1/5 Sheere B. 1 year ago on Google
HORRIBLE
experience
once
my
Mother
was
put
on
"comfort
care".
After
being
put
on
comfort
care
my
Mother
was
moved
from
the
ICU
to
a
more
private
room
for
the
family
until
her
passing.
We
were
moved
to
the
Joint
&
Spine
Pavilion.
Basically,
it
was
like
they
just
found
an
empty
room
to
put
her
in
to
let
her
pass
on.
The
staff
on
that
floor
tending
to
her
were
horrible.
They
weren't
providing
her
comfort,
let
alone
even
really
making
sure
everything
was
okay.
Luckily,
I
was
able
to
be
with
her
round
the
clock
so
I
could
ensure
I
was
able
to
make
her
as
comfortable
as
possible.
I
had
to
ask
them
to
check
her
vitals
as
that
is
a
key
in
telling
me
her
level
of
comfort
at
this
time
in
her
life,
one
day
they
only
checked
her
vitals
at
7AM
and
not
again
until
11:45PM
when
I
had
to
finally
raise
my
concerns
to
the
lead
floor
nurse
on
the
night
shift.
I
voiced
my
concerns
about
not
feeling
comfortable
with
them
to
even
leave
her
alone
for
a
minute.
They
weren't
monitoring
her
Morphine
and
I
had
to
let
them
know
when
it
was
getting
low
and
to
ensure
they
placed
an
order
to
have
it
ready
when
needed.
I
was
the
one
cleaning
her
mouth
out
as
they
weren't
coming
in
to
check
on
her.
Also,
when
I
felt
she
wasn't
comfortable
they
refused
to
increase
her
Morphine
level
as
they
said
from
their
assessment
"She
Looks
Comfortable".
She
was
transferred
to
that
room
on
a
Saturday
night,
I
was
able
to
talk
with
the
night
nurse
on
that
night
and
he
increased
her
Morphine
around
3
to
4am,
however
NO
other
staff
would
increase
it
at
all
until
Monday
night
around
10:45
PM
after
I
shared
my
concerns
about
her
care,
the
day
nurse
she
had
that
day
that
never
came
in
to
check
on
her
let
alone
other
issues
with
her.
They
then
reviewed
her
chart
from
when
in
the
ICU
to
realize
that
the
Morphine
was
supposed
to
be
increased
much
more
frequently.
They
increased
her
Morphine
at
10:45
PM
and
within
one
hour
of
that
my
mother's
labored
breathing
did
reduce
some.
The
next
morning
before
shift
change
her
breathing
was
laboring
again
and
her
vitals
increased
so
I
asked
that
the
Morphine
be
increased
again
however
the
day
lead
nurse
coming
on
shift
refused
to
increase
it
as
in
her
own
assessment
"she
looked
comfortable".
Well,
she
was
wrong!!
It
wasn't
until
the
resident
doctors
made
their
rounds
that
they
entered
the
room
saying
she
didn't
look
good
nor
did
she
look
comfortable,
they
directed
the
nurse
on
shift
to
increase
the
Morphine
as
needed
for
comfort.
Also,
the
same
day
nurse
she
had
the
day
before
was
assigned
to
her
care
again
and
I
refused
it
and
told
them
to
get
another
nurse
as
she
was
horrible
and
didn't
provide
care
at
all.
She
was
too
focused
on
her
other
patients
and
discharges
she
had
to
do.
They
did
at
least
replace
her
and
the
day
nurse
assigned
was
more
attentive.
After
the
Morphine
was
increased
around
10:45am
on
Tuesday
my
mothers
labored
breathing
did
reduce
and
she
was
finally
able
to
be
comfortable
and
pass
in
peace.
I
SHARE
this
horrible
experience
as
if
you've
never
had
to
see
or
deal
with
the
passing
of
a
loved
one
first
hand
you
might
believe
some
of
the
things
you
were
told.
Which
weren't
correct.
I
had
to
finally
be
my
Mother's
voice
to
let
them
know
she
wasn't
comfortable
and
they
needed
to
listen
to
those
that
knew
her
best.
If
you
have
a
choice
and
are
able
to
take
a
loved
one
home
to
be
on
hospice
over
comfort
care
in
this
hospital
DO
IT!
Otherwise
your
loved
one
might
have
a
horrible
end
of
life
experience
as
we
did.
I
would
give
NEGATIVE
stars
but
I
have
to
pick
a
star
to
even
share
this,
so
that's
why
I
gave
a
one
star
on
this
review.
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