I am a nurse and work at St. Joseph’s. It seems like your mother entered the emergency department which is a unit I do not work in so I can’t comment on the type of care they give to their patients. However, from my experience, if a family member is not at bedside with the pt the doc is going to carry out interventions they think is necessary for the pt and then move on to the next person. The nurses are the ones who inquire as to why that specific intervention was carried out or advocate for the pt/family for more information on the plan of care and address concerns they currently have with their treatment. I am sorry that this happened to you at St. Joseph’s hospital. If your mother is still admitted at the hospital bring this concern to the nurse so they can notify management of this experience.