Med Student Purposely Harms Patient 

I'm a CNA who's also been an in home caregiver. I've been hit with limbs, objects, been threatened, been berated, been cursed at, etc. I think honestly Healthcare professionals need training in dealing with abusive patients and patients need a reminder that we're people too.

Dude I’ve had patients tell me “you speak so well for a black person” Lmaoo. Patients are nuts.

As a nurse with over 28 years experience, it would never occur to me to put anything about my interactions with patients on social media. Just like I’d never take a photo of a patient. Privacy is essential in health care.

I'm a pharmacy tech & once had a patient throw a prescription bottle at me because "the wrong doctor" prescribed their drug (not the wrong drug... it was the wrong doctor. A covering provider. The drug, strength, quantity, sig was all correct. But the wrong doctor prescribed & that was my fault for some reason?) The best part is that we have bulletproof glass windows so she threw the bottle at me & it bounced back & hit her in the forehead 🤣

I respectfully disagree with “we just go along with our jobs.” I had a patient sexually harass me as a resident and I stopped seeing that patient, told my attending, and we had a male physician see that patient going forward. They still received the same care, absolutely. But letting abuse just go unreported and “going all with your day” is the way that abuse gets perpetuated again.

I would never in my whole life publicly admit to harming a patient even if someone held a gun on my head

I was recently spit on by an older combative patient in the ER and had to draw his blood afterwards for exposure labs. Fishing or missing the vein intentionally never crossed my mind, even though I was pissed. That sounds psychopathic.

One day when working as an ER nurse I had to start an IV for a first dose of home antibiotics. I put on the tourniquet and started tapping for veins. I had a couple of possibilities, so I said “Eeny Meeny Miney Mo…”. The patient continued with the original rhyme: “Catch a n*gger by the toe.” This… how shall I put it… elderly caucasian rural gentleman… perhaps didn’t realize what he was saying or to whom he was saying it. I could have reached for the 16G needle instead of the smaller one, but I chose not to assault my patient…

Social media has harmed so many careers and yet there are few places that tell you to avoid it. Having no account is best. Having a silent account works. If you care about your career, stay away from it. All it takes if for one person to twist your words and your life can change forever

I had a med student attempt an IV before one of my surgeries 3 times. I was about to allow him to try a 4th time, when the nurse stopped him. She made him watch while she set up the IV line on the first attempt.

When I was a student nurse, I was helping another nurse get her patient's vitals. I guess I did not vibe with the patient because he literally berated me harshly saying stuff like "stop being so cheerful, wipe that smile off your face, why don't you know how to do anything??" I was kinda shocked and cried in the washroom later lol. The next week, the same patient came up to me and apologized. He said that he reflected on his actions and that his words were hurtful. I nearly started crying again LOL. Apparently the patient was in a lot of pain back then (I had no clue) and was really upset about the inadequate pain management and took it out on me (the easy target). I try to not let things get to me anymore. I feel for the med student, I bet her intentions were to just share her experiences about social justice issues in society but went about it the wrong way. I just hope she manages to overcome this mistake and continue to help patients.

As a nursing student- these interactions happen every single day all day long to nurses. Luckily I’ve had angel patients bc I don’t have as many as a licensed nurse- but I’ve seen nurses get yelled at, stuff thrown at, made fun of and more.

I’m 45 years old and an anesthesiologist. I get the fine line with medical and social media but everything is not meant for social media. I’ve seen this only happen to the younger generation of medical staff including doctors. I didn’t grow up in university or medical school during social media frenzy but I can say so many can’t live without it and that’s scary. I’ve had all type of patients from calling me a n**ga, ,throwing a tray at me and telling me to go back to where I come from (assuming Africa, but I’m French American with a French accent) and never in my wildest years thought this is something I should post on social media. Matter of fact, if I’m at work I don’t EVER get on social media or take out my personal phone. I have my work phone and hospital pager out noticeable . This generation feels like they need to seek validation and it very well can be hurting the medical field. All it takes for one person do something wrong and then new measures and laws affect all of us. I just don’t get it. What happened to me is the first time I displayed it on social media in this comment under this one video. If I can’t affectively do my job because of the patient I calmly tell the patient give me a minute and walk out. Once I walk out I asked in those cases above for another anesthesiologist to step in to assist this patient.

