Holmes Regional Medical Center Hospital

Nurses are handling too large of a case load, otherwise the facilities and their employees are excellent

I thought thr hospital staff was wonderful. Everyone treated you as if you were a person and not just another patient. If you have surgery here and have Melissa and Henrey (think it is Henretta) for your night time nurses, then consider yourselves very lucky. At 3 am in the morning they are so cheerful and willing to help you.

This was a really nice layout. The waiting rooms were actually rooms with doors and couches. The one near my room had a large dining table and nice chairs. My family spent a lot of time there and eventually was staying 24 hours at the hospital. The staff was great in allowing this without comment. They did have a larger sized wheel chair available for the bypass patients on our floor. And I ended up in a private room so I had a lot of privacy, it was great. with the exception of a couple of nurses the nursing staff was incredible. And the nurse aides and cleaning crews were so nice. They always made sure we had plenty of pillows and blankets.

They need more workers who feel for the patients rather than their jobs

I had excellent nurses on while I was there , the nurses that took care of me were angels I did not have to want , they were there before I hurt and took care of me very well , they pull me up in bed to make me comfortableand even ash my hair and brush it for me they helped me with everything I needed. I remember aleigh , and becky the night shift nurse to be the best ones during my stay , but I cannot complain these ladies were there for me and did thier jobs very well.

The risk of developing a PE or DVTs from this surgery, as with any surgery, are very real. You cannot always assume it will be someone else who it happens to...trust me! There are some things that can be done to decrease the chances of such things happening to you... The SCDs (Sequential Compression Devices) that are supposed to be on your feet or legs...make sure they put them on you! And make sure they turn them on! When you are able...WALK!!! Do your deep breathing exercies frequently! Take care of yourself, because you may realize...as I did...that you are your own best advocate in the hospital. Don't be passive and do not be worried about "bothering" your nurses....
For goodness sakes! It's their JOB to take GOOD care of you!

The nurse-to-patient ratios during my stay at HRMC were horrible...dangerously horrible. If I had a dollar for everytime a nurse told me how understaffed they were or how she "didn't have time"...I'd be rich!
I believe that, for the amount of money Dr. Tenewitz's patients bring into that unit...they should afford hiring a few more nurses...AND that they should train those nurses on how to take proper care of the bariatric patient. I had a few nurses who openly admitted they had no clue about anything concerning gastric bypass surgery. I also had a few very supportive nurses..but as I stated...the ratios were BAD and there was not much time for any type of support to be given.
I also was very disappointed in my semi-private room...the other patient was confused (God bless her) and turned the lights on and off and the TV on and off and volume up and down...all night every night...so sleep was NOT an option. I cried and cried and cried many tears in that hospital. The memory of my hospital stay is that of a nightmare to me. The bright spots in my stay were only when I had visits from Dr. Tenewitz, Lisa, and my family.
I know that if Dr. T could be a fly on the wall and truly visualize the care I got, and that Im confident other patients of his are getting, he would make some serious changes in that unit on our behalf. He is an excellent surgeon and my testimony of my hospital stay in no-way reflects how I feel about Dr. Tenewitz, Becky, or any of his office staff or the care that they provide.

Overall, I was very pleased with my experience. I was lucky I got a private room and felt I was really taken care of. The only complaint was that the nursing staff did not seem to know exactly what the other nurses did or did not do for me. So there was some confusion as to what I was suppose to do and not do.

The care before the surgery was excellent. But even my docotr and his nurse we concerned at the after care tehy provided. So he was complaining and so am I!