GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

[SummitRN]

Heard a hospital banned gum... didn't say why. I think I'd have to quit a job that banned gum.

Well? Can you chew gum? Why not? Do you do it anyways? Does anyone care?

-A Gum Addict

[DarkBluePhoenix]

Besides good breath, gum helps me suppress my hunger and increases my concentration lol

I'm actually chewing gum as of now!

(I work in as a server and I am not allowed to chew gum but I have never gotten caught)

Edit: I didn't see the post was old. Sorry guys!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

*phew*

sometimes i do wonder what sort of mission people were on when they bring up a years old post- i think the record i've seen was an 8 year old post. a month old really isn't that bad, but my first thought when i got the subscription email when you posted was "i'm still subsrcibed to this thread?"

they're learning to use the "search" function. it's all good.

[LaRN]

My friend works at a hospital in which gum chewing is prohibited while working, they also have their nurses walking around saying, "Is there anything I can do for you, I have the time."

that sounds more like an obedient butler than a nurse. hospitals are for sick people in need of medical care, not to provide personal servants who can't wait to fluff a pillow...therefore I (sorta) think this borders on enticing patients with "extras" that are not intended to be covered by medicare/ insurance.

[Karmatism]

I feel the same way about chewing gum as I do tattoos and piercings. There will always be a group who classifies these as "unprofessional." The truth is that who you are as a person and nurse speaks VOLUMES over any body adornments or gum chewing behavior. I have a nose ring, a tattoo on the back of my neck and, yes, I chew gum regularly. And in spite of this so-called disgusting unprofessionalism, I am routinely praised by my patients and their families for my excellence as a nurse. I've even won awards on my unit because of this. I'm articulate, compassionate, and I know my stuff! THAT is what others take notice of. Being so openly judgmental about things of minor importance is far more unprofessional. Pick your battles in life, seriously.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

Seriously? A 2.5 year old thread about chewing gum?

[Asystole RN]

that sounds more like an obedient butler than a nurse. hospitals are for sick people in need of medical care, not to provide personal servants who can't wait to fluff a pillow...therefore I (sorta) think this borders on enticing patients with "extras" that are not intended to be covered by medicare/ insurance.

I hope you are never my nurse.

Remember, there is a person underneath that patient. If you only wanted to treat the disease then then you should have gone into medicine. Nurses treat people, not diseases.

There is a reason why the lamp holds a special significance.

[MomaNurse]

Seriously? A 2.5 year old thread about chewing gum?

I cannot "like" this comment enough.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

Ugh -- not this again.

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

I agree with bans on chewing gum because I worked in an office where literally *everyone* cracked their gum, and it drove me insane. I seriously considered emigrating to Singapore, where gum chewing is punishable by caning.

[netglow, ASN, RN]

Makes me miss some of the great, award-winning, threads of sarcasm we used to love... *sigh* as well as the posters who used to frequent them. #goodtimes

Hey I got an idea: Throwback Thursday threads!!!!!!

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Makes me miss some of the great, award-winning, threads of sarcasm we used to love... *sigh* as well as the posters who used to frequent them. #goodtimes

Hey I got an idea: Throwback Thursday threads!!!!!!

My thoughts exactly.

[Hygiene Queen]

Makes me miss some of the great, award-winning, threads of sarcasm we used to love... *sigh* as well as the posters who used to frequent them. #goodtimes

Hey I got an idea: Throwback Thursday threads!!!!!!

In that case, here:

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/gum-chewing-454534.html

Might as well double our pleasure and double our fun.