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Nurse got angry with me after I received my discha...

Nurse got angry with me after I received my discharge papers and she took my IV out because the moment I stood up, I got extremely nauseous and started throwing up. In between vomiting, I asked if she could get me a Zofran to control the nausea. "The doctor JUST talked to you and you said you weren't nauseous!" As I continued vomiting into the sink in the room (she never offered to get me a bucket or bag), she stormed off. I threw up for 10 minutes. After waiting over 5 hours to have a drink of water and never being offered water after it was determined I didn't need surgery, I left out of desperation of thirst and exhaustion. I made it to the main exit and I collapsed and blacked out. The same nurse and apparently a friend of the other nurse, were shaking me roughly and saying, "Are you there? Hello?!" I finally came to and they lifted me into a wheelchair. I was sobbing and my knee and head were in severe pain. The nurse said, "I went to get you a Zofran but you left before I got back!" In a really mean and short-tempered voice. I sat back on the hospital bed, still sobbing. She turned her back and typed furiously for around 10 minutes without saying a single word to me. She left the room. I sat there on the bed. A different nurse came in about 5 minutes later and started pushing into my scraped and bruised knuckle going, "Does it feel broken?" Then she kept her annoyed attitude and said, "Well the doctor needs to come back in and give you stitches on your head." She left. The doctor came in 20 minutes later. He asked, "Did the nurses clean up your knee, knuckles, or forehead? Did they sanitize it or bandage it?" I said no and even the doctor was surprised. He said he would go ahead and do it. My friend who showed up to take me home asked the doctor why no one would give me water since I probably passed out from dehydration. The doctor didn't have a reason why other than I was nauseous and he was reminded that I wasn't offered water even before that. I hobbled out of the ER after the doctor glued the gash on my forehead.
The male phlebotomist who was training to find a vein had a HORRIBLE attitude, complaining that he was tired and wanting to go home. He blew my vein on my left arm. The nurse who watched him found a vein in my right arm and stuck me once after he multiple attempts.
I will never go back to this hospital at the complete and utter contempt they had for me in my most vulnerable state. Disgusting. If you have no compassion, get a new career.

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