Dubious Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 USA hospitals has a bad reputation and reading this thread its well deserved Not incon and long time since I were in a hospital, but here they listen to the patient and do whatever they ask for, as long as it can be provided Link to comment
Jennynappy Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 That figures the foreign hospitals carry better diapers. The US hospitals carry diapers that leak in one wetting. UK hospital diapers werent that comfy or great either. They insisted on using their diapers. Link to comment
rusty pins Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 It's all about how much money any US hospital can make for themselves. Link to comment
Jennynappy Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I dont blame the UK NHS but just that the nurses I've encountered arent friendly with diaper changes. Link to comment
Wet Knight Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I dont blame the UK NHS but just that the nurses I've encountered arent friendly with diaper changes. Link to comment
Nat Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 UK hospital diapers werent that comfy or great either. They insisted on using their diapers. do you know what brand they are? Link to comment
thickdiaperedbaby Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Pathetic, thanks for sharing. I will do my level best to avoid that hospital. Link to comment
Midwest Babygirl Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I had a similar experience after I had surgery in 2009. Link to comment
Jennynappy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Once or twice I pressed the call button for a nappy/diaper change and the nurse looked at me as if she wasn't informed about my condition. Link to comment
Diaperedtight Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 In Spain the use of diapers is very prevalent, a recent problem I had meant I had to be transported to another hospital some distance away, Link to comment
Jennynappy Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 What do you expect, today's nurses are Graduates, and nappies are not nice. Link to comment
PampersLuvr17 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I've had better experiences at UMHS at CS Mott as a patient and a nursing student and I know we have diapers at Mott not sure about the university hospital though. Sorry you had to go through that Link to comment
Baby Dee Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Wife has been in the hospital 14 times in the last 3 years (been vomiting blood) but that's not why I'm writing this. Each time and two different hospitals I've seen labels on the cabinets, one of them always says "Diapers". One time I had surgery on my left leg Dr. knew I wore diapers and told me to wear one to surgery so I did. The nurse tried to tell me to take it off and my wife told her the Dr. said it was OK. But when I came to I had a catheter in. The Dr apologized for it and said he didn't know how long the diaper would last (it was an Abena M-4 usually god for about 12 hours for me.) Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Wife has been in the hospital 14 times in the last 3 years (been vomiting blood) but that's not why I'm writing this. Each time and two different hospitals I've seen labels on the cabinets, one of them always says "Diapers". One time I had surgery on my left leg Dr. knew I wore diapers and told me to wear one to surgery so I did. The nurse tried to tell me to take it off and my wife told her the Dr. said it was OK. But when I came to I had a catheter in. The Dr apologized for it and said he didn't know how long the diaper would last (it was an Abena M-4 usually god for about 12 hours for me.) Link to comment
Arendeth Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Well you could always bring spares and ask for them to allow you to use it and at least the absorbent pads under is good if they don't tape your diaper right after the procedure. When I had testing done that really saved me since they had to remove tape temporally but the taped it back on even worse then i do leading to a leak but I always have at least a spare diaper in my book-bag that i always use. Link to comment
SIDincontinent Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I spent a weekend in a psych hospital and was in a pullup when I got there. I told them I was in a "diaper" they got me a package of prevail pullups, they were awful, but I made do with them until I came very close to leaking. My bladder issues are pretty light so a pullup usually works ok for me. You know it's a cheap pullup when I nearly have a leak. I told the nurse I had had an accident and I needed something more "robust" she went and got me a pile of Kendall Wings HL3D hospital diapers that I wore for the rest of the stay. I had one of those on when my wife came to pick me up. when I had my spinal angiogram surgery, they told me it would be a 3 hour general anesthesia procedure and I'd be catheterized. Since I was already a Foley catheter user at home and we had to travel an hour+ in the car my wife catheterized me at home the day before the surgery as we had to go down there for the pre-op appointment. She told the head nurse that I had a foley in and asked if it was ok to just leave it in for the surgery or of they had to put my foley in for the surgery. They said that the one she had placed would be fine. On the morning of the surgery we were at the hospital super early and I had a diaper on over my foley as I always do. My wife changed me from the leg bag to the bedside bag before I went into surgery, (wife is a nurse and can do all that stuff) she then took my diaper off before I went in. When I awoke, I still had the foley in but was naked. I don't like to be naked with my foley in because it feels like everything is flopping around. I asked the nurse to get me an adult diaper. My diaper bag had been left in the car. The nurse was hot and looked a little bit puzzled and I tried to explain that I always wore one over my catheter, I think my wife explained further, but I was a bit groggy. The nurse went to get me a diaper and asked me "do you want me to help you with that??" I thanked her and explained that my wife would do it for me. I'd love to tell you that the hot nurse put my diaper on, but it just didn't happen that way. I think my wife would have divorced me. They gave me a super crinkly Kendall Wings diaper. She walked me around the unit with just a gown on and my diaper under it and I carried the foley bag. My wife dressed me when it was time to go home and then assisted me into the shower as I insisted on being clean when I got home. Apparently she diapered me again at home before going to bed as I woke up in one of my diapers the next day. Link to comment
willnotwill Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 In the US things are really anticatheter. Link to comment
deewet Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I had a knee replacement late last year at a hospital her in Mpls area. Link to comment
rusty pins Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I have knee replacement surgery coming up in June. Link to comment
adhb Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Good luck with the knee-replacement surgery! I had a knee replaced three years ago, and it's been great. Before the surgery, I was in really serious pain with every step I took. After the rehabilitation period, I've had no pain with the replacement knee. Physiotherapy therapy and exercise after the surgery are very important. Follow Link to comment
deewet Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The problem with knee replacement is that for the first few days, they want you to not move it much unless it is in a brace which you have to hail a nurse assistant to fix up. Link to comment
RockinJim Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 While waiting to be admitted to the hospital for lower back surgery, I myself had to be changed and the diapers they used were as good as a paper bag. Thankfully, I spoke up after Link to comment
stevewet Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I've never had to stay in hospital. I guess now I am incontinent and dependant on nappies it would be interesting to say the least. Link to comment
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