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Missed nursing care: View from the hospital bed (Part One) 
 

While traveling, a respected nurse educator—a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing—finds herself in a U.S. hospital, alone and far from home, for seven horrific days and nights, and lives to tell about it. A side benefit of the unplanned experience? It corroborated her research on missed nursing care.
By Beatrice J. Kalisch 

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Shameful!, 8/11/2010
by: Olivia Suzanne Morrissette, RN, BSN 		Rating: 5
This has got to be one of the saddest stories of a modern hospital admission I've ever read! None of this should have happened to you, Ms Kalisch, and possibly the only thing you did "wrong" was not throwing a nutty early in your stay. That entire hospital needs to be turned upside-down and shaken. Thank you for telling us about your experience. I don't know if I look forward to part two or not . . .
Same Experience, 8/11/2010
by: Delores A Price, BSN 		Rating: 5
Unforuately, I have experienced the same conditions 3 times--first for myself, then for my mother and brother. If any of us had care, it was because I did it. Needless to say, I realized why I was being reprimanded for not being able to complete my assignment on time, and retired in 2000!
Sadly Experienced by TOO many patients, 8/11/2010
by: Caitanya N Turner 		Rating: 5
This type of care is ever present. I have found that too many healthcare workers (i.e. nurse's, doctors, nursing assistants, etc) view patient care as a "job" and not the priviledge that it is. What a great honor to have the trust of our patients. What happen to the passion for the profession that everyone had when they went to school? When nurse's begin to loose that passion they should think back to why they became a nurse in the first place. Whether our patients are there for wellness visits or because they need our help in their healing it is essential that we value them as a whole being; spiritually, emotionally, holistically. They are not a paycheck, they are human beings. This has to stop! We, as nurse's, have to be proactive about the care that we give. We have to intervene when we witness poor care being administrated to patients (they are all our patients) We are, after all patient advocates.
Addendum to :Sadly Experienced by TOO many patients, 8/11/2010
by: Caitanya N Turner 		Rating: 5
Please let us remember that our patients need us. It is our duty to provide quality, compassionate care. Care that is respectfully and tactfully delivered. Professionalism must be maintained. Caitanya Turner RN, BSN, CCRN, SRNA
OMG!!!!, 8/21/2010
by: Ms Therese B Pace 		Rating: 5
Reading this truly makes me want to cry. I have seen glimpses of such behavior in individuals off and on over my many years in nursing, but nothing so severe, wicked and consistently system-wide as this. That facility needs to be shut down. What is really tragic is you desperately needed to stay there in that dump when they were trying to kick you out. AAHHH!
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