I was a CNA who worked with severe-profoundly intellectually disabled psych patients as well as those deemed "criminally insane" and not competent to stand trial. Now I work at a standard acute care hospital. I've been punched, spat on, bitten numerous times, scratched, fondled, threatened, had feces-soaked linens thrown at me. *Just about anything that COULD happen, has.* The expectations certainly vary from situation to situation, but overall...there needs to be exponentially more public education regarding healthcare services. So many people waltz into a hospital or ED and expect a 5-star hotel treatment, or expect you to cater to their every whim like a servant. Healthcare professionals are here to TREAT your medical conditions, not worship the ground you walk on. We need to normalize the humane treatment of medical staff, because so many of us are routinely abused, and it genuinely *shouldn't* be part of the job. Though like I said, situations differ and there are exceptions to what is expected, of course. But it's often an entitlement issue, and not an issue that stems directly from someone's diagnoses (unlike the psych patients I've worked with, who had no agency and whose behaviors were thus understandable)

I can tell you, I was stuck in a drinking problem.. got admitted and apparently tried to fight every single doc and nurse. I made sure to get everyone’s names so I could apologize when I was stable. In the right state of mind, I wouldn’t hurt a fly. Wake is wild though. I go to unc now, thank god. Thank you for helping us buddy. Love your videos.

I was talking to a nurse I know who said she gave an injection bad because she was pissed off at the patient. I have patients treat me like shit all the time but I would never treat them different.

whether she did anything intentionally wrong or not she implied that either she did, or that she believed the patient deserved it, even if it wasn't on purpose. In both cases she displayed horrible judgement and her posting this publicly even further demonstrates horrible judgement. It has nothing to do with social media. She doesn't have many angles for any defense here other than being completely unqualified, mentally, for this role, unfortunately.

This med student still has so much to learn from life, especially learning to THINK

To be honest, I've never been one to post much on social media anyway, but as a medical student and resident I've always been especially careful to post anything remotely related to work. People don't understand that everything you say is online forever, and someone can and will find it. Just takes some thought before you post.

Why was she wearing such a dumb pin? She was asking for trouble with that pin. He just said out loud what most people think.

The most important thing is she should not have treated the patient like this. Not everyone in your place of work, college, neighborhood, place of worship is going to agree with you. I’m concerned about someone behaving like this who is entering a profession of trust.

I posted a joke tweet reply to a friend about how pee is stored in the balls once and got a lecture from the friend about how tweets can wreck your rep in med. Then this happened like a week later. While it kinda sucks that we can't be completely ourselves sometimes, at the same time (with admitting to harming patients an obvious outlier), I get how our actions are a reflection of the school too. Still sucks that we're effectively paying 300k to inadvertently become minor public figures.

Wake Forest/Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem NC is a training hospital. Having once been a resident of that city, I know what a blessing it was to have a teaching hospital so close. They saved my Mother's life, treated me for anaphylaxis the first time I needed to be intubated following a bee sting. I have nothing but respect for the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

I am a CT/XR tech, female and short (4'9"). A few years ago I was starting an IV on a male patient. As I positioned the patient's arm I did not realize where his hand was at. As I was less than an inch from inserting the IV, I feel his hand grab my breast. I stopped looked at him, released compression and walked off. I got another tech to start his IV. At no time did I do anything to the patient although the thought of getting a 14g for his IV did cross my mind.

Omg. I was a dialysis technician a while back and my new boss had to run some blood work for our company, because we dealt with blood. My boss was a very experienced nurse and it took her 8 tries to get blood out of my veins!! Like, that’s all we did! We drew blood, all day and it was still a challenge for because of my particular veins.

