A Male Nurse's review of this health facility:
Being a nurse at KUMED- Surgical Intensive Care Unit...I wanted to give an insight on this place. Since I work in the hospital setting, this cataract center really intrigued me because of how different the atmosphere this place has is in many pleasant ways.
I must say that I'm quite impressed with the overall feel of this cataract center. I brought my grandpa in to get his right eye done and from the moment I drove up to this place I had already made pleasant preconceptions about this place. The center/surgical rooms are inside a building that looks like a cottage straight out of a fairy tale. It doesn't look like a hospital at all and I think that is a very important element to address, because the usual setting of a hospital can be quite terrifying for most people. Making it seem like a home takes away a lot of stress of going into surgery, such as the "white coat syndrome" where many patients have a variable set of vital signs due to the unnerving feeling of being at the doctor's office like a spike in blood pressure everytime a doctor is in the room.
I love how the staff is amazingly nice. The receptionist was quite lovely and got the patients checked in a timely manner despite it being quite a morning rush of appointments being received. The nurses/aides are all phenomenally receptive and sensitive to the fact that I needed to be present whenever they would be spouting out medical jargon to my grandpa. As a nurse myself I have a great respect for fellow nurses that are patient and stay pleasant at all times.
I was most impressed with the Nurse Anesthetist. I inquired about how long he had been a nurse and his experiences. He was very nice and told me all about his career. I'm aspiring to be a CRNA one day and it was very inspiring to hear someone of his caliber and experience of almost 30 years. Whenever professionals take the time to answer questions thoroughly (especially since I had many questions about my grandpa's surgery such as what medications they will use...on a side note I learned something new about a particular sedative called Midazolam or Versed; I give it in intravenously at my work but here they use a pediatric method of administering it sublingually, which is apparently quite effective in quick surgeries such as my grandpa's cataract surgery that will approximately take 6 minutes to accomplish) because it means that they are taking full responsibility in making sure that proper education is done because as they say "discharge teaching starts as soon as the patient walks in through the front door"...well I guess just us nurses day that. :)
An awesome bonus was how stocked they were on free goodies the provide for patients and visitors. As you walk in your greeted by a basket full of candy...and not just your typically cheap tootsie rolls or dum dums, but actualy chocolate such as kit-kats and Reese's! Next to them are rows and rows of coffe mugs that have plants in them for you to take home. With the surgery being done at 8am it was nice of them to provide a keurig coffee maker and a large box of fresh donuts from a popular donut joint down the street.
Overall I am quite satisfied with the care and ambience of this place. He will have his left eye done in roughly two weeks and I won't mind coming back here. Such an awesome health facility. If ever you need cataract surgery, make sure to inquire about Liberty Cataract Center! If you don't live near here there is also a location in St. Jo Missouri! read more