Johnson Memorial Hospital Hospital
I was quit honestly shocked to see a smaller hospital with such a professional, caring and clean atmosphere. I can't say anything bad about anyone. I feel I received that best care I could have received. I never worried about anything or felt as though they didn't care about how I was doing. They were excellant.
So far I've only had my pre-ops and nutrition consult there. My only issue with this hospital was with the pre-admission testing department. As it turned out, I had too high a Hemoglobin A1C (I'm diabetic) and could not have surgery. The PAT dept was supposed to call me to notify me of this and they did not. I ended up "finding out through the grapevine" that my surgery had been cancelled and it was a devastating way to learn this news! During my surgical stay, I noticed many things that should've been done differently. For example, for my entire four day stay, no one from Housekeeping ever cleaned my room. At times it would take 20 minutes for my call light to be answered, and as I'd had my PCA pump taken out prematurely, the pain meds were really important. Once it took a nurse an hour and a half to bring me a portable O2 tank so that my husband could walk me in the halls. All in all, I'd stay there again but I would be more vocal when I saw these things I've mentioned occurring!
Johnson Memorial is very small, but well staffed. I did not have to wait for anything. There was only one night that I feel the personal care was not as good as the rest. Little things like my ice bucket and ice water did not get freshened all night. The rest of the time I did not have to ask for anything.
Overall I had a positive experience at Johnson Memorial. The nursing staff was attentive to my needs, my room was clean, and I had plenty of privacy. My visitors were never made to feel uncomfortable by any member of the staff. My only complaint was the noise level during my stay. At the time they were remodeling the room next to mine. They were chipping up the tile and replacing it with linoleum. I'm sure that the noise level is normally fine, but I just happened to be there during the remodel. I really felt I had excellent care overall during my 4 day stay.