Is it me? Does anyone else find patients listening to music and watching TV on their MOBILE PHONE SPEAKERS irritating, especially at frisking g night.
I saw an incredible cross section of humanity in the unit. Patients handcuffed to police, drunks, and many who cleaky did not priorisise wellness with predictable consequences. 3 patients with gangrene, one of whom sadly died. Patients sitting in hairs being treated, the waiting room stuffed with ill people day and night. And I was assured by the nursing staff that this was all normal.
It's bad enough being ill but all this adds to the stress.
The positives : I got a bed, the urology team and nurses were great, and I an heading hone.
Leo
It is annoying to be fair but the way of the world there days.
I would watch something short but with the volume as low as possible so that I could hear it without it bothering others too much, but certainly not constantly or prolonged. I'd use Bluetooth earbuds for that. Most phones don't have headphones sockets anymore so often can't even use wired headphones nowadays, Bluetooth ones only last a certain amount of time. The again I take lower backs with me so wouldn't have any of those issues to deal with and just out of respect would use earphones.
It's the same with people who insist on using loudspeaker on their phone calls in public, just why? It's bad enough when someone is shouting down their phone in public but to have it on loudspeaker in public is just odd.
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Simply making a call on the ward is pretty irritating too, always seems to be in a loud voice. My local hosp does have headphones available to use with their bedside radio/TV set up. They also supply eye masks & ear plugs!
It's generally pretty noisy all the time. Once I was in a side room opposite a store or some such - the door kept banging all night long.
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