Jeremy Evans posts cryptic tweets about Nurses
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RobDMB
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As a nurse that worked at an IHC facility (McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden) I can tell you (from experience) that the nurse-patient relationship hinges on too many things to assume anything about Jeremy's comments.
Insensitive nurse vs. Entitled patient
Nurse who can't do their job well vs. Patient who knows a lot about their rare disease/injury
1 nurse for 6 patients (5 of which watch the clock for pain medicine down to the minute, or 1 who doesn't let go of their call light all shift long)
etc., etc., etc...
The majority of nurses that I worked with were great, but we all had weaknesses. Some spent too much time addressing patient emotional issues and ended up late or mixed up giving meds. Some spent too much time perfecting their physical care of the patient and barely spoke to the patient at all. With the squeeze that is going on in healthcare right now the nurses are being asked to do more and more everyday all while increasing the amount of time they spend documenting care in the chart ("if it doesn't get charted, it didn't happen"). There are only 12 hours in a shift...
That being said, a good patient can have a bad experience with a crappy nurse. As has been mentioned already in this thread, nurses are in their workplace when you see them. Some of them are good, some of them are okay, and some of them are horrible. Healthcare workers generally get held to a higher standard than most other workers because of what's on the line. People don't get as fired up about the stocker at the grocery store leaving a can upside down on the shelf because it doesn't really matter. If your ICU nurse punches in the wrong rate for an continuous IV medication you could die.
Insensitive nurse vs. Entitled patient
Nurse who can't do their job well vs. Patient who knows a lot about their rare disease/injury
1 nurse for 6 patients (5 of which watch the clock for pain medicine down to the minute, or 1 who doesn't let go of their call light all shift long)
etc., etc., etc...
The majority of nurses that I worked with were great, but we all had weaknesses. Some spent too much time addressing patient emotional issues and ended up late or mixed up giving meds. Some spent too much time perfecting their physical care of the patient and barely spoke to the patient at all. With the squeeze that is going on in healthcare right now the nurses are being asked to do more and more everyday all while increasing the amount of time they spend documenting care in the chart ("if it doesn't get charted, it didn't happen"). There are only 12 hours in a shift...
That being said, a good patient can have a bad experience with a crappy nurse. As has been mentioned already in this thread, nurses are in their workplace when you see them. Some of them are good, some of them are okay, and some of them are horrible. Healthcare workers generally get held to a higher standard than most other workers because of what's on the line. People don't get as fired up about the stocker at the grocery store leaving a can upside down on the shelf because it doesn't really matter. If your ICU nurse punches in the wrong rate for an continuous IV medication you could die.
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Coach Ellis
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All these things are true, you have good and bad in every profession. But as someone who has a child who suffered from a debilitating injury and had to spend a lot of time in the hospital, the overwhelming quality of care from his nurses in both Anerican Fork and Provo was amazing. Hard job to do, but they made his recovery much smoother.
Maybe they suck at their job. Not saying what happened one way or the other, but I've seen nurses who are incompetent or uncaring, just like any other profession out there.
Mongoose
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Sure, I would think this is most likely what happened. Every profession has idiots, which is why complaining about "IHC nurses" in such a broad and vague way to jazz fans on twitter is a horrible way to handle it. This did nothing but lower my opinion of Evans. Maybe he should spend some more time doing charity work and see what its like to work for a living with little to no appreciation. He gets love, empowerment, and appreciation for playing a stupid game, and he doesn't even do it that well.
enchilada_style
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I'm just as desperate as the next guy for some Jazz related b.s. but this isn't cuttin it.
So you are assuming you know what happened or are you just assuming that NBA players don't have the same experience common folk have.
Yea no one dies when he does.
I am sure Jeremy isn't losing any sleep knowing that you don't respect him as much but since you don't even know Jeremy, the nurse or what happened all you are doing is sounding like a judgment jerk. So you criticize him about putting it on twitter (I don't like it or have it) but this is the social media world we live in but how are you that much different than posting your criticism on the internet about someone or something that you don't even know. So NBA players aren't allowed to have bad days or be jerks every once in a while..God you would think they are robots and not human beings.
I like Jeremy.
I like nurses.
The End.
I like nurses.
The End.
Joe Bagadonuts
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I think JL III might make a very good nurse. He ought to try it.
Monte666
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How can you criticize him until you know the details of the situation. For example, my post does not criticize the facility because I have no knowledge of it, but healthcare in general I do know is abysmal and hospitals are understaffed and lot of people die or get gravely ill in healthcare facilities in the U.S. because of the poor care.
Joe Bagadonuts
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My first post criticized the organization because I know intimately how this terrible company operates. I have mad respect for many of the doctors and nurses who work for them. I have nothing but disdain for IHC administrators and their twisted sense of morality.
Mongoose
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What more can I say... It's just a b**** move by a weak boy. I think it's borderline libel.
Darkwing Duck
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And here I was, thinking you were describing your own post.
Mongoose
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Shows what you know. Dur
Darkwing Duck
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Which...again...attributes to your own posts.
Stifle Tower
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Didn't some guy named Jeremy do a few movies with nurses? Or am I thinking of the (w)ron(g) Jeremy?