Posted on 12/03/2018 8:50:50 PM PST by Olog-hai
Nurses and doctors in Irish hospitals have been urged not to call patients “love” or “dear”, the HSE has said.
Other pet names, such as “girls”, “lads”, or “boys”, should also not be used by medical staff on wards, under new recommendations from the health executive to ensure staff in hospitals speak in a way that is “person-centered”.
Healthcare workers in hospitals have been further instructed to avoid referring to patients by their bed number, diagnosis or affected body area.
“Do we talk about ‘feeding people’ instead of assisting with meals, or refer to someone coming back from theater as ‘the hip’/‘the hernia’/‘knee’ etc?” the HSE advice states. “This is a powerful exercise to help raise awareness of how depersonalising some commonly used language can be.”
The recommendations, issued in a report responding to a national patient experience survey, prompted some to lament the passing of “how are you feeling, love?” and other informal expressions.
Michael O’Keefe, a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater hospital in Dublin, said the recommendations were political correctness “gone mad” at a time of an acute hospital bed shortage and soaring waiting lists for operations. …
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Calling a patient “Pinhead” is completely out.
Stupid new rules.
They were just trying to be kind to the patients.
“Nurses and doctors in Irish hospitals have been urged not to call patients “love” or “dear”
…and to provide abortion on demand.
Humanity and affable bedside manner are not allowed.
Just do NOT say, "How are WE doing today?"
The last time I finally said, "I am ok but the axe murderer part of me is getting annoyed."
Having ugly waitresses call me honey, darling, and sweetie is irritating. Pretty waitresses can call me anything.
I’m sure there’s a Gaelic word for GFY.
Crazy rules and restrictions that will backfire.
It may take years before they can admit to their mistake.
Caregivers and health providers tend to talk that way to instill trust and relaxation. Are they supposed to use numbers as with Bar Codes?
Even China had to admit that their One Child Policy was a mistake. By that time, (about 18 years later) millions of families had already been ruined or literally destroyed.
Ahhh yes, the behavioral sacred bleeding heart sciences once again depersonalizes the doctor/nurse/patient relationship all for the good of nothingness.
Straight out.
They have done studies showing patients generally do better, heal better, recover better, and handle pain better, when they feel he people taking care of them genuinely give a sh1t about them.
Thats what this was about. An easy personal touch to a patient trying to get better or endure something.
This new information rule is going to hurt patient health, and the ones making this rule up completely know that it will, and they want more patients to die. Its the ugly plain truth.
“Fractured Tibia, Sargeant....Fractured Tibia, Sargeant....OOH...proper little mummie’s boy aren’t we?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EEzBNn48g
Sounds robot-centered to me. What computer generated Marxist drone came up with this s#*t?
What do you mean, "we"? Do you have a tapeworm?
I’ve been a nurse here in the US for over 30 years. Calling people things like “honey” has been discouraged here for many years. I was taught that it is disrespectful, which makes sense to my Southern way of thinking.
I have a name. I appreciate people showing me the respect of using it. Calling everybody “sweetie” means, to me, that you can’t be bothered to actually remember a name.
As I get older, I more and more dislike being called pet names by people who don’t know me. I don’t like being called “young lady” either since I am for sure no longer “young”.
Those new rules are gay.
“I have a name”
I’ll take things only said by women Alex. Being called honey is pleasant and nurturing. You know...like in nursing.
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