STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR LIFE OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER'S LIFE, STAY AWAY. I am a NURSE (worked in ALL units except for operating room and pediatrics) and this emergency department is a JOKE. Nurses here think it's OK to draw blood work from USED peripheral IV lines (lactic acid) and have the nerve to tell me that it's OK because 3mL of blood was disposed AFTER a couple IV medications were infused. REALLY? An inaccurate lactic acid to possibly give a patient that is in kidney failure, liver failure, on chemotherapy some antibiotics that can further push him into ESRD? AND THEN, have the audacity to say that to a fellow RN? PLUS, no one checked on my father for three hours because I was in the room from 2100 and NO ONE went to check on my dad until 0015. Lo and behold, the ER RN Brian came to check on my dad 5-minutes after he noticed I was in there. My dad's IV tylenol was running without a pump and had another female RN draw lactic acid from that same peripheral IV. What a JOKE. What kind of BEST PRACTICE is that? As a fellow ER RN, I am utterly disgusted with this so-called ER "best practice."
On another occasion not related to my father, MY MOTHER was in this same E.R two days prior when the EMERGENCY (I REPEAT, EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN) took it upon himself (DR. ABE VEPPUNTHARA) to tell my mother that she has "HIGH PROBABILITY, MOST LIKELY glomerular lung CARCINOMA" without any biopsies, lab work to test any cancer markers, and any extensive diagnostics other than ONE CT CHEST. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This physician is out of line and needs to stay within his scope of practice of EMERGENCY MEDICINE and not to play God by telling people that they may have cancer. He is no oncologist. He had absolutely NO REGARD to what emotional burden, stress, or anxiety this may cause another person. Soon after telling my mother that she may have cancer, he tells her that she'll go home while she's hyperventilating in the gurney coming in through AMBULANCE for respiratory distress. I have no words to say other than how ridiculous and frustrating of what type of care this ED offers. Imagine I wasn't a nurse and didn't witness this kind of malpractice and negligence--what kind of cr*p these RNs and physician is telling and doing to their patients and their families that aren't in the medical field??? It's frightening.
3. HOME HEALTH KAISER RIVERSIDE IS UNETHICAL AND A WASTE OF PEOPLE'S HARD-EARNED INSURANCE MONEY TO FUND THIS DEPARTMENT. Going back to my father, I am a nurse (an active working nurse very familiar in the field) and my three younger sisters are ALL NURSES as well also active in the field. A HOME HEALTH NURSE that did my father's intake, MELISSA, and a lab phlebotomist came to my parent's home (all of us were present) actively made snarky comments regarding my father's health and IV line (he has a single lumen PICC line), rolling their eyes upon realizing that my father had a PICC line and questioning why they were there to do lab??? These so-called healthcare professionals need to be re-educated and in-serviced regarding single lumen PICC line means = strictly no blood draw and only for infusion. My father has cancer and is currently on chemotherapy. The next day, another so-called nurse named Jeannette (case manager supposedly), my sister is helping my total-care father with his commode and changing him so that this case manager can push IV Lasix through my father's PICC line. My father was about to fall when my sister was trying to change my dad. My sister asked for help and Jeannette (case manager) told my sister "I don't do custodial care" and called my father's primary care physician, Dr. Vu, and this physician actually got upset with my sister for asking for help and hung up the phone on my sister when this physician said "I am not going to risk my nurses to get hurt. You guys might be under a lot of stress and may need palliative care, home health aide!" HOW CAN WE OBTAIN THAT WHEN MY FATHER IS NOT EVEN GETTING ANY PHYSICAL THERAPY OR HOME HEALTH ASSISTANCE?????? The physical therapy does treatment for 5-10 minutes maximum! Excuse me, isn't physical therapy allotted for 15, 20, or even 30 minutes? Time fraud? ALSO, my father has a palliative care physician. SO AGAIN, WE--his children--KNOW our father needs more assistance at home however Kaiser is doing a darn good job and making it seem that my father is independent and capable of taking care of himself so when we ask for help, complete hypocrisy and unsafe patient handling is what we get in-return including a tidal wave of unethical, unprofessional, and completely disgusting behavior/comments from so-called healthcare professionals. Some people go into nursing to be compassionate and actually care about their patient's well-being... while these people listed in this review clearly are in this profession for $. Working in nursing for a long time, it's pretty easy to differentiate true nurses and those who pretend. read more