Re: "I love it when a man takes a woman's job."

I like a light touch on the shoulder and a brief hand touch- no hugs, please!

Re: "I love it when a man takes a woman's job."

A Warning: women who want to steal a man will commonly hug and hug some more to effectively lure the "man of their dreams" away from his wife.

Re: "I love it when a man takes a woman's job."

Originally Posted by CaLLaCoDe

A Warning: women who want to steal a man will commonly hug and hug some more to effectively lure the "man of their dreams" away from his wife.

Oh, please!.......I REALLY don't want anyone elses' significant other.....they can keep them. I've got my own.

Re: "I love it when a man takes a woman's job."

Originally Posted by algebra_demystified

Took another shot to the goolies tonight. A regular patient of mine, an ex-nurse, now in her 80s and fully demented, commented that I was "her boy" tonight and that she thought it was great that I was taking a "woman's job."

At the end of my shift I hopped back in my girlfriend's purple VW bug with the standard flower vase built into the dash, re-scrunchied my ponytail, tucked my all-white nursing shoes under the seat, and drove home.

Sometimes my life is one long gay joke.

Most of the time I don't give a ****. I did a gnarly two hour dressing change on a patient's two square foot rotting leg, and was the only one willing to do the vacuum pump change.

The pt's wife bought me a Mickey D's yogurt as a surprise reward.

Come on, though. Please. Just punch me in the shoulder and tip me a couple bucks, I REALLY don't want a hug. I did the best dressing change this guy had ever seen, even talked his wife down off the ledge to keep her from holding his hand and giving him the doe-eye and asking him about his pain every three seconds (how about putting something on the TV and distracting him from me debriding three square feet of red meat on his leg?), and doing the patient some good?

In general, I suspect this post might've been a bit unappreciated!

I admit, I prefer "no hugs" from patients as well.

I get lots of them from my female coworkers, and I LOVE them, but patients...hands off please.

And at this point in time, there is no confusion among my coworkers when it comes to knowing that I am not gay...

Re: "I love it when a man takes a woman's job."

I'm a female nurse, and I don't do gratuitous hugs either, unless you're a close friend. And by all accounts the look of horror that crossed my face as I leaped back when a student tried to hug me at the end of his placement was something to behold-You've been here 2 weeks, I've helped you where I can, but I am not your new best friend.

My old Scottish Granny reckoned she got sick more often once everyone started kissing everyone at meeting and partings. I think she might have been right!

Re: "I love it when a man takes a woman's job."

I like hugs, it's a good way to show someone you really care about them, or appreciate them. In my final clinical preceptorship in nursing school, I got crunched to complete the required 144 hours of clinical time, so I worked 6 shifts in a row. I was able to take care of nearly half the patients on the unit, and several of them came and gave me a big hug as they were being wheeled out on their way home, it was a great feeling. Perhaps it's just because I was a nursing student, and haven't spent enough time in the hospital. I suppose I could get sick of hug after hug after hug?