This is not my day for posting, as I did it again. I have been thinking
on this issue a lot lately, partly because as a medical consumer, it
frightens me and at the same time angers me. I have been a military wife
for 22+ years and I worked for the Army as a civilian employee. In the
Army, there is an expression concerning the following of orders - "Do
it, and then b---h"(cuss word there). Soldiers are taught that they must
follow an order from anyone of superior rank, unless the order is
immoral or illegal. However, there are instances where it is
questionable as to whether the particular order should have been given,
circumstances, etc. The phrase makes the soldier realize, that unless
one of I words I mentioned above is present, it does not matter if the
order is questionable, they must do it. After doing it, they can then go
to their chain of command or the other soldier's (or the legal office)
and complain about it. If nurses have such heartburn with taking baby to
mom to nurse, feeding EBM, or contacting mom to get EBM, then she really
should feed the baby the EBM, take baby to mom, or contact mom to bring
more in - and then voice her disagreement with the MD or her superiors.
Not take the decision into her own hands and do as she pleases.
I agree with Dr. Ben, the worst situations that I had were with
night nurses. I even had one replace an IV, at 4AM even though I stated
that it was ordered to be removed for good at 6AM. I found out later,
that I was not the only person to complain about this particular nurse.
If the medical administrators want to keep their hospitals going, they
should do the most to give the best, most pleasent (as is possible given
the situation) and compassionate care as possible. Maybe if more of us
(consumers) would register complaints with bad bedside manner, going
against doctors orders, etc., the administrators would do something
about either reprimanding or replacing these HCPs.
Just MHO and .02 worth.
Leslie Ward, LLL, AAPL
Vine Grove, KY
"Take your children with you and be not ashamed." Hopi Proverb
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