Raven Sidney
7 Sep 2021
Very quiet and accommodating hospital. Clementina and Jennifer were very attentive after my surgery. I was allowed to make my own decisions about pain control and was up and ambulating with mild discomfort after my surgery. However, there were some nurses and medical assistant that could care less. Clementina and I went back and forth about pain meds when I came from recovery. At the end of one exchange she walked out the room saying “whew” out loud to which I responded “whew” back. Her attitude changed for the rest of the morning. I asked one medical assistant on night shift about a shower, she said people don’t shower after these surgeries. She didn’t offer any other options. I was told where all my linen was as if I was to change my own bed each day by one medical assistant. One medical assistant at night was very good, even introduced herself. Nurse Aisha told me to drink plenty of water even though I had large bags of lactated ringers hanging , I followed her advice like a dummy and it lowered my potassium levels. I had to take 2 huge potassium pills every two hours before I could be discharged. When the doctor pulled off my incision dressing, nurse Felicia gasped as if she was looking at the most grotesque site. I didn’t understand why she had to even watch while the doctor checked my dressing if she didn’t have bedside manner training. There was another nice night nurse that came in after Jennifer, her name maybe Kathy, she was so kind and made sure my pain was managed because of her I slept so well that night. Also the food at this hospital is horrible. I had a tuna salad sandwich that tasted like tuna water sandwich. I told my husband to come get me before the nurses kill me.