707

Tristin Kate Smith, a 28-year-old Ohio nurse, wrote a scathing letter to her “abuser” five months ahead of her August 2023 suicide.

all 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 114 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So…where’s the letter? Pretty telling when the NYPost bloviates about this and doesn’t actually link to the letter.

Edit: Here it is and it’s basically an indictment of capitalism - https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/TheOakwoodRegister/issues/208670/viewer?page=3

[-] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 160 points 1 year ago

Here it is:

Ever since I was young. I expressed interest in healthcare and becoming a nurse, so I began my study I gave my heart, my body, and my mind to you My long days and hours dedicated and giving you my all. There were times that working in the emergency room were extremely difficult, but also extremely rewarding. I have cried with my patients, with their families, and for them. They have even been there for me, and emotionally supported me during my hard times. The hands of all the patients and families that I have held, hold mine with me everyday of my nursing career encouraging me and showing me why I do what I do. I thought that would be all I needed to be able to care for them, and I know I had told you I would be with you to the end.

Told you I would be there through the good and the bad but you have taken my heart and slowly crushed the goodness it had.

You love bombed me with affection, because I knew I was going into something that matters. You made me feel comfortable, despite the rumors of your abusive past that I didn't want to believe. The compliments, pizzas, and thank you letters began to slowly have less meaning. The staff I had to help began to go away. They were unnecessary, in your eyes but so necessary for the patients and nurses to provide what you advertise as "quality care". When I thought it couldn't get worse you proved me very wrong when you started gaslighting and manipulating us.

You go around asking my colleagues and I what we need to help patients and improve satisfaction scores but when we tell you the truth you instead send us online courses saying we need to smile more and be friendlier. I remember the first time I heard about nurses getting hit and how you asked them what they did to get hurt or didn't do to prevent someone else from hurting them. Remember, you cant try to protect yourself by fighting back just lay there with your hands over your head during the minutes it takes for security to come. You started blaming us for things out of our control. Started criminally charging my colleagues, for things that were from what you are doing. As you know, the law doesn't care for the Swiss Cheese Model." I no longer feel like you care about me or the people you say you serve. I sit at my front desk just waiting for someone to come in and shoot my patients and I, just because of your lack of care for our protection You haven't even given us metal detectors or proper security to promptly keep us safe. You are only using and exploiting us to line your pocket with the common citizen's money for overcharged healthcare You don't care about anyone because you have a narcissistic personality.

If you say you cared, why don't you listen while we beg on our hands and knees. You say that we do so much and that we put up with so much When we think we are finally going to get the love and support we deserve, we only walk in to get free pizza and pens for the "healthcare heroes". Truth is you only care about your personal greed.

I want so desperately to continue to help people, but I cannot stay in this abusive relationship. You have asked me to do more with less every day, beating me to the point that my body and mind feel like they are black, bruised, and bleeding out. I'm only sorry to my colleagues and patients, you deserve so much better.

But my abusive partner is relentless, and if I stay, I will only lose my sanity and possibly my life forever.

Thank you. That article is terrible. Fucking ads taking precedence over the damn news and I gave up trying to find the letter.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

NY Post is a rag

[-] stringere@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Even with adblockers on and reading the article I either missed the letter or it was buried in a link.

[-] solivine@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Thanks for posting that here

[-] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

thanks for sharing. you accidentally shared link containing Facebook trackers. Here's the clean link: https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/TheOakwoodRegister/issues/208670/viewer?page=1

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I just copied it from the article without realizing that. I’ll update. I appreciate you!

load more comments (26 replies)
[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

We have to destroy corporate rule before they destroy us

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago
[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

It is very nearly against the rules to post links from this site (it's on the non-preferred list) because it is so awful. Please do better source-finding.

[-] Feirdro@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

This is being published in FOX and NY Post, the antechamber to the right wing echosphere. Does this mean the right wing is turning against the healthcare industry?

Not saying the industry isn’t evil, but it’s also keeping a lot of people alive.

[-] Seraph@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago

Even if they are, they aren't going to fix it in the way you want. They'll convince people it needs to be more privatized, that if they spent more money they would get better care.

[-] Feirdro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That’s my point, if they are turning against it, it’s just to destroy another “drain on the system”.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

No, the right isn't posting her anti capitalist letter about how she was abused by her employer through overwork and lack of support for the nurses.

Right wing news is covering this because they know their audience doesn't dig into stories. They cover outrage and the things that make people mad with the understanding that the right wing media doesn't want follow up actions or questions. Just anger.

If you're mad, you're probably watching right wing media. If you're sad, that's the left.

Righties don't like being sad because they lack the emotional fluency to deal with sadness. Can't punch a loved one because we're sad. Anger though, is depression with energy and will fuel people to action. Most don't know what do to so they turn back to the media that angered them to know what to do, which is how we got Jan 6.

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

dude, you're a philosopher 😮

you mean the Actual death panels?! wouldnt that be interesting..

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We already have actual death panels.

What exactly do you think happens when Meemaw gets denied by her insurance company to get her cancer removed?

[-] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Anyone figure out what hospital in Dayton she was at?

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -1 points 1 year ago

painful, but absolutely true.

we as a society in the united states have collectively decided people dont matter. guns matter. profits matter. 'markets' matter.
...humans are a renewable resource, think green.

i cant see how voting is going to solve for it. our choices are 'conservatives', where lack of empathy for fellow humans is encouraged and 'democrats' who want to do absolutely nothing but conserve the status quo.

maybe if we can inject rank choice

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Look beyond partisan options

this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
707 points (97.6% liked)

News

23296 readers
928 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS