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Originally Posted by bornnygurl  Wow! Not to get off topic but I think a lot the nurses feel the way you do. What is unfortunate is that some of them show it to every client regardless of the circumstances. I was sick with pneumonia and didn't want to go to the hospital. Well my airways became so restricted to the point I was panting uncontrollably. I got rushed to the emergency (by hubby) and the nurse was so rude to me. At one point she said: "Stop breathing like that or you'll pass out". I'm thinking if I could stop I wouldn't be here right now! She was much nicer when they later found out I had bronchitis and pneumonia. But there was no reason for her to treat me that way, regardless.
Anyhoo, point of my story is I think when you get to the point where you are so dissatisfied with your job that is shows to everyone (including customers/clients who don't deserve it); I think you should move on to something else that makes you happy. |
Well first of all I would never treat someone who is sick with a rude attitude even if they were rude to me. The lady that I told off was being very rude and I was tired of people thinking they can talk to me that way especially if they are not even sick. And I am normally a very nice person. I do have alot of patients that are a joy to take care of and I love my job and I love taking care of sick and injured people and I believe that I make a difference in peoples lives, but I must say that the idiots out weight the really sick and nice patients, even then I ususally do pretty good keeping my cool. There are good nurses and there are bad nurses, and there are even good nurses that get an attitude sometimes. I usually tolerate alot of rude behavior from people and go on my merry way, I even have tolerated being kicked, hit, spit on, my hair pulled out and cursed at, but it comes to a point that a person can't take anymore abuse. I agree with you that it would be good if you could move on if you are not happy, and so I did (actually it is just a break,I will be going back sometime), but some people can not move on due to financial reasons and other reasons. I have worked with nurses like the one you described and it makes for a miserable shift, because not only are they rude to the patients they are also rude to other staff. I guess the world is full of rude people, but it feels really good sometimes to put them in their place.