03 May 2016, 11:04 pm
Darmok wrote:
nurseangela wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
^^ Was he married? Did he have children? if he was old and unmarried then chances that no one of his extended family cares much about him.
Many of us who would die old and unmarried are likely to end up like him.
Many of us who would die old and unmarried are likely to end up like him.
The patient was a woman and she was married and it was her kids that took the call about the funeral home. My point is that it's alot easier to say those words "in sickness", but I've seen only a handful of people in my 14 yrs of nursing actually stand behind it. It is very depressing how people act when they know there's a possible payout. One guy even kept his wife "going" just so he could keep receiving government money - she lived 2 yrs, coded 3 times, was on dialysis, had a feeding tube and a rectal tube, she had a tracheostomy, a Foley catheter, a stage 4 wound on her coccyx, her limbs were completely contracted and looked mummified, and she was unable to speak - trapped in her own body. She could have been a Do Not Resuscitate, but he needed the money and even said if she died he would sue. From what I heard, on the third code they didn't run the code like they were supposed to and they let her die. He couldn't sue because the woman was almost a corpse as it was and you can't keep bringing back someone that bad off. On her birthday, he sat in the room and ate cake in front of her. After some of the crap I've seen, there's reasons why marriage doesn't look like such a hot idea.
And having seen how doctors and nurses abuse and demean their patients, I would certainly agree that the last place anyone should have to die is in a hospital.
And what exactly is this supposed to mean? If you see a doctor or nurse abusing a patient you are expected to report it. Did you?
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BTDT wrote:
nurseangela wrote:
Since I see a lot of sickness, are you really sure you would stick it out in the sickness department?
I have--I wore out a rented Hoyer lift taking care of my wife before she went into Hospice--I was with her all day on the day she passed. While she was bedbound for months, the frequent use of the lift kept her skin tone in great shape.
Mr. BTDT, you're wonderful.
Your wife was very blessed to have you.
