Maryview Medical Center Hospital
The only reason I couldn't give this hospital excellent all around because of one nursing shift that was horrible. They didn't respond to one of my calls for almost 2 hours, I finally hobbled out there to get my pain meds. But the rest of the staff were so awesome and accomodating. They treated me with respect, they were very prompt to my calls, and helped me out so much with walking & my squeezers. I don't remember a lot of their names but I think one was Anne (she has a thick southern accent), one lady wore a nun outfit who was so kind, a young black gentleman, and another young black lady. I hope to go back and visit again soon!!!!
I loved the nursing staff. They were all super helpful and very caring. All my needs were met with smiles and encouragement. The area set aside for WLS patients was relatively nice and comfortable. I had about a million visitors and they were all welcomed with smiles. They even let my dad stay with me the whole time. By the time I left, I had some pain meds for the road, but that was pretty much it. I think I maybe took some once when I got home before I went to bed that night. The nurses really were amazing!! Between them and my dad, I was walking miles around the place. Every time I wanted to get up and walk, they were right there until I was strong enough (and not hooked up to every machine known to man) to do it by myself.
I felt that although the hospital has improved its reputation recently, more could be done to accomodate the patient. Case in point, when I was brought up from surgery, the staff said they couldn't administer any nausea medication until I was in their computer system. I had to endure post surgical nausea for what seemed like forever until my daughter stepped in and put up a fuss about it and only then did they come in with medication. I feel I should have been entered in their computer system when I came out of surgery so by the time I reached the floor after recovery my record was in the system.