Mrs G's Granny fell out of her wheelchair on the way to church Sunday. Ambulance to local hospital where they found out she broke some bones in her neck so they transferred her to Univ of Cincy hospital that night.
The Mrs (Deb) went up to see her with one of her cousins after the kids came home from school yesterday. Wanted to spend time with her, but also relieve some of the other relatives who have been with her the past day.
She's in a lot of pain, so they have her on a lot of painkillers and are giving her various other meds.
When Deb was there she saw the nurse give Granny a shot in her stomach, as well as an injection into the IV port - both without wiping the skin or port with an alcohol wipe.
As she was doing it she told the nurse to stop, but the nurse kept injecting until done. After Deb asked why she didn't sterilize the sites before injecting... young nurse said, "We don't have to. The needle is sterile (while giving Deb the look), don't you know?"
Deb immediately stopped her and said, "yeah, but neither of the sites (skin or the IV port) is sterile, and you just made a path for an infection into my Grandmother." Nurse replied that "everyone does it that way here, it's what we were told to do." Deb called BS!
Nurse started to raise her voice to Deb, so Deb shut her up and told her to GTFO of the room (yes those words) and called for the head nurse on call.
When head nurse came in Deb told her what happened. Nurse said no one was ever told that and that she was going to make sure all nurses were aware. Deb also said that she never wanted to see that other nurse near Granny again.
Deb's called the hospital today and spoke with as many people there as possible. Any suggestions on what titles she should make sure to tell this story to?
The Mrs (Deb) went up to see her with one of her cousins after the kids came home from school yesterday. Wanted to spend time with her, but also relieve some of the other relatives who have been with her the past day.
She's in a lot of pain, so they have her on a lot of painkillers and are giving her various other meds.
When Deb was there she saw the nurse give Granny a shot in her stomach, as well as an injection into the IV port - both without wiping the skin or port with an alcohol wipe.
As she was doing it she told the nurse to stop, but the nurse kept injecting until done. After Deb asked why she didn't sterilize the sites before injecting... young nurse said, "We don't have to. The needle is sterile (while giving Deb the look), don't you know?"
Deb immediately stopped her and said, "yeah, but neither of the sites (skin or the IV port) is sterile, and you just made a path for an infection into my Grandmother." Nurse replied that "everyone does it that way here, it's what we were told to do." Deb called BS!
Nurse started to raise her voice to Deb, so Deb shut her up and told her to GTFO of the room (yes those words) and called for the head nurse on call.
When head nurse came in Deb told her what happened. Nurse said no one was ever told that and that she was going to make sure all nurses were aware. Deb also said that she never wanted to see that other nurse near Granny again.
Deb's called the hospital today and spoke with as many people there as possible. Any suggestions on what titles she should make sure to tell this story to?