracted H1N1 for all they knew the fact of the matter is it is proven the quicker an assessment is completed the better the outcome in the event there is something majorly wrong. Yes, sometimes a matter of minutes does matter.
The nurse that has an attitude and obviously no interpersonal skills should go work at the dump so she can deal with things just like her all day long...trash. What a disgrace to the field.
My granddaughter was sent home from PRMC with a urinary tract infection that could have caused major liver damage. Her primary care physician tested for it the next day. I wouldn't step foot in their ER.
I like the way that after Dr Alvardo has passed away the best pediatrician ever you talk trash about the care at PRMC. Who do you think was over seeing all of the care?
1) UTI's do not cause liver damage directly. There's no anatomical connection. Perhaps if she became septic enough to end up in shock, the liver among other organs would fail. Try again.
2) Febrile seizures are not serious in 97% of the cases. They are a result of temperature spikes to usually 106F. In 96% of the cases they do not lead to a history of ongoing epilepsy.
3) A wait of less than 1 hour and they're calling security? Someone was acting inappropriately, most likely the father who wrote this crybaby letter.
4) You can contact my CEO all you want. This isn't the first time I've let my feelings known on issues in public before and my attorney knows they can't punish me for it. So to the poster who thinks they have a direct connection to the CEO, then let's go ahead and try it. I'll post back tomorrow and next week just to show I have a job. I'm not afraid of some internet piss-ant who threatens my job without signing their name.
Finally- to the person who said they would slap me in the face, I say come on in. I work tonight from 11pm-7am. Make sure you have a good lawyer, because I will press charges. You must be something if you feel the need to resort to violence and not talk things out. The truth hurts.
The attitude of Julie Magithy, RN, is unfortunately the way the majority of PRMC personnel react when confronted with a complaint. Unfortunately, a beautiful new hospital on the outside, does not mean you have first class medical care on the inside. I have a friend at PRMC now with major cancer issues and I fear that she will die before they figure out what to do for her. It's like Salisbury gets the MD's that graduated in the lower 30% of their class and Baltimore (Mercy, Hopkins, etc) got the A students. We are very fortunate to be so close to Hopkins and other facilites. Get in your car and go across the bay for good health care!!
I don't care what you say. The service at PRMC SUCKS, SUCKS and SUCKS. Complain! What a joke. All they will say, "I'm sorry" and "I'll look into it". All B. S. Everyone will be so better off going to Seaford or Berlin, even for an emergency. We need to stop paying them with cash or health insurance for extremely poor service. PRMC sucks.
I was recently in the ER for a kidney stone. I also had a follow up procedure at same day surgery. The 4 or 5 times my family has needed the ER or the hospital's services we have had nothing but positive experiences. The 2 weeks my dad was in the ICU before passing away they could not have been any more caring or concerned. Just my 2 cents.
Why didn't you just call your pediatrician's answering service and have them paged. Allow a professional to guide you not just a gut feeling and a rectal thermometer.
I don't know much, but I DO know this Julie RN needs a major attitude adjustment. Sadly she's got the same attitude and temperament of most of the rest of the people at PRMC.
The new person in charge is a nurse. Maybe she should check into this. She probably won't, though.
The bottom line is that it is an EMERGENCY room!!! When you use it as a Dr's office the staff gets disgusted. Those nurses and Dr's are needed for traumas, surgical abdomens,heart patients etc. When you abuse it because you don't have a family Dr or because you don't think you can get in with your family Dr the next day, you are jeopardizing someone's life who may need them. The sad thing is, those Dr's that see you, are a private practice that makes their living on people coming to the ER. They aren't gonna tell you to leave and go see your family DR. But maybe they should and some of the abuse might stop. Please folks give the ER staff a break....they are very much your life line in a true emergency. It is just annoying to see people who are abusing it. BTW for those of you who are praising the AGH ER, just so you know, the same ones you see at PRMC also staff AGH.
Julie,
I like you! They won't do sh!t.
Go somewhere else if you're not happy.
Julie is my new hero.
Hey Julie I think you better enroll in the 1 hr service excellent class coming up fast because you need it.It is nurses like you that give the rest of us nurses bad names. ER service does SUCK and I can't do anything about it maybe they should just direct admit to ICU were the Nurses and Staff in there care about patients and families. I love the ICU STAff they are great the hospital could get brownie points for those Nurses and Techs
Bravo Julie, I am also a nurse and am constantly amazed how the same people that will get up at 4:00 in the morning to stand in line for HOURS on Black Friday to save 50 bucks on a T.V. will whine and complain about waiting 20 minutes to go to surgery or a procedure.
Hey Julie, why doesn't your name show up as a licensed nurse in Maryland? Could it be because you're a FAKE.
Wow....these are the nurses that are providing care for our loved ones? I'm just saying....
She's using a fake name which is why she thinks she knows everything and wants to be a harda$$. She's like everyone else who works there. Because they are employed by that place they know everything about everything. WRONG!
