Evergreen Hospital Hospital

You get a private room & the nurses are all very friendly & helpful.

I felt cared for at all times from the pre-op holding area until discharge. The anesthesiologist and my trust in him made me feel the most comfortable of all.

My only problems with this hospital were that they would not let me out of bed until the second day after surgery and during the night-shift they're weren't very responsive to the call button. I also had a problem with the meds they were giving me, if my mom hadn't been there I would have gotten three blood-thinners in a twelve hour period instead of one. It seemed as though no one had noted I'd already received the prescribed dosage.

This is a beautiful hospital and the staff were the best.

Very professional and courteous

See comments above.

The only thing about the surgery that was a little odd was the hospital didn't seem exactly on track with Dr. Montgomery's instructions. He stresses walking right away, which he had told me ahead of time. Well, the evening of the surgery I tried to get up but I needed help because of all the stuff I was plugged into- IV, catheter, and both legs wrapped with inflatable compression cuffs plugged into air compressor. So I start to get up, and got a bit nauseaous, and they put me right back to bed & gave me anti-naueseua medicine. Then in the a.m. I tried to get up again but the orderly told me to wait until after shift change. I really couldn't do it on my own, I was literally tied to the bed with all the accessories. Then Dr. Montgomery came in and I got the impression he was upset I wasn't up and about- as soon as he left I got a dose of blood thinners and they helped me out of bed. I just got the impression the hospital staff weren't quite clear on the expectations for this surgery. Someone even asked me if I was going to be getting pureed foods, and I was like no way!

I also remember one time my IV sprug a leak, it was dripping steadily & I had pressed the call button for the nurse but it took a while for someone to come around, at least ten minutes but I'm thinking it was more like 20. That concerned me a little because I didn't know if it was a safety problem. However the staff seemed really on top of giving me meds, I've never had so many shots in my life, literally.

But other than that the hospital stay was fine, the folks were very nice. I had packed a bunch of stuff to do, like magazines and knitting but I didn't touch any of it, I think I felt a little out of it from the morphine. Music would have been nice. Also, I wish I had gotten my take home pain medicine either ahead of time or filled at the hospital, it was a drag having to do it on the way home.

Needs improvement in being consistent with doctors orders in what to expect in relationship to eating. What I was given what not what I expected and vitamins were given in pill form. Once I was told I was going home I pretty much never saw a nurse again.

I was very impressed with the hospital. All of the nurses seemed very competent, however, there was only one (Rochelle) who had a sense of humor.

The rooms for GB were the best in the hospital. They really took care to make sure it's clientelle was taken care of in an excellent manner.