Im new to this site, yes. Since coming on im baffled at the amount of my fellow nurses who laugh and talk, dig, and tell stories about themselves or coworkers abusing patients. This is unsettling to me. Since when is it okay to threaten to D/C a patients narcotics because they say something you dont like? Since when is it okay seek revenge or retribution on a patient for their preference?
We are all people, like it or not some have preferences. It doesn't make them right, however it IS THEIR RIGHT to refuse care.
Last time I checked...i got to choose my healthcare provider.
Those who witness abuse, true abuse, should report it.
However, how someone writes what they "overheard" in passing - perhaps completely, perhaps in bits and pieces - and then transcribe to the web, I cannot trust and decline to condemn someone for.
I also allow that my fellow nurses may "think" a lot of things and should be free to say them in safety, without expecting the thought police to come knocking at the door, barring EXTREME endangering threats of harm. I suspect though that the OP may have difficulty ascertaining the difference.
But barring the extreme, we should be able to think things that we do not act on, without being condemned as "bad nurses".
And the Internet as a communication device - it is difficult for some to ascertain clearly the intent.
I do suspect that the OP may wish to review carefully and decide whether this is a BB for her at this time in her career. It may be a little disturbing to find that Nursing is not as idealistic as she thought.
Thank you so much for bringing this up. It is so worth thinking about no matter what the poster intended, and thinking about how I really feel about patients whose values are in strident conflict with mine and can be a bit unkind or nasty or even abusive towards me. I appreciate your points. You've opened my eyes this Monday morning. Don't give up your candid ways, and don't feel you are alone in this. This is important.
Specializes in MED SURG/GERIATRIC ADMIN/ CORRECTIONS.
Kristie,
Thank you so much for bringing this up. It is so worth thinking about no matter what the poster intended, and thinking about how I really feel about patients whose values are in strident conflict with mine and can be a bit unkind or nasty or even abusive towards me. I appreciate your points. You've opened my eyes this Monday morning. Don't give up your candid ways, and don't feel you are alone in this. This is important.
from the bottom of my heart.....THANK YOU!!!:redbeathe
I did not read the post as bragging at all. It was an account of what happened. Was it the best thing to do/say in that situation..probably not but I rather not dissect one incident.
Why not address the writer personally via PM/email if you have concerns about the nursing care they give.
You shouldn't use one post to paint a bleak picture of nursing.
I think OP misses her law career where she had abundant opportunities to repeatedly argue a point over and over and over.
The primary purpose of this board is not to debate. If you see something you believe to be truly offensive, then report it and mention it once, maybe twice and then move on.
caroladybelle, BSN, RN
5,486 Posts
I read the thread in question.
Those who witness abuse, true abuse, should report it.
However, how someone writes what they "overheard" in passing - perhaps completely, perhaps in bits and pieces - and then transcribe to the web, I cannot trust and decline to condemn someone for.
I also allow that my fellow nurses may "think" a lot of things and should be free to say them in safety, without expecting the thought police to come knocking at the door, barring EXTREME endangering threats of harm. I suspect though that the OP may have difficulty ascertaining the difference.
But barring the extreme, we should be able to think things that we do not act on, without being condemned as "bad nurses".
And the Internet as a communication device - it is difficult for some to ascertain clearly the intent.
I do suspect that the OP may wish to review carefully and decide whether this is a BB for her at this time in her career. It may be a little disturbing to find that Nursing is not as idealistic as she thought.