When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

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Julius Seizure said:
His reaction was basically "8,000 people sent me this news article so I guess I have to talk about it. Doctors shouldn't attack nurses. Okay? Now please stop forwarding it to me."

Apparently he didn't want to address it in the first place because he "didn't have anything to add" (which is what he told my friend when she sent it to him). Interesting response, since the guy seems to have an opinion about everything else.

:cautious:

Interesting indeed!

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Mas Catoer said:

When all are tired not to eat up someone onboard.

Huh???????????

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Unfortunate situation , but I'm not surprised by the physician behavior . Some of these hospitals treat doctors like mini gods and can do no wrong . They also tend not nip bad behaviors by the doctors until it's too late.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
psu_213 said:
I think "purports" pretty much sums it up.....

Someone who believes nurses were trained that way or saw themselves like that waaayyyy back in the '60s and '70s. Neither I or anybody I knew back then had that attitude. Kind of a flashing neon sign for troll in my view.

Why people enjoy exploiting tragedy like that, to me is still a mystery.

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He'd not have a chance in hell where he belongs along with that idiot who says he was a nice guy?? WTF.

#STREETJUSTICE

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Farawyn said:
I hope he gets jail time.

And an enema!

Maybe it was all the gases.

Good liver detox, too.

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johsonmichelle said:
Unfortunate situation , but I'm not surprised by the physician behavior . Some of these hospitals treat doctors like mini gods and can do no wrong . They also tend not nip bad behaviors by the doctors until it's too late.

I'm familiar with the hospital in question and it frankly doesn't surprise me. Private practice physicians with a high percentage of wealthy clientele in a predominantly wealthy bedroom community outside Denver. A lot more likely to let ****** physician behavior than at one of the teaching hospitals like UCH or Denver Health.

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Horseshoe said:
Someone who purports to be a nurse wrote the following comments on CBS Denver facebook page:

Nothing like blaming the victim!

and lying to do it!

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mtmkjr said:
I went to the FB post and looked at the comments... She is indeed an RN - Operating Room (different hospital) Scary.

any one could be posting with her name.

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offlabel said:
What will happen:

physician will be found to be diverting and using. He will charged with aggravated assault, be given a suspended sentence, inpatient treatment, community service/probation, supervised release.

The RN will be paid an undisclosed 7 figure out of court settlement.

Move along folks. Nothing to see here.

I hope this does happen. I hope for more, but I'm realistic.

And don't tell me to move along. Nurses need to speak OUT when stuff like this happens.

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^ the "move along, nothing to see here" part wasn't mean to be taken literally. It's a trope used to identify that things like this are common and no change will come from it. Jesus...

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Farawyn said:
I hope this does happen. I hope for more, but I'm realistic.

And don't tell me to move along. Nurses need to speak OUT when stuff like this happens.

Agreed ^^^. We need to keep talking about this. We need to be outraged. This needs to stop being a norm.

And for those of you saying, "I'd give the guy and upper cut" or "use those safety scissors ..." I was assaulted by a patient last weekend. I didn't see it coming, although I knew he was agitated. Once the guy was on me I didn't have a chance; it was all I could do to keep moving and it wasn't til other staff came that I was OK. When you're in a position like that your chances go wayyyyyy down because the element of surprise gets you. It also didn't help this guy was probably 150 lbs and an entire foot bigger than me.

This nurse was lucky. This guy needs to be in jail, whatever his excuse. He could have killed her. He definitely changed her life forever.

It makes me sick, and that he's still full of excuses in this article makes me ragey.

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