I got a job!At an abortion clinic?

RN1989 · Oct 31, 2007

This is no one's business but your own. Most people are dead set against an issue until something slaps them in the face and makes them confront that issue. If that time never comes, then they will be closeminded on that particular subject. My guess would be that none of your friends were ever confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. Someone is going to ask for abortions and someone is going to perform them. And a nurse is going to be needed to keep people safe. I have strong feelings about someone telling me what I can and cannot do with my own body and my life, including my career. It is not their business to impose their beliefs on me. Opinions are one thing, but trying to control others is quite another. If you are happy with your job, why would you allow other people to influence you?

sleepyndopey · Oct 31, 2007

You have to be comfortable with it, not your friends. I would never work at an abortion clinic because I would not be able to sleep at night. My feelings on the matter are very concrete. If, however, you don't have a problem with it, and you feel you are doing something you believe in, then go for it. It does seem like a job you would really need to believe in though. Do some serious soul searching. Is taking this job going to be something you will regret in the future?

Good Luck.

Sensoria17 · Oct 31, 2007

My only concern would be safety. I'm sure they do but I have to ask anyway, do they have good security there?

CRNA2007 · Oct 31, 2007

Why does someone always infer that people who have set beliefs and convictions are always close minded? Is one considered closed minded if they are dead set against pedophilia? I understand what you are trying to say about being confronted with an issue but to classify most people who disagree with a belief as close minded is a little absurd.

This is no one's business but your own. Most people are dead set against an issue until something slaps them in the face and makes them confront that issue. If that time never comes, then they will be closeminded on that particular subject. My guess would be that none of your friends were ever confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. Someone is going to ask for abortions and someone is going to perform them. And a nurse is going to be needed to keep people safe. I have strong feelings about someone telling me what I can and cannot do with my own body and my life, including my career. It is not their business to impose their beliefs on me. Opinions are one thing, but trying to control others is quite another. If you are happy with your job, why would you allow other people to influence you?

rrandle02 · Oct 31, 2007

I guess it got to me because I am a new grad and really don't know what I want to do. And with sooo many job offers and to pick from, none of them caught my attention but this one.

RN1989 · Oct 31, 2007

Did I say that being close minded was a bad thing?

bagladyrn, RN · Oct 31, 2007

This is a very sensitive area - you will probably get a lot of very strong opinions in reply here.

This is an area of work that I think you only should consider if you feel strongly that the treatment is appropriate and don't have ethical issues with the subject, first of all for yourself as you will need to be strong to hold up against disapproval of others and also for the patients you will be treating because they also deserve compassionate, nonjudgemental treatment.

I have no opinion which way you should choose,only you can say that, but can say that I have done volunteer work in an abortion clinic in the past as I felt that since I supported women's choice I needed to "put my money where my mouth is".

Remember when you read replies here that posters are reacting to the subject, not to you personally.

MA Nurse · Oct 31, 2007

Hello,
My friends that are nurses and other people have been giving me grief about taking a job at an abortion clinic. Is it really that bad. I have a "things happen" attitude about abortions, but I kind of have an uneasy feeling about the whole thing (mainly because everyone disapproves). What do you guys think? I have bills and they are paying me VERY well.

I couldn't do it. Is the only thing that caught your attention the pay? Then I think that's a wrong reason to take the job. Will you be directly assisting with abortions? This may bother you after you actually start doing it, if that's what you'll be doing. It is a proven fact that abortion affects women emotionally for a very long time. There are other alternatives to abortion...birth control and adoption come to mind.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Oct 31, 2007

It's your job, it's your decision. Whether I can sleep at night has nothing to do with your job. If that's where you want to work, that's your choice. No one else should attempt to influence you one way or the other.

imenid37 · Oct 31, 2007

This is not something I'd ever consider. Money or no money. That being said, please stay safe. I don't believe in abortion, but I am dead set against the nut-jobs that terrorize the pts. and staff. I honestly wouldn't tell a lot of people where you work because they could tell someone else and you could get harrassed. Honestly, I see this as being as dangerous as working in corrections or a state psych place depending on the area and whther or not there are lots of protesters. Take care.

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Oct 31, 2007

It is a proven fact that abortion affects women emotionally for a very long time.

No. It is a proven fact that the Right to Life website says that it does.

The experience of those women I know who who have had abortions - and I include myself and my mother - does not support the lies of the anti-choice organizations.

rrandle, you have chosen important, worthwhile work.