Just Here for the Shaves
Williamsburg, KY
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2021, 03:50 PM by Dave in KY.)
Working but I'll be thinking of ya all day. Let us know when all is well as expected and home.
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Just Here for the Shaves
Williamsburg, KY
AWESOME
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Custodian of the Shogun Edge technique
Peoples Republic of Maryland
Well things have been interesting.
While my wife is doing ok. Apparently me and hospital rules are incompatible.
Last night it was announced that visiting hours were ending at 1800hrs. I ignored that and stayed till 2330. I left when my wife was ok being without me. Not their decision to make.
On the way out I figured I’d just ask when I could come back in the morning. I was told 11am. When I asked why so late? I was told that’s just the “policy”.
This morning I showed up at 0930 figuring I’d try to get them to let me in a little early. Only to be told by the Queen Latiffa impersonating security girl. “You ain’t allowed up in da rooms befo 2pm.”
Besides being grammatically incorrect on many levels. She was also sadly mistaken on my “policy” for taking care of my wife.
This is where things got interesting. As any of you know all modern hospitals have RFID chip controlled doors. So to gain access to the area where. My wife’s room is you would think I would need to be “allowed” in. But you would on this occasion be Wrong! Yesterday while making a journey through the labyrinth of halls and elevators to get to the cafeteria. I used an elevator that had doors on both sides of it. One set opened to the public hallway. The other to the interior of the “secured” patient area. That nugget of information. Is what I exploited this morning after my encounter with Ms. Latiffa.
Once I passed through the elevator and got into the patient area. It was just a matter of authoritative presence. To stroll down the hall and into my wife’s room. There are times when policies conflict with your beliefs or duty to care for a loved one. That you should choose disobedience.
I will add to this. That at no time did the CNA’s, nurses or doctors. Express any problems with me being in the room with my wife. Two actually thanked me for being there last night to help her.
As it freed them up to take care of other patients.
While my wife is doing ok. Apparently me and hospital rules are incompatible.
Last night it was announced that visiting hours were ending at 1800hrs. I ignored that and stayed till 2330. I left when my wife was ok being without me. Not their decision to make.
On the way out I figured I’d just ask when I could come back in the morning. I was told 11am. When I asked why so late? I was told that’s just the “policy”.
This morning I showed up at 0930 figuring I’d try to get them to let me in a little early. Only to be told by the Queen Latiffa impersonating security girl. “You ain’t allowed up in da rooms befo 2pm.”
Besides being grammatically incorrect on many levels. She was also sadly mistaken on my “policy” for taking care of my wife.
This is where things got interesting. As any of you know all modern hospitals have RFID chip controlled doors. So to gain access to the area where. My wife’s room is you would think I would need to be “allowed” in. But you would on this occasion be Wrong! Yesterday while making a journey through the labyrinth of halls and elevators to get to the cafeteria. I used an elevator that had doors on both sides of it. One set opened to the public hallway. The other to the interior of the “secured” patient area. That nugget of information. Is what I exploited this morning after my encounter with Ms. Latiffa.
Once I passed through the elevator and got into the patient area. It was just a matter of authoritative presence. To stroll down the hall and into my wife’s room. There are times when policies conflict with your beliefs or duty to care for a loved one. That you should choose disobedience.
I will add to this. That at no time did the CNA’s, nurses or doctors. Express any problems with me being in the room with my wife. Two actually thanked me for being there last night to help her.
As it freed them up to take care of other patients.
Scentsless Shaver
Oakland, ME
(10-12-2021, 05:30 PM)MilkCrate Wrote: Stay on them Ken! You are the best advocate for your wife’s care.
Exactly! Way to go, Ken. I have been told similar misinformation, and as you said, having an authoritative presence, without belligerence, allows you to get in. And yup, the staff appreciates help from a family member. Again, Well Done!
- Eric
Put your message in a modem,
And throw it in the Cyber Sea
--Rush, "Virtuality"
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Put your message in a modem,
And throw it in the Cyber Sea
--Rush, "Virtuality"
Overloader of brushes, Overlander fanboy, Schickhead, and a GEM in the rough!
Custodian of the Shogun Edge technique
Peoples Republic of Maryland
Thanks Eric. I was almost positive that you had probably already dealt with similar stuff.
It’s not the staff that makes up the “policy’s”
I definitely don’t blame them for the understaffing.
They are doing their best. And all of them have been nice. But just like the police can’t be your personal body guard. Thus my carry permit.
They cannot be there for every minute of my wife’s stay here at the hospital. That’s my job.
I just needed to get in the room to do it.
It’s not the staff that makes up the “policy’s”
I definitely don’t blame them for the understaffing.
They are doing their best. And all of them have been nice. But just like the police can’t be your personal body guard. Thus my carry permit.
They cannot be there for every minute of my wife’s stay here at the hospital. That’s my job.
I just needed to get in the room to do it.
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