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[darrel]

I was watching the news last night and one of the topics was about this woman who went to this clinic for ct scan the tech told her he would be right back, after awhile she got down off the machine and found that she was locked in. she found a phone and called her son, and then called 9-1-1. about six hours later she got out.. the clinic's response was: "I geuss we need to change our lock up procedures" .............. you think? check out www.katu.com
after I got off the cardiac floor and down to the rehab floor. the Dr. had put down that I could take showers finally and I talked this nurse into letting me take one she stuck around while I transfered to the shower chair and she movedmy w/c out of the way, asked if I was going to be okay that she had to go finish her rounds, if I need any help to pull the emergency cord. I finished with what I could wash and I pulled the cord and sat there for another 20-30 min. still nobody I started calling out (not to loud, didn't want to disturb any patients) I finally kind of bounced the chair toward my w/c and reached out with the cord on my back brush wrapped around my wrist I was finally able to hook my w/c and pull it toward me. buy the time I got transfered back to my chair and covered another nurse happened by and saw the red light above the door and yelled in to see if anybody was in there and if I needed help(by now it had been about 2 hrs) my response was not now and a couple other choice words that acompanied. I finally made it down to the nurses station and the nurse that had taken me to the shower saw me. I could see in her face she knew, she kept apologizing about forgetting me. the next day they found out that during all the remodeling the alarm had got disconected..
lets here your forgotten story, it could be fun

Edited by darrel, 01 October 2007 - 06:59 PM.

[PetitMortVampyre]

[Tim13]

I needed to replace a solenoid valve on an evaporator in the cold storage warehouse at a seafood processing plant I worked in. This required getting in a man-basket and being raised 25 feet in the air by a forklift. The cold storage foreperson was happy to assist me and I proceeded to change the valve, which was about a half hour job.
When I was finished (and very cold) I looked around for someone to lower me to the ground only to find that everybody had decided to go on break or lunch-the place was deserted! I debated climbing down the mast of the forklift but that seemed pretty risky so i just stood up there freezing and plotting revenge, finally the freezer doors opened, someone remembered me and came to save me I thought. I was wrong, in walked a group of Japanese buyers who were touring the plant-none spoke english or, as it soon became apparrent, could operate a forklift. I finally got their attention and with enough pointing and arm waving, got one of them to push the correct lever to lower me to the floor.
Should have seen the look on the forepersons face when I walked into the break room, she apologized profusely and everybody had a good laugh.

[dave420atya]

One night when I was in the hospital I woke up about 6 hour after I was supposed to be catheterized. sweating ,heart pounding,and a bad headache. I hit the button to call for help and got no answer. So I pushed it again 20 min. later a nurse says of the intercom "yes". I say how I woke up having some episode or something.she said someone would come right away.20min. later no one yet so I hit call button again and again until someone answers. finally got someone to come it had been 1 1/2 hours and got pretty bad .I was new to it all so dont know about autonomic dysreflexia. they forgot to cath me before bed . It was a total of 12 hours.I'm glad I can do it my self now.Noone comunicates at shift change. Its just work to them not our lives.

[hockeydahc]

I had trouble getting a few nurses to recognise taht I couldn't do much after injury and needed help pronto. some took their sweet time. nothing about being forgotten that could compare to these stories. i do sympathize that some nurses just see it as work.

I did have one stupid nurse that, because I told her I had some function returning, thought I could stand on smooth flooring in socks, no leg braces, no shoes, no walker. She pretty much forced me to try, and I fell through her arms immedietly and did the splits right there at her feet. i was not amused and I made it known.

[darrel]

hockeydahc, on Oct 2 2007, 07:13 PM, said:

I had trouble getting a few nurses to recognise taht I couldn't do much after injury and needed help pronto. some took their sweet time. nothing about being forgotten that could compare to these stories. i do sympathize that some nurses just see it as work.

I did have one stupid nurse that, because I told her I had some function returning, thought I could stand on smooth flooring in socks, no leg braces, no shoes, no walker. She pretty much forced me to try, and I fell through her arms immedietly and did the splits right there at her feet. i was not amused and I made it known.

that sounds like McDonough county hospital, how far southern Il. are you? did you end up in Peoria also?

[hockeydahc]

no, this was actually at a hospital in St.Louis, MO. i won't say the name, its'a fantastic hospital, just a ditsy nurse.

Peoria is north of me. at the time, i lived in Belleville.

[PetitMortVampyre]

My step mom, marie, was recently hospitalized for a heart attack and the damn stuck up nurse at the hospital just ignored her calls for help for over 3 hours, she had basically poo'd on herself, cause she could not get to the bathroom without help, then was then pissed at mom, cause she had to clean up after her.... I wonder why?

I won't even discuss my own experiences in hospital.

[Justagirl]

dave420atya, on Oct 2 2007, 12:17 PM, said:

One night when I was in the hospital I woke up about 6 hour after I was supposed to be catheterized. sweating ,heart pounding,and a bad headache. I hit the button to call for help and got no answer. So I pushed it again 20 min. later a nurse says of the intercom "yes". I say how I woke up having some episode or something.she said someone would come right away.20min. later no one yet so I hit call button again and again until someone answers. finally got someone to come it had been 1 1/2 hours and got pretty bad .I was new to it all so dont know about autonomic dysreflexia. they forgot to cath me before bed . It was a total of 12 hours.I'm glad I can do it my self now.Noone comunicates at shift change. Its just work to them not our lives.

I am so sorry you guys have had such horrible experiences with nurses. I am a nurse and trust me, it's more than a job. I know there are bad ones out there, but I really hope you get to be cared for by an awesome one at some point.

[darrel]

Justagirl,
I'm sorry you think this, I know that it is looking like this is about nurses forgetting. I did not start this topic for that reason, when I raised the question, I ment any time.
I had a coworker several years ago that was driving a fork truck he was loading a truck and the driver thought that he was done, heclosed the door and locked it went to the next pick up and when the driver opened the door there was the fork truck driver, pissed off and cussing. the good part of this story is that the next stop was a block down the road.
any, and all stories are welcomed. this was done to laugh at. I laugh about my experience because I had no biz. in that shower room unattended, and I new that the nurse was busy. The rest of the stay there it was our little joke. and the emergency cord problem was found and fixed. no harm done.

[hockeydahc]

i want to note too, that I had some fantastic nurses as well. I will always appreciate them.