Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

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Hello

I was wondering if as nurses, if you are aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

I run into prior patients and family members all of the time, of which I never say hi unless they say hi first due to HIPAA and I live in a pretty large city too.

We work very hard and deserve to go out and have a good time, but I think we need to be careful on how we conduct ourselves. Does anyone else agree?

Case in point:

A nurse who I will call E was out one night. E got totally drunk, knowing he had to work the next day at 7am-7pm. He was at a bar and almost got into a bar brawl with another group of individuals. When E showed up for work he was very hungover. E then went into his patients rooms and found out that one of them was a guy/girl that was involved in the "almost bar brawl" with appendicitis. The patient did not want E to care for him/her, not because of the brawl, but because he knew how drunk E got the night before. The patient went on to tell the story to the nurse that was taking over his/her care and was saying things like "how could E go out and get so drunk the night before he had to work?"

Putting this story aside....

Has anyone changed how they are in public?

Has anyone had a situation in where they ran into a former patient?

your license can be suspended for having a one night stand?

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your license can be suspended for having a one night stand?

I'm joking, just imagine the scenario.....Don't give yourself away like that either... Were you reconsidering entering the profession if you couldn't?

I'm just playing, dont answer that,..Lol!

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Specializes in ER and Home Health.
What does promiscuity have to do with being a nurse? You can't sleep around anymore?

Maybe it does. In that case I would never be considered that, unless someone truly knows me,:yeah::jester:

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Nursing would actually have to be more than a calling. There are christians who fail to conduct themselves in a respectable manner according to their faith 24/7.

How in the hell should we expect nurses to do so?

Talk about a nursing shortage... Your license is suspended for going out friday night,cursing out an alcoholic, and having a 1-night stand...

Hey! How come you can type "hell" but I typed b*tching on another post and it was automatically edited somehow (all stars)?

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When I was in my early 20's in the early 80's I had a great time going out with nurse pals.We always managed to get in for work the day after even after only a few hours sleep! There was always doctors parties going on and there was a thriving social club were we would go to Paris, Brussels etc. We had a fabulous time. After we had been out those of us who lived in the nurses home would go to the staff canteen which was open 24hr in those days . The staff would make us crusty rolls with lashings of melted cheese on. Wonderful. Things are different now I enjoy going out with friends for meals and always make sure I'm not working the day after. I do feel sorry for students now a days I don't think it is as fun as it was then. Still they can always go on facebook for entertainment! Oh dear.

I know where you are from then!

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Specializes in ER and Home Health.

We have a bunch of us who weekly get together after work and bowling, lots of fun really.

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Specializes in trauma, ortho, burns, plastic surgery.

Oh dear...bowling????... Dancing, singing, parties, saturday night and just fun... ...you need to marry hon, one day.....how the heck do you will marry ever if you bowling, lol? Nice dressing skirts or pants... sofisticated perfumes, limos and all stuff... here you are my gurl... welcome in sparkling nursing world... On my old times .... well....too old for this crazy new world for me....

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

When you live in a rural area, it's hard not to run into people. I have ran into pts at the grocery store, etc., and it's weird. That's work. I'm home and not at work, so don't pull up your shirt for me to check your dressing in the soup aisle, like one guy did. Leave me alone.

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, LTC.
When you live in a rural area, it's hard not to run into people. I have ran into pts at the grocery store, etc., and it's weird. That's work. I'm home and not at work, so don't pull up your shirt for me to check your dressing in the soup aisle, like one guy did. Leave me alone.

That's how it is here, too.

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That's how it is here, too.

Where my parents live, a small rural area in Wisconsin, most nurses become nurses so they can get a decent job. Most people already know each other even before going to nursing school. It's the patients that come from outside of the small city that don't know the nurses, but most patients from the city already know a good number of the nurses and other staff. Thats just how it is around that area.

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, LTC.
Where my parents live, a small rural area in Wisconsin, most nurses become nurses so they can get a decent job. Most people already know each other even before going to nursing school. It's the patients that come from outside of the small city that don't know the nurses, but most patients from the city already know a good number of the nurses and other staff. Thats just how it is around that area.

Here, there are no jobs other than at the small hospital or school. So for many, it is take your pick, be a nurse or a teacher... or go work at the grocery store for minimum wage.

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I guess my difficulty in remembering names will work to my advantage here. I am great at faces, but can't ever remember peoples names so i steer clear lest they strike up a conversation and I'm left scrounging for a name.

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