A

I wouldn't go as far to say that I disliked my sta...

I wouldn't go as far to say that I disliked my stay there. I went into preterm labor and was diverted there from on-base. The triage nurse was terrible. According to her, I wasn't having contractions, my water didn't break (which it did, hence why I was there), and I wasn't dilated. She neglected to take blood tests for about 6 hours and didn't give out the antibiotics for the same amount of time. She told me when I went to L and D that it was stupid for me to be there and that I should just go to the pre-natal unit instead. Once we get to L&D, my contractions are 1-2 minutes apart and I'm 7 cm dilated. One nurse from L&D came into the room and said my son had tested positive for Trisomy 18, only to be told by another nurse that she had read the records from JBER wrong. Dr. Counts was amazing, she decided to give me a c-section due to my son being in the transverse position. Nurse Ginny was also nice, just very forgetful. A process of post-op that should have only been 30 minutes lasted 90 and prevented me from seeing my son for an hour and a half. Once taken to the Mother and Baby Unit, I wasn't allowed to see my son for another 9 hours, needless to say, him being early caused him to be in the NICU. Our stay at the NICU has been mixed. Nurses change his care plan, he was actually moved from the nursery part to a private room, and my husband and I were not informed until 7 hours after the fact. When they took us over to the private rooms, the nurses at the desk had no idea who we were talking about because the nurse who switched him (the one who also said we would do more harm than good by holding him) didn't give them the paperwork. We received something symbolizing an apology, but it was a more of a pass the blame situation. The nurses are still changing his care plan and have given us time frames of 72 hours to 2 months of when our son will come home.

I will say that the food is actually worlds better than the JBER hospital, but as far as the overall care goes, I will not understand why people rave about Providence and trash JBER. The delivery process with my daughter was way better than what we received at Providence.

Comments:

No comments