Morton Hospital & Medical Center

January 02, 2015

by Anonymous

busy telemetry floor and adult observation floor

My position at Morton has been a very rewarding learning experience. My coworkers have helped me to get comfortable in my position. A typical day starts with getting report on 3-5 patients, making rounds to see and assess patients, deliver medications accordingly, take vital signs as needed, monitor telemetry strips, serve the patients any way I can, and work with the cna's to keep my patients as comfortable as I can. There are also discharges and admissions squeezed in. Every day is a learning experience, especially on telemetry, there are so many heart issues to monitor, along with the appropriate drugs involved. The hardest part is just making sure everyone gets what they need when they need it. Holding a patients hand is the most rewarding part. Making them feel safe and comfortable is my favorite.

March 01, 2023

by Sunny

Horrible experience in the ER

If one word could describe this hospital, it would be "cold". All the warmth, care, sympathy and understanding that should be found in a hospital, you can't feel here. Horrible experience in the ER. My daughter is in the ER currently and we are thousands of miles away, so I have to call them very often. I was told that they will let doctor know and contact us later, but this didn't happen; My husband called doctor’s office hundreds of times and left lots of message, but never get any response. I was called yelling just because I tried to explain what I’m thinking, then I got yelled with “I won’t give you my name” when I asked who I’m talking with. I completed agree with someone’s review on google: “If you are having a mental health crisis, DO NOT COME HERE. They will treat you even worse than you feel”, the word I heard most often is “by law”: by law they need do this; by law they need do that, they never care about what patient and family need, once patient in their ER, then you lost all right, they can do whatever they want “by law”. They may tell you that they'll do best for patients, but don't believe it. I am an immigrant American and lived in US more than twenty years, English is not my first language, so things get more difficult. This is the first time I feel like I'm not being treated as a human being. I felt hopeless now, and I may just have to wait for my daughter to die in their hospital because I was told “by law” they can keep her as long as they want.