I can’t speak for the USA but I can speak for England and the NHS the doctors and nurses who work there have ruined my life sweetheart they are rude arrogant ignorant insulting they will help you if they want too and not because you need it out here they do what they want whether you have the money to pay or not the doctors in my town have ruined my life indefinitely and made my life a living hell so speak for yourself
Not England, but Ireland here. I think it goes both ways. There is, of course, rude healthcare staff. But also rude patients and family members. Mutual respect seems a thing from the past, but it is possible.
Well Lars I can tell you this here in the USA Everything you just posted is the opposite of the way it was to a large extent.
I was first hospitalized when I was 17 in Feb 1974, I was in bed for 5 months after I was T boned by another driver. Back then there was almost no concern for paitents privacy, now it's opposite that. Now there are laws that protect paitents from both doctors and nurses talking to others about you and they do it very little. I can't think of a doctor saying anything insulting to me for 15 or 20 years. Nurses, well nurses really haven't changed much but I suppose a lot of it has to do with my attitude towards them, they know I appreciate them and being a semi professional paitent I make their job as easy as I can and registered nurses* are the backbone of care here.
* Registered Nurse = the most educated, highly paid and professional of nurses
The problem to me is, nurses and carers get most of the blame, because they have most contact with the patients. Some of them are rude, no doubt about it. But many are also victims of a badly funded and badly organized health system. You work long shifts, sometimes no proper breaks, often badly paid. It all takes it's toll
I also don't know if this is true to be honest.
Nurses -and I mean qualified nurses- have gotten a lot of attention and praise during all this for all the risk they have to take to do their job, the long hours and so on.
Other workers like caregivers have not gotten all that much attention (nor public flak).
If that's what bothers you, then know you're not alone:
There are many professions where people have gotten very little appreciation for continuing their work as normal. Like the workers in the supermarkets. They often do get chit from customers and during summer have hundreds of different people in front of them each day.
All workers deserve credit for what they do, but we cannot go through the day spending time thinking about each and every one, which also includes factory workers, truck drivers etc.
Closest we can get is being grateful in general.
Since I am working in this sector, I would get information from the very source. Yeah, a bit of praise, a few claps. But this won't change the system as such. There is a lack of staff in Ireland, student nurses have to fill the gaps,
And in the community sector (so called Section 39 healthcare workers), where I work, another problem. We were supposed to get pay rise back in September, but no sign of it. Prices for rent, gas,electricity etc went up though. This puts many of us in financial difficulties. On the other hand, government ministers had two generous pay rises this year. Something wrong there
