She Told Her Sister Her Lack Of Empathy Is Going To Cause Problems In Her Career As A Nurse
I think it’s safe to say empathy is something you want any nurse you encounter to possess. If a nurse has a great deal of empathy, they’re better able to connect with their patients, and it instills more confidence in the care they’re providing.
The amount of empathy a nurse possesses unquestionably impacts the recovery and overall experience a patient has.
In your time of need, you want someone there by your side who cares about what you’re going through, especially in a hospital setting, which isn’t exactly warm and welcoming.
Now, this 21-year-old girl has been battling a myriad of health problems for close to two years. She’s landed in the Emergency Room countless times, has been referred to therapy, and has received recommendations for antidepressants.
She’s even experienced doctors insisting she’s making up her symptoms, and everything is all in her mind.
“I gave up on the idea of anyone actually figuring out what was wrong with me and just tried to live with it after 10 months of no actual help from medical professionals,” she explained.
She’s struggled to balance her job and going to college due to how ill she’s been, but she is trying her hardest not to drop anything she’s juggling.
She has had to take lots of days off from work, and she hates making it more difficult on her coworkers, but she can’t control that.
Not that long ago, she ended up at the doctor’s office again, as her symptoms were so bad that she couldn’t ignore them.
Halfpoint – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Finally, she got a proper diagnosis for what she’s been dealing with. There is actually a medical reason for what she’s been going through, and she wasn’t making it up as many medical professionals insisted.
She will be looking at having surgery soon, and she will have to take days off from her job for the procedure and recovery process.
Today, she’s been feeling so sick she couldn’t bring herself to go to work. When her 19-year-old sister realized she wasn’t at her job, she snapped that she shouldn’t be shocked if she got fired for being too lazy to make it to work.
“My sister is going to school to be a nurse, and I told her that her lack of empathy was going to be a problem in her career if she thought that I’m not at work because I’m “being lazy” as opposed to genuinely struggling with a medical issue,” she said.
“She got upset at me for calling her unempathetic and insinuating that she is going to be a bad nurse.”
“She told our mom about it, too, so now our mom is also mad at me. I don’t know if maybe I was being a little mean or not.”
What do you think?
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