The Sick Room for Christmas

[The Ghan]

@In A Pickle thats corporations for you unfortunately. Here we have a saying for alot of "corporate health systems" Profits before Patience" and that is no exxaggeration either. That attitude applies to the staff as well - as you said they don't care about them - plenty more where they came from seems to be the attitude

 

[Jusa]

@In A Pickle thats corporations for you unfortunately. Here we have a saying for alot of "corporate health systems" Profits before Patience" and that is no exxaggeration either. That attitude applies to the staff as well - as you said they don't care about them - plenty more where they came from seems to be the attitude

When my MIL was in the hospital just before she passed away (she was terminally ill), they kept wanting to do more testing and procedures. Why? So they could bill her insurance for it most likely? She wasn't able to give lucid consent she was so doped up and my husband's stepfather was in no state of mind to make logical decisions. We said no, just keep her comfortable. Then they wanted to move her a few days before she passed because it would look bad for them to have her die there. They wanted to move her to hospice 2 days before she passed. My husband refused to allow it. She was so frail and bruised up from the way they handled her there that moving her to the hospice would have been extremely painful, even while she was doped up.

 

[The Ghan]

Actually, it has gotten to the point with me where I would rather suffer it out than go to hospital or doctor (IF you can find one) here. These health systems prefer to use "cheaper" NP's (Nurse Practitioners) and the like.

 

[The Ghan]

When my MIL was in the hospital just before she passed away (she was terminally ill), they kept wanting to do more testing and procedures. Why? So they could bill her insurance for it most likely

That is about the it of it @Jusa - I really hate to say this, but they wanted her out so they could move someone more profitable in to take her place .........

That - to me - is nothing short of criminal!

 

[Jusa]

Actually, it has gotten to the point with me where I would rather suffer it out than go to hospital or doctor (IF you can find one) here. These health systems prefer to use "cheaper" NP's (Nurse Practitioners) and the like.

In all fairness, I don't mind NPs for the basics. When I go in for my yearly checkup, I usually see my doc's NP. She's pretty good at what she does and making an appointment to see her is reasonably easy. My doc gets booked up for months in advance. If I get sick where I think I might need antibiotics (bacterial infections), I go to the urgent care place about 4 miles away.

 

[Kathleen]

I see a NP and a PA. Both work closely with the doctor and are really outstanding. Both are specialty people and not general practitioners though.

 

[Jusa]

That is about the it of it @Jusa - I really hate to say this, but they wanted her out so they could move someone more profitable in to take her place .........

That - to me - is nothing short of criminal!

Yeah, that and having a death on their floor would make the doctor's stats look bad. He was such an ass. For years we kept telling her to switch to a different healthcare system but she wouldn't for some reason. It was ridiculously disjointed, everything is electronic these days, but if she was seeing one doctor for one thing and it went into her online chart, for some reason another doctor for a different ailment within the same system didn't know about the other thing. She had liver cancer but she also had a incurable lung disease, and the lung doctor didn't know she had liver cancer when she went in? Unbelievable.

 

[taxlady]

@In A Pickle That is horrible. And so irresponsible to their workers and to everyone else.

I agree. I was thinking that they are manipulating people into coming to work while they are contagious. It's absurd, heartless, and ethically dubious.

 

[The Ghan]

I don't want to sound cynical - but sounds like they are trying to drum up more patients for themselves to their staff, and others, detriment ...

 

[In A Pickle]

As a former nurse practitioner I’m obviously going to say NP’s are good
You are at a much higher risk of being hung out to dry, no ranks will be closing around you if you miss something (and some Dr’s view you as a threat so are waiting in the wings to pull your work apart) so crossing the T’s and dotting the i’s is essential. This tends to make NP’s stick to the correct protocols and be extremely thorough.

My personal experience of NP’s at the GP’s surgery with my son’s care has been nothing short of excellent. They have referred and pursued treatment for him that a lot of other medical professionals would have just shrugged and accepted wasn’t happening.