I think this is a lesson that all people can learn from. Medical students and doctors of course can learn how to handle and cope with negative patient reactions. I don’t think negative interactions should never be talked about on social media. They would be a good way to educate the public on they should or shouldn’t act under the care of a medical professional. The flip side to that is the patients perspective. I was in the hospital for 5 days after I had two spinal surgeries in one day, one of which was a spinal fusion. I was only 21 at the time and was injured while I was in the service. The hospital staff turned the sign on alerting my family I was out of surgery before I even got settled into my room. My family came rushing in only to see me screaming and crying in pain because well I just had part of my sign removed and screwed back together. The nurse made a negative comment to my family and I responded angrily by calling her a c$nt. Looking back now, I know I never meant that and was simply not in a great mental state from pain, Anesthesia, and pain killers. I think some negative interactions like that are unavoidable and people don’t really mean them. Unfortunately, you’re seeing people on some of the worst days of their lives, which brings out the worst in them. But we can still use platforms like this to educate the public and of course educate and inspire future doctors on how to handle these things and to lean on and support one another after they happen.

There are professions where you have to be professional even when confronted with misbehaving clients. Would you be ok with a cop who took offense to something mean a suspect said to him and proceeded to gratuitously assault the suspect? Would you be ok with a lawyer throwing the case of a client who is difficult with them, sending that client to jail? If you're not ok with those things, then the standard shouldn't be different for healthcare professionals, who also have people's lives and wellbeing in their hands. On the other hand, I'm always as nice as possible to healthcare professionals, lawyers, and cops. I know the risk I'd run to be even slightly mean or disrespectful. Even if they should remain professional, people are vindictive, and as a client you should never be tempting your fate...

When I was a student nurse, a patient slapped me in the face so hard that my glasses flew across the room. I still would have never purposely hurt them or anyone. Get out of the room, ask for someone else to step in.

I have treated patients who have previously been convicted of murder and other serious crimes. I have treated patients with swastika and "1%" tattoos, those who make overtly racist comments, and some who were physically aggressive. It never occurred to me to trash them on social media. But should the student be expelled over this? Ridiculous.

I can still empathize with needing to vent about the ridiculous shit patients put us through sometimes. Tho posting it online (and ESPECIALLY on twitter) was a dumb fucking mistake. Still, people on tiwtter jumping the gun to fit their narrative without extra info are as much of a problem imo.

I don't publicly share my medical school online. A tiny bit of foresight shows how that could easily BACKFIRE

As a young nurse, I was kicked in the stomach by an elderly man who had dementia. If I remember right there was someone with me. I happened to be pregnant at the time. I had to be sent to ER to be sure I was fine. I was, but they asked me if I wanted to go home. I knew my coworkers would have had to take on my patients. So I stayed.

I've been a Registered Nurse in a large hospital for over sixteen years and have been kicked, hit, spit on, objects thrown at me, and been yelled at, cursed at, threatened, molested all by patients and/or visitors. I can honestly say I have never purposely hurt anyone in retaliation. There are times I get angry but I deal with it in a professional way by excusing myself and taking a few minutes to calm down. It's not always easy but I will ask another nurse for help if I need to, even if it's just to vent to. Stay safe everyone! ; ) 💕

I went to the ER a while back when I got fairly badly pinched in a work place accident. 3 hours into the wait was I bleeding badly from my hand so I stood up and both apologised for disturbing and asked for help cause my hand was leaking blood. got help and sat back down. 7 hours later and I was waiting for the doctor to look at the damage after a nurse had cleaned it did I hear someone in the ER saying "where the hell is everybody? I have been waiting for over an hour!" and they answered "the person that has been waiting the longest and is next in line has been waiting for 7 hours" and I instantly understood that it is my turn next. so I always try to help hospital staff to be easy to deal with, not complaining, calm etc cause in return will I always get happy hospital workers helping me when it is my turn.

Glad I did med school during the time of MySpace. (Hi Tom!) 😂 A time when you're allowed to make mistakes without the whole world weighing in. You just hit 'play' on your emo playlist.

