r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 10h ago

MISC. A Virginia man inadvertently left his phone recording while he was under anesthesia for a colonoscopy, which captured audio of the doctors: mocking him, instructing a medical assistant to lie to him, and discussing giving him a false diagnosis of hemorrhoids. In 2015, a jury awarded him $500,000.

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u/Particular-Cat-1397 5h ago

That’s because everyone knows the mean girls in high school become nurses

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u/Gnomus_the_Gnome 5h ago

Probably more so the power dynamics that prevent nurses from speaking up against the doctor

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u/BigMadBigfoot 4h ago

My good friend is a nurse and she can no longer sit at the nurses station. This is because one time a doctor came over and wanted to sit down there and all the seats were taken by nurses.

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u/ActiveExisting3016 4h ago

Yeah lol the previous person is just a nurse-hater

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u/EcstaticManagement56 3h ago

Right, I always tip my hat to nurse, because they are the ones that will save your life!!

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u/ActiveExisting3016 4h ago edited 1h ago

Regardless of how many studies from 2006 you throw at me, the fact that you’re generalizing “all nurses are mean girls” means your statement goes right into the garbage

I’m a nurse myself (albeit, a male) and obviously people are fucking assholes everywhere, including nursing, but I’m SO TIRED of seeing this profession dragged through the mud.

And no, I’m not saying that because I wasn’t bullied that it doesn’t happen. It does occur but it’s not this rampant wildfire that you’re making it out to be

Edit: and the comment was deleted! At least have the gall to stand by what you said. I doubt any learning took place

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u/Comfortable_Yak_1687 2h ago

You are totally right. My sister is a nurse and I have chronic health conditions, but she is great about it all! It is the system that restricts nurses abilities to do whatever, not the nurses fault. People think nurses are mean but that may come from the doctor! (Doctors are more well-known for their rudeness than nurses are). Nurses are the best!!! They get you places!

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u/Weak_Reports 2h ago

No, I think it because literally every mean girl I grew up with became a nurse and every asshole guy became a cop or joined the military

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u/ScientisticCatPerson 1h ago

The second part, you aren't wrong tbh. About the nurses, trust me, I have met my fair share of mean nurses, but there are so many more who are better than that

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u/SabrinaEdwina 4h ago

Can vouch. My extremely racist bully sibling is now a nurse post memes about how many lives they save.

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u/Barraco_Barmer 4h ago

The barrier for entry to nursing is surprisingly low

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u/deber38 4h ago

My bully became a nurse too. She loves the power

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u/Commercial_Sun_6300 1h ago

Male surgeons make degrading remarks and you blame the female nurses for it?

That's not mean girls, that misogyny on your part.

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u/Particular-Cat-1397 1h ago

No, but go off sis.

My comment was in response to the study that female nurses being present did not reduce the amount of degrading remarks about patients.

Also, the surgeon that this lawsuit was about was a woman, so try again.

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u/Commercial_Sun_6300 43m ago

The comment we were both discussing compared the behavior of surgeons in the presence of female nurses vs female doctors, which heavily implies the surgeons speaking are male.

>My comment was in response to the study that female nurses being present did not reduce the amount of degrading remarks about patients.

Yeah, and saying it's cause the nurses are mean girls rather than the much more obvious reason: they have less power.

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u/Dry-Independence8815 16m ago

Facts. I wish every nurse Knew that

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u/ThatIs1TastyBurger 4h ago

Holy fuck why is this so true?