Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton

Some of the specialists there are great.
But one provider I the ER. Pretty shady. Go to a different ER if your a patient that’s active duty!

I just had my baby boy here a few days ago. I could not have asked for a better experience. I felt like I was very much in control of the entire thing and that my requests were very much respected during delivery. I had three doctors attending the birth — I don’t know if that’s the norm or not — but Dr. Harris, Dr. Dimond, and Dr. Steinberg were all very attentive and answered all of my questions in a way I could understand. I felt like I was being included in the process, not just attending my own delivery. During recovery, I was comfortable and cared for very well. The nurses and corpsmen were all wonderful. I had the same day nurse — Jamie — two days in a row. She was so sweet and attentive to everything. She never made me feel like I was inconveniencing her.
My experience was great and I actually told my husband that giving birth was fun and I can’t wait to do it again. I think a lot of that had to do with how well I felt I was treated.

Beautiful facility.
However since I had gone there to get looked at for my physical health and my ears for hearing aids they have claimed nothing is wrong. These people don’t have proper training and have extremely bad attitudes and are short with people who actually know some medical care. I have since been seen by private physicians and come to find out everything they said was false was true and I now must seek extra care and pay out of pocket. Please if you value you’re health do not go here it could make things much worse for you or your family.

Sorry, I refuse to go to a military hospital. I use my works insurance and go to Sharp anyday than ever go back to a military facility. In all reality no one knows whats going on there… Totally disorganized and don’t have proper training. It’s scary…

I love NHCP! Last July I gave birth there, and it was the most amazing experience. Even though it all went not according to my birth plan (there were reasons for that), I felt so safe, so taken care of. I don’t know where you all people find rude personnel there, I’m always treated with respect and patience when I’m at the Naval Hospital.

I had to go in on Saturday. I was very emotional and afraid the nurses wouldn’t be understanding. I was very pleased to get the care I needed. They helped me right away and had encouraging words for me as they took my blood pressure and temperature. I was very please when they took me to my room because it wasn’t all sheets. There was actual walls to my left and right. The HM that gave me my IV was very gentle and talked to me the whole time. The nurse that helped the doctor was very personable, funny and understanding. The doctor was ok. He was a little to business about the whole matter but I think he was very busy. The good thing was I felt comfortable in letting him exam me and he talked to me the whole time. At the end of my visit I had some questions in which the HM didn’t hesitate getting the doctor to come talk to me which made me feel more comfortable leaving. It was a very hard day for me but they all made it more bearable for that I am thankful to each of them.

Horrible place. The only good thing is the new fancy building but other than that there’s nothing good to say. If you go to the ER no matter what is wrong with you they say you’re dehydrated and send you home. The «doctors» know nothing about kids or pregnancy. They failed to notice very life threatening complications during my pregnancy which caused me to stay in a civilian hospital during the end of my pregnancy. The corpsman stick you so many times before hitting a vein. Everyone constantly is «misplacing» all your paperwork. Overall a horrible place

I’m so proud of my hubby by serving our country, this is the first time in 16 years that we have to used tricare and I had to take my son to and emergency room, the service that we got from the front to the nurses and doctors on the back was amazing. Thankfully my boy is doing really good, but most importantly thanks to them. God bless America, all our military over seas like my love, the the Naval Hospital.

Absolutely the worst Healthcare I have ever experienced. If you want to wait forever and follow everyone around making sure they are doing they job safely and correctly, go here. I am a health care worker and seriously it makes me sick going into this place. They lose labs, clean the site for injections inproperly. I could go on and on. To put it nicely I dread having to go into the «Dr’s», oh wait that’s right I mean clinician. AND AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS

I visited old time friends and felt good about being there with them and their families

Spent the night in the ER. The staff was amazing! What a clean and refreshing nice stay.

