Did Anyone Take Their Daughter or Son to Work Today?

donmomofnine · Apr 29, 2005

We don't consider our community to be a clinical site, it is our resident's home and they always welcome visitors!:) My girls are honor students, so missing a day wasn't a problem. They know how much I love my job and the place where I work. Although they have visited there before with me, they liked seeing all the departments and meeting all the department heads, along with all the people I talk about at the dinner table!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 29, 2005

Our units, generally speaking, are not unsafe for us. We've been trained to recognized hazards and take precautions that keep us safe. Most school-age children, however, have not. Therefore, bringing them into such an environment presents a danger to them. [in my book, that means those who did are bad parents.]
I'll go to career day. I figure the worst that can happen to me is having to explain to the kindergarten that I'm not a doctor, and men can be nurses.
Pete Fitzpatrick
RN, CCRN, CFRN, EMT-P

Obviously there are illnesses, diseases, and hazards. It's not like they set them loose to run wild into hazardous conditions. But I won't get defensive, as I don't have kids. There were quite a few kids here, in the kitchen, housekeeping, even the supervisor escorted a staffers kid throughout the hospital. They seemed to be strictly supersvised, and I know the girls on my unit had a tight rein around them.

I'll just disagree with you and leave it at that.