TerryJ2
Well-Known Member
Arrraaaarrggh!
Thanks, had to get that out, first.
S, P's caregiver from Visiting Angels, called today and told me that she had another incident at the assisted living ctr where P lives. There is one particular nurse who is in the wrong profession--always on a power kick, will smile and then turn around and stab you in the back, you know the type.
P has been in pain for a cpl yrs because of nerve damage and stenosis in her spine and tailbone. She is on a lot of medications. Sometimes, when the weather is cloudy or a front is coming in, the pain is worse (anyone here with-arthritis or pain issues knows how high- and low-pressure systems can affect the synovial fluid in the joints and spine). So today, P wanted to ring for more medications 1 hr after her last medication. S told her that she wouldn't get anything, but that she would get a Tylenol at 2 p.m., but P rang for the nurse anyway. Fine. T, aka Nurse Ratchet, came in and told P that she could not have any pain medications and that she had already had one. Her voice and attitude were snotty and loud. S advocated for P and told the nurse that P can have Tylenol in between the other pain medications. T had a hissy fit and said, "We don't administer medicine 24 hrs a day!"
Oh, yeah?
P was so upset, that after T left the room, she threw up.
S is writing up a report to send to her supervisor at Visiting Angels. I have a call in to the administrator. (I'm not even mtng with-the head nurse this time.)
No excuse. This isn't a hotel (and if it were, we'd get better svc.)
I have this burning desire to drive over there and get in T's face, but know it would be a mistake. Besides, difficult child will be home from school any minute and I have to be here to make sure that my own ship doesn't sink.
Thanks for listening.
P.S. I *still* haven't finished the paperwork about the missing medications, either.
Thanks, had to get that out, first.
S, P's caregiver from Visiting Angels, called today and told me that she had another incident at the assisted living ctr where P lives. There is one particular nurse who is in the wrong profession--always on a power kick, will smile and then turn around and stab you in the back, you know the type.
P has been in pain for a cpl yrs because of nerve damage and stenosis in her spine and tailbone. She is on a lot of medications. Sometimes, when the weather is cloudy or a front is coming in, the pain is worse (anyone here with-arthritis or pain issues knows how high- and low-pressure systems can affect the synovial fluid in the joints and spine). So today, P wanted to ring for more medications 1 hr after her last medication. S told her that she wouldn't get anything, but that she would get a Tylenol at 2 p.m., but P rang for the nurse anyway. Fine. T, aka Nurse Ratchet, came in and told P that she could not have any pain medications and that she had already had one. Her voice and attitude were snotty and loud. S advocated for P and told the nurse that P can have Tylenol in between the other pain medications. T had a hissy fit and said, "We don't administer medicine 24 hrs a day!"
Oh, yeah?
P was so upset, that after T left the room, she threw up.
S is writing up a report to send to her supervisor at Visiting Angels. I have a call in to the administrator. (I'm not even mtng with-the head nurse this time.)
No excuse. This isn't a hotel (and if it were, we'd get better svc.)
I have this burning desire to drive over there and get in T's face, but know it would be a mistake. Besides, difficult child will be home from school any minute and I have to be here to make sure that my own ship doesn't sink.
Thanks for listening.
P.S. I *still* haven't finished the paperwork about the missing medications, either.
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