I needed medical advice.(from others) About wether or not I needed to CALL the Er back about not getting better to see what they recommend me doing. And literally everyone ignored my questions and commented “that’s not an emergency” “just go to urgent care” “don’t waste their time” ect ect. You don’t think had the wait at urgent care been 4+ hours I would’ve gone there? But then again I wasn’t physically able to drive myself anyway, I had a fever and I felt like absolute trash. I had to have someone take me because of how bad I felt. And you know what? I was in and out in maybe 2hrs tops where if I had gone to urgent care I still would’ve been in the waiting room. The ER is for anyone who feels they need medical attention in a timely manner. Thankfully my town has 4 tiny Ers. And one major hospital. And one urgent care. Guess who’s less busy? The ER. Guess who’s more eager to help me feel better, who’s not pushy and doesn’t just give me antibiotics based on symptoms without running tests? The Er. I’ve gone to the urgent care. They mis diagnosed me and I ended up hospitalized the next day for 3 days with a severe blood infection bc of it. A simple blood test would’ve avoided that. But they said it wasn’t necessary. Its so rude that people avoid the initial question and go strait to bashing you. Not even here on other social media as well. When people are sick most of the time they want genuine advice and to feel as someone cares about the issues they have. But apparently going to the Er for what someone else feels isn’t an emergency makes you a lazy bad person. Especially being 3rd year nursing student(obviously I’m still learning so I lean on others for advice). We see it all the time. Patients will tell us after we asked why the didn’t come in sooner... they didn’t want to be a burden. I promise you, if you have legitimate medical issues we’re more than happy to treat you! Please don’t let anyone bully you out of getting the medical treatment you need. You never know the circumstances of others. Please be kind.