I understand that nurses, especially ER nurses are overloaded with patients and do not have a second to rest in a 12 hour shift. However, in all my years, I have never experienced such hostility of nurse to patient relationships. My boyfriend, who was displaying all signs of meningitis and had an excruciating headache for the past 7 hours, was being completely ignored! I could not get a single nurse to give him the time of day not even a nod to indicate that they noticed us. Elaine head of nurses rolled her eyes at me when I politely asked her when a nurse would be attending Jeff and if she could point me towards his Dr. I explained to her my worries of him having meningitis telling her what was wrong and all she did was rudely sneer ""that's not meningitis it's called a headache"" and turned back to her computer and kept pretending I was not there. 12 hours later my bf received a spinal tap and the tests came positive that he did indeed have meningitis. Thanks for all your help Elaine. I will NEVER go back to this ER room. Do not make the same mistake I did. NYU medical is much friendlier and efficient.
Pros: Great doctors
Cons: Terrible nurses, hard to contact Dr, nurse, nurses hate their jobs and life.
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