tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post1975227998237871025..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: Dear Prudence, I Should Make The Nurses Brownies?Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-90635263194561001272013-04-29T13:42:09.624-07:002013-04-29T13:42:09.624-07:00I'm a nurse. We don't want your brownies.I'm a nurse. We don't want your brownies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-4096003186609279882013-02-14T06:39:05.724-08:002013-02-14T06:39:05.724-08:00Starbucks gift cards. They can buy their own brow...Starbucks gift cards. They can buy their own brownie or coffee or whatever and not eat/drink in the hospital.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-72543797063842548912013-02-07T18:44:24.223-08:002013-02-07T18:44:24.223-08:00Probably one of my favorite entries. Very fair, an...Probably one of my favorite entries. Very fair, and honest, the same way that girl should approach the nursing staff. That last line made me laugh though!....."Like a banana". HA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-59308718337288092212013-02-05T11:56:35.200-08:002013-02-05T11:56:35.200-08:00It's still there, at the bottom. It's the ...It's still there, at the bottom. It's the last letter of the bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-30311798766736986642013-02-05T08:07:12.448-08:002013-02-05T08:07:12.448-08:00The Slate link does not exist anymore, does anyone...The Slate link does not exist anymore, does anyone mind posting the contents of the link if they still have it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-86953726975862286452013-02-05T07:15:06.218-08:002013-02-05T07:15:06.218-08:00You are equating job security and the benefits of ...You are equating job security and the benefits of the job with respect. They are very different. I came from a male dominated field and changed to nursing. I was initially shocked with the lack of respect in the profession. The only departments where I found that nurses are afforded some respect is in the ICU/ER area of care. Otherwise, a nurse is treated as a glorified ass wiper. Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-39220438285243504512013-02-05T05:18:02.583-08:002013-02-05T05:18:02.583-08:00I disagree with nursing being such poor profession...I disagree with nursing being such poor profession, not respected enough etc. Engineers makes what nurses make. Engineers battle job instability - two neighbours with engineer husbunds tell me their husbunds change jobs eveyr 1-2 years, moving across the country to just have that one year of paychecks, then jobless again while their wives and kids are alone thousands of miles away. Nurses have great job security, can find jobs anywhere, can take as little or as many shifts. Noone's job is considered full time if you show up just 3 days a week. My friend reared her chidlren working full time nurse Fri, Sat Sun nights for decades. And her kids are thriving since she tutored them relentlessly, drilled discipline into them and was "always there" for all insiginficant activities. I do not have this luxary at all. My family has struggled with unreliable freqeuntly changing caregivers for years. I cannot find shift work, or reduce to part time. I could not find job at all when I mentioned I want 30-32h work week. Nurses in this country make more than nurses in most other countries while having flexibility and secirity. MD jobs often have contracts renewable every 1-2 years. And let me tell you my firends see either salary or benefit decline with each contract renewal or serious change in job structure where you are tied up to that job more than ever and cannot easily leave. Working with nurses or any subordinates is a skill. The above poster is right, good work etichs will earn you respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-69415385851103046932013-02-04T21:51:37.209-08:002013-02-04T21:51:37.209-08:00A friend sent me that article. It seems like she ...A friend sent me that article. It seems like she was an intern and the nurses who have been working there (probably since before she had been alive) weren't giving her the "respect" that she though she deserved, but which she hadn't actually earned yet. <br /><br />I had to learn to "suck up" to the nurses. Asking their opinion on patients (certain things they really really know: If Mr. So and So "Just doesn't look right" or which family member is the best to talk to etc), helping them out with my patients when I could (doing dressings changes if I wasn't in the OR and then cleaning up after myself! etc). Talking to the charge nurses. Doing rounds on the wards right after shift change when I was on call (so that they could get their questions answered AND so they didn't page me on stupid Orders clarifications). <br /><br />Look to the nurses as co-workers who deserve equal respect, and treat people how you want to be treated. Yeah, they may not share the liability that we do, but they want to see their patients do well and leave the hospital as much as we do.SurgeryChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10297811876992816433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-76439336534938604262013-02-04T16:56:23.824-08:002013-02-04T16:56:23.824-08:00Oh God no brownies please.
You're right. The...Oh God no brownies please.<br /><br />You're right. The hospital is a brusque place, and it's possible she's overreacting to that. <br /><br />Unfortunately, she may also be *acting* like that, and while, as a resident, you're supposed to have a thick skin and take it, many people will get their noses out of joint if you act that way yourself. Just look at all the people who commented that she was probably acting like she thought she was better than everyone else.<br /><br />Therefore, a little "fake" nice (as long it doesn't come across that way) can go a long way and make you juuuuust likable enough. OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-13057348341384536602013-02-04T14:29:57.150-08:002013-02-04T14:29:57.150-08:00So how do you eat your bananas if you don't us...So how do you eat your bananas if you don't use your hands? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-90801337751210609842013-02-04T14:15:53.189-08:002013-02-04T14:15:53.189-08:00I agree. I've gone the brownie route and it d...I agree. I've gone the brownie route and it doesn't work. Fizzynoreply@blogger.com