- + regular meals that I don't have to cook or fetch or wash up after
- (-) food is often undercooked and/or tasteless
- + I don't have to make the bed
- (-) the sheets are scratchy and people are always nicking your second pillow
- + climate control
- (-) can't open a window for fresh air
- + I can lie in bed all day and read
- (-) always being interrupted (or woken up) to have pulse/bp/temperature checked or to take pills or have nebs or physio or to answer inane questions for student nurses
- + limited visiting hours
- (-) limited range of visitors
- + most of the staff are friendly, nice, courteous, thoughtful
- (-) fellow ward patients (and sometimes their visitors as well) are often inconsiderate, loud, smelly, and steal your stuff (second pillow, magazines, bottled water etc)
- + few responsibilities
- (-) very little control over anything
nov 9 2012 ∞
jan 7 2014 +