are you treated as a patient or nurse???

Thing of it is, if i'm there as a pt., then i'm not there as a nurse, and i better not get special treatment either.

Several months ago, i was in an ER with a nasty migraine, and was treated like a drug seeker (treated like **** honestly), i mean to the point i even regretted seeking help. A few people who know this had said "well you should have told them you're a nurse" to which i said "shouldn't have to tell someone i'm a nurse to be taken seriously as a pt." Had they found out i was a nurse and treated me differently after learning that, i would have raised even more heck in my letter of complaint that i already had.

I haven't had bad experiences related to being a nurse. I have had the "Oh, I guess you already know about this since you're a nurse", but I just said "Nope, I don't please tell me about it". If you want education, privacy, etc. I don't think it's out of line to ask for it. You deserve the same treatment as anybody else.

I have never had that happen to me but it does sound rude. It's kind of like if you were a waitress and you went out to a resturaunt and you were expected not to get good service or wait on yourself. What the heck do people think? We are human beings too.

I use to wear my scrubs to my own DR appointment it always got me a N/C thats gone by the way side now.

When I come across nurses, or anyone in the medical field, I treat them the same as I would anyone else! When I go to appointments I don't tell people I'm a nurse, unless they think I don't know anything, then I'll mention it! My pet peeve is family members telling anyone who will listen that "my so and so is a nurse" as if it will get them better treatment! Another pet peeve is nurses who think they know it all and try to tell you how to do your job, like they are waiting for you to screw up or something! One nurse wouldn't let me draw her blood (it was my job that I did day in and out) because "my coworkers upstairs are really good, they can do it!" Give me a break! Most nurses don't walk around telling people that they are nurses unless they are being treated without respect. Usually, medical professionals figure it out because of the terminology we use anyway!