Wow a fourth year too? All those years wasted what a shame I don’t think she’ll have another chance at becoming a physician.

my worst ecperience as a female medical intern was a patient hitting on me and not understanding the hint that i wasn't comfortable

I wore my brand new dark green scrubs to the psych floor as a Med student one day and one of the patients yelled out: Yo Doctor!!! You look like a big Effing booger. I laughed so hard I sprayed coffee out my nose. 😅😂🤣

I find it interesting that a person can assault a teacher, a cashier, a cop, or salesperson and they can defend themselves. But if a person assaults a medical precessional, you better not hit them back or you’re in deep trouble. 😬 I just find that all interesting. 🤔 (Just speaking in general, not referencing this situation)

I totally agree that students are not given proper guidance in matters such as this. I actually trained in the same institution over 30 years ago in the same manner. Once you dawn that short white coat you represent the institution in the eyes of the public. For that reason it is unwise to do anything that could bring disfavor. Unfortunately this young lady had to learn that lesson the hard way, and this likely could have been avoided had she been given proper orientation in this subject. I remember I was just thrown in there on the ward team and had to basically figure the whole thing out on the fly.

Weve had parents push nurses, curse at us, call us incompetent, throw shit filled diapers etc. I work in a nicu. They are very stressed and sometimes parents resort to such behavior. Never have i ever thought of retaliating. We just take it to management which is what she should of did. Edit: okay maybe she didnt retaliate but i dont know if i believe that.

I’ve had a patient that had down syndrome and was working with a provider that always ran behind (we’ve all been there-MA here). He loved music so we were dancing aka holding hands swinging back and forth when he wanted a hug. His caretaker told me it was ok and he went to choke me 😣 he meant no harm but scared me. This was years ago and I would not post anything about that. Blood draws are hard when you first start. Phlebotomists are amazing. I tell people I can give shots all day, blood draws not so much. Phlebotomists I appreciate you!

That's why we ALL need to watch what we post, and think very hard before we post anything to social media! My veins roll when they try to take my blood, and I get stuck sometimes 3-4 times!

She definitely did that on purpose. She felt disrespected so she tried to get back at the patient. I wouldn’t trust her with my care, got her feelings involved & being malicious because essentially someone doesn’t agree with her. I work in healthcare too & have had plenty of patients curse me out, assault me, even had nasty family members but that never made me compromise the level of care I’m supposed to give them.

As a D list medtwitter guy - I’ve seen lots of folks forget that they’re in a “professional school”… they can get in serious trouble!

The med student was wearing a pin that seems intended to provoke comments. They better be what she wants to hear?

Even if she didn't intend to miss, her crying face emoji and the context of mentioning the two pokes clearly showed that she felt the patient deserved to be poked twice. I wouldn't give the benefit of the doubt when sarcastic malice is on display in the tweet.

Why was she wearing the button? Was it authorized by the hospital? It appears she wanted the attention, she received it and did something totally inappropriate

I had a resident in a nursing home bite me, punch me, kick me, wipe poop on me, and scratch me. This is just the worst story I have, but I’ve been hit and punched and kicked on many other occasions and called all kinds of obscenities.

Online, I go buy the "Grandmother's Rule," which means if it won't pass by my grandmother, or I wouldn't shout it from the rooftops, it doesn't go online.

As always. I appreciate you for making these videos on topics like this. Regardless of how the patient acts, the Dr/Dr to be should never behave in a disrespectful manner…

I'm a hospice nurse and we deal with patients who are quite agitated and confused at the end of life. Had an instance where the patient was hitting and swinging at us, kicked my coworker in the stomach, and grabbed her neck and had her in a headlock. Scariest situation I have been involved with in my 20yrs of nursing. Luckily all staff and the patient were safe.

Agreed unfortunately patients aren’t always the most pleasant but that’s life and we have to learn to ignore those things and be professional. I have had all of these thing in my healthcare career

