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18. As a patient, you shouldn't have to trust that

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:25 PM

Nov 2020

nursing staff charged with making the life and death decisions that affect your survival can't even separate fiction from non fiction. She should never be allowed back in your room or have anything to do with your care.

Get aggressive in your own healthcare decisions. That nurse should not be around any patients, spewing out her political opinions and berating her patients who are too ill to object.

Ask to speak to the Nursing Supervisor, don't settle on anyone less, (trust me, I was an RN for 30 years) and file a formal complaint because of the distress that nurse caused you in proselytizing her political views and ridiculing yours. She clearly made you so upset it's affected your wellbeing. You cannot trust that she is capable of making sound judgements due to her belief in unfounded conspiracy theories and her alternate reality.

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The crazies are EVERYWHERE!! [View all] Squidly Nov 2020 OP

I'm sorry you're ill, hope you get better and out of there soon - The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #1

It's amazing how stupid some people are ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #2

Oh God and Goddess,... don't discuss politics with this care giver. magicarpet Nov 2020 #3

Isn't that like totally unprofessional? Ohiogal Nov 2020 #4

+ a brazillion milestogo Nov 2020 #23

Absolutely unprofessional PatSeg Nov 2020 #28

Get her name and document this harassment, if you can. Mariana Nov 2020 #5

Good idea. NT enough Nov 2020 #8

+1 pandr32 Nov 2020 #9

Seems to me, that's a good way to handle it. calimary Nov 2020 #48

Absolutely. Wow. nt crickets Nov 2020 #65

Agree with suggestion above jmbar2 Nov 2020 #69

Agreed. She needs to be reported Dem2 Nov 2020 #76

Does she think COVID is a hoax too? BainsBane Nov 2020 #6

When they believe absurdities they need long term debunking BSdetect Nov 2020 #7

I usually respond with a little more crazy.... The empressof all Nov 2020 #10

THATS A GOOD ONE!!! Squidly Nov 2020 #12

Or, even better DENVERPOPS Nov 2020 #56

I'm a nurse. What she's done is inappropriate and unprofessional. Ask to speak to the Cousin Dupree Nov 2020 #11

Yup. I'm a nurse as well ismnotwasm Nov 2020 #27

For sure. Fair chance she's not an RN, at least Hortensis Nov 2020 #36

I've know many LPNs and CNAs with more scruples than some RNs - just sayin Ziggysmom Nov 2020 #61

:) Me too, and you bring a couple of outstanding examples Hortensis Nov 2020 #63

Be careful in your response... LuckyCharms Nov 2020 #13

The nurse's manager may also share the nurse's political views Klaralven Nov 2020 #34

Absolutely the correct way to handle the situation. I would add: document verbally via phone... Hekate Nov 2020 #68

You need to report her and insist that she no longer be involved in your care. Crunchy Frog Nov 2020 #14

+1000 Celerity Nov 2020 #19

Agree. She sounds crazy. SharonClark Nov 2020 #67

Are you sure she's not visiting from another Sugar Smack Nov 2020 #15

Psych ward, maybe? durablend Nov 2020 #25

It has to be. Sugar Smack Nov 2020 #35

As an inpatient? smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #42

Tell her the real conspiracy... orwell Nov 2020 #16

Sir/ma'am, HuskyOffset Nov 2020 #55

You will be sent the codes... orwell Nov 2020 #59

Occam's Razor jayschool2013 Nov 2020 #66

Yeah, right GeorgeGist Nov 2020 #17

As a patient, you shouldn't have to trust that procon Nov 2020 #18

Complain to the head of nursing. Miguelito Loveless Nov 2020 #20

Squidly....I'm with what LuckyCharms suggested on this one.. Upthevibe Nov 2020 #21

I'm with you...wait till you're out of harms way stillcool Nov 2020 #26

sounds like Kathy Bates... stillcool Nov 2020 #22

omg!!! complain and keep her out of your room samnsara Nov 2020 #24

Document and report if possible. Don't stop at the Nursing Supervisor, as these things often get dameatball Nov 2020 #29

Are you sure that wasn't a nightmare you had? mtnsnake Nov 2020 #30

nope Squidly Nov 2020 #33

I would demand to see the nursing supervisor and have the crazy nurse reassigned. Vinca Nov 2020 #31

Get her name and document the date and time the incidence occurred. Vivienne235729 Nov 2020 #32

What about going beyond the hospital wnylib Nov 2020 #62

Yes. That too. Vivienne235729 Nov 2020 #73

So sorry and wishing you swift healing--to get you away from that nurse! catrose Nov 2020 #37

She woul be among those most likely to show up positive at work without knowing. brewens Nov 2020 #38

Watch your back, Squidly. LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #39

Well, I guess I'll be the outlier on this one. I doubt the veracity of this post ashredux Nov 2020 #40

Why? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #54

believe what you want Squidly Nov 2020 #80

Complain to the hospital about her Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #41

Use your telephone to call the hospital CEO nutshell2002 Nov 2020 #43

Get her name and report her when you are well and out of there. TNNurse Nov 2020 #44

Supervisors will take care of this if you report it. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #45

Get well first and foremost, I truly hope you are responding well to treatment Moostache Nov 2020 #46

Wow Traildogbob Nov 2020 #47

try to record audio on your phone for your next interaction AlexSFCA Nov 2020 #49

Ask to be assigned a different nurse hurple Nov 2020 #50

I would demand new staffing. Throck Nov 2020 #51

Holy shit, that's all you need! MLAA Nov 2020 #52

The crazies are EVERYWHERE!! ms.pamela Nov 2020 #53

Bringing up political things is completely inappropriate. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #57

Report her. Get dates and times. She's a hazard to the patients. Nululu Nov 2020 #58

There should be a number to call a hospital liaison. yardwork Nov 2020 #60

Aside from the fact that discussing politics in a healthcare setting is totally unprofessional, IMO Chakaconcarne Nov 2020 #64

Be REALLY careful to get the right medication for the lung clots DFW Nov 2020 #70

yes Squidly Nov 2020 #81

GOOD!! DFW Nov 2020 #82

Maybe wait until your are discharged but I'd report that to the hospital lettucebe Nov 2020 #71

This doesn't sound like anything a professional nurse would ever say FakeNoose Nov 2020 #72

In the past, one of the questions medical staff would ask patients to see if they were coherent flibbitygiblets Nov 2020 #74

...and she graduated from a college! JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #75

So surprised she din't tell you the corona virus was a HOAX! rurallib Nov 2020 #77

Report her ass. You are allowed to ask the hospital for another nurse. Doreen Nov 2020 #78

Amazingly enough... OldBaldy1701E Nov 2020 #79

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