Since being of the wards and now working in a busy endoscopist unit. Can i just say to people that may have appointments for a procedure such as a gastroscopy, flexiblesigmoidosopy or colonoscopy, as your nurse i and my team instantly recongnise peoples nerves and anxietys if i was the patient would be exactly the same! Wanting the procedure over and done with. Fearing the outcome hoping for good news etc. Through out the NHS its constantly knocked on the wards. Bells are constantly ringing and nurses trying to prioritise always emergencies on the wards such as cardiac arrests or on my previous ward bleeds from femmoral site which is dangerous. In endoscopy patients turn up for their appointmentments and understandably expect to be seen on time. But unforseen circumstances can sometimes delay this for example alot of elderly patients needing bowel prep for a procedure may have a fainting episode common in this area as they are frail and weak. We get emergency patients that could have started bleeding internally they become a priority as its life and death situation complicated polyps having to be removed and taking a bit longer than what was expected.Than there is that situation if the patient before you as been found to have something nasty. The endoscopist as to tell the patient devasting/lifechanging news. That patient is going to be full of questions and seeking reassurance. So that endoscopist or a surgeon in cant rush back to their list. As they are full on caring for someone. They know they got a list to get back too. They too have time constraints. But that 1 patient may need an extra bit of there time due to their diagnoses. So appreciate peoples frustrations when sitting in a waiting room. But there is often a genuine reason behind it.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:38:09 +0000
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