Had to make a trip to the ER on a Friday. Check in was smooth and the front desk were very helpful. Only improvement complaint is that you can hear everything patients are telling them as they ask the questions. My answers were nothing of embarrassment, but I could see that being and issue for some.
I was greeted by the nurse who was very nice and he did a great job at checking my blood pressure.
We were I. Our room maybe 15 minutes before our Doctor arrived, which is pretty fast turn around time for a non-​critics emergency. She was amazing, made my comfortable, answered ally questions politely even if they were dumb. I neede to get a scan done and she told me it would be an hour for results, I thought great. Two minutes later I was getting taken back for the scan and a quick 45 minutes, my results were back and she was discharging me.
Time passes because they have a tv in the room which I thought was a nice touch.
The nurse the discharged me again answered all my questions in a professional manner and gave us direction to the pharmacy since I had never been there.
We waited maybe 15 minutes for the prescription to process and were out of there. That was with five other families there as well.
Overall after reading these reviews I was scared to go, but I would go back in a heart beat. They were super nice, time efficient and the blankets are warm when you get to your room! Thank you to the staff I’m now on my way to feeling better.

I’m pregnant and I went to check my baby with my husband because I was feeling some pain. I went ahead and got to the room and I got some really rude nurse that was questioning so many personal things that didn’t even have to do with my health. She was really sarcastic about everything and really rude to me and my husband. She never told me what was causing the pain she just told me I was «fine» and seemed like she kept questioning why I was there.

Great great place that Camp Pendleton has here! Very big yet also very organized. I came here for an eye appointment and was very satisfied with how quickly and professionally my appointment was handled. I came in at 1400 am with a 1430 appointment, and they took me ahead of time also getting me out before 1430. How great is that. If you don’t know your way around, they also have other personnel standing and waiting for you to ask where your destination is. This place is awesome, clean and the staff is really friendly!!!
BOO-​YAH!!!

I got out in May. The VA has been very lackluster about getting my medication to me on time. If it weren’t for NHCP and their diligent pharmacy staff, I would’ve likely died before the VA ever got back to me. I thank them so much for keeping my prescription active and relaying that prescription to outside pharmacies! The VA it’s awesome, but they’re shitty about medication prescription. Thanks again NHCP for always coming through for a vet!

I have never had any bad experiences at the Naval Hospital. I went into preterm labor at 33 weeks gestation and they treated me like gold and had everything ready and on standby just incase my son wasn’t breathing when he was born. They did everything the can to try and stop the labor from progressing but my son was determined to come when he did. The delivery team tried to respect my wishes as much as possible and let me have the natural birth that I wanted. They were nothing but supportive and comforted me in my time of need and let me cry on their shoulders when my son was transferred to a nicu at tricity and I was still on base. The pediatricians have also been amazing to be and understand all my concerns for my son.

1 START ONLY CAUSE I CANT GIVE THEM A 0!!!
Had my daughter her. Got bruised when getting my blood pressure!
The guy could not put my IV he pocked me 3 times and had to bring another person to do it! Pharmacy was horrible! People loosing paper work ALLLLL THEEEE TIME!
NOT ONCE BUT TWICE THIS HAPPEN: Went to the ER, once because of a bad fever and the other because of a rash. I was sent home with tylenol & Benadryl Husband had to google what i had. Take me back tell them what i had in order for them to look at me give me medication!
RUN AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!
NEVER AGAIN!

PROS:
It’s beautiful, that’s all I can say in regards to it being merely positive.
CONS:
Pharmacy is always packed.
Careless and incompetent staff.
They «lose» your record once you file a complaint.
Long periods between appointments for pregnant women (RUN don’t walk away from this hospital!!)
They always prescribe Tylenol/​Motrin because they believe anyone and everyone is overreacting.
If you bleed out/​lose an arm, leg. beg to go to the Oceanside hospital instead. Or hell… Make it to Scripps Encinitas. Anywhere that’s close except for this place.

Horrible service and poor attitudes in most of the staff. After suffering my third consecutive miscarriage here… I requested to be seen out in town. Requesting referrals to be seen anywhere else is like pulling teeth. I was told that «everyone at this establishment is competent and it’s not the end of the world» and things like «if you don’t want to follow the care we set you up with, you must not need care at all.»
It’s a beautiful hospital, but what makes health care so much more beautiful than where it’s located is a nice, friendly staff, that truly cares about your well being. However, if that’s what you’re looking for I definitely wouldn’t choose this place as your first option (if you have a choice) otherwise pester relentlessly until you can be seen elsewhere!
Good luck!

Hospital: newly built, clean and beautiful. Looks like Bethesda Naval.
Service: didn’t get bad service!
Care: I know some good doctors there.
Parking: Seemed pretty easy enough to me.
Pharmacy: looked PACKED!