*Important disclaimer* before my comment! I have had type one diabetes for 36 years, plus some other issues that have arisen with time. I'm also a clutz. My interactions with medical professionals have been frequent and extensive for almost 40 years. And in *the overwhelming vast majority* of cases I have had *no issue whatsoever* with students of various medical types being involved in my care. I try my best to always be cheerful and welcoming - some are shy so I encourage them. If they're drawing blood, for example, I'll tell them truthfully, I don't ever hold it against anyone who doesn't get it on the first try. If somebody gets it on the first try it's a nice bonus. So either way they are more relaxed to deal with my annoying scarred up and small veins. I even say, when they apologize, that it's okay, all I have to do is lie still here, they are the one doing all the work. If one is just following a doctor around (not actively participating) and isn't introduced I will, in a friendly way, say, "oh I'm sorry, I don't think we've met" and get their name and say I hope it's interesting. Like in a lighthearted teasing way. Because my personal medical situation IS very complicated and I genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, hope they learn as much as they can, both for their own sakes and the sake of future patients. Overall, I am very aware of the privilege I have to be able to stay calm during most medical situations that most people (due to lack of weary familiarity) do not have, as well as the complexity of my own medical situation, and I try to use that to put medical students at ease so they can practice and learn. Several times I have even reported an especially great student and said what I liked about them so much. *The following rant is directed at the scant handful of students who have been bad apples and caused problems to the point I had to insist they leave and then formally complain.* I'm going to come from a different angle here and point out that even in teaching hospitals, patients don't have to give consent for you to learn on them. They don't have to go to a "teaching hospital" at all and even there they can demand you as an individual leave the room at any time for any reason or no reason. It is not your inherent right as a med student to touch or even speak to any patient anywhere - the consent is with the patient and you need to respect that. You literally could not finish your schooling to be a doctor if every patient told you "no." You learn as much from the patients as you do from your books and you pay a metric f ton of money for those books. But nobody demands you pay that patient's co pay when you are benefiting from their services to you and at least sometimes you are taking away some of a doctor's attention that should be on them. We hear all the time about how much respect and appreciation there is for people who have so generously donated their bodies after death so medical students can learn. And we should hear that. But how about we hear some praise for the people who are literally putting their lives, their still-living bodies, in the hands of not fully trained medical workers? Health care students would end up so much better at their jobs in the end if they would explicitly acknowledge every single time, if only to themselves, that this is all about the patient, not them, not the supervising doctor, not their professor or school - health care is about the patient and this one is letting you use them as a textbook or cadaver, so be grateful. All that to say, IMHO this medical student was an exceptionally ungrateful little brat for either messing up the blood draw on purpose or giggling after the fact that karma caused a second blood draw to be needed. Or maybe...accidentally messing up that first attempt due to being so distracted by the pronoun issue and not focusing fully on the task at hand...? Hmmm.

I’ve been spit in the face, had a patient bite so hard on my finger it broke through the nail, punched, and kicked my patients with dementia… none of it was their fault! 💚love to care for these precious people!

I was a dialysis nurse for 32 years. Most of the 32 years was acute dialysis In house. While I am putting a patient on dialysis I am at the bedside very close to the patient. I can't tell you the number of times that the hands make their way through the bedrails and find my body parts. Both my hands are tied up and they seem to know that . I don't get mad or yell. A lot of my elderly patients do have dementia. I have also had men while I am busy putting them on dialysis start playing with themselves. I just quietly ask my coworker to drawn the curtain. I need to block this from visitors. I have had lots of things said and done but I really did try not to react and deal with this in a professional manner. I have also found that being able to laugh at myself is great for helping to establish a good rapor with my patient.

Sensationalizing and exaggerating a patient encounter for hits on social media was a mistake for sure. Med students today do commonly have orientation and/or classes regarding policies on social media as well as other matters of conduct. There are additional certifications, internships, and degrees in this area. None of that is going to replace a little common sense. I don't think they need additional training and classes, they simply need to respect the ethical boundaries already established, they are published after all. I think what we are seeing is a cultural evolution that is much more tolerant of loose ethics as well as intolerance of any standards or expectations that uphold professional conduct. I think it is pervasive. The new "tolerance" is actually thinly veiled intolerance.

