Pt's/visitors reading Fifty Shades of Grey???

Nursing Students CNA/MA

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I am NOT a prude by any stretch but come on ladies!!! I haven't read any of the trilogy but saw the author interviewed several times and heard about it from friends/family. I am up to 2 patients and 1 visitor over 4-5 months. I was afraid I would be interrupting something when I had to go back into the 2 patient's rooms!!!

Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

Yes it's a trashy book disguisher. No one needs to know I'm reading a pretween book about going to pony club or something.

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.
All I can say is read it first THEN you can judge.

In March I went on a cruise. As we were leaving port I remembered I had zero new content on my Kindle and quickly went to Amazon and downloaded this trilogy I'd never heard of but were rated as the top selling books.

My trip was MUCH more interesting than I expect, due to some steamy Shades of Grey. I have seriously never read a romance novel in my life, and here I was, unable to put it down...I read all three of them in about 5 days.

A fantastic piece of literary prowess? No. Entertaining as hell? Yes, they were.

And I loved The Saddle Club.

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

Then you'll love the "A Circuit" its like Gossip Girls crossed with the Saddle Club

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I can't believe this is an issue for some people. You'd think it was an erotic script and the patient was asking the staffer to play a part! Jeez....

A large part of the country is obsessed with sex, and controlling sex to control people. Abortion obsession? Birth control obsession? Marriage gender obsession? It's all part of of a syndrome that afflicts this country.

What you read or think about will damage my marriage or something, so you'd better stay on the straight and narrow. 50 Shades of Gray is sinful. Sinful, I tell you.

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

Oh I think from what I've ALREADY thought you marriage is irrevockably broken by now.

Anyone remember the episode of Grey's Monotony where they had the patient that used Media for pain control then the power went out and there wasn't enough to power the TV and Christina had to tell him a story? Yeah no one is asking us to do that.

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.....and now I've just figured out the OP is a nursing student.

Needs more time focusing on HIS/HER books, not the patients' or visitors'....when I was a student, I swear I can't remember if any of them were holding a book, let alone what they were reading. Much more important things to concern oneself with as a student, no? And when she/he starts working as a nurse, I'm gonna guess there won't be time to worry about who is reading what!

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Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

I'd rather them read it then watch similar things. Oh the things people have on their iPads...

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Specializes in CMSRN, hospice.

I'm sure plenty of your residents were reading trashy romance novels long before Fifty Shades of Grey; these books are just more popular.

Do I think the books are good? Nope, couldn't even get through the first one. Do I care if anyone else reads them? Hell no! As other said above, they're reading a book and not bothering anybody. I see nothing wrong with that.

Also, in the case of "interrupting something," what's wrong with saying, "Excuse me, I'll come back later," and giving them some doggone privacy??? It's an awkward situation, sure, but does it have to be the end of the world? I think not.

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At least they aren't using their call light as a sex toy (yes, that has happened to me lol).

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And I agree, if that is the worst part of the job in the past 5 months, count your blessings. I'm a CNA and I wish the worst was someone's reading material. I really do...

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Specializes in ICU.
At least they aren't using their call light as a sex toy (yes, that has happened to me lol).

Ewwwww....just another reason to hate those things!!

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.
.....and now I've just figured out the OP is a nursing student.

Needs more time focusing on HIS/HER books, not the patients' or visitors'....when I was a student, I swear I can't remember if any of them were holding a book, let alone what they were reading. Much more important things to concern oneself with as a student, no? And when she/he starts working as a nurse, I'm gonna guess there won't be time to worry about who is reading what!

Meh it's the same thing as that nursing student getting all righteous about a patient ordering a few extra sides of mashed potatoes. The haven't seen anything truly bizarre yet to compare it too.

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