Rose Medical Center Hospital
I did not feel that I was treated respectfully by some of the nursing staff at Rose. I was shocked, since all I had heard was fabulous things. After my surgery they took me to my room, which was not on the floor I thought it would be (where most of the bariatric patients go). I asked about this and apparently offended the nurse by doing so, so the rest of my stay I had minimal nursing support and was not treated very kindly.
I liked the hospital, very clean and nice. The only "Poor" experience would be that the nurses did not seem to have time for each patient. Example: On day one it was required that I be up and walking by 2 hours after being taken to my room. About 2 1/2 hours I called the nurse station and said I was ready to walk. They told me they would be right there. An hour later I called them again because nobody had come in. This time I did get my nurse who said he had to go do something for another patient and he would be right back. An hour later... still no walk. This time my nurse (his name was Dan) said that we would do it in an hour because he had to go have dinner. Finally 8 hours after I was taken to my room I got my first walk. This continued until I figured out how to unplug all the equiptment I was hooked up to and would walk without oxygen. I also had a bad experience on day two when I wanted to take a shower. They left me sitting in a chair waiting for an hour. However, they were all nice (Especially Kristine the overnight nurse.)
Everything was well taken care of. The staff is very well versed on Bariatric Surgery. One comment from an xray tech was the only bad experience (she said - "Did you know that 1 in 200 die having the surgery that you did?" - I thought what an idiot!) The nurses were very good - some more than others. I was ready to go home after 5 days!!