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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Ridiculous. I had an epidural but was aware I was in a hospital where women were giving birth, some using epidurals some not. It’s terrible to suggest that women in labor should get an epidural just so they will shut up and not bother anyone around them. Also, 8hrs of consistent pain to the point of constant and sustained screaming sounds more like a medical emergency than a typical labor experience. Grow up and recognize that, in a hospital, you are likely going to encounter people who are in pain.[/quote]

+1. I had an epidural but still cried and yelled while in labor. I was in pain, throwing up -- labor is hard! Anyway, I actually did feel self conscious about it and told my husband that I was worried I was bothering other people on the ward with my yelling and he told me that every time he went to the ice machine to get me ice chips, he heard women yelling all over the place. It was a relief to me -- ok, it's normal to be in pain, I would not be a "better" mother if I was just silently enduring the pain.

But I would be a more convenient patient to the nurse working a double shift and nursing a migraine. And that's the problem, and it's why these nurses should have found a better outlet for their complaints than freaking TikTok. Have the self-awareness to challenge the system that keeps you overworked and under-supported, instead of just blaming it all on your patients. They are not the reason you are having a hard time. [/quote]

Yup. Had similar conversation with my partner. And one of our nurses. She was kind enough to tell me she didn’t hear anything.

The delivering OB did say something to the effect of “women who labor like you (have a hard time)”. He was no prize. We did find a way to communicate during birth, but he was very difficult. To the nurses as well. [/quote]

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