The hospital has signs all over the place that say Good Health Manners...We wash our hands (or something like that)...Feel free to ask us. After a while, the advertisement of "cleanliness" becomes quite humorous. So...
I might have to write a manifesto about hand-washing...or using hand sanitizer before you touch my mother after you've been God knows where on that hospital unit...or about how to properly empty urine out of a container without splashing it all over a toilet seat...or about how to clean up the urine that was splashed all over the toilet seat...or about how to use a person's name instead of calling her "Honey," "Sweetheart," "Dear," "Sweetie," or "Darlin'". I could also express my views on professionalism (certainly emcompassing the "how to use a person's name" topic) as well as creating a quiet, restful hospital environment for people recovering from major surgery.
I am very thankful for the outcome of this "big deal," but don't people realize they put their patients at risk when they carry germs from one patient to another!?!? Of course they do. Most of them, anyway. Maybe they just don't care as much as we would like them to. It drives me frigging crazy. (The fact that it's driving me crazy is probably driving my mother crazy, too...maybe about as crazy as she gets when we use the word "frigging." I'm trying to work on toning it all down.)
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
"Good Health Manners"
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I thought the "Sweetie" and such was just a southern thing? I have definitely picked it up.
As for the hand washing...are they touching your mom without washing their hands first? Are they washing in the nurses station or just going from room to room? I haven't been into a hospital in quite some time, but every time I go into a doctor's office they wash their hands first, then put on gloves. Lovely. I just realized that not until recently have I ever been asked if I was allergic to latex. I wonder how hospital staff would take it if asked, "Have you washed your hands?". I would hope they wouldn't turn around and spit in the medicine...why it is never a good idea to insult the cook until after you have your food! You never know...I guess in many ways you are at their mercy, even though you are the customer.
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