Folks: Our country is in crisis. Everyone is on edge. I too have had to wait at PRMC and each time I swear i won't go back, but you know what, they usually take care of you and they can tell if you are on your way out feet first!!! Vitals can tell a lot. I thought my husband had a heart attack and when they came in and said he was in kidney failure (first time he had ever been in a hospital and he is 70) I thought they had mixed up his blood work!! You just have to take control of your own health. You need to know ALMOST as much as the doctor...forget the nurse!!!
I have to say my experience with PRMC was wonderful! My son was 7 weeks old and running a high fever when we took him to his Pediatrician, who advised us to go to the hospital for a further check-up. They caught on right away he had a blood infection and had a special team transport him. What impressed me most was not only the quality of care he received while we were there waiting for the transport team, but that the Dr. actually made follow up calls while we were at DuPonts and when we were finally able to bring him home. It was nice to know that the staff there cared about their patients, and went the extra mile to stay informed about a patient who they were no longer treating. I feel my family is lucky to have this hospital here, with great professionals.
The average wait time for an
ER in Maryland is 4 hours and 7 minutes. And for every story told about poor service at PRMC a similar story is being told about hopkins, Agh, or whatever xyz hospital recently visited.
And sometimes when it looks like it is not a busy night in the
Er or in the section you are in, perhaps it is because a new area is opened up to try to accomodate you, instead of leaving you in the waiting room, perhaps they felt you would be more comfortable waiting in a room with a bed rather than in a chair in a waiting area?
Re: "I have an 11 month old son who was running a temperature of 104.7 rectally. My wife took his temperature at 4:30 this morning rectally before going to the hospital. We gave him infants motrin and immediately headed for the er."
The reason parents went immediately to the ER was because they were frightened. A little TLC addressing fear goes a long way.
A little parent education and training before having a huge responsibility like a kid goes a long way as well. That's the hospitals' job to coddle them and make them feel like it was OK to be stupid parents? No way.
Julie do you have children?
I have two children. And one even had a febrile seizure. Did he go to the hospital? Nope. It lasted about 30 seconds (like usual), given some childrens Motrin, taken to pediatrician.
Really though, is it that hard to get parenting classes before having kids? There should be drug testing and stupidity testing.
Forgive me for not having your medical expertise but if my kid is having ANY kind of seizure,I am going to be sh*tting kittens but most of all I am getting my child to a hospital ASAFP!Those of us out here who are not nurses or doctors are not going to know which seizures are harmless or not,OK,? You have the attitude that anyone who doesnt have a medical education is an idiot-really?You really need to take a different career path if you have no more empathy than you do.You are a cold hearted person and I pray you are not in patient care.
I am a nurse in Virginia and yes I would have taken my child to the ED with an extreme temp if my child were under the age of 2. This is per instructions from my pediatrician's office, that a child under two with a high fever needs to be seen because of the risk of dehydration.
Anyway, as for the call the security comment, in my facility they do call CPS if a parent tries to leave with a minor child without discharge order, its not that the parent had to be causing problems so I wouldnt' assume that the dad here was being rude, it could be that he was frustrated and left and they decided to pull the cps card. It happens a lot.
I do think waiting less than an hour is a lucky thing, in most ED's the wait time is longer than that, so I'm not suprised about that. But to ridicule a parent for worrying and bringing a child to the ED is not the best path. Assuming they have no insurance and thats why they go to the ED is also not fair either, you don't know til you walk in their shoes. YES many people abuse the system and that sucks big time for nurses and docs that work our assess off but we can't assume everyone is out to get the system. I no longer live on the shore but these types of problems are not restricted to PRMC, many hospitals have happy and pissy nurses and docs, its universal. And they all have ppl that would rather do homework then work work, its those that will be poor nurses when they get out of school.
So people who want to do homework are going to be poor nurses? Maybe they have to work 2 jobs to put themselves through school and aren't entitled like you, anonymous "nurse."
And if you were a real nurse, you would know that children do not dehydrate, they are at risk of volume depletion. There is a difference, too bad you don't know the difference. And a fever is not going to cause either, so try again.
And if the parents were that concerned, they would've waited to see a physician, not storm off like they are entitled to immediate care because it's their stupid kid. So I guess it's another one of those visits that ties up the ED and real emergencies have to wait.
Julie although pretty much everything you are saying is true ( and I really am an RN and really did work in the ER), I think you are coming across very harsh and unprofessonal. And i have a relative who has worked in the ER for many years and folks there is no one in the ER by this name. My guess is this fake writer is really a physician posing as an RN. Please "Julie" fess up!!
I can assure you that Anonynmous Nurse 5:13 is not "entitled".She did not have rich parents to pay for her education.
Tuition,books,thats all come out of her pocket.She is a mother and wife who has had to work FT throughout the years of nursing school she has been through,and continues to work FT while finishing her graduate studies.I dont know how she does it all,but she's my sister and I can vouch for the fact that she has overcome insurmountable odds to be able to do what she loves for a living.Thats why one goes into nursing,not just for the money or job security but because its in their blood.When you stop loving it,its time to leave.
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