I had to go to the clinical assessment unit (or whatever its called) today to have tests done on my heart because I have been having a lot of chest pain, pain in left arm and lots of other symptoms that are scaring the crap out of me.
Anyway - when I get there i notice a nurse that is a woman I know that I have a real issue with, she is a really nasty piece of work with no remorse for what she did at all. She smirks at me and wanders off with my file.
My heart is now racing and I am feeling really cross. So I ask the receptionist (very quietly and discreetly)if its possible for this nurse to not be in the room when I have my ecg as we have a bit of history and my heart is banging and it will give a "false reading". She said of course - no problem.
She then speaks to the senior nurse who glances up at me and then goes into the room. A young male nurse comes out and calls my name. I go with him to the room which is tiny and she is sitting at the computer with a smirk on her face. The male nurse asks me to go behind the little screen to get changed. I said I will not do it with her in the room. He then says she has every right to be there and if I dont like it I can get out and points to the already open door. A discussion had clearly taken place.
I walk out to the receptionist and said that I had been told to leave and I was not happy with their behaviour. That this situation would affect my results and my request was a reasonable one, and quite frankly, his rudeness and her smugness had made me feel worse.
At this point I was so cross I looked at her and said she was disgusting and she had ruined peoples lives and she knew it. I was shaking and crying - in no fit state to have an ecg or any other heart tests.
I walked out and a few min utes later the sister called and asked me to come back. I said I was in no fit state and would prefer another hospital. She said it was up to me, but that she would now ensure that I was away from this woman in another room.
My point is, was I being reasonable to ask her not to be there or to be seen by someone else? Was I being reasonable to get so upset and feel so humiliated?
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to be peed off with hospital staff...bit long, sorry.
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MoreSpamThanGlam · 07/05/2009 19:53
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