So we recently admitted a male patient who identifies himself as female. We don't get many patients like her. A nurse in particular let's his political views get in the way of work and has been calling this patient "it".
Now, let's fast forward to the dilemma. During medication pass, he addressed the patient as "it" out loud and other staff and patients started laughing; next thing you know, we had a behavioral emergency on our hands.
I filled out an incident report because several other nurses and I have spoken to this nurse prior to the event happening. One nurse even brought it up the chain of command. Not only is it unprofessional but it's endangering the safety of others - clearly, it's one of her triggers. Has anyone ever dealt with this type of conduct?
If it makes me a bigot to be intolerant of people who believe that being transgender or gay is pathological I can live with that. The difference between my bigotry and yours is that mine doesn't affect YOUR right to marry or adopt children.
That's true. But everyone has a right to their opinion. They're allowed that. And as you've seen here, people can have their own opinion or view of the LGBT community and not let it affect how they treat or care for those individuals.
I disagree with Red Kryptonite on just about every social issue but I have zero doubt about her compassion for all of her patients and their loved ones.
Her patients are dying and their loved one's are gutted, she's not even thinking about their sexual orientation whether it's in her face or not.
I'd like to ban her from the voting booths but you cannot say that she isn't compassionate towards her charges.
I disagree with Red Kryptonite on just about every social issue but I have zero doubt about her compassion for all of her patients and their loved ones.
Her patients are dying and their loved one's are gutted, she's not even thinking about their sexual orientation whether it's in her face or not.
I'd like to ban her from the voting booths but you cannot say that she isn't compassionate towards her charges.
Back to the ones who laughed, they are P'sOS.
Wanting to ban someone from the voting booth because you disagree with their politics? That's very Stalin of you.
Interesting (maybe) side note: I recently was reading that some languages actually have punctuation marks that indicate sarcasm in written form. What a cool idea. English would benefit from this, especially in the age of the Internet.
I don't ask any patient to be okay with it because the workplace and their venue of care is not an appropriate place for any such discussion. They'll never know what I think unless they ask, and why would they ever ask? If they did, though, I'd probably say that my personal beliefs aren't relevant to providing their care.
And I'm confident that if we were coworkers, I wouldn't have any idea what your thoughts on the subject are and it wouldn't affect the care you give one way or the other.
But.... you put it out there that you feel homosexuality and/or TG is a form of mental disorder. Which is your right. You're clearly an intelligent person, so it couldn't have come as any great surprise that this opinion of yours would rub some here the wrong way. I mean, as a gay person, to be told that my being gay is either a) a mental disability or, b) the product of sexual abuse..... As someone who has never been sexually abused, and does not have a mental disorder, I find that a bit disturbing. I'm at a loss as to how any gay person wouldn't be offended by that. I'm not trying to be dramatic or confrontational, just stating my opinion. The people who said "I hope you never take care of my family" (or whatever) were clearly out of line. But, surely, you must anticipated some blowback when you said what you did.
Interesting (maybe) side note: I recently was reading that some languages actually have punctuation marks that indicate sarcasm in written form. What a cool idea. English would benefit from this, especially in the age of the Internet.
Considering the serious political nature of the topic, I couldn't in good conscience let her comment slide -joke or not. I've heard intolerant folks from every political spectrum utter similar comments about denying the vote to opponents and personally, I don't find it funny. Especially, since many of my ancestors protested, fought and died for the right to vote.
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Considering the serious political nature of the topic, I couldn't in good conscience let her comment slide -joke or not. I've heard intolerant folks from every political spectrum utter similar comments about denying the vote to opponents and personally, I don't find it funny. Especially, since many of my ancestors protested, fought and died for the right to vote.
And since it seems to be a trend in some states to pass legislation that actually does intend to prohibit some voters from voting...not a funny joke at all.
But, surely, you must anticipated some blowback when you said what you did.
No doubt.
But when the "tolerant" left starts talking about how people who disagree with them should be disallowed from earning a living, voting, speaking in public.....I don't let that go.
I'm actually glad that this all got hashed out like it did. It proves that reasonable, mature, compassionate people, and good nurses, come from all walks of life and belief systems. We don't all have to fit some cookie cutter mold, and people who disagree can still like and respect one another. Or at least get along.
Angeljho, MSN, NP
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That's true. But everyone has a right to their opinion. They're allowed that. And as you've seen here, people can have their own opinion or view of the LGBT community and not let it affect how they treat or care for those individuals.