I know from my nurse family members and from postings on here that nurses oftentimes get treated like crap. I have seen it happen myself.
For an example, I was in the hospital with the flu, dehydrated and in need of an IV and Zofran, etc.
This nurse, who had to be one of the nicest people I ever met, put in the IV so quickly and easily, and just made me feel better by how caring she was! She helped me to the bathroom, and just really cared. I talked to her a little and found out she had a BSN and ER was her dream job.
Later, she was told by Doc 1, who was mad at me for taking anti-diarhea (sp?) medicine at home to draw blood for tests. So, anyway, the nurse goes to draw blood as ordered. Doc 1 leaves the room.
Doc 2, who was also an ***hole, came into the room and almost peed his scrubs that she was drawing my blood. He glances at my chart and declares I have gastritis. He tells the nurse to stop all the tests.
She had just slid the needle and vial in my arm, so she was taking it out, which takes a couple of seconds since the vial was half-full of blood. Doc 2 looks over and says in this loud, patronizing tone, "Melissa, I said STOP the TESTS" like she was an idiot!
She was so nice, she just said, "OK, doctor." She did not even try to defend herself.
Geez, what was she supposed to do, YANK the works out of my arm and give me a nice big bruise? Say a magic chant to make my blood stop flowing into the vial?
Anyway, is it like that everywhere? I still want to be a nurse, and frankly, I am used to this type of treatment, but I am hoping there may be some places where it does not happen all the time.
I have also noticed that NP's seem to get treated better, is that true?
