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Came into the ER yesterday because I cut through m...

Came into the ER yesterday because I cut through my finger and severed a few nerves, I was bleeding very heavily even with pressure and it took about 30 minutes before I was even triaged. Then they said I would get stitches which took another 20 minutes to go back to and a student did them but she very clearly did not know what she was doing and even the nurse audibly lectured her on how to do it correctly and told her she was doing it wrong numerous times but then goes, "I guess it'll be okay" and leaves the room to get me a tetanus booster since I was cutting with a knife that was contaminated with raw chicken. When she left the room the student cut them out and redid them and they were still crooked and the last stitch I was not numb at all so it hurt really bad and I kept bleeding everywhere they ignored me when I told them that my finger was numb and I couldn't move it. Fast forward to today my finger is incredibly swollen and it's in a curved position where I can't move it, I probably have worse nerve damage than I thought and they couldn't care any less. The only reason it's two stars is because my nurse and one of the triage nurses were very kind to me and calmed me down because I was a bit frightened from my hand being split open and bleeding so much. I try not to complain and I understand students need to practice to learn but I just wish they would have taken the time to fully evaluate and maybe stepped in with something like stitches that shouldn't just be carelessly done when she was having that much of an issue instead of just lecturing her, doesn't help the patient with their anxiety already that high either.

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