Exposé: Nurses and Attitude

It is said that nurses are lousy. They act shabbily, dress shabbily and have no courtesy.

It would not be surprising to find yourself harassed as a patient, patient relative or significant other.

• The patient is in pains and needs our comfort and understanding at that moment not angry and rude comments to make them feel worse

• It is not the patient(s) fault he or she is ill (even though some may be self-inflicted)

• We are in the hospital to assist the patient

• Remember why we are in the profession: Service to humanity or was it something else?

• Do not transfer aggression onto patients - self control is paramount

• We might be patients one day

• The Golden Rule applies to all 

• We are not "better" than the patient

• People come to the hospital all stressed out physically and emotionally; a little warmth and friendliness may be the only medicine they need.

But this trend or culture is said to be  associated or found among the females.

At this point, I will like to educate the public that not all nurses are females. So, when I say that most nurses seem not have basic etiquette I mean both males and females.

I have had individuals talk about the bad experiences they have had while in hospitals; rude comments from nurses, how nurses snubbed or humiliated them.

The male counter-parts seem to have lesser or no difficulties interacting with clients. They are more friendly and more dedicated to their jobs than the females. 

You may be think i am being biased here because I am a male but not all nurses (females) are bad; there are some really great friendly, courteous and helpful ones.

A client once told me she had being greeted with with an angry look or a rude comment in most times when she was in the hospital. 

Do I say female nurses have bad attitudes to work and to patients?  Maybe  I will take this as a research question. But I bet I will have lots of resources to support my hypothesis!

What I will like to say is this:

Conclusively, Nursing is about ATTITUDE but not negative attitude. 

I will want to stop here as it seems I may be about to write a 400-paged book!

For those of us saying it is not easy to deal with patients, try being a patient and see if you can handle some of "your own attitude" (as the recipient, of course).

Needless to say, nurses make the worst patients! True or false?

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