Just so i am clear, I am a Nurse.
I am a proud nurse, i love my job, i love everything that comes with it, everything.
But just to make something clear here, i don't care about your sexuality, identity, ethnicity, skin color, how you look or the lies some people tell us, no, i don't care, i am a nurse, i want to help you get through whatever you get through and help overcome it.
BUT, i do care about the way you handle me, i care about the tone you talk to me, about the way you talk to me and about the things you think, you are entitled to call me. Disrespecting me, abusing me, cussing at me or treated me like i am your slave, not saying thank you or excuse me but talking to me like i am trash... and then telling me i am racist or homophobic, just because i am telling you to treat me with respect just like i am treating you, is that too much to ask?
I get beat by patients on a daily basis, i get called a bitch more than once, sonce covid, people are getting impatient with us and the doctors, but although we are just trying to help you, you think you can treat us that way? Write an complain and lie we abused you? When you were the one hitting us? Throwing a cup of glas at us? Threatening us with a scalpel you stole from one of the drawers? Spitting at us? And even more?
Yes, people do that, people treat us, the first responders, the one you clapped at although we needed support, the ones who are there when one of your relatives died and hold their hand because the covid rules in hospital didn't allow any visitors no matter what.
On a daily basis i am shocked about the way people treat me, how cruel some can be, how bad they behave, acting like we don't want to help.
And us, the nurses, doctors, first responders, try our best, disregarding our privat life to work overtime because we don't have enough personal, getting paid the minimum wage, being under such high stress all the time that three of my coworkers miscarriaged without knowing they were pregnant, we want to help you, but we have to treat everyone the same and look after those who are in the worst conditions. Yes everything is possible nowadays regarding your health, but no one understands or wants to understand, that cutting your finger is not as bad as having to reanimate a heartattack. And getting in my way to help someone because you are impatient with our care, although you see we have only 2 doctors, 5 nurses and 55 patients to take care of in an Emergency room with only 10 rooms to spare, then i don't believe that there is really good in people.
I try to hang on to those who are lovely and nice and praise us because of our work, i really do, but there is more bad than good.
And those who are really sick, are often those who are the most quiet, the ones who scream the most, walk in with their two functioning legs and demand help because they feel an itch.
I love my job as a nurse, but not the people, but they are part of it. They caused me to believe there is a lot of bad in this world and some are horrible enough to let it out on those who just want to help.
This.
