Some truly disgusting behaviour- taking advice

[Entelech]

Agreed.

And, make sure to mention that you are taking your money elsewhere after the attitude the nurse displayed. A Doctor's Office is just like any other business - and they cannot afford to lose customers for such a preventable reason.

As a Medicare patient, 'taking your money elsewhere' isn't going to be a credible threat. I'd recommend you emphasize the unprofessionalism and lack of respect when making your complaint.

If you're interested, here's an article that mentions the problem I referred to in my earlier post.

[Entelech]

It's Medicaid, not Medicare- I'm sure they have similarities in processing, though.



I've heard other members of my family complain about her bedside manner before, unfortunately. I do usually like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but it seems as though she really is a bad apple.

They do.

Going ahead with a complaint to her employer will probably be a good thing in the long run, then. Either she'll realize she needs to work on her manner, and will get help to do it, or she'll be fired. Hopefully this will make her a better nurse in the end.


On another related note, several people have talked about the "drug-seeking patient" angle. Not only do doctors have to worry about patients lying to them, they have to worry about the DEA arresting them for prescribing legitimate medications.