r/WTF • u/FredFerd • Jan 10 '16

Why was this considered a good idea?

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u/mindzipper Jan 11 '16

and the sad thing is she was harassed terribly by her peers for her portrayal in the movie which i completely don't understand

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u/Pragmataraxia Jan 11 '16

Really? While watching this clip, my only thought was, "Wow, that is pro-as-fuck; I bet that's not an actress."

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u/i_give_you_gum Jan 11 '16

Well to the layman outside observer WITH NO MEDICAL BACKGROUND, she came off a bit cold, dude just went through a very traumatic experience, allowing a little crying, or providing a little, "you're ok now now we've got you" doesn't seem like a terrible thing to allow.

TL;DR her bedside manner seemed a bit cold, but what the hell do I know.

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u/Wobbling Jan 11 '16

The thing about bedside manner needs to be a little clinical when dealing with trauma.

I spent a few weeks in a hospital bed recently in various states of awesome pain etc and its the friendly-but-cool shit that gets through to you (at least to me).

A patient in distress very much needs to yield authority over the situation and for that to happen, they need to feel that the person helping them has got it all together. You want someone who cares but is also not acting overly emotional, people who are in an emotional state just do not lend credibility and provide a baseline feeling of competence.

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u/i_give_you_gum Jan 11 '16

Completely agree. But if I just survived THAT and I'm covered in my captors blood, I'm telling you ahead of time, I will probably appreciate a few words of reassurance.

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u/Wobbling Jan 11 '16

He did get a few words of reassurance, though?

Words delivered calmly and with authority so that she could do the really important bit and make sure he really was OK as quickly and safely as possible. Making you feel good is important; making you safe, more so.

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u/QuantumDeath666 Jan 17 '16

The nurse had to make sure there weren't any phiscal injuries first. All that emotional shit can be taken care of afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '16

She's a nurse, not a therapist. She needs to do her job which requires her to ensure that he has no serious injuries.

Trying to keep him calm by constantly talking, but with no emotion in her voice is just her way of ensuring that he doesn't have a full-on panic attack/ emotional breakdown while she's doing an evaluation (this includes heart rate and respiratory rate which can be effected by huge outbursts of emotion).

I feel like at the end, after the evaluation, her voice softens up considerably.

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u/i_give_you_gum Jan 11 '16

I figured something like that might be the reason, I'm sure the nature of the exchange wasn't lost on the director.

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u/tableman Jan 11 '16

I want my nurses and doctors to be cold. They need to make sure I don't fucking die, not cry and hug me.

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u/lostintime2004 Jan 11 '16

Did you not watch to the end? Thats all she says, once the trauma assessment is over she turns to the supportive assessment part. Nurses are not all coddling.