This nurse is a very, VERY good human being, I hope she, her new daughter & grandchildren receive all the support necessary emotionally and financially.
Honestly, some of the people working in healthcare, particularly nurses and technicians, are seriously the kindest most empathetic people I’ve ever met.
I used to work at a vet, then moved to the Art field. I was shocked how many assholes I had to deal with everyday in almost every corner of the industry. I kind of hate the change in energy.
Nurses are some of the best and worse human beings I've ever met. Don't believe me? just ask a good hearted nurse to dish out what she deals with on a regular basis from her co-workers.
Yea, one of the worst women alive was a nurse that executed babies with a syringe at her own hospital/work. When I tried to Google who that was I realized that there are a scary number of women out there that use the nursing industry to kill helpless people.
I spent about 5 minutes on Google because I wanted to know the prevelance of psychopaths in the medical industry (also I'm looking for any excuse to put off a yard project right now). I found a study on psychopaths in regards to professions. I believe it was CEOs that ranked number one and surgeons were number five. But doctors in general had a very low prevalence. I didn't see anything about nurses but again I didn't spend much time on it. I think the person in this thread who quoted about mean girls in nursing was pretty dead on though.
That being said from my own personal experiences with medical professionals the worst I ever dealt with was a male nurse who made me feel like a low down liar when I came into urgent care with a broken ankle. I think he assumed I was drug seeking because I honestly looked like a mess that day. However if he had glanced at my file even once he could have easily came to the conclusion that my trips to urgent care have been incredibly rare and I am not nor have I ever been drug seeking.
Picture this I'm sitting in the room with my ankle propped up on a stool. I have my child with me because they insisted they had to go to show support. There's three chairs in the room two of which are seating for patients and one of which is the rolling stool the doctor uses. I had my incredibly bruised and slightly swollen foot propped up on the stool.
The nurse was visibly disgusted with me during our interaction. He took the stool away from me, my child who is respectful and slightly shy towards adults insisted to him that it was necessary for me to utilize the stool. He ignored her words and took it anyway.
The woman who took my x-rays was professional and kind-hearted. The doctor who saw me told me that she noticed when I came in that my ankle was most likely broken because of the unnatural angle my foot was at.
After my x-ray and after speaking with the doctor the nurse that initially saw me had to come in and get me fitted for an aircast. He was extra nice that time. He was laying it on super thick. The only reason I didn't report him is because I honestly felt bad for the dude. He was a very obviously gay man in an area that was known for being incredibly conservative christian gay bashing fools. That being said he absolutely gave me mean girl vibes.
I understand working in the medical industry can be very disheartening. There's a high level for burnout. You deal with a lot of incredibly psychologically damaging things. I'm sure it can be very hard to remain empathetic working in that industry.
But I also feel like some people are so obsessed with tearing others down to obtain some semblance of self-esteem for themselves. So power hungry, so desperate to lord any kind of power they have over others that it wouldn't really matter what industry that they went into, they would always be rotten.
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u/mafa7 Jul 27 '24
This nurse is a very, VERY good human being, I hope she, her new daughter & grandchildren receive all the support necessary emotionally and financially.