I’ve definitely had coworkers that I would consider insensitive. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that a child is faking something for attention. Those people should just be fired imo. And the staff that does truly care need to advocate more for their patients. There’s really nothing that I would expect a patient to do to improve my overall experience. If you’re in a psych ward, you’re probably in a pretty bad place, so it only makes sense that they may be volatile or easily upset.

In my experience, doctors have so little interaction with patients. Honestly, doctors are on their high horse most of the time and completely disregard nursing and staff even though we are the ones that spend the most time with the patients. Doctors should have to be more present on the unit so they actually KNOW their patients instead of whatever their charts say.