| I think the children,(6 & up,) should be able to create crafts. Create something for the nurses, ect. more >>> |
| When I was undergoing chemo, I ALWAYS brought my music with me. Some patients enjoyed it as well. I would make and bring several cassettes (1998)to share. I remember an instance being wheeled into the OR and heard country music. I asked if they could change the station because country wasn't my favorite genre. :) I saw this story on CNN and wished I had had that nurse! He really cared and showed it through his music. I believe music is VERY healing, soothing and caring goes a long way toward a patient's progress. http://www.fox... more >>> |
| I know that critical equipment and highly skilled talent is in short supply. This forces patients to travel long distances to obtain critical care (service). My sister-in-law must travel from her work place down into the city, when a branch of the same hospital is literally across the street from her work place. There are no staff (doctors) associated with the leukemia department on staff at the branch location. Therefore, she must travel 20 miles to get a shot once each day for 5 days. (This not really a big deal, but... more >>> |
| I was watching a TV commercial promoting hospitals concern for patients. The scene was a series of long, dimly lit empty halls that ended in a nurse and mother holding a new born child. I guess the producer was trying to give the impression of giving "birth". The series of halls reminded of the way all hospitals use to look. It gave me the wrong impression. I thought all of those places had been eliminated. I guess I was wrong. To make medicine better, eliminate all of those halls the remind you of a box... more >>> |
| I had X-Rays taken at the Missouri Baptist Radiology and Lab, down the hall from my doctor's office in Building A (it was not in the hospital "proper"), this week. As I sat and waited for my turn to get my X-Rays taken, I saw a number of people taken in and out of the X-Ray room. The stainless steel bed/platform had a pillow on it. There was never a cover put over the pillow or the pillow changed, that I could see, between patients. No tissue covering was put on the steel bed between patients, nor did I see the bed sprayed and cleaned bet... more >>> |
| Many years ago, you could tell who was a nurse and who was there to clean your room. Now you cannot tell the difference. When I am out shopping, I see hospital workers, all sorts, out shopping in their uniforms. My opinion is whereever they go and whatever they do from the time they get dressed until the time they go to work, their clothes are collecting germs, germs from their sick children, handling dirty money, touching dirty things in general, then they go to work and their clothes come in contact with me, the patient. This transfers... more >>> |
| You asked for the one thing every hospital could do to improve. Trying to think of a positive answer, my memory took me back to an old movie. In it Kris Kringle helps shoppers find the best gift that the parents can buy. He even sent some customers to "Gimbles", because they had a toy that the woman was trying to find. It would be nice if Hospitals tried to do the same. I realize this goes against the "profit" motive, but a hospital can not be all things to all persons. It would be nice if doctors would recom... more >>> |
| One of the best tools in medicine is the advent of care management programs and systems to help people with chronic disease manage their illnesses. Disease management specialists are some of the unsung heroes in health care today! more >>> |
| Help Us Make It Stop!! Approved for children!! Costing us Billions! Fluoroquinolones are currently one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics being prescribed millions of times each year. They are used to treat many types of infections such as respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and sinus infections. Like all medications this class of antibiotics has side effects. However, what differentiates this class of antibiotics from others is that fluoroquinolones have the ability to cause severe and permanent disa... more >>> |
| I recently spent several weeks in a BJC institution receiving a bone marrow transplant. The preparation and transplant itself went very well, and I was well looked-after. Beginning from the day of transplant, however, I was almost entirely ignored by the entire medical staff except for the bare minimum of contact. I would call for pain relief, and on more than one occasion HOURS would pass (and several more calls) before a nurse would show up. I had to ask multiple times to have bed linens changed. Entire shifts would pass with only... more >>> |
| I Had an MRI scheduled by BJC ENT and over three monthe later have not heard any results as promised, no call no follow up although I have received a bill and had to pay a large portion. No wonder the cost of health care is so high. Expensive tests are scheduled , patients with insurance still pay large amounts and for little or no purpose. Patients are lost in the systems. Care and follow up should be better. more >>> |
| I recently delivered a healthy baby boy via c-section (after laboring for 20 hours) at Progress West. The facility was nice and roomy, quiet and private. The nurses were courteous and efficient for the most part. However there were times, even on that first day of surgery, that I was left for several hours at a time without being checked on. I had to ask for everything myself - pain meds, towels, rags, more diapers/wipes. At one point, my catheter bag was completely full and my IV was empty and beeping, and I was soaking in blood (norma... more >>> |
| Recently I visited a friend who was suffering from chronic depression, but now she has a pretty normal life, as a matter of fact she has a happier life than what she had before depression. This made me real curious and I couldn't help but asked her the remedies. I was surprised to know that she was not taking any pills and she achieved this on her own by exercise and mood lifting. Though I was sure about exercise but I didn't know about mood lifting. She explained 'mood lifting' as a thought process in which one doesn't think about anything ... more >>> |
| Please update those little tiny televisions in the rooms. You need a magnifying glass to see them and the picture is terrible! I realize healthcare comes first and then the frills come second but those things are awful. But I must say I do love the wi-fi!!! Defintely helps to pass the time! more >>> |
| We have had a wonderful experience at Barnes Hospital during my illness. The nurses and doctors on the neuro floor have been fabulous. Very patient and considerate and very sensitive to our needs. It's a great feeling to know that somebody considers you more than a number when you're already feeling bad and so far away from home and your children! more >>> |
| I have to be admitted every 12 weeks for an infusion, and because of the distance away from the hospital that we are as well as how sick the infusions usually make me feel, my husband always stays with me. We always request a private room so he can stay with me but very seldom ever do we get one. He usually has to sleep in the waiting room or the car if weather allows. Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a 23/24 hour stay area that are all private rooms like they have at St. Clare Hospital? more >>> |
| I was 14 when I had a posterior-lateral disc bulge on my left L4. My parents took me to the family practitioner who was fine with sending me to a surgeon right off the bat. Thankfully, my parents took me to a chiropractor to have it conservatively managed. The first one wasn't good so my parents took me to another one. After a good history and diagnostic imaging was taken, he initiated a 3 week treatment of care plan to see if he could reduce my symptoms (pain shooting below my knee, etc). And it worked! It took about 25 visits along with ho... more >>> |
| I would like to see a more normal way to give birth. There seems to be way to much intervention...monitors, IV's etc. . Use midwives for normal birth process and doctors for complications would seem to be a better way to give birth in America. Where I came from births were handled by midwives and doctors were only involved if needed. more >>> |
| This campaign is a sham, but if BJC really wants to make medicine better it should start in-house by doing something about all of the morbidly overweight nurses and other so-called healthcare professionals who populate almost every floor and department of Barnes. Set the example for others, then you can use your pulpit to advise others on how to live healthy, productive lives. more >>> |
| There are many compassionate, helpful resources to help pregnant women choose birth and choose life for themselves and their babies. These resources include Our Lady's Inn maternity homes for homeless pregnant women & their children (www.OurLadysInn.org), Thrive-St. Louis Pregnancy Resource Centers (www.ThriveStLouis.org) and Birthright (www.Birthright.org). For men & women who have fallen victim to abortion, there are counseling, healing, forgiveness, recovery & empowerment services through Operation Outcry (www.OperationOutcry.org) and Sil... more >>> |
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