I hear over and over they are talked down to and treated like they are stupid? Why dont they get respect?
2007-03-15 06:14:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Nurses in general are highly respected within the medical staff and professionals. Any nurse acting and behaving professionally is most likely to gain respect. I would say however that there are many variations on the perception on nurses depending on location. Every person got different personalities, I would say, that no any nurse could please everybody. There are some reasons why some people do not give due respect to nurses: They thought of nurses as mere "servants" of the doctors, they thought of nurses as a lowly job cleaning all the "mess"of the patients. Those reasons however are the thoughts in the past but sad to say that many remained to consider such in this recent time. Nurses so far had proven dignity of profession yet old thoughts of them has not yet eradicated.
2007-03-15 13:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People tend to focus on the negative, rather than the positive, so most nurses would say they they are treated disrespectfully. I am a nurse, and here's my experience. You have to earn the respect of the physicians, and administators. If you do a poor job, you are generally treated poorly. If you do a superior job, this is usually recognized and thereful respected. You reap what you sow. The patients, however, can vary dramatically. Some people treat everyone poorly in general, and even more so when they are sick. Also there has been a nurse shortage, and therefore, patients expect more from their nurses, than is reasonably possible. Nurses roles have changed significantly over the years, however, the expectations of patients have not. I try to communicate with my patients, and let them know I am there to help them in any way I can. If you alleviate their fears, their good side generally begins to surface
2007-03-15 07:12:03 · answer #2 · answered by wvalf04 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some good answers already here. For myself i have found that gender has alot to do with it expecially with older patients. I'm currently a nursing student and i work as a nurses aide in a hospital. I have seen over and over again that i get more respect inittially then the nurses i work with simply because i am a male. Both male and female patients do this. Even after they understand that the Nurse is the trained professional and i am an over glorified orderly some patients still treat us differently. The vast majotiy of our patients do end up leaving with a greater respect of nurses in general reguardless of their ingrained bias's.
2007-03-21 05:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are treated with respect.......I m a new doctor and after graduation we have to do house job which is actualy a cilinical traning for new doctors ! there we work in wards with patients and senior doctors who actualy give us training......and what i learnt is that nurses know alot.....especialy the senior ones ! they assist doctors side by side and know alot about emergencies.......being a new doctor , i do prefer asking nurses about their opinions as well, because i have bookish knowledge and they have practical one, so when combining these both makes a perfect combination, i m at friendly terms with nurses and infact respect them alot, we are more like friends than a doc and nurse....See it depends on the person, some persons develope some kind of complex,whether supriority or inferiority, and both are worse and such kind of peoples do not show respect to others..........even education does not bring any good to them.......they are simply hopeless and i feel sorry for such peoples ! so mentaly sick peoples treat peoples badly and they treat everyone same........it does not indicate that nurses are not treated well everywhere ..........they are respected and loved especialy the dedicated nurses do earn a special l position with their attitude and love for patients !
2007-03-15 11:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by ★Roshni★ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im a Nurse and i think it all depends on the person. I always try to treat my patients and their parents with respect, so in turn i get respect back from them.
2007-03-15 06:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by nyxwccn 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 01:26:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the patients are just angry because they are not sure if the nurse is 100% know-it-all. They prefer a doctor which is 100% sure.
2007-03-19 01:19:41 · answer #7 · answered by asfhasddfsa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, i don't think they are.I think if their rates are higher they will in turn offer he patient ore care and then be treated fairly by the patient and the doctors.
2007-03-21 21:26:44 · answer #8 · answered by Lavina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no we dont were are treated like sh!t and the pay is crap too.
2007-03-15 06:22:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