Jenn
04-30-2008, 02:24 AM
When you work in the medical field, shouldn't you have a heart? I mean, I know that patients sometimes don't cooperate and are just downright nasty, but a little heart would be nice.
Today, I had to go to the emergency room because my HR dropped to 32, and I almost passed out. My husband and I are sitting in the tiny little area they put us and Im waiting to be checked. After 10 minutes, a woman comes in crying that her husband abused her. She was obviously drunk, but she did loook like she got the shit kicked out of her. Instead of trying to understand her situation, the nurses started LAUGHING at her. Rght in front of her face. This, of course, set her off.. she started cursing at them, calling the black nurses niggers, threatening to have them killed because she's in the mafia..and I understand, that can be amusing to a point, but she was there with a problem. Security came and strapped her down, also treating her like dirt.. laughing at her, mocking her, and just being dicks to her. They finally knocked her out and then everyone was talking about her. How professional is that?
Now, in a situation where the patient is a drunk/drug addict/crazy.. do you think it's all right for a nurse or a doctor to laugh at them, and take their sweet ass time treating them, or do these kinds of people deserve the same respect and treatment as anyone else?
I know it's hard to deal with those types of people, nd that sometimes you have to be a bit rough with them. But laughing at them when you're getting paid to take care of people is just wrong, IMO. I mean, if you're going to find humor in it, don't laugh in front of the person, wait until they can not see or hear you because it discourages them to come back when they need it. It makes people feel unimportant. She was drunk, so what, she still had a medical issue that needed to be taken care of. From what I overheard, she was vomiting blood and got kicked in the stomach. Thats serious.
Today, I had to go to the emergency room because my HR dropped to 32, and I almost passed out. My husband and I are sitting in the tiny little area they put us and Im waiting to be checked. After 10 minutes, a woman comes in crying that her husband abused her. She was obviously drunk, but she did loook like she got the shit kicked out of her. Instead of trying to understand her situation, the nurses started LAUGHING at her. Rght in front of her face. This, of course, set her off.. she started cursing at them, calling the black nurses niggers, threatening to have them killed because she's in the mafia..and I understand, that can be amusing to a point, but she was there with a problem. Security came and strapped her down, also treating her like dirt.. laughing at her, mocking her, and just being dicks to her. They finally knocked her out and then everyone was talking about her. How professional is that?
Now, in a situation where the patient is a drunk/drug addict/crazy.. do you think it's all right for a nurse or a doctor to laugh at them, and take their sweet ass time treating them, or do these kinds of people deserve the same respect and treatment as anyone else?
I know it's hard to deal with those types of people, nd that sometimes you have to be a bit rough with them. But laughing at them when you're getting paid to take care of people is just wrong, IMO. I mean, if you're going to find humor in it, don't laugh in front of the person, wait until they can not see or hear you because it discourages them to come back when they need it. It makes people feel unimportant. She was drunk, so what, she still had a medical issue that needed to be taken care of. From what I overheard, she was vomiting blood and got kicked in the stomach. Thats serious.