"I would go to any hospital that my surgeon, Dr. Nusbaum, operated out of. I'm more concerned about the excellence of the surgeon who is operating on me than I am about the quietness of my room. That being said - most of the staff that took care of me for my gastric bypass were wonderful. There was one nurse who didn't have a clue and upset me greatly. My blood sugar was having trouble stabalizing and he "reprimanded" me saying how did I expect my blood sugar to be normal if I didn't eat anything!!! Excuse me???? This was 1 day post-op and the only thing I was allowed was ice chips, diet jello and broth. Being a nurse myself (and being cranky because my blood sugar was low) I let him have it - verbally, and told him to get my surgeon on the phone and get an order for some intravenous dextrose to bring my sugar back up!! That was in November of 2004. I was just in again for some adhesions, March 2006. My nurse, Gwen, was a God send. She was wonderfully attentive and caring. The rooms are small, and there are no showers in the rooms - you have to use communal showers in the hallway but as I stated earlier as long as thats where my surgeon goes thats where I go. "
"8/4/04 - Wow what a wonderful physician. Dr. Nusbaum and his staff made me feel comfortable immediately. He explained, in detail, all I needed to know about the surgery. I'm a registered nurse but he did not assume that I already knew the information and explained everything to me as if I had no nursing/medical background. This mattered to me because I don't want anything taken for granted. This is major surgery and I want to make sure that I have correct information on all aspects of the surgery. He self-describes himself as Obsessive/Compulsive and went into great detail on how the surgery is performed and the tests he does prior to you leaving the OR to make sure there are no complications. He does a leak test right in the OR instead of the following day so if there are any leaks they are addressed immediately at that time. This eliminates the possible need of a second trip to the OR. His surgical competence is definitely the most important to me but I feel I've really gotten a bonus because his bedside manner was absolutely great as well. "
