Nurse talking rude or just different dialogue?

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I accompanied my grandmother to a nurse appointment today. Before nurse started she said “can you excuse me for a minute, I must nip to the bog”. I know it’s not exactly swearing but I was a little taken back by it. She had a student nurse in the room with her and the student started the appointment whilst the nurse was out of the room. When she came back in the student said “another one?” And the nurse replied “yep, that’s 3 today now, my arse feels like it’s on fire”. They both laughed. My grandmother laughed too and the nurse looked at her and said “god I’m so sorry, ignore my potty mouth” and they started joking about the nurses swear jar (actually set up near the computer!!)

Obviously I’m not looking at complaining or anything daft like that but is this really acceptable now? I remember thinking the other day watching nurses on tv covered in tattoos and piercings with bright pink/blue hair - at uni we were told stuff like this would never be allowed. Assuming times have changed?

I am a nurse, and find this deplorable. It certainly is worth complaining about. The fact that the student was not shocked is very depressing too. God help the future of nursing.

There’s a comedy sketch in there somewhere. Catherine Tate as the nurse. 😂

I generally like it when medical professionals act like they could be your mate, puts me at ease but I don’t want to hear about anyone’s shitting habits, even my mates! Gross and a strange way to behave.

@neverknowinglyunreasonable LOL at Florence Shiting-Tale. 😂

@Ileflottante

I find this sooooo hard to believe.

Me too

Yeah I mean between friends that stuff can be funny. But in a professional setting no way! That’s just not what I want to be hearing about.

Well she's very earthy.

I'm a nurse and yes it's unprofessional, the only time I might vaguely resemble a scenario like that would be if I'm helping someone with incontinence wear to put them at ease and realise that it's just a normal bodily function, but even at that I'd never use language that extreme.

@JudgeRindersMinder

Couldn’t care less about tattoos and hair colour but the swearing would annoy me

This - conflating two different issues. What actually happened at the appointment you attended was pretty grim and worthy of a complaint, but hairstyles and tattoos has no bearing on that whatsoever, unless you think women with colourful hair and tattoos are somehow automatically uncouth.

Ewwww

I think that’s really unprofessional. As a health care professional myself ( not a nurse but at a similar level) I think she is an embarrassment to her profession. You wouldn’t see that type of behavior from a Dr. If we as health professionals want to start getting the same level of respect that Drs get then we should hold ourselves to the the same standards.

"I think it’s fine to have some individuality but that language is not appropriate, banter is fine if it’s friendly and appropriate to the patient you’re seeing,"

I wish the memo would go round that calling someone whose children are all older than you, Hun, isn't appropriate.

Piercings and tattoos maker no difference to me.
Taking of going to the bog and arse being on fire is unprofessional though. She could have just asked you to excuse her for a few minutes.
I'd be concerned she had a bug given the conversation, and would be concerned whether she should be at work.

Definitely inappropriate and unprofessional (and I'm not the pearl clutching type either).

See i'd say that was unprofessional but coming after so many nurse bashing threads on here, I'm not sure I believe it even happened.
I've worked with a few "down to earth" nurses but none would turn into work with diarrhoea and risk passing that in.
I've also never met anyone in real life ever, who would say "potty mouth".

She shpuldnt be working if she has the runs? Do you realise jowany nurses ect have ibs due to working long hours and shift patterns? I have always got the runs, if i or many of my colleagues had to stay off work because our bowels have decided theyve had enough of constipation, then the whole hospital would shut as staffing levels be low.
True she shouldnt be swearing in front of paitents and a swift conversation with the nurse in charge should be sufficient.

Think most health or social care people knkw difference between diarrohea and the runs, ibs is different, theres no temp and no feeling unwell its a case of get off the ward quick as or youll shit yourself. I had one case it came on me when i had to take a frail old lady to the toilet, the sweat was pouring out of me trying to hold on for dear life, i cracked a joke i said to the old lady, can you please make your pee quick otherwise im going to have to sit you on my lap, the lady was in bits with laughter, it was my facial expressions and hanf gestures that got her.. Once i got her settled back in her chair safely, i ran, no didnt run mkre fast walking with buk cheeks clenched, so kinda inturned footed to the nearest staff toilet and she was shouting after me, have a happy shitting time. Ibs is the worst, when you got to go you got to go.. Sonits unfair some think we should staff off work.