Re: adhesion pain in the ER: a nurse's opinion

From: Millie (milliem@citlink.net)
Wed Jun 20 18:56:42 2001


I can tell you, RIGHT NOW, that you are not very professional, at all. Matter of fact, how DID you ever become a nurse? I think you should choose another profession... possibly writing, since you are "Anonymous." You are entitled to your own opinion, of course. I have dealt with "professionals" like yourself, who have no sympathy for people who have pain, whether it be from adhesions, or something else. "Anon., how would you like to be in extreme pain, and BEG for xrays and ANY tests, only to have a "doctor" or a "nurse" tell you that you are one of 2 things... either an anorexic, or you're crazy. I think we know who is crazy, and believe me, it isn't that patient in pain. I have NEVER refused any tests, or treatment. In your case maybe patients have refused, with that attitude of yours!!!! O.K., "Anon., " how many surgeries have YOU had? If you had surgery, was it major surgery? And furthermore, who do you think YOU are - judging who is not sick enough to be in your emergency room??? Are you God, to be judging people's lives? Or are you trying to play Jeane Dixon?? How would you like to have all of your organs be 'glued' together to the point that everytime you moved, the pain would stop you in your tracks? Maybe some of you so-called 'professional' "Anonymouses " should either go back to nursing school, med school, or for OUR sakes, please find another profession!!!!!!!!!!! Millie

>----- Original Message -----
From: "anonymous" <anonymous@medispecialty.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:05 PM Subject: adhesion pain in the ER: a nurse's opinion

> I found this site by accident and have read so many stories of
> "mistreatment" by nurses and doctors in ERs when you come to us in pain.
> I want you to think of it in our terms.
>
> You wander in day and night, most of you walking on your own, in no
> apparent acute distress.
> You register and wait, telling everyone in the busy waiting area that
> you MUST be seen immediately, "because you hurt so badly."
> You take up valuable space in busy trauma and emergency medicine
> departments complaining of terrible pain in your abdomen, and you tell
> us you must get pain meds for the pain.
>
> One a pain assessment scale of 1-10, virtually all of you cite between
> an 8 and a ten. But you aren't perspiring, crying, vomiting, bloated,
> or acting like you are acutely ill.
>
> Many of you refuse to have x-rays, scans and other diagnostic studies
> because you say "all those tests have been done a million times and they
> are always negative" but you demand pain medication!!
> You tell us you have adhesions but adhesions are nothing more than
> layers of scarring that have no nerve endings. How can this cause pain?
>
> I am told "I need 100 mg of Demerol, IM " by someone who refuses to
> allow us to examine them, and when we refuse to give you narcotics you
> become upset.
>
> What do you want from us? If every drug addict walked into my ER and did
> what many of you do, they'd be booted out by Security but for some
> reason, you feel we are treating you unfairly??
>
> Maybe instead of asking for pain medication, you might benefit from
> talking to a therapist who can help you deal with your "pain"?
>
> If we do an MRI or flat plate and see something suspicious., of course
> you'll be treated aggressively, and receive sympathy and medication.
> Otherwise, please understand, we are not a narcotic dispensing
> department for everyone with indigestion or cramps.
>


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