To think this nurse shouldn't have laughed / scoffed at me for asking for a room?

[supertrainers]

Last night at 3 am I had to take my DD to a and e as she was struggling with her breathing.

Unfortunately this coincided with me having been up all night already vomiting. Second night in a row. It's not a stomach bug, before anyone says I shouldn't have taken my child to the hospital.

I was feeling absolutely rotten. Two nights of no sleep, worry for my DD. Pain, nausea. Everything.

I'm familiar with the hospital as I have found myself many times in there with one of my children in the middle of the night.

Most of the time, we get offered a room, once we've been triaged. Not always, but more often than not. The room has a bed in it and we just stay in there and the doctors come in and out.

I said to the triage nurse last night that I was also feeling extremely unwell and are there any rooms we could possibly wait in. I said I'm sorry for asking and I wouldn't ask unless I really needed to.

She did a scoff / laugh at me for even asking. 9 times out of 10 we have a room and you scoff at me ? I was taken aback by it and in my horrible state for her to just laugh / scoff at me was super rude. I told her, I understand but I really don't appreciate you laughing at me for even asking. I'm really unwell and I wouldn't ask you. It's not very nice that you laughed.

She denied laughing at me. I left it at that and went and sat on the plastic chairs for 6 hours.

congratulations

They do.
At some hospitals.
Often NHS can place 2-3 patients in each room. Most of the time NHS have more patients than beds and rooms.

@beckybarefoot I was just saying because some on here are saying that rooms can't possibly exist in a NHS A+E and therefore the OP was being a terrible entitled person.
(which she clearly wasn't as she has used the rooms before).

@MumChp yes I agree. At SOME hospitals. Not all obviously. Some hospitals don't have separate A+E departments for children either.
But some people seem to think they don't exist at all.
I was just letting them know.

Rare are you sure about that. Bullying within the nhs is rife. Iv never seen adults in a workplace act so badly as they do within the nhs.

So?

Violence towards NHS staff is real.

Who said it wasn't

People need to have higher expectations

As a clinician, we cannot laugh at patients. It’s rude, whatever the provocation.

It is none of anyone’s business why she has to attend so often. Some conditions result in multiple attendances.

She has said she was vomiting but not infectious. Can’t people read? It could have been migraines for example.

Have you considered AIBU is not the place for you if you are coming here with a clear definitive opinion of your actions and are solely hoping for self validation from the general masses?

Anyway womit is not a great idea in an A/E. How can you tell it isn't infectious? In no time every patient can be down.

She might be pregnant?

I'm pretty sure she is now!!

She wasn't rude. Out of everything that you are going through this is not the thing to be concerned about.

Move on.

Oh well oh dear.

Have you ever been in a A&E waiting room there's usually multiple people vomiting all for different reasons. This isn't unusual

This is ridiculous.

I guess she was amused by the fact you thought you could request a private room like it was a hotel

Yes I have worked in one. Patients? Fine. Others? No.

Seeing as you know so much about everything maybe you could share potential reasons for a woman to be vomiting but know that she's not infectious?

Knock yourself out... seems like you know all the answers anyway.

Good lord people are really putting up with this in the uk? You’ve all been beaten down so much that you think it’s okay to sit, unwell on a plastic chair for 6 hours, because there are other unwell people? You should have higher standards for yourselves and for each other. I live in France and it’s not perfect here either, but people wouldn’t put up with that here. I’m afraid to come back!

By virtue of the fact you get a room 9/10 times the fact you couldn't last night probably tells you the kind of night they were having. I'd let it go.

Regardless, no one should be taking someone else to A+E if they are vomiting - whatever the cause.

@Hankunamatata as I've said - some A+Es do have private rooms and yes you can ask for one.
There would be no reason for any "amusement" with the question (especially as the OP is a regular there and knows the department).