Now here's a small concern that I have whenever I go to the hospital. I have found nurses to be rude to me.
I dont give it back because they're the one's who will be taking care of me and I want them to care for me.
I have a lot of respect for nurses, they are angels for the kind of compassionate work they do, but some experiences here and there create a long lasting memory. Only friendly people in hospital to me were the nuns and priests, during communion time.
Sometimes, I have even tried to avoid going to hospitals.
Is this because they want patients to be submissive and obedient ? I have never come across a friendly nurse till date.
Rude patients do exist, is this why they put the foot down first?
Btw, I am a colored(brown) person, so I wonder if this is a reason.
Once when I was admitted, there was a senior nurse who at first was rude. But then I told her that she was like my mother and I felt hurt that she was rude. I told her nicely and she was nice to me after that.
But, as a patient we go to hospitals emotionally and physically down, the last thing we would want is to get intimidated by the nurse.
What's the best way to tell a nurse that it hurts when they're rude without getting them angry.
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Thanks for your post, many do share the same experience as me, so a lot of common denominators actually. But if I were a nurse, I would treat everyone well and would never be rude. After all I know how sicknesses can drain a residents mental and emotional well being.
In some cases patients are all on their own with no immediate family present and being rude at that point is quite heartless and belittling.
You have no idea how you would be as a nurse, because you are not a nurse. You just have an idealized vision of what you think nurses should be like.
Personally, I am offended that you would suggest nurses are rude to you (and I highly doubt all of them are) because of your race.
There are plenty of rude doctors. Are you posting of forums for doctors asking why doctors are so mean?
But here I am unwell looking for some compassion. Yes, every profession does have its fair share, but here I am sick and unwell. Why be rude to a weak person.
Sick, unwell and weak over a sprained ankle. A grown man. Needing compassion. From the nurse, who is is acting like his mother..
Thanks, I now understand. Thank you for enlightening me. You did understand my post quite well.
I have been a nurse awhile and I think it started getting worse when hospitals became a business and nurses became a liability. Patients and their families have this expectation of nurses that is not based in reality. Too much TV I suspect. There was a time when people were admitted to the hospital "to rest" and expected back rubs at bedtime. Not happ'nin' now! With management treating nurses like interchangeable pieces of furniture forcing us to parrot "scripts" and vying for survey approval patient care is not the high priority it once was.
I can certainly see your side of the argument that patients are in the weaker/vulnerable position and it is extremely sad that the care has been budgeted out of healthcare. We nurses know that and it makes it all the harder to do our jobs. Until you are a practicing nurse you have no idea what nurses are expected to do with a forced smile on our faces. Most if not all of us would love to give the kind of care we gave in nursing school when we had one patient to fuss over for 8 clinical hours.
So best be careful telling me what kind of nurse you're going to be. That fantasy is what drives so many of us insane trying to meet that lofty goal in the face of today's healthcare climate.
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Look at the thread, it says 'some'. Can you imagine being in pain with a sprained ankle and having to wait for 3-4 hours before being treated? The Male nurse told me that its common. He told me wait or leave, when I told him its taking too long.
If this was in the ED/ER setting, yes, a sprained ankle is way down on the priority list. For all you knew, there were seriously ill patients who needed immediate care, perhaps patients even dying.
A 3-4h wait in the emergency setting for a sprained ankle is not that bad.
Look at the thread, it says 'some'. Can you imagine being in pain with a sprained ankle and having to wait for 3-4 hours before being treated? The Male nurse told me that its common. He told me wait or leave, when I told him its taking too long.
Ok, I just read this. If you complained about waiting on treatment for a sprained ankle in an ER I can now imagine people being less than pleasant. A sprained ankle needs ice and an Ace wrap, not a doctor/nurse's time in an ER. Wow.
These are different instances. This is crazy, you're linking different posts. In the ER it was the male nurse who was rude to me. Not just one instance that makes me say rude.Re read if possible.
Sick, unwell and weak over a sprained ankle. A grown man. Needing compassion. From the nurse, who is is acting like his mother..
Mathboy, why are you here? You're not a nurse, or seemingly connected in anyway to healthcare (aside from being an inappropriate user of ER's)? Seriously, can't the mods block people like this troll from posting here?
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Is there something in the air? We've been getting a lot of lay people posting here lately, whining about alleged maltreatment from nurses. Aren't there better things to do with one's time?
Ok, I just read this. If you complained about waiting on treatment for a sprained ankle in an ER I can now imagine people being less than pleasant. A sprained ankle needs ice and an Ace wrap, not a doctor/nurse's time in an ER. Wow.
How would the OP know it was a sprained ankle before going to the ED?
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You have no idea how you would be as a nurse, because you are not a nurse. You just have an idealized vision of what you think nurses should be like.
Personally, I am offended that you would suggest nurses are rude to you (and I highly doubt all of them are) because of your race.
There are plenty of rude doctors. Are you posting of forums for doctors asking why doctors are so mean?