Cell Phone Nurse - Part 2

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I posted this morning about how disgusted I was with this one nurse my mom had on both Monday evening and Friday during her hospital stay. I will start off by praising the Lord that I did not have to deal with her any other days of the week. First she was too tuned in to her cell phone to order my mom a dinner plate. There is no telling what else she did not do in checking my mom into the Heart Floor before she got off work. Then on Friday she was on duty when my mother was discharged. She went over all the paperwork with me, I signed it and POOF. She disappears. We called for Aid to help get my mom dressed and waited for wheelchair. I was patient and at 30 minute mark started looking for Cell Phone Nurse. She forgot! Now fast forward to this morning (Saturday morning). My mom came home last night, ate dinner and went to bed. She was tired. This morning she got up and we all ate breakfast. I turned the television on for her to watch and I told her I'd be right back to cut off her hospital bracelet. I went to get the scissors. She held out her arm and I raised her sleeve up. What do I see??? Her IV! Cell Phone Nurse also left the IV in her arm. I was livid and cooled off. I waited until I had calmed down and I messaged @AndriaPerry to ask if I was doing this right. All I can say is it was a good thing that I attended to 3 out of 4 of my grandchildren's births and have sat with family members in the hospital many times. I got the IV out without any problems. The hardest part was the tape because it really stuck and my mother's skin is very thin. She said I didn't hurt her at all though and that made me feel better. So Monday I'll be calling the hospital and giving Cell Phone Nurse's supervisor a piece of my mind. Photo Credit: Pixabay