Vent huge thumbs down!

lovemybabies924

New member

• Apr 3, 2011

• #1

my cousin came over with her 2m old baby and i was checking out her carseat because i have never messed around w/a rear adjust snugride 22..and low and behold the straps were on the highest slot, i told my cousin and she said that the nurse took the car seat away from them and redid the straps like that and told her thats how it had to be RF!!! the head rest was pulled way down to support the babys head..and of course it flopped around from the slack in the harness so the nurse put a blanket back there.. :thumbsdown:

 

LuckyFins3Lil'Fish

New member

• Apr 4, 2011

• #2

I'd so call the hosp & throw a tizzy.

 

cookie123

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #3

That sounds like a good idea.

 

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NatesMamma

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #4

LuckyFins3Lil'Fish said:

I'd so call the hosp & throw a tizzy.

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:yeahthat:

 

skaterbabs

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #5

LuckyFins3Lil'Fish said:

I'd so call the hosp & throw a tizzy.

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Um yeah. Talk about liability (and throw that word around a lot!) That nurse could have killed that baby. Lawsuits are not pretty, and the ONLY CPS-related lawsuits ever filed were against hospitals that had this exact same sort of thing happen.

 

Baylor

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #6

LuckyFins3Lil'Fish said:

I'd so call the hosp & throw a tizzy.

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I am with her. When I was in the hospital, They told us they were not allowed to touch the seats. We had to do all the adjustments and installing.

 

momtotwogirls

New member

• Apr 4, 2011

• #7

I would definately call the hospital and complain. Here the nurses arent allowed to say anything about car seats since they are not CPST's. They are opening themselves to all kinds of liability issues with nurses who are doing that.

 

zactayaus

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2011

• #8

Wow! I guess we are really lucky here as we have CPST's that work for our hospital. Each new mom gets a visit from a CPST before she is discharged. They actually have a rolling vehicle seat that they bring right into your room. They show you how a typical install should be and go over using pool noodles and locking clips. They even have you place your baby in their car seat (if you're using an infant seat and it's in your room) so that they can check for harness height and chest clip placement. They go over when you should move the harness up and make sure that you know how to do it. They highly encourage you to let them check your install in your vehicle before you leave. I guess my hospital rocks.:thumbsup: It's where all four of my kiddos were born.

 

CTPDMom

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Apr 4, 2011

• #9

Um, I don't know that *I* would call the hospital if I didn't actual witness this exchange. It is *possible* that your cousin did this harness height adjustment herself, and is embarassed that it's wrong and doesn't want to tell you that. :twocents:

I would certainly educate her on the right way, and let HER call the hospital and complain if she was told differently.

 

skaterbabs

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2011

• #10

Knowing what I've seen from hospitals, better to call them and have the nurse NOT said it, and the hospital does and in-service to train them, than to let it be and assume the parent did it.

 

lovemybabies924

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #11

I personally would never call! but I told her she should so the ball is in her court!

 

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NatesMamma

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #12

zactayaus said:

Wow! I guess we are really lucky here as we have CPST's that work for our hospital...I guess my hospital rocks.:thumbsup: It's where all four of my kiddos were born.

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Um, yeah, it does!

Our hospital requires you to bring the car seat (even if it's a convertible :thumbsdown into your room so that you can prove you have one. That's it! No one checks it, and you have zero help installing it. It's totally lame.

 

skaterbabs

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #13

NatesMamma said:

Um, yeah, it does!

Our hospital requires you to bring the car seat (even if it's a convertible :thumbsdown into your room so that you can prove you have one. That's it! No one checks it, and you have zero help installing it. It's totally lame.

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the reason for that is the they don't have CPSTs on staff. You *really* do not want an untrained nurse "helping" with your seat.

 

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NatesMamma

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• Apr 4, 2011

• #14

skaterbabscpst said:

the reason for that is the they don't have CPSTs on staff. You *really* do not want an untrained nurse "helping" with your seat.

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Let me explain.

I wasn't saying that I think untrained nurses should be helping to install the seats! My point is just that *my* hospital totally halfasses the car seat check thing. (A) They don't have anyone trained who can help you. I mean, obviously new parents *should* have the car seat thing figured out long before the baby is born, but let's be realistic here. (B) They make you bring the car seat into your room. No exceptions. (C) They make you put your baby in the seat on the floor of your room and then nurse *looks* at it. Literally. As in, "Yep, there's a seat over there. With a baby in it." I think this may make clueless new parents think she's doing some sort of safety check, which she's definitely not. (D) Suppose the new parents actually had a CPST help with their new convertible seat. The parents now have to uninstall a properly installed seat and lug it up to L&D. Then they have to drag the darn thing back down to the parking lot and attempt to re-install it under less than ideal conditions. (Frazzled dad, screaming newborn, exhausted, recovering mom...)

I just think their setup sucks all around and that instead of "pretending" to ensure the baby is going home safely, they need to either get some CPSTs on staff or simply ask, "Do you have a car seat?" and leave it at that. KWIM?

 

skaterbabs

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2011

• #15

I don't disagree. Most hospitals DO require that a nurse accompany the parents out to the car; a visual check that a set is in available is really all they're qualified to do. A complaint with the hospital board would mean a great deal towards removing the in-room "inspection" that leaves parents with bad information and the idea that the nurse actually knows what s/he is doing.