Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

[Goingthere]

So, I know a couple of well established people at their job site who when they got hurt there, did not want to be treated there... Here's the story:

A NP at a big HHC hospital in New York was working on the floor actively seeing patients when she collapsed. She appeared to be having a MI and inbetween gripping her chest and gasping, staff was putting her on a stretcher. Now, she's worked there for 16 years and so everyone rushed to help. Another RN said "Ms Y. we'll take you to the ER downstairs, and you'll be okay." To which she replied "Noo, I don't want to go here! Transfer me to another NYC hospital!". I was shocked, it wasn't the first time I herd this, but amidst her MI she had the guts to ask for a blood thinner and an ambulance to be transferred! She was fine, and did get transferred, but it just got me thinking. Would you work somewhere that you wouldn't be treated? Anyone else see this?

[missmiamoore]

No way in hell...Would not want any of my co-workers catheterizing me, toileting me, seeing me vulnerable. I don't even like to socialize with these people. I like to keep my work life very professional and that includes not being a patient on my unit!!! I work in in-patient surgery. I would however consider having a baby in our hospital though!!

[kids]

No way in hell...Would not want any of my co-workers catheterizing me, toileting me, seeing me vulnerable. I don't even like to socialize with these people. I like to keep my work life very professional and that includes not being a patient on my unit!!! I work in in-patient surgery. I would however consider having a baby in our hospital though!!

Exactly!

My refusal to have care at the hospital I work at has NOTHING to do with the level or standard of care there.

[diane227, LPN, RN]

Yes, I would be treated at my hospital (small community hospital) unless I needed treatment for cancer or any neurosurgical intervention. I would not worry about my privacy. Most of us who take care of other staff members are very cautious with them to maintain their dignity.

[Aneroo, LPN]

I delivered my child at a hospital I worked in (worked in the ER at the time). It was nice to have coworkers visit during their lunch breaks.

The most recent hospital I worked in, I was seen there a few times in the ER as well, mostly in the Urgent Care area for URI stuff. I did refuse to go in during a miscarriage (mostly b/c I knew I wasn't far enough along and knew there was nothing that could really be done), and went in a few months ago for some wicked bad GI pains with n/v/d. It was incredibly frightening to go in to old coworkers and tell them about my poop, but I hurt bad enough to do it. It did help and they did look out for me (it helped that my BP was 180/100 b/c of the pain).