Faeeza Toma

Review of Mount Sinai

Went in at about 3PM. Took 2 hours to do an EKG, t...

Went in at about 3PM. Took 2 hours to do an EKG, then another 2 hours to get blood drawn. Overheard nurses laughing about the 4 hour blood workup !!!! Results came in, good to be discharged, wasn t discharged for another 3 hours. Discharge papers were sitting on portable nurse s station. Was only able to get things moving when I got the attention of the nurse. I wouldn t say they were short staffed because it seems there were enough nurses but maybe organize the shifts more so one nurse doesn t have more than they can handle. Also, since it is a team, if one nurse is dealing with a critical patient that delays the rest of the patients workups, other nurses with time should help and try to do the workup.