Question:
Mt. Sinai Hospital?
CAN YOU TELL ME OF YOUR EXPIERENCE THERE? GOOD /BAD? ANY SUGGESTIONS? — BOOMASMOM (posted on September 7, 2001)
September 6, 2001
I had my lap RNY at Mount Sinai, 8/8/01, during that horrible heat wave!I
was there from a Wednesday to Saturday. Im a nurse and chose to have it
there due to the surgeons reputations and references, I had 1005 confidence
in the team!!! There is a nursing shortage in all hospitals and at times
you needed to wait for assist. I had a relative stay with me alot of the
time, it helped alot!! Some of the staff, nurses and med assistants were
excellant , some not. I htink you would find that anywhere. I f I had to do
it all again I would still go there. Hope this helps. Good luck
— Sue T.
September 6, 2001
Same for me. Some staff great, some not so great. Looked clean, there was a
nice hallway for walking near my room, I thought the surgical team was
terrific, calm, unhurried, kind.
— blank first name B.
September 7, 2001
SORRY I REALIZED AFTERWARD THAT I FORGOT TO PUT IN NEW YORK
THANKS
— BOOMASMOM
September 7, 2001
I recently attended the LAP RNY post op Support Group Meeting and that was
a topic of conversation. Now, there were a few people completely satisfied
with their care. I wasn't one of them! When I was brought to the room
from recovery, they didn't give me a hand getting from one bed to the
other. I felt hot, dirty and neglected the entire time I was there. My
stockings didn't work and no one came to see what was wrong. At one point
I experienced an unusually high degree of pain. I later found out that
someone lowered the morphine pump and didn't tell me. Then, when it was
time to go home, they asked if I wanted a wheel chair. I replied yes and
the nurse hastily said, "Well it'll be a while!" About an hour
and a half later, they guy finally showed up with the chair. Just in time
for my pain meds to wear off for the ride home! I was not a happy camper!
The doctor did come in to check up on me daily. My complaints are not
about him. However, from what I understand, these nurses are overworked
and the hospital is under-staffed. My sister was in there 6 months later
and her care was great. Who knows? Bottom line is this: I don't care how
unprofessional the care was, I'd still go back there in a heart beat!!!
I'd walk over coals to get where I'm at today! I would suggest that, if at
all possible, you try to have friends or family members there to help out.
Oh! I forgot! At the meeting they also discussed implementing some sort
of "buddy system" where a post op patient would try to help out a
newly post op. Such things they would help out with would be answering all
sorts of questions, offering diet suggestions, and generally attempting to
make the newly posty more comfy in the hospital. They didn't implement it
just yet, but it's being researched further! Stay tuned!! (P.S. Go to
the support group meetings! They are great!)
— Jeannet
September 7, 2001
My stay was horrific. I don't care if they are understaffed or not my
experience was their attitudes are uncaring and unprofessional. I had a
resident come in and realize that my IV wasn't working. I buzzed a nurse
who got into a fight with me over it and wondering why I was questioning
her. The pump had shut down due to a bad battery and she replaced it. I
had an orderly scream at me when I asked him not to take my fan. I watched
as another nurse got into a fight with the women next to me because she
kept asking where and when her bag was going to be delivered as she was
worried about her wallet being stolen. I had the same experience they
don't deliver your bag till the next day. Then on my last day there they
brought in a 77 yr old women. She had just gotten out of the recovery room
and was asking the orderly for ice chips. The orderly snapped at her
saying "Let me finish what I have to do here and then we'll see"
Wouldn't a "just a minute" have sufficied?? Plus she never came
back to say yes or no on the ice chips.
One day, thanks to my sister being a lab technician, I noticed a huge air
bubble in my IV getting close to my arm - thank God I caught it cause the
nurse sure didn't look.
I also was left from 4p-11p with a bloddy gown from recovery, leg cuffs
that weren't turned on until I called someone. Also I had an orderly come
in one morning to take my vitals - I said I didn't feel well. He puts the
thermometer in my mouth and starts to put the cuff around my arm. I took
the thermometer out and started vomitting - he kept taking my blood
pressure, didn't say a word and then walked out. The cuff didn't even get
tight. Not a good reading I wouldn't think. Oh also, twice the resident
doctor caught that they had put the wrong name & chart on the end of my
bed - something that could potentially have been dangerous. Neither chart
belonged to my roommate.
Needless to say I would NOT reccommend staying at Mt Sinai unless you
either have someone with you all the time or hire your own nurse. The
resident doctors however were fabulous.
— Elizabeth A.
September 7, 2001
I had on surgery on 8/16/01 at Mt. Sinai in NYC. It was an experience I
will never forget. First be aware that this is a teaching hospital and
there are tons of interns who want to check you out all the time. The
nurses were just ok not very compassionate. I used Dr. Pomp and his team
of doctors and was very happy to see them when they came in to check. All
I can say is be persistant! Dont let up and keep bugging them until they
get you what you need! Its even better if you have a family member with
you to go out to the nurses station to tell them exactly what you need.
Good luck and let me know how your experience turns out. Also, I had to go
back about a week ago for some very minor complications and the ER was not
any better, I did get admitted and was on a different floor in the Hosp.
and they are all the same...not too caring..again good luck!
— Melissa S.
September 8, 2001
I had my surgery at Mt. Sinai on May 21, 2001, with Dr. Pomp... And I have
to say I had a WONDERFUL stay there! Every nurse or orderly that came into
my room was friendly and helpful. Lots of people (residents, nurses, etc.)
came in to check on me throughout the day and evening. I luckily got a
private room (don't know how that happened) and was very comfortable and
clean and attended to. And the one night my mom stayed with me, the
nursing staff tried to make her comfortable as well... They got her a fold
out couch for my room, and some sheets, and even closed the door to my room
for the night so we could both sleep!
They were really so nice, and I'm so sorry that some people have had bad
experiences there.
— Vicki A.
September 8, 2001
I had an open BPD/DS on 4/11 with Dr. Herron. My experience overall was
fine. I had one problem with 1 nurse. She didn't like coming to check on me
because my room was so cold.(I loved it that way)and also because I stayed
in bed. I waited to get up and walk around when she left. I had requested
something for nauseau since I physically can't throw up. Well, the only
time I didn't get anything was with this nurse. The next morning I said
something to Dr. Herron and there wasn't an issue ever again. I was in for
5 days and I didn't mind all the residents and all. Those residents really
have a lot of power. I had trouble with my bladder shutting down due to the
anesthesia(just how my body responds)and the Dr. on the weekend wanted to
release me early and the residents told him no that they would release me
the next day after my catheter was removed at midnight. He had no say what
so ever. I also had a resident appologize for not being able to catheterize
me earlier. They had to wait a certain time frame and all in between due to
the risk of infection and all. So, I truly can't complain. There is good
and bad(even mediocre)with every hospital. There are incidents that
absolutely should never happen. If you have someone who can come to stay
than I say do it. We live in NJ and I was by myself except for the surgery
and the day my husband came to get me. I was fine! Good luck to you
— Linda M.
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