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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a veteran ICU nurse.

Then you all really, really don't want to know what we say about you family members of the critically ill -- out of earshot.

Their mistake was blabbering in a showy public way.  
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I know you all have a stressful job, but you have no right to mock and criticize people who are trying their best to navigate a stressful situation, even if their behavior appears inappropriate to you. Find a new line of work.[/quote]

Actually, we do have that right. Free speech and all. [/quote]

Ummm... you can have free speech as an unemployed person.[/quote]

Look, if every nurse or physician was fired for talking bad about patient families then there would be no nurses or physicians left. [/quote]
Nope. I know some wonderful people in the medical profession who do not talk trash about the people they care for. You just run with a terrible crowd. [/quote]

Alright, you keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. Just know if you’re in critical care and your family member is acting a fool, the whole floor has heard about it at the break room or nurse’s station. [/quote]

As long as (1) it doesn’t impact my care, and (2) it doesn’t get back to me, I don’t care.

The most alarming thing from the TikTok to me is the comment about epidurals. That nurse is complaining about patients who are asserting a right to refuse the most invasive form of pain management because doing do makes her job harder. If that’s how you feel, you should not be an L&D nurse (or maybe a nurse at all).

I had an epidural, by the way. Loved it. But it was my choice and if for whatever reason I’d decided against it, I would expect the nurse to roll with it and to be educated in other methods for pain management.[/quote]

You obviously weren't on a ward with a woman doing natural birth. I had 8 hours of listening to her scream. As a patient, it was the most horrific experience. I have 0 respect for anyone that puts so many people through her pain. [/quote]

I was on a ward with a mix of women doing natural childbirth and having epidurals (I had an epidural) and I couldn't hear anyone screaming at any point but I did scream out at some points and if anyone found it horrific... sorry? I had my epidural when I arrived and then they had to wean me off it because I was having trouble recognizing when to push based on the timing of the contractions so by the time I actually gave birth I had a lot less medication in my system and it hurt.

If a woman doesn't want an epidural, hospitals should have other pain management methods available and patients should know about them well in advance of giving birth. A woman screaming for 8 straight hours sounds like someone who is enduring pain because she hasn't been given reasonable options, of which there are many.

If you are an L&D nurse, instead of whining on TikTok about women who won't take epidurals, how about educate yourself on other options available to your patients and discuss with your leadership how to better support patients in that position.[/quote]

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