Re: Inova Fairfax Hospital and nurses are great
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Date: January 08, 2013 08:16PM
Iknowthatplace Wrote:
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> Truther Wrote:
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> > wonder Wrote:
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> > > Do any of the nurses appear to be native
> born,
> > or
> > > they all immigrants from the third world?
> > >
> > > I swear to fuck I haven't seen a medical
> person
> > > that wasn't a foreigner in many years.
> > >
> > > Are Americans too stupid to make it through
> > > medical/nursing school anymore?
> >
> > What you're seeing is the broadening of
> > responsibilities for nursing technicians...a
> > decreasing of responsibilities (but not hours)
> for
> > nurses...and an ever decreasing of
> > responsibilities for doctors.
> >
> > Nursing technicians are almost always non-white
> > savages. They spend more time with patients
> than
> > anyone. They take their temperature, change bed
> > linen, empty bedpans and any other "gopher
> tasks"
> > the patients require. They are the workhorses.
> >
> > Nurses act as liasons between doctors and
> nursing
> > techs. Nurses dispense medications and provide
> > immediate responses to emergency situations.
> >
> > Doctors oversee the process with little to no
> > hands on outside of surgeries or procedures. I
> was
> > in the hospital for two months last year. I'd
> see
> > the nursing techs every hour...the nurses 4
> times
> > per day and the doctor once per day.
> >
> > The doctor's visit was literally, "How are you
> > feeling today? Good, good...Any questions? No?
> Ok,
> > see you tomorrow." and all the while his head
> > buried in his phone, tablet PC and never giving
> me
> > a chance to respond.
> >
> > I guess I can't complain because I'm still
> alive
> > and in perfect health...
>
> I'd like to chime in, as I AM a nurse and I happen
> to work at an Inova Facility. Yes, I'm an
> American, and quite obviously so. I did not have a
> 4.0 GPA, but I worked my ass off through nursing
> school so that I could help people who needed it.
> I couldn't spend another day in front of a
> computer and in boring meetings. I wanted to
> actually DO something when I went to work!
> While you're correct that the "techs" do the vital
> signs and change linens, I'd invite you to spend a
> shift in my shoes. Nurses do not simply "pass
> medications" and "respond to emergencies." We talk
> to the doctors to let them know if you're in pain,
> if your vitals are abnormal or anything like
> that... but we also do a lot of "behind the
> scenes" work that you would never even know about.
> Do you think the medicines "Magically appear" on
> the unit? No, we have to deal with pharmacy and
> the doctors to make sure we have what we need. We
> do a LOT of patient interaction. In fact, in most
> cases, we don't HAVE techs on the floor because of
> call-outs/cancellations or other reasons. While I
> can't speak for all of my colleagues, I know for a
> fact that I'm in my patient's room every hour...
> all 5+ of them... talking to the families (a
> biggie when they've been stuck in the hospital all
> day/week and just want to feel "normal" again) and
> finding out what I can do to make their stay
> easier for them!
>
> I would say that I hope that next time you're
> hospitalized, one of the "non-white savage" techs
> skips over your room while you're busy with a
> fever, going septic with your IV infiltrating and
> your blood pressure dangerously low... but that
> wouldn't be very nurse-like of me. Next time
> you're at Inova... ask a nurse if you can follow
> her around for a shift... then you tell me who the
> "work horses" are!!
When I was hospitalized for cancer (first at Inova Alexandria), the nurses were nothing short of fantastic. The techs did their job. The doctors did their job, but it was the nurses who cared. They paid very close attention to me and managed my pain expertly. They are the best and I always thank nurses in general when I see them, so thank you Iknowthatplace. They have to put up with a lot of shit from all sides, including patients, but they still take the time to care, no matter what country they were from. They are the absolute best.