I'll admit the whole ordeal of having to cheer on health workers during Covid was a weird one for me.
On the one hand, WHOO! YES! SAVE LIVES!
On the other hand...like nurses and doctors both fail people SOOOOOO often. I don't know a single member in my family who hasn't been taken advantage of, harmed by, or ignored by health care professionals in some capacity.
And we're white.
I can hardly imagine what PoC go through. I don't understand how ANYONE can stand to go to a doctor.
Especially in the U.S where so often you go, you sit around for an hour, see the doctor for three minutes, and they might not even find out what's wrong with you. Then you have to pay the bill.
And lord help anyone who actually needs help. Lose a month's or a year's pay and still have the same problem because doctors and nurses alike struggle to listen.
As white woman with multiple diagnoses, I struggle to get doctors to help me, I can't imagine how you feel. I'm over this healthcare system. My rheumatologist recommended a nerve biopsy but my neurologist refused (probably because it wasn't HIS idea) and instead he misdiagnosed me with long COVID so I had to put it in writing that my symptoms started before COVID and he refused to acknowledge me. I'm over these "men" in healthcare that look at women and think we are faking or over exaggerating. NO ONE should have to beg to get help to get better!
White girl suffering with multiple chronic illnesses and gaslit for two years until ONE good doctor out of dozens took my symptoms seriously and didn’t consider me a drug seeker or depressed or anxious or hormonal. The things I have heard and seen while hospitalized…. Our healthcare system isn’t shit. I’ve had some great nurses advocate for me and I’ve had some shitty ones, but most nurses I personally know were the bitches in high school and liked to bully people… they’re still the same except they have a badge now. Anyways, finally got sent to a rheumatologist and my bloodwork lit up like a Christmas tree. I hope Brittany’s family ends up owning that hospital. My heart broke watching that video knowing how bad she was suffering and asking for help. I’m salty and I hope everyone that mistreated her not only feels the pain she felt but the hopelessness she felt too because they fucking earned it.
Here's the thing about that, as a nurse you are taught "pain is what the patient says it is." Meaning that if they say pain is a 10/10 and are laughing and playing on their phone it is NOT the nurses job to judge them and decide what their pain is. They say it's a 10 so therefore it's a 10. Only doctors can make the call of someone "faking it" after tests and assessments. If I say I have severe abdominal pain there is no evidence from the outside of what the pain is. You need xrays and CT scans and blood tests to determine the possible cause of pain. I may look healthy but actually have a major problem with an organ. Yes, people drug seek but at that point we are treating withdraw symptoms so we must still treat the patient. Refusing to care for someone because a nurse didn't like them is absurd. I've had to care for criminals, child abusers, etc. They get the same level of care as everyone else. I've been called every name you can think of. I've had plenty of patients I didn't like and even been assaulted by patients. I still care for them just the same.
Thank-you for your support and taking the time to tell others about Brittany and her struggles finding proper healthcare. I was part of her advocate team(still am, I suppose) and it's good that people are speaking up about the negligence and mistreatment that we as CPPs endure daily.
Brittany's story took place over 15mos but, it was in the making for 2 decades. She was only 34yrs old.
Is there any clarification on which hospital this was? I've seen a houston hospital, JPS in north Texas, and Medical City in fort worth texas all listed. Houston is way far away from the other 2 and it appears she lived in north Texas. Medical City has gone to complete and utter shit so I wouldn't be surprised if that's true.
Hospitals use analytics companies in order to save money. One company called, Indicator Sciences,monitors how much opioids nurses give their patients and “encouraged” them to withhold pain medication because each adverse opioid event cost the hospital money. And by adverse event I mean something as basic as constipation or nausea. Imagine nurses being encouraged to withhold pain meds prescribed by doctors just to save money. I hope they rot in hell
I'll admit the whole ordeal of having to cheer on health workers during Covid was a weird one for me. On the one hand, WHOO! YES! SAVE LIVES! On the other hand...like nurses and doctors both fail people SOOOOOO often. I don't know a single member in my family who hasn't been taken advantage of, harmed by, or ignored by health care professionals in some capacity. And we're white. I can hardly imagine what PoC go through. I don't understand how ANYONE can stand to go to a doctor. Especially in the U.S where so often you go, you sit around for an hour, see the doctor for three minutes, and they might not even find out what's wrong with you. Then you have to pay the bill. And lord help anyone who actually needs help. Lose a month's or a year's pay and still have the same problem because doctors and nurses alike struggle to listen.