As an RN working at the bedside. The worst situation for me is when a patient was cussing, scratching me, and spat in my face. Mind you this was a 50 something year old women it's sad what's she's going through but it's really no excuse to abuse staff members just because she was crazy. In general we wanted to help her since she was hallucinating out of her mind wanted to keep her in bed but she was becoming more aggressive as we bedrest her to treat her active infection. I had other patients with active infection who were confuse but not this aggressive. This also applies with most drug and alcohol intoxicated patients who comes through our door as well. In general bedside work for any healthcare worker is not easy. As a healthcare professional the only thing I can do is try to deescalate weather its requesting provider to prescribe some ativan, halidol, or precedex because that patient was doing more harm to herself and others. Physical and chemical restraints tend to be the last resort if a provider would even prescribe it at all. Unfortunately some providers are very conservative with restraints so I never got it on my shift but other shift finally got it on board because the patient behavior was not improving. I just feel more bad for my other patients who did not get my equal attention because I had to tend to these type of patient. This is one reason why bedside nurses are also leaving in masses dealing with baby sitting and we can't really give the care that our other patients deserve when we have patients like these on our shifts. I can deal with confusion but violent behaviors is where I draw the line of what is tolerable. Not all confused patient are violent I really think that is patient personality dependent.

I completely agree with you, Dr Cellini. While I am not a doctor, I do work in healthcare, and most universities seem to run with the notion to avoid social media in medicine completely and tell their students to do the same. While this may work to prevent drama such as this one, the world is also changing and healthcare must change with it. Doctors and other professionals have a duty to educate the public and to combat sources of misinformation. Social media is a valuable tool in this venture, but also a double edged sword. More schools really should embrace this change and prepare students to utilise online media wiser, rather than completely shunning it away.

This isn’t about the blood draw itself, or whether she actually hurt the patient…it’s about the fact that she publicly exposed the details of a patient encounter for personal gain (to “look morally superior” online and to “get likes”). She put the “dopamine hit” you get when tweeting something ahead of common sense and professionalism.

I won't let my own kids choose healthcare as a career. We are expected to put up with so much verbal and physical abuse. As a MD, your interactions are more limited. As RNs, we have to spend a lot of time with these patients. We do have our share of demented patients, but I find that most patients know darn well EXACTLY what they are doing. We wonder why turnover is so high in the nursing profession. We are expected to lie back and assume our role as punching bags.

In my 4th year on the job, I was passing by the pharmacy once to pick up some meds for an elderly patient as he was packing up/getting ready in the ward to be discharged. When I got there, there was this guy in his mid 20's looking slightly on edge but I didn't pay much attention to it. As I was picking up the meds for my patient, he butts in and starts demanding medication from the pharmacist behind the glass counter. Apparently he was in the ER yesterday and was discharged but forgot to pick up his meds on the way out, so he came back the next day to get them. Problem was, he wasn't a resident of my country he was just visiting for a few days, so there was no record for him in our system, just a piece of paper that he lost. The pharmacist says 'no can't do, unless you get me something from a doctor'. He flips his shit and starts yelling and cussing at her. Where I'm from, you don't cuss at a woman, much less in public to someone merely doing her job. So I tell him to pipe down and be respectful or I'll have security throw you out. He calmed down initially, but then he started following me all over the hospital as I was walking back to my ward, insisting that I give him a prescription so he can get his meds. I went my man I don't even know you, I haven't examined you, I don't know your case, I don't even know what you came in for, sorry can't do it. Over and over again he tried, and over and over again I'd refuse. Eventually it got physical. He'd grab me by my scrubs as I'd try to walk away, I'd swat his arms off me and keep walking. After I did that a couple of times, he got the message that I'm not going to help so then he decided to 1. Shove me in the back 2. Spit on me 3. Tell me how he's a king in his own country, how dare I treat him that way, that I'm a piece of shit and me and the whole hospital can go fuck ourselves. Not gunna lie, that's the first time (and hopefully the last) that I lost it, and I started fighting the idiot in the middle of the hospital. Bit of tussling around, bit of punching, until finally group of male nurses broke us up and security showed up to take him away.

That’s why i rather be anonymous and not share information about my uni or the hospital i work in. In that way i can tweet whatever I want without any huge consequence. It’s easier to get more followers if people know more infos about you but the at the same time you have to censure yourself if you don’t want your attendings hear about your weird tweets.

I am a very hard to get blood from, its been that way all my life. When i was in septic shock from flesh eating bacteria, i was stuck over 22 times in one setting, after i told my nurse that she had to get anther nurse after the 6th stick, she was hatefull to me and blamed me she kept blowing my viens....several times I think it was on purpuse, and said if you dont shut up i will stick you again! I eventually told her supervisers! 22 times is way to many times and had to be done by ultrasound by the anesthesiologist then rushed to surgery!

