If we had a conservative nurses forum

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Would anyone post in it? :clown:

I looked forward to being a nurse for so long....my second thoughts aren't because of nurses eating their own (I have never seen that!) or hours or mean docs (haven't seen that either)... it is because the only conservatives I have met are my fellow military vets.

The vast majority of nurses I have met (or been attacked by) have been liberals who treat me like I am insane because I am a conservative! Wow!

So....out of curiousity, how many conservatives are on this board???

Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

Hmmm ... if there were such a forum should I visit it or not? I am:

A registered Democrat who tends to vote Republican in state and national elections but has Libertarian leanings.

A gun owner.

Pro-labor.

Pro-life.

Pro-health care reform, even, *gasp* universal single-payor system.

Pro-immigration reform.

:smokin:

Specializes in Family Practice, Mental Health.

Conservative Here!!

*wine

Count me in!

mc3:nurse:

It likely only seems like there are more "liberal" nurses because they may be more vocal. The majority of nurses like society in general usually fall somewhere in between the two extremes of being either a hardcore liberal, or a hardcore conservative.

Location thing too. I should trade places with OP. I'm surrounded by people (including my nurse coworkers) that make Fox News and Rush Limbaugh look like liberals.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Without disclosing my personal political leanings, I do believe that we all benefit from discussion, dissension and discourse.

What a bland world it would be if we all kept to ourselves with our own like-minded colleagues.

Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

no way!:down::down::down::down::down:

Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

I have worked in some areas with mainly liberal co-workers, and other areas where almost all my RN co-workers were very conservative. I think alot of it does have to do with what part of the country you are in. As a whole, I don't think nurses tend to be more liberal or more conservative than the rest of the country.

Reagan Republican here.

Specializes in NICU, Pediatrics.

I don't see why your political views would be a problem at work. I don't even know why it would come up, honestly. What situations has it been a problem for you?

Specializes in Cardiology, Research, Family Practice.

Fiscally conservative, socially liberal. Actually, I'm (mostly) libertarian. John Stossel for president, lol!!!

Specializes in Peds Urology,primary care, hem/onc.

Another conservative here!!!

Specializes in ICU, Home Health, Camp, Travel, L&D.

You know, I never thought of myself as conservative.

I just grew up believing that no one owed me anything, that there was no such thing as a free lunch, and that I didn't need a state agency to wipe my behind and legislate my life.

Who knew where my upbringing would take me? I didn't know any better than to go to school, go to work, and take responsibility for my own family. I guess I'm glad I still don't.

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