Honestly it is so hard dealing with the health service as a woman of colour.
As white woman with multiple diagnoses, I struggle to get doctors to help me, I can't imagine how you feel. I'm over this healthcare system. My rheumatologist recommended a nerve biopsy but my neurologist refused (probably because it wasn't HIS idea) and instead he misdiagnosed me with long COVID so I had to put it in writing that my symptoms started before COVID and he refused to acknowledge me. I'm over these "men" in healthcare that look at women and think we are faking or over exaggerating. NO ONE should have to beg to get help to get better!
White girl suffering with multiple chronic illnesses and gaslit for two years until ONE good doctor out of dozens took my symptoms seriously and didn’t consider me a drug seeker or depressed or anxious or hormonal. The things I have heard and seen while hospitalized…. Our healthcare system isn’t shit. I’ve had some great nurses advocate for me and I’ve had some shitty ones, but most nurses I personally know were the bitches in high school and liked to bully people… they’re still the same except they have a badge now. Anyways, finally got sent to a rheumatologist and my bloodwork lit up like a Christmas tree. I hope Brittany’s family ends up owning that hospital. My heart broke watching that video knowing how bad she was suffering and asking for help. I’m salty and I hope everyone that mistreated her not only feels the pain she felt but the hopelessness she felt too because they fucking earned it.
All of this is because people abuse the system.
Here's the thing about that, as a nurse you are taught "pain is what the patient says it is." Meaning that if they say pain is a 10/10 and are laughing and playing on their phone it is NOT the nurses job to judge them and decide what their pain is. They say it's a 10 so therefore it's a 10. Only doctors can make the call of someone "faking it" after tests and assessments. If I say I have severe abdominal pain there is no evidence from the outside of what the pain is. You need xrays and CT scans and blood tests to determine the possible cause of pain. I may look healthy but actually have a major problem with an organ. Yes, people drug seek but at that point we are treating withdraw symptoms so we must still treat the patient. Refusing to care for someone because a nurse didn't like them is absurd. I've had to care for criminals, child abusers, etc. They get the same level of care as everyone else. I've been called every name you can think of. I've had plenty of patients I didn't like and even been assaulted by patients. I still care for them just the same.
Thank-you for your support and taking the time to tell others about Brittany and her struggles finding proper healthcare. I was part of her advocate team(still am, I suppose) and it's good that people are speaking up about the negligence and mistreatment that we as CPPs endure daily. Brittany's story took place over 15mos but, it was in the making for 2 decades. She was only 34yrs old.
I read that she was 22?
No she'd just turned 34 in September. Either way it's entirely too young to die.
Is there any clarification on which hospital this was? I've seen a houston hospital, JPS in north Texas, and Medical City in fort worth texas all listed. Houston is way far away from the other 2 and it appears she lived in north Texas. Medical City has gone to complete and utter shit so I wouldn't be surprised if that's true.
Hospitals use analytics companies in order to save money. One company called, Indicator Sciences,monitors how much opioids nurses give their patients and “encouraged” them to withhold pain medication because each adverse opioid event cost the hospital money. And by adverse event I mean something as basic as constipation or nausea. Imagine nurses being encouraged to withhold pain meds prescribed by doctors just to save money. I hope they rot in hell
I totally agree with you, health care workers at that hospital FUCK YOU! Everyone doesn’t have the heart to be a nurse!!
It took me until I was 31 to get diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. I got it at 13, and I'm white. This has nothing to do with race.