An interesting thing to watch in L&D is how hard nurses push to get every mom hooked up to a fetal monitor. Know why? Cuz they can sit back at the nurses station and watch 20 screens instead of walking around. And this policy feeds that same laziness. Make it hard for families to visit, and they won't. Make it impossible for some people …
An interesting thing to watch in L&D is how hard nurses push to get every mom hooked up to a fetal monitor. Know why? Cuz they can sit back at the nurses station and watch 20 screens instead of walking around. And this policy feeds that same laziness. Make it hard for families to visit, and they won't. Make it impossible for some people even to get through the door, and you have fewer people to deal with. Make it impossible for a single family member to keep track of what's going on with his criticall ill mother, without depriving another family member of a seat at the bedside, and you can lazy-*ss your way through patient "care" with impunity. The whole corona experience taught hospitals that they can do whatever the heck they want, and patients (except in Florida) can't/won't fight back. Why *wouldn't* they take advantage of their ability to be lazier and less monitored?
Funny bc as an LD nurse I put my patients on telemetry monitors and encourage them to move around....please dont confuse public health with those of us working hard to take good care of patients. What a bizarre way to begin your comment.
Speaking from experience and from the experience of fellow patients. Obviously not every bad characteristic of medical professionals is true of all. I've seen some bad stuff, and when hospitals (or any organizations) *can* get away with less, they generally will.
I do know that when we took the L&D tour at the first hospital we considered for our birth, the head nurse made a big point about the importance of the "labor bed" and how some people want to get up, but realistically, you'll "surrender your underwear" (literally her words) and be in the "labor bed" until the baby has been born. Large hospital in a major US city.
An interesting thing to watch in L&D is how hard nurses push to get every mom hooked up to a fetal monitor. Know why? Cuz they can sit back at the nurses station and watch 20 screens instead of walking around. And this policy feeds that same laziness. Make it hard for families to visit, and they won't. Make it impossible for some people even to get through the door, and you have fewer people to deal with. Make it impossible for a single family member to keep track of what's going on with his criticall ill mother, without depriving another family member of a seat at the bedside, and you can lazy-*ss your way through patient "care" with impunity. The whole corona experience taught hospitals that they can do whatever the heck they want, and patients (except in Florida) can't/won't fight back. Why *wouldn't* they take advantage of their ability to be lazier and less monitored?
Funny bc as an LD nurse I put my patients on telemetry monitors and encourage them to move around....please dont confuse public health with those of us working hard to take good care of patients. What a bizarre way to begin your comment.
Speaking from experience and from the experience of fellow patients. Obviously not every bad characteristic of medical professionals is true of all. I've seen some bad stuff, and when hospitals (or any organizations) *can* get away with less, they generally will.
I do know that when we took the L&D tour at the first hospital we considered for our birth, the head nurse made a big point about the importance of the "labor bed" and how some people want to get up, but realistically, you'll "surrender your underwear" (literally her words) and be in the "labor bed" until the baby has been born. Large hospital in a major US city.