Did you ever have any bad experiences with Nurses or Doctors? Feel free to vent about them here.

by sandra Posted 2012/04/09 10:33:37

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onetirednurse 2012/06/18 01:47:04

Yes

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I have seen first hand how bad patients can be treated, I'm a trauma surgical nurse, I am there to speak for my patients while they are asleep and can't speak for themselves. I treat all of my patients as if they are the most important person in my life while caring for them. I have reported many floor nurses over the years for bad care. Once I went to pick up a patient for surgery, the floor nurse was in the room yelling at the patient. Telling her shut up and stop asking so many questions. I pulled the nurse out of the room and let her have it. What the nurse didn't realize is that I'm the trauma surgical coordinator at my hospital. I'm part of administration, but since I love doing patient care I have always remained an active staff nurse. After telling me she cant stand the hospital or the patients i had no choice but to report her. She ended up losing her job..

Since I'm a nurse I have always been treated well by doctors and nurses. They are on their best behavior with me because I know how the system should work..
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sandra to Linkums 2012/06/17 16:43:14

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Oh wow, how are your teeth now ? I had a dentist problem in the past to once. Such pain and problems. hope your ok now. xo

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Linkums to sandra 2012/06/17 18:27:31

My teeth aren't too bad... though just a month ago I had one break when I bit a popcorn kernel and had to get a crown.

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Laura Lovegood 2012/06/17 14:17:05
sandra to Laura L... 2012/06/17 16:46:51

Great for you !
I hope that never changes. Because thats how nurses should be Amazing ! And alot are. They work very hard and deserve un-ending respect , but of course also offer respect.

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Vision of Verve 2012/06/17 14:05:36
sandra to Vision ... 2012/06/17 16:50:34

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lol, the same thing happened to my left knee , now I have a ugly noticeable scar , oh well .lol
Good for you to want to be a Doctor, we definately need more. And great that you learned to be a better person from your not so great experience. xo

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Shawn 2012/06/17 12:52:15

Yes

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I was recently in hospital for surgery. I had a post surgical infection followed by a nasty virus that I picked up in hospital and found some nurses to be quite rude. One night I had a fever and chills and asked for another blanket. The nurse flat out told me no and walked away. Another time during the same trip I had diarrhoea in the bed and told the nurse. She took well over an hour to change the bed linens and left me sitting in it. I understand they are rushed and overworked in many cases, but when you are feeling your worst a little compassion is nice.

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Gloria to Shawn 2012/06/17 13:32:46

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That sucks. I would write to the director of nursing and/or call an attorney.

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zebsmom to Gloria 2012/06/18 04:21:24

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@ Gloria: LOL. It's generally the DON that does the staffing that causes these types of issues.

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sandra to Shawn 2012/06/17 16:59:42

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How horrible, you should complain, some of them seem to forget their basic ethics along the way.
You may be helping other patients if you do bring up this matter . This Nurse is obviously in need of stress leave or counselling. I have seen it many times ,this behaviour , it is really a cry for help, usually related to extreme stress.
But you or any other patient shouldn`t have to be mis-treated in any way what so ever.
Get yourself some peice of mind , make a complaint soon, please don`t hesitate, for the sake of the other patients.
You`ll be a saving alot of other poor people the mis- treatment that you unfortunately had to go through, poor you my dear ! I hope you are completely better now ! xo

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Tim to Shawn 2012/06/18 22:12:31

The bitches. When you're fully back on your feet you should go back to the hospital and give them both a good kick or two up their fat arses (if "fat" is not a wayward assumption in their cases)!

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Gloria 2012/06/17 12:27:49

Yes

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A nurse treated me so badly after surgery when my doctor got his copy of the letter I wrote to the director of nursing he told the nurse, "Don't you ever come near any of my patients again, you Nazi."

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sandra to Gloria 2012/06/17 17:02:18

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Good for you to stand up like this, no one should have to be mis-treated, escpecially in a hospital. You would make a great patient advocate , xo

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kaitlynb7 2012/06/17 10:50:07

Yes

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I was at the dentist and I acerdently bit her. :( i was like 5 years old.

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sandra to kaitlynb7 2012/06/17 17:04:52

That is cute ! when a little kid does it, lol understandably,
Did you bite too hard ? Did she get mad at you ?
I hope she didn`t get too hurt, dentists can be a frightening experience for anyone but more so for kids, lol xo

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kaitlynb7 to sandra 2012/06/18 08:05:19

yeah sadly she had to put a bandaid on it,she did'nt get mad at me for doing it.

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Katey 2012/06/17 10:19:44

Yes

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yess I'm like extremly scared of needles and hospitals and often thinking about medical things makes me faint. I remember the first time I fainted, I was getting my blood drawn and I stared at my arm. I ended up fainting, hitting my head on the counter and I had a seizure. I like had a nose bleed and my flip flop was broken it was bad and I think I was only 12. and they just gave me water and said I would be fine it was horrible. Now everytime I faint I have to be given water or else Ill faint over and over again.

