HCA Florida North Florida Hospital Emergency Room - Gainesville (FL)

4 /5 Anita Tomlinson: I felt the ER staff were very attentive and even though they were very busy, seemed to care. My down side would be that I arrived around noon and was admitted pretty quickly. But, I was still in the ER until around 11:30 PM. Once I was taken up to my room I was told my room was ready around 6:30 PM.

4 /5 David Cressler: Treatment was excellent. The explanation given by the attending physician was poor. He started off with a joke about the Johnny Carson Show, "Stump the Band" said I had an abscess that was in the proximity of the Appendix, but never said that I had had a ruptured Appendix. Not did any of my attending physicians, Radiologist(s) or Surgeon, or Doctor. The night nurse said it out load after looking at. the screen record Thursday night, which I thought she jumped to conclusions. When I asked the Doctor on the 3rd day of there was a way to determine where the infection came from, thats the first time she said ruptured appendix. Other communication and service problems in the hospital. The ER was otherwise excellent.

5 /5 Maggie Murdoch: I was seen quickly and felt taken care of by the entire staff. They all seemed to be considerate of my comfort and well-being. Once the decision was made to admit me to the hospital transport did take a very long time (over 2 hours) to arrive.

2 /5 Heather McLaughlin: There was no way of talking to my nurse practitioner to solve my symptoms. I was baker acted because I was hearing the schizophrenia, I did not like being at North Florida. I felt I needed diet restrictions due to my weight gain and I was scolded by the dietitian who said I did not need anything but a regular diet. It was hard to stay awake, and I experienced a lot of anxiety daily and I felt very heavy walking from the medications prescribed. I was given a medication that gives me allergic reactions. I luckily didnt have a seizure because that medication Im allergic to was at such a low dose, but I was afraid when they gave me 100mg shot of haloperidol for long lasting shot, I made sure that they gave the shot in my arm because in the hip is where it makes too many bad reactions, and for what reason I am not sure. Going to groups was hard for me, I have never been good at following a calendar of scheduled times to go to groups, it was confusing for me, but I showed up to groups when I was awake. In the mornings I always felt extremely tired, but I answered to the staff when it was time to eat. I honestly dont recommend this place. I think Shands Vista is a lot better.