WakeMed Health & Hospitals

My grandfather was admitted into this hospital last Thursday bc of a heart attack; I must say I am very impressed with the friendly staff throughout the hospital and nurses! The icu was a bit more responsive than the normal rooms but over all exceeded my expectations on how helpful every is. Wish there were more hospitals like this in the west coast; lots of parking and done forget to get the day pass or weekly pass to save a few bucks.

Back in October I was in Raleigh attending the memorial services of my aunt, when my mom had to be taken to ER. The last thing that you ever want to do is go to the hospital in a city (state) you’re visiting. However when you’re left with no choice it helps to know that you’re at the best facility in that area, as was the case with us. The care given by the staff there was awesome! Thank you

My friends rushed me to the ER in 2011 as a result of a reckless skateboarding accident. I dislocated my left shoulder, and had never felt pain like that before. Upon being carried into the ER, in excruciating pain, the staff rushed to take care of me. There was no waiting, or filling out paperwork. I was put on a stretcher and given IV pain medication. My friends answered all the basic questions, and I got an x-​ray within ten minutes of arriving. The male nurse who tended me was like a guardian angel. I was reassured every step of the way. I felt like I was in great hands by the entire ER team. The only thing that brought me concern was when a student doc came in to relocate my shoulder. But, the supervising doctor was there also, and they put me to sleep for the relocation. I woke up free of the the stinging and numbing pain. A couple of months later, I got an elective arthroscopic surgery to prevent potential future dislocations. All in all, my experience at the Raleigh campus Wakemed ER was impeccable. Even though in a true emergency you can’t choose which ER you’ll end up in, be rest assured that if you are there you will be in good hands.

Came into hospital on Thursday through ER. Staff Nice and friendly and efficient although there were several trauma that arrived and they were busy. I was having breathing issue. Was advised they are keeping me to run tests. On cardiac. Floor. Kudos too Nurse staff Erly, Kenneth, Melva and aides. Took excellent care of me. DOCTORS attentive and on point. Kudos to .ER doctor Adams and .ER nurses Sarah and Christine! Confident I was well cared for.

I’m not sure why there are some negative reviews on the hospital, but I thought they were outstanding. Apparently there are lots of babies born here and I can see why. They really know what they are doing. The staff was excellent and it’s obvious that they care about the patient. The security on the maternity ward is top notch and they make a great effort to keep sick babies away from newborns. The hospital itself is huge so you will do a lot of walking.

It’s a hospital. You come here for two reasons, you’re thinking you’re going to die, or you’re having a baby.
We’ve been here for the first one with a gall bladder on my wife and a choking incident on a newborn. We’ve been here for a second one twice, going on three times now/​I have no complaints about the labor and delivery section that we used in 2003 and 2009. I’ll change that if it’s different in 2012 when our fourth child is born there.
My only gripe is it is so far away from Wake Forest. There is a north wake hospital but they have very little service beyond simple ER stuff. Every time we’ve gone there for real stuff (gall bladder, broken leg) they transport you over here.
It’s a pain to visit people here. Call them instead. Parking is a huge pita especially if you’re carting kids around to see their mom and new sibling.
Getting charged to park here while you’re spending tens of thousands on a family member for medical services is really lame too.

I was involved in a wreck involving my motorcycle vs an SUV on Oct 2^nd, and WakeMed is where I ended up (not by choice — I asked wake rescue to take me to Duke — I don’t think they heard me).
The trauma center did what they could for me to try to ease the pain, but morphine was not working. It took several hours to finally get into surgery, but that was due to the OR already being occupied. It did take them a few days to realize I had some more broken bones in my leg.
After the initial surgery they put me in the surgical ICU. The nurses and staff here did not give me a call button, in the event I needed assistance, until the next day. After the second surgery, a week later, the pain was very intense and the docs argued that I didn’t need the iv pain meds — it was pretty awful — the nurses argued on my behalf but without much luck for several hours.
I ended up spending 10 days at WakeMed. Generally, the rumors and pre conceived notions about hospital food are correct; most of the food sucks. For instance, the chicken was always overcooked and dried out. The pork chops were a little more edible. The side dishes were most edible out of everything, and everything was overcooked.
Being on the same page: when pt realized there was a problem with my leg, they notified another department who then set me up for more x-​rays. Once the x-​rays were examined it was determined my leg was pretty well busted up. The next morning, however, a doctor came by to tell me I was being discharged. Later that morning, a discharge specialist came by with the same information at the same time the nurses were in there telling me I needed to possibly be ready for surgery on my leg, that day. Discharge was insisting I was leaving while the nurse was insisting I was staying.
I have mixed feelings about the nursing staff and assistants. The daytime weekday regulars seem to do just as much as they need to just to get by. «What does it take to get cleaned up here?» seems to be one of my biggest peeves. The weekend staff does not seem to bathe the patients or change the linens. The weekday staff is better about bathing but I still had to press them on it.
My biggest praise for the nurses was them going to bat for me over the medications I was being given. It should’ve been noted on the very first day that morphine was ineffective for my pain, and pepcid was ineffective for my gerd. It took a couple days to get meds straight. A week later (right after the second surgery} the doctors were back to square one with the meds and the nurses had to spend a day going over my charts and convincing the drs to put me on meds that work for me. For the patient, that’s not a fun process. Once everything gets straightened out, there is a collective sigh of relief all the way around.
Generally, the place is okay. They did put me back together and got me on the road to recovery. Some of the staff does care about what they’re doing.

This is the worst place to have a baby. Do not Go to this hospital. Bad service, Nurses were not helpful and not interested in your well being. My family has Dr’s, CRNA, and RN’s and everyone was dissapointed on the care given by this hospital.