mh nurse does not like me
 

long story - v short and sounds so silly. I'm currently an inpatient on an acute mh ward. have been for months. basically on Thursday i made an impulsive suicide attempt. since then i have been put on constant observations by members of staff. my Dr could not see me the morning after so had to keep observations up. i heard the senior nurse say to another nurse that it was ridiculous. i take this to mean that i am somehow not being truthful and therefore wasting staff time. i have previously picked up that this senior nurs e does not like me. it's really eating me up inside and i feel like i should now say i am ok so that i can go home and atop feeling so awful about it.

If you have been there for months, maybe you could ask the Doctor next time they come round, what plans they have for treatment?

There are lots of reasons for this nurse saying what she said, it could be that it was 'ridiculous' because they don't have enough staff, or feel you need more support from a different professional. Maybe they were annoyed that with the lack of staff, the doctors not having seen you to attempt to decrease the obs was difficult for them.

Of course sometimes people don't get on, but if this were the case, that nurse had no excuse for saying something directly about you. Their job is to follow the obs prescribed by the doctors.

Is there another member of staff you could talk to about your experience and what you heard?

From what you have said, I think the nurse was probably saying it was ridiculous that the doctor didn't see you? Or that there isn't enough staff, rather than that you are ridiculous. Thats how I took it from what you have said anyway.

Sorry things are so hard for you at the moment!

I have to agree with the above post.

It sounds ridiculous that the Dr couldn't see you meaning that you were kept on constant odds but also ridiculous in that you obviously arent doing very well having attempted suicide and the Dr should have seen you ASAP.

If the staff thought you were wasting there time or that you weren't being truthful they wouldn't have increased your obs and chances are you would have been discharged.