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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]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]

First off, who are you to determine if a family is acting a fool as you say? If they are 1. dangerous to themselves or others 2. making it difficult for patients to rest 3. physically or verbally assaulting staff or patients or other family members that is unacceptable. Anything else is mouth closed. You can complain about family. Dont utter a word about patients and their conditions/etc outside of medically necessary sharing of info. You are repugnant. Go see a therapist and talk it out. [/quote]

You clearly don’t work in health care. If a patient is rude and whiny and mean believe me, we still provide the same good care but we complain about you and make fun of you at lunchtime. We aren’t robots. [/quote]

Yeah exactly you aren't robots- you're humans and you have biases. Even complaining about it on some level can be productive but it's not when it becomes toxic. When it changes other people's perception of that patient. There's a difference between telling a nurse who's coming on shift that patient in room 24 is a little bit prickly and will complain about the food and saying something about oh man the chick in room 24 is one of those f****** hippies who won't take an epidural. I can't tell if I wanted her to take the epidural and shut up or if I want her to put on deodorant. 
You can complain about the husband being lazy and taking up space and making it harder to do your job but don't gossip about how he is always on his phone so much and checked out and if you were her boyfriend you be checked out too cuz she's such a crazy bit h.

Again as a healthcare provider I really wish you'd take a look at the Instagram post that I linked about the woman during labor who was shushed by her nurse. Physically put her finger up to her mouth and not in the comforting way it was in a dismissing way.

Part of it starts at the top with how doctors treat patients because I've seen doctors do cervical checks without asking just walk in the f****** door put on a glove sit down and do a check. I've seen them break water without discussing it with the patient. I've been ignored by nurses I've been dismissed by nurses. And I do work in healthcare  I've worked in healthcare since my early 20s. The one thing you should remind yourself every day is that patient doesn't get to choose you as their nurse but you get to choose the type of nurse you're going to be that day. And talking negatively all the time and b***ing all the time isn't productive and it absolutely plays into the type of care you provide. Don't f****** kid yourself.

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You're projecting an awful lot from my 3 sentence post.  Yes, I agree that fostering a culture of complaining and being negative ends up being a terrible thing, both for happiness in the workplace and for patient care.  But if you don't think I'm going to give a heads up to my coworker that the patient in room 5 will cuss her out if she suggests getting out of bed and taking a few laps around the unit, you're crazy. [/quote]

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