The last time I was in the hospital I was stuck over 4 times and have a lot of bruises. This was a week ago and I'm still bruised. I may have had a little dehydration. I wasn't feeling well. I had chest pain and need to stay overnight to be monitored. I sometimes am a hard stick. I have a health care background and used to let students work on me for practice. Unfortunately, the nurses at the hospital weren't students. I was sick and in spite of it I tried to be a patient patient.

I had a blood draw tech be malicious towards me three nights in a row post partum. She kept telling me if I wasn’t so swollen she’d be able to get a blood draw she poked my arms twice and hands twice and couldn’t get blood it got so bad that I had to have a nurse in the room when she’d come in to prevent her being mean

Perhaps she/he/they/them shouldn’t have been wearing a pin like that to begin with. They were asking for it!

Providers are put in a microscope for things they do, however, when the patient is the aggressor everything is forgiven. Patients then feel entitled to treat healthcare professionals like 💩. There should be rules in a hospital or facility. If you mistreat a healthcare provider multiple times you should face consequences (not stabbing with a needle but more like financial penalties)

Dr. Cellini do you recall which video it is you have where you talked about bartending and related it to being a doctor? Similar concepts and stuff like that lol. Trying to find it and having trouble

phlebotomist 15 years in a 500 bed hospital. We worked a Trauma for a hour. I ran blood up and down 3 flights of stairs. And then walked into the next room to get cussed out, for her not having a blanket yet. I smiled pit my tongue and got her blanket.

It is absolutely difficult to gain venous access for certain patients, even for those who are much more qualified. This is especially true in the elderly, morbidly obese, paediatric or others with associated co-morbidities. Believe it or not, we learn from our mistakes, taking bloods is no exception. I strongly believe that the student did not intentionally hurt the patient. It may be inappropriate how the student took it to social media resulting in this investigation, but I believe the social media's response is much more malicious and unforgivable. Granted these people most likely have zero medical knowledge, but they may have just prevented the student from continue studying, and discouraged many more to become a doctor.

I’m a trauma surgeon that moonlights in the ED. One night I saved a person’s leg after they ODed and collapsed on it for a good while. Dealt with their compartment syndrome. The next time they saw me, (roughly 16hrs later,) they punched me in the face so hard that they broke my tooth.

I was harmed by mammogram techs I believe purposely as my complaint netted a reply of 'that is what is supposed to happen.' That tendon tear will give me pain for rest of my life and the fear of mammogram is actually worse!

Many times a patient hurting a caregiver cannot be helped because of cognition issues; non-maleficence (doing no harm) and beneficence (doing good) are ethical expectations. Questions like that will be on Board certification and are legal expectations.

Not only do I not want to go back to work, I'm going to try my hardest to never be a patient. Hospitals are filled with sociopaths.

I’m so glad I am old enough to have just missed the social media explosion. The saddest part is that someone smart and disciplined enough to make it to her fourth year of med school is dumb enough to post something like that. But I don’t think she should be kicked out.

I work at a ward that treat neuro patients... so yea... people not being in "their own mind" doing lots of weird stuff is quite and expertise and it is of course understandable if the patient is angry, afraid, confused, etc even if they don't have an alterd neruo status. Being so sick that you have to live at a hospital for several days is scary.

This happened to me when I laughed b/c I was nervous. I was DONATING blood & she moved the needle back & forth to give me the most pain possible. I have not donated blood since & will never do do again.

I think I'm the odd one out. She was venting. I will never jump to conclusions in regards to a tweet. Sometimes people post a status when upset, half asleep etc. Plus people are always growing. Why take away a whole great career? She should post to reddit anonymously if she needs to vent. Of course don't cross that line of telling details to have someone figure out who people are in your story or well, you.

