Russell Williams
Well-Known Member
Dear people,
Last summer I was in the hospital. In the middle of the night I started shivering. I realized that in all likelihood my blood sugar was low and that I needed to eat something. When I finally got the attention of the nurse I explained my situation her. She explained to me that under hospital rules they could not give me anything to eat until they had tested my blood sugar level. She explained to me that they did not have a blood sugar tester on that floor and would have to call to another floor to schedule somebody to come up and test my sugar level. 45 minutes after I first started shivering my blood sugar was tested , found to be very low, and I was immediately fed. I told the nurses that it would seem to make more sense to have a blood sugar tester on every floor. They agreed with me but did not have the power to produce change. In a form I got to evaluate my hospital stay I suggested that there should be a blood sugar tester on every floor.
I am active in a committee. A high level administrator of the hospital is also on this committee. I told him of my experience and told him that this was not a personnel issue but rather a policy and equipment issue and that policy should be changed and equipment should be provided.
About a month later, at another meeting, the high level hospital administrator told me that policy had been changed and that they were now blood sugar tester's on every floor.
Yours truly,
Russell Williams
Last summer I was in the hospital. In the middle of the night I started shivering. I realized that in all likelihood my blood sugar was low and that I needed to eat something. When I finally got the attention of the nurse I explained my situation her. She explained to me that under hospital rules they could not give me anything to eat until they had tested my blood sugar level. She explained to me that they did not have a blood sugar tester on that floor and would have to call to another floor to schedule somebody to come up and test my sugar level. 45 minutes after I first started shivering my blood sugar was tested , found to be very low, and I was immediately fed. I told the nurses that it would seem to make more sense to have a blood sugar tester on every floor. They agreed with me but did not have the power to produce change. In a form I got to evaluate my hospital stay I suggested that there should be a blood sugar tester on every floor.
I am active in a committee. A high level administrator of the hospital is also on this committee. I told him of my experience and told him that this was not a personnel issue but rather a policy and equipment issue and that policy should be changed and equipment should be provided.
About a month later, at another meeting, the high level hospital administrator told me that policy had been changed and that they were now blood sugar tester's on every floor.
Yours truly,
Russell Williams
