Morristown Memorial Hospital Hospital

The nurses were the best. They are the ones who can make your experience so much better.

Overall my hospital stay was ok, but the woman I shared a room with was very sick so it made my stay a little more stressful, but it was not too bad.

I THINK MMH DID A TERRIFIC JOB FOR ME THIS PAST WEEK. FROM THE TIME I CHECKED IN WITH THE REGISTRATION DESK; THE GENTLEMAN APPEARED TO VERY HELPFUL AND CARING, DESCRIBING WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHERE MY WIFE COULD WAIT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER SURGERY .
THEN THE PREP NURSE TOOK ME TO A CHANGING ROOM THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A GUY LIKE ME TO CHANGE INTO THE GOWN OF HORRORS ( ACTUALLY THE GOWN WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO COVER THE BACK SO SHE BROUGHT A SECOND GOWN TO COVER MY BACKSIDES ON MY WAY TO THE PREP GURNEY IN THE HOLDING AREA JUST PRIOR TO SURGERY.
IN THE HOLDING AREA TWO VERY NICE NURSES STARTED MY PREP; ONE WAS STARTING THE IV DRIP IN THE BACK OF MY LEFT HAND AND THE OTHER NURSE STARTED A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WAS AS COMPREHENSIVE A MEDICAL QUIZ AS I’VE EVER HAD ( NEVER HAVING HAD SURGERY BEFORE). I THINK I SAID NO ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE SHE GOT TO ONE AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER. THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST WAS NEXT TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND EXPLAIN WHAT TO EXPECT ON HIS END OF THE TABLE. SO FAR SO GOOD; WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON I HAPPENED TO GRAB MY PATIENT BOOK LAYING AT MY FEET AND STARTED TO READ ALL THE STUFF THE DR AND HOSPITAL HAD ON ME. THE DR’S DIAGNOSIS AFTER OUR OFFICE VISIT INTRIGUED ME MOST, THOUGH IT ALL INFO I HAD GIVEN TO HIM IT JUST SEEMED DIFFERENT IN HIS LINGO. BUT WHAT REALLY GOT ME WAS HOW EVERYTHING SO FAR HAD BEEN SO METHODICAL. THESE PEOPLE REALLY KNEW EVERY STEP OF THE WAY NOT ONLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT WHAT THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROGRESSION WOULD BE, AND THAT, RIGHT BEFORE SURGERY WAS EXTREMELY COMFORTING TO ME AND MY WIFE.
ROLLING INTO THE OR WAS UNEVENTFUL AND I WAS OUT LIKE THE PROVERBIAL LIGHT BEFORE THE GAS PASSER SAID GOOD BYE.
THE RECOVERY ROOM WAS A BLUR. NURSE THERESA WHO’S HAD GBS WAS GREAT HELPING ME WAKE AND TEACHING ME WHERE THE PAIN PUMP WAS AND HOW TO USE THE LUNG EXPANDER TO BLOW INTO. THAT ONLY MADE THINGS BETTER.
UP IN THE J1 SURGICAL WING THE NURSES AND THEIR ASSOCIATES WERE THE BEST. TO A LADY THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A KINDER MORE COMPASSIONATE GROUP. MY COMFORT AND NEEDS WERE THEIR UTMOST CONCERN. EVERYTHING ASKED FOR WAS PERFORMED/DELIVERED WITH TIMELINESS AND CARE. ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATED THE VERY MOST WAS THE SIGN-ON BOARD ON THE WALL IN FRONT OF ME; AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SHIFT WITHOUT FAIL EACH LADY WOULD SIGN ON THE BOARD HER NAME AND DUTY (RN OR ASST.) AND INTRODUCE HERSELF TO ME SO I HAD SOME SEMBLANCE OF WHO I NEEDED TO TALK TO ABOUT WHAT I REQUIRED.

I was pleased with the staff and the hospital in general.

The first night of recovery, I was sharing a room with an elderly heart patient who, every 20 minutes would set off her alarms..start screaming and cursing, pulled out her I.V's...got no sleep the first night...also my night nurse stole my calling card and used up all my minutes with a call the South America! Was terrified the rest of my stay that the nurse would harm me because I brought attention to it the next day....the worst experieince I have ever had in a hopital!

I thought that I would be going to a part of the hospital that was strictly for WLS but that was not the case. I was on a regular medical/surgical floor. The lady in my room had hernia surgery. The staff was very noisy at night, talking loud in the halls, dropping things. This occurred every night. Cleanliness was average. I was day 2 post op before a nurse told me the correct way to use the little blow toy to clear the anesthesia out of my lungs.

they have some great staff - very concerned and accommodating.....and some staff that are not empathetic to the post-op pain/discomfort.

Everyone treated me and my family like guests in a hotel, kind considerate and caring. Made the entire experience east.

From the moment I entered the hospital the staff was very comforting and supportive. They all have been trained well and I would recommend this hospital to everyone.

I have no complaints at all about my stay. I had to spend the night in the Recovery Room, because the hospital had no beds, but the nurses were FANTASTIC!! My sincerest thanks to Deanna and Vivian. I almost got sent for a swallow study. Good thing I discussed this with the surgeon ahead of time. I didn't need one, and had I not known to ask, I would have had an unnecessary test.