Lately, I’ve been getting numerous calls about a local ER–usually with them mis-diagnosing a life-threatening condition and sending the patient home.
If you feel like it’s an emergency situation, ask to see another doctor or another nurse in the ER. MAKE them listen to you.
Here’s a sobering article about this situation:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/13/emergency.room.ep/index.html?hpt=C2
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Florida Nursing Homes Are Understaffed!
Nursing Homes do not meet federal staffing guidelines According to researchers from Harvard and Vanderbilt’s medical schools, 3 out of every 4