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Working in hospitals over the last ten years, I have noticed an increase in how violent patients are. I believe the increasing use of synthetic rec drugs and th
by davak 11y ago
Working in hospitals over the last ten years, I have noticed an increase in how violent patients are. I believe the increasing use of synthetic rec drugs and the failing mental health system is to blame.
Previously many of these dangerous cases would be locked up until they were safe. Now, everybody just tries to treat them as an outpatient. That with the easy access to guns makes hospitals very dangerous places these days.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoI caught pneumonia when I visited NYC a few years ago and was brought by ambulance to a hospital in Brooklyn. Some of the things I heard in the emergency room were shocking compared to what I'd experienced in emergency rooms before (I'm from the UK). The most surprising thing to me was how many of the patients were verbally abusive to the nurses. Perhaps these people were mentally unstable, I don't know, but I never expected to hear any patients attacking the people that were there to help them.
- Zelphyr 11y agoNurses generally get treated terribly compared to doctors and others in the profession, despite the fact they are often the ones who are actually taking care of you (doctors diagnose, nurses treat). I guess it's because they're considered lower in the hierarchy simply because doctors went to school longer.
- tamana 11y agoIn the case parent described, it's just because nurses actually interact with patients, but doctors don't.