Mount Carmel Bariatric Center Hospital
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They had a tiny chair in my room my normal sized sister barely fit in and they wanted me up and in it after surgery! hey couldn't find their "big" w/c's.
Everybody was so helpful. I would go back to have anything done. Bariatric patients are treated like kings and queens.
The staff was clueless! They were very unresponsive when I needed them. One even ate food when she walked in my room. One nurse offered to get me a regular pop!
Almost everyone was great with me, the only negative thing i have to say is one nurse out of like 15 that i had didnt give any attention to my pain. My morphine pump kinked and she didnt even check it when i said i was in pain and it wasnt helping, she said i wasnt pushing it enough, i sat there and pushed and pushed and she went to lunch without doing anything for me. Another nurse came in and checked it out after my lpn went to her and told her what was going on and she found the kink in the line and i went right to sleep. I guess i got the meds that were backed up from me pumping so much and not getting any thing.
I had a nice private room, i was helped to bath and get up, i was helped with everything i needed and they made sure i wasnt in pain anymore. I had alot of different nurses and they were all very good at taking care of me and the resident doctors that came by everymorning were very great, they were sensitive to my needs and they checked my insision every morning and talked to me about how things were going for me with the nurses and eating and pain. I think my over all thoughts about the hospital is that i would definately go back there if i needed anything else done regarding surgery. I met with everyone who was in the OR and chatted with them while they got things ready to operate. I felt very comfortable that i was in good hands with the staff of the hospital.
The nursing staff was excellent. Some education is needed on procedures for bariatric patients but in all I could not have been more comfortable or cared for. It is a teaching hospital and all of the interns as well as the student nurses were great with the patients and the procedures needing to be done.
My only problem with Mt. Carmel was with a couple of nurses on 7 Tower. Margaret was short-tempered with me and while I was under her care I felt like I had to wait for a long time for pain meds. Thank goodness I wasn't under her care long! My body didn't respond well to the morphine, and no matter how much I tried to explain that the meds weren't working, I couldn't get anyone to listen. It wasn't until the night of my third day that my veins started collapsing and they finally started giving me oral medications. That was when I actually started getting pain relief. But don't let this put a black mark on Mt. Carmel's record. I had MANY WONDERFUL nurses while I was there (Nikki, I LOVE you!) and the physical therapist was so motivating that I can't imagine going through the surgery without her. Overall, my experience there was very good.
Hospital was good. One nurse was totally condescending, and I will be sending a letter in reference to her. VERY unaccommodating.
I laid from 10:00 am until 2:00 am in extreme pain. I was having spasms and could not get any one to help. One nurse even made a snotty comment about "us bariatric patients". My girlfriend stayed with me and after hours of begging the staff to get me out of bed to avoid blood clots - she had to get me up at 2:00 am by herself. The result was a blood clot in my left lung and extended treatment. Do not go to this hospital if you can avoid it.
