Health Profession & Wacko's

banditrn · Dec 28, 2006

Laughing :roll at all those who have "issues" with the term "wackos"..... i first learned the term wack-a-doodles when I started working in the ER
Fact of the matter is there are a lot of "wackos, nut cases, psychos and wack-a-doodles" out there.....:roll life shouldn't be taken so seriously that we have to attack the OP for the use of this word.... i do agree with the OP that there are an awful lot of nurses out there (of course as with any profession) that should NOT be nurses ......

Sometimes being wacky gets me thru the night!! :jester:

MARIAN202 · Dec 28, 2006

Which Came First The Wacko Or The Normal: Then The Over Worked Non-respected, Beat Down Wacho

The Team Is Only As Good As It's Weakest Link.

RNOTODAY, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2006

Y'anno there is a certain personality I call a 'tater.
This use of this word comes from the mouth of one of my 'taters AGITATOR.
What kind of professional gets on a professional board and posts this dreck?
And to ask the members if they personally were a Wac** you need to get a dictionary or a thesaurus and read up on synonyms, and get an etiquette book and read up on how not to hurt people's feelings.
This is a bogus argument. And a waste of time, mine and the other thousand or so people who read this.

NO, actually I do not need an etiquette book or a thesaures. . My question was rhetorical. As in..... if somebody calls another person "a bad speller,".. and if you, personally, are not a bad speller, then why in the world would you be so offended by the term? I was assuming the poster who was offended was not a "wacko", so I was wondering why they would be offended!!! It just seemed very benign, to me, to be taken offense to, regardless of the value, validity or even PC ness of the thread.

And by the way, as I posted, I took the term wacko to NOT mean a person who has legitimate psychological diagnoses, but a person who is "off" personality wise. I think, and hope, you may have misunderstood my "are you a wacko then why be offended' post. :uhoh3:

W O W

Lizzy6 · Dec 28, 2006

Oh, geez, honey, go home and stab yourself in the foot for even thinking of such a thing! ;)

:lol2:

danh3190 · Dec 29, 2006

This would be an excellent topic for a psychology paper, or maybe a PhD dissertation, research on mental health problems or perhaps personality disorders in health care professionals. Is there a disproportionate problem? If so is it because the profession attracts "whckos" or does the stress of the profession "whack" people?

I agree with some of the earlier posters. I saw some really really strange people in my previous career as a chemist. In that case I thought of the strangeness was a result of their only being interested in one aspect of life, i.e., their career. So they didn't have very well rounded personalities.

EricJRN, MSN, RN · Dec 29, 2006

Quick moderator note:

I'm glad to see this thread going back in a positive direction. Just keep in mind that when you see an offensive or attacking post, you should click on the 'Report Bad Post' icon rather than responding to it. I know it's natural to want to fire something back, but please resist the urge.

jill48, ASN, RN · Dec 29, 2006

I don't really understand the question. But I am sure of one thing. My husband is a high rise window washer, and there are a PLETHERA of wackos in that profession. I guess they would have to be.:lol_hitti

shoegalRN, RN · Dec 29, 2006

I work at a phone company and let me tell you, there is a little bit of "everything" that has been mentioned on this post. I've seen people go out on leave for being bi-polar, manic depressive, sucidial, homosidial, on Xnanx, Prozac, addicted to Valium, Oxycotin, or any other type of prescribed pain med they can get a hold of. So, it's not just in the nursing field.

jaylynn67 · Dec 29, 2006

Exactly, there are strange people everywhere.

hollyvk, BSN · Dec 29, 2006

This would be an excellent topic for a psychology paper, or maybe a PhD dissertation, research on mental health problems or perhaps personality disorders in health care professionals. Is there a disproportionate problem? If so is it because the profession attracts "whckos" or does the stress of the profession "whack" people?

My observations of the whackos/maladjusted in the nursing ranks is that many are drawn to the caregiver role as it was one they were raised with. I also think many in nursing want to deliver the kind, compassionate care that they would have liked to have received when they were younger.

I don't find these folks to be psychotic or have personality disorders, they're just a bit dysfunctional. There are probably a multitude of descriptors that could apply: co-dependent, self-sacrificing, nurturing, submissive, victims of abuse. And, of course, many find it easier to care for others and focus on that rather than address their own wounds.

So when your peers are being a bit "whacko" please remember that they could benefit from some (non-enabling) compassion from you. The "theraputic use of self" can apply to coworkers as well as to patients. :icon_hug:

HollyVK, RN, BSN, JD

(who still prefers the company of healthcare professionals to that of legal professionals)

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Dec 29, 2006

I think "wacko" is in the eye of the beholder. My definition may vary greatly from yours, and I doubt it does much for the profession to profile it just this way.

Have to agree with this.

And also, for those who are sensitive to the term 'wacko,' perhaps by some all that should be seen of a thread containing the word would be the title only.