Grief and Anger
Recently one of my patients lost his wife. This is a devastating loss for him because of his situation. I can't go in to any of the details, obviously. I accompanied him to the hospital for what was one of his last visits with her. While there, he mentioned her mouth needed to be suctioned. The nurse responded callously "I'm trying to help her blood pressure right now, okaaaaay??" After the nurse hung the IV drip for blood pressure, he walked out of the room and did not return for a while. Needless to say, that nurse did not suction his patient's mouth at the request of her husband. This has reawakened in me all the anger I went through as my mother was dying. There were rude nurses that did not care how devastating it was to me to watch her slowly leave this planet, who made similar and worse statements to me. It still hurts and it's been 7 years. I am sick of witnessing first hand these kinds of comments made by nurses to grieving family members with absolutely no consideration for them and what they are going through, and no I won't shut up about it! Simply put some people should never be in nursing. It would be better for them to to be in a non-caring type business.
Over the past 7 years I've had multiple losses, the most devastating one was the loss of my mother. Then I slowly lost my pets; Gracie, then Oreo, then Honey, and then last year within 8 weeks time I lost Nat, Harry, and Ned.
Over the past 7 years I've had multiple losses, the most devastating one was the loss of my mother. Then I slowly lost my pets; Gracie, then Oreo, then Honey, and then last year within 8 weeks time I lost Nat, Harry, and Ned.