I worked with an African orthopedic surgeon. He was getting ready to do shoulder surgery on a patient with a confederate flag tattoo on her shoulder. She told him not to mess up her important tattoo. He asked what it was and she said it’s the Rebel Flag. The African doctor said “were you rebellious against your parents.”. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

they may have overwhelming anxiety. walked into pre-op and this woman sitting straight up in bed Glared at me and stated "You should learn how to treat patients better." I had not interacted with this patient before or others in the area with her. Took me totally by surprise, felt like I'd walked into the room with my shirt misbuttoned or some other embarrassment.....brain doing rapid review of activity to find out what I had done to set her off. This happened almost 20 yrs ago.

I deleted my Facebook account on a whim about half a year ago, which was my only social media account besides this. I figured I gain nothing by posting about myself or my life, and all anyone on there wants to do is talk about themselves, which is ironic for a SOCIAL network. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. No more bullshit. No more drama. No more fakenews. No more "margarine is one molecule away from plastic" type posts. I feel cleansed of a great filth. And yeah, I don't talk to anyone on there anymore. But I never talked to them anyways. Like I said, they just want to talk about themselves. to talk AT you. Not with you.

We miss IVs or blood draws all the time lol.

I am a paramedic. We often have to deal with patients who fall between two chairs. We don't want them because they are too aggressive, and the police don't want them because they're not aggressive enough. So we often end up standing there, waiting for them to hit someone, or fall to the ground, so it's definite whose responsibility they are.

My veins love to disappear once they get the needle in lol. So they have to poke me couple times.

I think this student is not cut out to be in health care. I have had patients call me all sorts of things and insult me and after I defuse the situation they apologize for their rude behavior and I go on as if nothing ever happened. If you don't have thick skin in this industry you will have a very short career. Even the INSINUATION that you have not given a patient the absolute best possible care is highly problematic for me. If this student thinks that being misgendered is a big deal, they have no idea what sort of pain they are in for in healthcare.

As a registered nurse, recently retired, disrespect does happen. Is it appropriate, NO!!! Everyone can have a bad day, no one needs to be nasty. Even mentally ill individuals need boundaries. Patient's have gotten even bolder in their on line mycharts and phone calls. I used to tell them, I will be happy to help you, when you communicate appropriately and reminded them, that ALL calls are recorded, and online information, is a permanent part of their medical record. Their whole tone usually changed. If they would continue to be abusive, it was documented, and taken to management and patient relations, for an internal investigation. Some patients were sent letters of reprimand, some signed behavior contracts, and some were fired and had to find alternate care in the city. Firing the patient was the last resort, but it can and does happen!

This new generation needs to set aside their personal beliefs and feels and their profession ones. I feel like this med student definitely stuck this patient twice on purpose.

Winston-Salem, NC forever my home born and raised. I am shocked honestly

It's a natural response to politicizing everything and having an expression of beliefs at our fingertips.

I’ve been stuck 10x they’re not doing it to hurt you. They’re trying to help

So I'm supposed to wear a pin encouraging people to to insult me?

Why the hell is anyone posting healthcare interactions to social media? Especially if they're new? The family knows who you are. You're going to be dealing with serious criminals at times. Someone who doesn't like you is a drop in the bucket.

This is terrifying that some people feel justified to use violence on people who don't share their views. We are now seeing this among medical students. We need a cultural revolution to put extremists back in their places.

I was a medical professional for 24 years. Never in that time did I put any thing on the Internet about my day to day interactions with patients. NEVER! Anything that happened at work stayed at work. Might want to consider that saying about Vegas. What happens in… I can see where this small event could be made in to a mountain.

This is unacceptable! And btw, is that a FIGS Leon scrub top in royal blue? That looks sick!

I am a Registered Nurse. When I leave my job; I don't like to talk about that environment. My personal life is my safe and relaxed place. How can people have time for all this foolishness? I am always tired after work; all I want to do is sleep.

As a CNA at a long term care community I deal with combative residents every day. I’ve been spit on, called a racial slur, threatened, and sexually harassed.

I disagree, she needs to be removed. Why is she even walking into a room with anything politically identifiable on her person? She was 100% wrong before she even started. If a patient can identify your politics during an interaction then you are conducting yourself in a deeply unprofessional manner, and in a manner that is so obviously incorrect as to call into question your fitness to be in that position in any capacity.

The student was put on leave of absence for the Tweet but not for her apparent behavior? Typical of the medical bureaucrazy.