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Originally Posted by Kenna
Very worried about my beloved adopted grandparents. We took him to the hospital 2 days ago and they decided to admit him that night but he's still in the ER waiting on a room upstairs. She's beside herself and exhausted because she refuses to go home to rest.
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It's ridiculous and scary how hard it is to get a bed in a hospital now. I'm so sorry to hear about your grandparents' difficulty, Kenna.
I heard a story on NPR about how one of the reasons beds don't turn over more often is because the nurses drag their feet on completing discharge papers. When they are understaffed and so many patients need them "right now", it's hard for them to find 45 minutes to do one patient's discharge papers. I have no idea how accurate this is - it sounds like blaming the nurses for the hospitals poor administration to me.