University of Minnesota Fairveiw (COE) Hospital

I hated sharing rooms with someone who was not a bariatric patient. It is horrible to not have eaten for a week and then smell someone else's lunch come in. Also, it is hard for people that aren't having that type of surgery to be sensitive to issues that you might face in recovery

I didn't have a problem with the hospital itself, but had a horrible experience with many of the nurses I had. I had never been in the hospital before and my biggest fear was having a 'mean' nurse and I had a very horrible nurse on one shift and my main day nurse was very unfriendly and I really like the warm fuzzy type of nurse and only had one nurse that fit that description the entire time I was there and I loved her. I still get upset when I think about my hospital stay, it was not pleasant.

I would never, never return under the current set up of unskilled and mostly unsupervised resisdents handling my care.

The nurses were very caring and responsive. Private rooms may be available. They have some satelite tv channels to help fend off boredom.

Please have a wife/companion who will bug the nurses, and make sure you are getting the right medication, etc. Be prepared to wait a long time for anyone to come to your assistance.

This was a horrible palce to have weight loss surgury, I would not recommend it to anyone because of serious staffing shortages.

The hospital was clean and most of the staff were very kind. There was one female nurse that was kind crabby and wanted things done her way only. But there was a nurse named Jim who was a GODSEND to me. He was truly an angel and he knew his stuff. I had the D/S and the staff wernt quite up on the post-op diet for the d/s but overall care was great. The nurse Jim made a big difference in my stay

I had one nurse that was so fantastic that I wanted to cry, she was so compassionate to me when I really needed it. Another nurse was a thoughtless crab, think Army drill sargeant.

As in any hospital setting the quality of care varies per individual
I found Fairview needs to update their employees more to keep consistancy in the treatment of this type of surgery.
There were some nurses/aides that should wear halo's and then there were some that should not be in the profession they are in.

It was clean, the nursing staff was very kind and considerate. I would go back there again.