Suny Upstate Medical Hospital Hospital
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They seemed to be a little understaffed and had to float in nurses from different wings and the floaters where not happy about being outside their element. I had one floater nurse say I would have to wait till the next shift to get my bloody sheets changed because she just didn't have time for me. She was the only one that was like that. Every one else was great.
This hospital is very understaffed with nurses. At one point I had overheard one of the nurses saying to my roommate that there were only 2 nurses on the floor at the time and each of them had 13 patients! The rooms were SO small that it was very difficult to get around, even to the bathroom with your IV pole. The bathroom only had enough room for the toilet and you, you really had to fanagle to get your IV pole in there with you, especially if you are overweight. The sink was outside the bathroom. The room was so small that with a visitor in a chair at the foot of the bed (which was the only place that would have allowed for a chair to fit), a nurse could not get through unless the person moved from the chair. My room mate and I could have held hands easily from within our beds had we wanted to. There was a curtain between us but with only (no lie) 6-8 inches between the curtain and the bed. My mom said the hallway of the froor I was on (5th floor) was QUITE cluttered with equipment and patients. She said she didn't know how they got a stretcher through there, as they couldn't have wheeled it straight through the hall. My Dad added to this that during meal times, when they had two food carts in the hall way it would simply have been impossible to get a bed through there. Most times it took a nurse or Hospital Tech 30 minutes to respond to a nurse's call, so if you had to use the bathroom, you were either on your own (which is what I did) or wait half an hour for help. The IV lines beeped for just as long (30 minutes or longer) before anyone came in to check the IV. Even when the Hosp Techs did come in to check the IV if it was beeping, they still had to find a nurse and send her in because they were not trained to change the IV bag or switch from a medicine bag back to the
IV bag, etc. The good part of this hospital (I guess) is that they require you to wear TED compression stockings during the surgery and every day you are there afterward to prevent blood clots, they also put these sleeve like things on your legs that inflate and deflate every 30 seconds (also to prevent blood clots) but they are so annoying and warm enough to make your legs sweat. You have to wear these inflatable sleeves everyday and night after surgery. They give all of their patients a heprin shot in the stomach every day, again to prevent blood clots, and this shot HURTS!
I will NEVER willingly deal with this hospital again.
There was one nurse (Becky) who was a god send. She talked with me, spent an hour bathing and comfortaing me.. it was no surprise when she mentioned that she doesnt ever work that floor.. as her care wouldnt have been so wonderful. I will be sending her a very big thanks for making atleast an hour or two of my time spent there, manageable.
the staff were very professional and helpful. However My stay was in MArch and the room was way to warm to suit me! Both my roommate and I wanted a cooler room but didnt happen--because of this I had a hard time breathing and sleeping there.
My hospital stay was horrible. I couldn't ever get to sleep and once I did, someone came and woke me for vitals or something. Whenever I pushed my call bell, it would take an average of 10 minutes for someone to see what I needed. And when I needed to use the bathroom and couldn't because my roommates measuring device was in the toilet, it really sucked to have had to wait. Many of the nurses were young and didn't seem to care at all about their patients, just wanted to get their job done and pass the work off to the next shift. When I was sent home, I was sent with a prescription for pain meds, however, the prescription was dated for the day after I was sent home so I couldn't get my meds until the next day. I feel that the nurse who discharged me (Dawn) should have double checked to make sure the dates and such were correct. There were a few excellent nurses (Lorraine and Eva). There was even a nurse that worked on the floor (but wasn't my nurse) that had gastric bypass last year. She is the one that pushed my wheelchair out to the car and told me how much she has enjoyed her decision to have surgery. She assured me that it does get better. Thank god!
The staff was extremely friendly, but very overworked. They couldn't answer your call soon enough. The rooms are too small and very hard to have vistors in. Not on the cleanliness side either.
I came in there like everyone else does looking down at Univerisy hospital but they were great. The one of your Dr. (yes you have one Primery Dr., but you will be visited but 3 or 4) can be there for you with in the hour. The nusring staff is Amazing. They know alot about WLS and they know what you need to do and what they need to do it get you out of teh hospital and back on your feet. Trust me the nurses will make you visit there a good one....
