Re: Nurses comments/Kim

[Guest guest]

I was so worried about

>the baby and how the nurses at the hospital would treat me. the baby had

>no

>side effects and the only problem I had was a couple of nurses read in my

>chart that I had seen a psychiatrist due to my husband passing away and

>said

>to me " Wow you have had a lot of pain in your life first your husband and

>now all this chronic pain. " I was really upset because I was emotional and

>felt they were implying something.

>Kim

>

Hi Kim

It sounds like the nurses were trying to be kind. We nurses have to assess

and evaluate everything about a patient. They might have been worried about

the possibility of post partum depression.

Kaylene

Moderator

[Guest guest]

Yes I think you were right, I didn't really get across what I meant. That

sometimes we are so worried about things that we see things that are not

really there. I am finishing my nursing degree now, and I hope that all my

cp experiences will help me be more empathetic towards patients. thanks

Kaylene

Kim

-- Re: Nurses comments/Kim

Hi Kim

It sounds like the nurses were trying to be kind. We nurses have to assess

and evaluate everything about a patient. They might have been worried about

the possibility of post partum depression.

Kaylene

Moderator

[Guest guest]

I am finishing my nursing degree now, and I hope that all my

>cp experiences will help me be more empathetic towards patients. thanks

>Kaylene

>

>Kim

>

Hi Kim

I believe that chronic pain and having had multiple surgeries helped me be a

more compassionate nurse.

Be very careful which area of nursing you work in, so that you don't wear

your body out the way I did.

Good luck with your nursing career. You will find that there is rarely a

dull moment.

Kaylene