St. Francis Hospital

Reviews 3

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Jacques Patterson

Do not go here. I jus had a baby on the 22nd if December 2016. I tried to go to St Joseph in tacoma but my doc insisted on me gong to St francis for his time schedule. I went along and wish I hadnt. The staff was great actually. The nurses that came along thru out the whole procedure made us feel welcomed and were really really nice. Now the ladies back in the birth center, had horrible attitudes and they were extremely fake and well judgemental. My procedure was done and I was shipped to another room along with baby. The ladies back in the birth center were rude. Wen one of the nurses came in, I told her thay I noticed my son jumped in his slp and had a fast rate at breathing. She blew me off and told me it was nothing. Then she came in and actually saw him do it herself and asked to send him bk to the nursery. They brought him to the nursery and noticed what I was talking about. They ran so many test on him like a pig. I was ok with it at first because I wanted to make sure my bundle of joy was ok, but after test after test and day after day..I was time let up and ready to have my baby in my arms. They kept him bk in nursery hooked to machine. I didnt want to see him like that. I let them monitor him of course but to jus kp him on the machine and I hv to come see him in wires. And then wen my husband and I came to see him, faces were mad as if we were bothering the gals being there.this is our child!! The doc took her dear time as she went from her clinic to the hospital. One nurse told me that the test she was running only took a hr to run...so y was it taking so long? She was taking her dear time..we wanted out and home with our baby ..Christmas eve had hit and thank God they still havent found anything yet. I told then that that day I wanted to leave, I had had enough. She told me she needed to monitor him one more day and told the nurse he could stay in the room with us this night. While feeding my son, I over heard the nurse ask what time should they let him go with us to the room...I dont think the doc think I heard her...but she looked at the nurse and said "choose a random time" and bussed out laughing claiming it was a joke. I didnt see the nurse crack one smile..she too was upset seeing us come and spend time with our son in wires and wanted home while the doc played around with time. I had almost 4 ppl from bk there come ask me if I had done any drugs with my son before or while in the womb. I was so pissed ! Thay is so disrespectful talkn about he show signs of a child from withdrawals. The nerve! First off ima Christian. 2nd, Ive seen crack babies. Look on utube. My son had no symptoms. He basically slept like a champ, but wen his pacifier would fall or wen he moved his hands it startled him. After being around him and watching him, we all noticed why he shook like thay randomly. He was startling himself. And waking himself up . So we bundled him with his arms in the blanket and noticed the change. The fast breathe he was having was because he was used to breathing in the womb , now getting adjusted to breathing outside the womb. The doc asked me again of drugs. The last nurse before discharge asked me again about drugs. I was pissed hurt and upset. On Christmas day they release us. ..Ill never go back again

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Charlene P

I gave birth here the first week of June. It was a horrible experience. Our son was born at 4am did not receive a bath until 1am the next day because they were so busy. That was after asking 3 times for him to be bathed throughout the day. The 3rd my husband had asked said they usually dont bathe the babies until theyre 4 hours old.. My husband responded its been 15 hours! She said oh and walked out of our room.... No one came to change out the garbage.. When you have a vaginal birth your constantly changing things out..pads... Padding for the bed.. Sheets... We had to ask for new ones even when they saw that it was needed... The floors were sticky the nurse even commented on it TWICE and never sent anyone in to clean it... The bathroom was gross it had black grime all around the edges and they kept the spoiled linen in the shower. NO ONE came to clean or change out the linen or garbage. The same nurse said it was bad in there! I couldnt believe this is a hospital passing health inspections. I was still in the gown I gave birth in midday they ignored us when we called and asked for one, my husband had to go to the nurses station. The nurse noticed our sons onesie was stained and asked us what it was ... I told her it was the afterbirth bc he hasnt been bathed yet. She then said oh! Do you have a change of clothes for him? Which we did but only to leave the hospital in. But she changed him into it without the needed bath.... Weve had two other children in Utah and Missouri. My babies and I were both checked every hour whether to check our vitals or just to see if we needed anything and if we were ok. The hospital usually provides everything you need plus some... Here at St. Francis we werent given what we needed other than food and a room to sleep in. During the night I asked for some formula bc I was tired from giving birth and didnt want to wake up to breast feed... I was leaving the night feeding to my husband... The nurse seemed annoyed and said, can I ask why? I then told her why and she left my room returning much later with the formula. The previous hospitals I didnt have to ask they had already supplied it. I never complain or write a review about anything but this place is HORRIBLE.... TERRIBLE... We moved to Washington in March and didnt know the bad reputation of this hospital until we experienced it ourselves. They made us feel we were such huge inconveniences for things that were supposed to be provided or expected. I feel like we literally only saw a nurse is when we called for them or when they were changing out for the day, we felt completely ignored... Who doesnt want a clean room or feel that you and your child are receiving the best care possible???!!!????

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Jaxdia H

I have read your reviews.I hope I can help some here.. I am just a patient.. I am and have been learning my rights.. Its not easy. It takes work.. because it changes EVERYDAY. The doctors have a 15 minute time span to talk to you unless you have asked for a longer amount of time. Which may or may not be granted based on your needs. So write down EVERYTHING that needs to be addressed. Dr Pham is my primary care doctor.. I am pleased with him. Though sometimes doctors and nurses sometimes seem distant.. I have had Great results with Dr Pham.. When I need a referral. I get it. He will do all that he can to help me. If not he will send you to someone who can. A lot of care you need also depends on you. You have to do some foot work. I find the medical profession has changed with Obama care.. THAT IS WHAT IT IS.. So Now they do tests before giving you pain meds. This is a must.. Because of the addicts that come in just looking for pain medicine. They come in all shapes sizes and financial abilities and walks of life. I have a friend in St Francis hospital right now who has had multiple issues including have her first seizure and these guys were helpful and smiled.. and PATIENT. I have been able to see her doctor EVERY TIME we were there. We still need to see the social worker.. THAT is a crap shoot. But we did see one but he was unable to help us with what we need. We have to talk to the hospital social worker. THERE are multiple social workers that come there for many different reasons. Be patient. Understand they are under just as much stress as you. consider the patients they have to see. If you are in the hall way.. It is because they are full. You can write down your information rather than speaking it. And you can ask for copies of the ALL the paper work you sign. LEGAL RIGHTS. They are not required to let you see the doctors notes.. You may not understand them to begin with. YOU CAN.. order them from the file keepers. If you are in pain tell them,.. But remember they have to do their testing and find out what happening before they can legally administer pain medicine. The FDA regulations are becoming stricter every day.. and insurance companies are paying for less and less. Patience.. But be firm not rude. If someone is rude , cussing and yelling at you.. if you can or have the person with you go out to the nurses station and ask for the head nurse you wish to file a complaint and change nurses. IMMEDIATELY. I am not a nurse or doctor.. I am a patient. It is a must to learn your legal rights as a patient. Go on line and find out what your rights are as a patient in the state you live in.