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sandra to Katey 2012/06/17 17:12:02

Oh , poor you ! It is obviously very horrible for you, I don`t like getting my blood taken either, I really try hard to concentrate on something else, but it isn`t easy, I hope one day it will get easier for you , just in case you need to have blood tests taken again , or have to get an I.V.
inserted. xo
It is a phobia, hypnosis , or practising mind over matter may be helpful, xo

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Katey to sandra 2012/06/18 02:03:40

Thanks!:) and Yeahh Ive been getting better at it, mostly just like practicing breathing helps. but yeahh I'm like completely scared of surgerys and I. V.s lol i hope i get over it too so I can have a baby some day bc sometimes taking about stuff they do when your pregnant makes me faint lol and I have to get my wisdom teeth out soon too

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Lucius Archangel 2012/06/17 09:58:11

Yes

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There was a time when i was in second grade when i needed about 5 nurses to hold me down just to give me a shot or sumthin. Im serious.

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sandra to Lucius ... 2012/06/17 17:15:25 (edited)

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lol, it can be very scary for kids, anything that hurts will be horrible for the poor little kids, are you still afraid of needles? xo

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Lucius ... to sandra 2012/06/17 22:19:30

AHa yeah i know. and Nope :) actually took my parents advice when i got a lil older and decide not to move or flex in the areas im getting injected that wya the needle doesnt hurt :) as a matter of fact i have a video of me getting injected like 3 times in a row and i was just like calm ahaha

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nonnonsenseguy 2012/06/17 08:35:24 (edited)

Yes

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In 1992 I had a bad appendix and for some reason the doctor at the hospital thought it was a good idea to stick their hand up my rear end.

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sandra to nonnons... 2012/06/17 17:19:58

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Oh wow how terribly uncomfortable ! I hope that the doctor at least told you what he was about to do? How , old were you then ? I ask that because if you were a kid , it would have tripled ++++ the traumatising discomfort for you , I am sure of that. Sorry that happened to you , xo

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nonnons... to sandra 2012/06/19 05:21:18

I was 22 at the time. They were trying to figure out what was wrong. My appendix was ruptured and every time it leaked my body managed to fight the poison enough to lower my temperature and I'd be ok till the next time. They finally did a cat scan after a couple days and then wasted no time getting me into surgury.

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Jim to nonnons... 2012/06/17 21:16:49

I'm sure it would be one finger and it is just a prostate examination. Men are quite susceptible to prostate cancer.

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nonnons... to Jim 2012/06/19 05:22:28

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Wrong....no offense.

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Jim to nonnons... 2012/06/19 12:26:09

None taken :-)

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Vicereine Killbride 2012/06/17 07:41:14

No

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Doctors? Yes. Nurses? Never.

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sandra to Vicerei... 2012/06/17 17:21:33

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Good to hear the nurses treated you well, Sorry to hear about the doctors though , hope you never get mistreated again, xo

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Shawna 2012/06/17 07:40:28

Yes

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I had a stupid specialist who decided I was celiac without testing me, wanted me to go on a gluten free diet months before I could get tested and then when it turned out I was not celiac, he decided I must have sleep apnea. Wrong about that one too. It's a long story but not only was he pretty bad at diagnosing, he was nasty to me. Other people have similar complaints about him.

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CCRNRT to Shawna 2012/06/17 08:18:18

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That is not a nurse

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Shawna to CCRNRT 2012/06/17 08:19:02 (edited)

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The question asks if you ever had bad experiences with nurses or doctors.

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sandra to Shawna 2012/06/17 17:24:46

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Unfortunately , some aren`t only bad with their patients, they need to learn their skills again.
Someone should have complained a long time ago , so he wouldn`t have had the chance to treat others so poorly. I hope your ok now, and finally have a true diagnosis. xo

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Shawna to sandra 2012/06/17 17:59:08

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Yes, thanks. I have a true diagnosis though you could not quite say I am okay. I am not dying though. I have to live with it and not die from it.

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CCRNRT 2012/06/17 07:39:18

No

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I am a nurse, a flight nurse. why would I vent to you over some BS thing. especially on SH. Are you trying to trash the person that is a go between between you and the Dr.?

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Vitalani to CCRNRT 2012/06/17 07:41:56 (edited)

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Just because you are good doesn't mean they all are. In any profession people make mistakes or make the people they serve angry. I'm sure you've had your days, we all have.

By the way, the poster IS a nurse as well.

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Shawna to CCRNRT 2012/06/17 07:42:51

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Some of my best friends are nurses and most of the doctors I have experienced have been great. But there are some professions where the bad ones can really have an impact on people. I am a teacher. There are good teachers and bad teachers and they both have an impact on people. Sometimes people just need to vent about an experience.

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CCRNRT to Shawna 2012/06/17 08:00:48

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No true professional would trash their own profession and I will forward this to her Board of Nursing

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sandra to CCRNRT 2012/06/17 18:03:37

Can you please do it today,? so you may learn a valuable lesson from the outcome.
Like I said, I welcome any investigation with open arms, I completely have all the confidence in the world and more by anything I say regarding this issue on SH or anywhere else for that matter.
Your words will never make me feel like I have done or said something wrong here concerning this matter of BAD Nurses.
I will always and forever be there for every patient and will look out for them and make sure NO ONE is mis-treating them . That is the main reason I became a NURSE ,is to fully care for the patients.

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