I am feeling whiny today, and I am blaming it on the pregnancy hormones . . .
I just want to know why oh why anyone would think that it is appropriate to visit a postpartum unit with your three children who all have lice . . . and tell us after you have been there for several hours. Or why you would bring your whole family who all has scabies to visit anyone anywhere.
And that's not to mention the more normal stuff. I chit chat with my patients, and now that i am obviously pregnant, the topic comes up, especially working with new moms and babies. It just seems like most moms like talking about babies and pregnancy. I don't go on and on about myself, but I answer the questions like when's my due date and how am I feeling and all that general stuff. One dad recently told me that he doesn't care that I'm pregnant, which is fine, but his wife was the one making small talk and asking me questions. And one other person told me that they were worried that I care more about my baby than I do about theirs . . . which seemed weird to me. Of course I don't want anything to happen to anyone's baby, and I take the best care I can of all my patients, but don't I don't love my patients like I do my own family.
Thank you for listening to me whine! I feel much better now!
Rhee, I am a mother of two and I think your patient is freakin' creepy! Of course, you care more about your own baby than theirs. I would have thought you to be a really creepy nurse if it was the other way around.
OMG. I would have been watching my back all the way to the parking lot. bleh.
VICEDRN, BSN, RN
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Rhee, I am a mother of two and I think your patient is freakin' creepy! Of course, you care more about your own baby than theirs. I would have thought you to be a really creepy nurse if it was the other way around.
OMG. I would have been watching my back all the way to the parking lot. bleh.