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NURSE
TOLD
US
WE
SHOULD
BE
LUCKY
THEY
ARENT
MAKING
US
SIT
ON
THE
HALLWAY
FLOOR.
Came
into
Straub
ER
with
my
18y/o
friend.
She
was
in
psychosis.
She
was
suicidal,
emotionally
distraught,
and
having
visual
and
auditory
hallucinations.
We
came
in
during
AM
shift.
AM
nurses
were
very
kind.
Offered
both
of
us
warm
blankets,
and
offered
patient
a
pillow.
Then
shift
change
happened.
PM
nurse
came
in
and
was
taking
the
patient’s
mental
condition
personally.
The
patient
was
obviously
upset,
scared,
and
did
not
have
enough
of
a
grip
on
reality
in
that
mental
state
to
tell
if
the
staff
was
helping
her
or
hurting
her.
She
was
not
combative
nor
aggressive
even
in
this
state
of
mind.
Nonetheless,
the
PM
nurse
in
charge
of
the
patient
was
taking
the
patients
irritability
and
lack
of
awareness
of
reality
personally.
The
patient
had
not
slept
in
the
past
72hrs.
When
the
patient
finally
was
trying
to
get
some
rest,
I
asked
the
PM
nurse
for
a
pillow.
She
said
no
which
I
understand
because
it
could
be
a
liability
risk.
I
then
asked
if
she
could
just
get
her
hospital
bed
at
a
flatter
angle
so
she
could
try
to
sleep.
The
nurse
begrudgingly
came
in
to
move
the
bed
and
complained
to
the
patient
about
it
being
the
third
time
she
had
to
move
the
bed.
When
I
asked
the
nurse
to
not
speak
to
her
that
way
because
of
her
already
emotionally
distraught
state,
she
began
to
argue
back
with
me.
The
head
nurse
that
was
in
the
area
then
proceeded
to
tell
me
and
the
patient
that
we
should
be
lucky
we
weren’t
on
the
floor
in
the
hallway.
She
said
this
wasn’t
a
hotel
room
and
that
we
were
making
unreasonable
requests
all
day.
The
requests
we
had
made
over
the
duration
of
her
stay
were
for
a
blanket,
a
pillow,
bed
adjustment,
and
using
the
restroom.
Very
reasonable
requests
that
were
graciously
fulfilled
by
the
AM
staff.
To
hold
a
grudge
for
meeting
the
bare
minimum
of
nursing
care
bewilders
me.
This
girl
was
suicidal
and
afraid
of
the
visual
hallucinations
she
was
having.
To
speak
to
someone
in
that
state
of
mind
and
tell
them
she
should
be
grateful
for
not
being
out
on
the
floor
of
the
hallway
disgusts
me.
People
come
to
the
hospital
because
they
need
help.
I
understand
being
a
nurse
can
be
exhausting,
my
own
mother
has
been
a
nurse
my
entire
life.
I
truly
do
get
that
it
is
a
tiresome
and
often
underpaid
job.
That
being
said,
that
does
not
give
anyone
the
right
to
treat
someone,
especially
an
actively
struggling
patient
in
that
manner
and
threaten
to
take
away
their
own
bed.
Truly
horrific
behavior
for
a
medical
professional.
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