Today’s Work Chronicles…
I need a drink and a nap…
Yesterday, I listened to my mother discuss how she was treated while helping a recently discharged and disabled resident obtain his meds from the poisonous Wal-Mart Pharmacy. Today, I was faced with a resident calling close to 6p (meaning it was dark) to say he was left outside of the North Tower at Baptist Hospital in the valet area and wanted to know who was coming to pick him up? I had to call three people in order to get him help, one of which was someone in the ER (where he was discharged) who stated, “Ok, but what do you want me to do?” I later found out the resident didn’t have a payor source (no insurance) so as little as possible was being done.
Michai overheard that conversation and my frustration after having gone on the unit where the nurse didn’t want to listen to me advocate for a new admit. I looked him in his eyes, as my mother witnessed, and made him promise to not allow me to be treated by incompetent and uncompassionate people. Y’all hold him to it should something happen to me.
While you’re selecting next year’s benefits, make sure you have short and long term disability. If you’re unemployed or underemployed, Medicaid is expanding. If you’re a health care provider, I know you’re overworked, but it doesn’t excuse you mistreating patients or being nosey enough to know they don’t have insurance and treat them less than someone who does, because if I’m honest, I have insurance, but if you think you’re getting this deductible all at once…🙅🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️