This morning I read a Facebook post by Allnurses: "I firmly believe that 'too stupid to live' should be a diagnosis."
This post is receiving 'likes' and 'shares'.
I'd "like" to take this opportunity to not just passively read such a post, but really consider the message.
Is this post a favorable representation of the nursing profession?
Do we want to encourage this type of thinking among our peers?
Is this how some view our fellow human beings who have entrusted their care to us?
Is this really about nursing arrogance?
May I counter such thinking? (I love to read the definition of a word to be reminded of its full beauty)
Humility - acknowledging that acheivement results from the investment of others in my life
Meekness - Yiedling my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve
Self control - rejecting wrong desires and doing what is right
Altruism - unselfish regard to the welfare of others
Empathy - The ability to share and understand the feelings of another
Compassion - investing whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others
Advocate - the act of pleading, supporting or recommending
and then..... there is basic Kindness
Such a post does not leave me in judgement of the patient, but the nurse.
"The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality." - Florence Nightingale
Actually, although that is just dark humor that allows us to survive a horrifically hard job. However, there are some patients who are dead set on killing themselves in spite of our care and teaching. They are grown-ups and are allowed to be non-compliant if they want but don't insist that I don't care when I stop trying to tell them how to live their lives. There is only so many times you can CIWA the same person and you donate cab money to get them to the local shelter on discharge before you simply stop wasting your time trying to educate them. Same goes for the obese patient who is constantly admitted for complications of obesity. I can't make the blood flow through your legs after you have completely crushed them. I will simply dress your wounds and talk about your dog on the 6th visit where you have done no lifestyle changes. Same goes for the person who is readmitted for PEs and DVTs because they didn't use any of your resources to make sure they didn't run out of their blood thinners...because surgery is obviously a less expensive way to manage your health?
A compassion only goes so far when the patient lies to your face or lies about you to their doctor or your nurse manager. (Sorry, I CAN NOT give you narcotics that are not ordered no matter how much you want them or think you need them.)
And survival is the only word that describes when the hospital short staffs you for weeks at a time. 7 patients means less than 10 minutes per patient per hour....and then less when you spend part of that in the med room or putting on isolation wear...
Where is that ideal nursing job that allows us to be the ideal nurse? We do what we have to do survive...and if that means venting in the med room or to our friends, as long as we behave properly when interacting with the patient, I say get off your high horse. A nurse friend of mine wasted an entire day trying to discharge a severely obese woman who said what she needed to say to get admitted because her mother-in-law was visiting...and she made the mistake of tell that to my friend who notified the doctor. This is in a 1,100 bed hospital that has been running on critical high censuses for over a month...and her taking up that room meant a postpartum mother got assigned to the "multi-purpose room" while waiting for a discharge. I have actually heard a patient refer to her hospital stays as her "annual vacation" and she was dead serious. And we are expected to give resort like service so I "get it". (Million of negative tests, lots of IV narcotics, and room service while her family fawned over her).
It hurt the sensitivities of some visitors to the page as they didn't find the humor to be "nursing appropriate"...or something. Political correctness FTW!
I hope Allnurses never has "safe spaces" for the special snowflakes who cry NETY. Political correctness is getting out of hand. Human decency is one thing, but people today are such weaklings that anything offends them
This post was wrong, I'm sorry. I have a very mentally and emotionally tough job. Putting the physically demanding part aside. Dark humor is how I deal. I thought it was funny. People that get offended over it just need to ignore and not click.
I could really get on my soapbox right now and go off on a complete tangent, but I won't. And maybe I'm just tired and irritable from seeing so much stupid today and thinking what a complete waste of a life. These people had so much potential......
Or maybe it's from being assaulted and screamed at and demeaned this month.
And OP, the last thing I am is meek. I am loud when I am advocating for my patients. This isn't 1900.
I hope Allnurses never has "safe spaces" for the special snowflakes who cry NETY. Political correctness is getting out of hand. Human decency is one thing, but people today are such weaklings that anything offends them
Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
I hope Allnurses never has "safe spaces" for the special snowflakes who cry NETY. Political correctness is getting out of hand. Human decency is one thing, but people today are such weaklings that anything offends them
Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
This morning I read a Facebook post by Allnurses: "I firmly believe that 'too stupid to live' should be a diagnosis."
This post is receiving 'likes' and 'shares'.
I'd "like" to take this opportunity to not just passively read such a post, but really consider the message.
Is this post a favorable representation of the nursing profession?
Do we want to encourage this type of thinking among our peers?
Is this how some view our fellow human beings who have entrusted their care to us?
Is this really about nursing arrogance?
May I counter such thinking? (I love to read the definition of a word to be reminded of its full beauty)
Humility - acknowledging that acheivement results from the investment of others in my life
Meekness - Yiedling my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve
Self control - rejecting wrong desires and doing what is right
Altruism - unselfish regard to the welfare of others
Empathy - The ability to share and understand the feelings of another
Compassion - investing whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others
Advocate - the act of pleading, supporting or recommending
and then..... there is basic Kindness
Such a post does not leave me in judgement of the patient, but the nurse.
"The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality." - Florence Nightingale
Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
I hope Allnurses never has "safe spaces" for the special snowflakes who cry NETY. Political correctness is getting out of hand. Human decency is one thing, but people today are such weaklings that anything offends them
All ihave I have to say, is special snowflakes... Need to be careful of sunshine...
Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
This morning I read a Facebook post by Allnurses: "I firmly believe that 'too stupid to live' should be a diagnosis."
This post is receiving 'likes' and 'shares'.
I'd "like" to take this opportunity to not just passively read such a post, but really consider the message.
Is this post a favorable representation of the nursing profession?
Do we want to encourage this type of thinking among our peers?
Is this how some view our fellow human beings who have entrusted their care to us?
Is this really about nursing arrogance?
May I counter such thinking? (I love to read the definition of a word to be reminded of its full beauty)
Humility - acknowledging that acheivement results from the investment of others in my life
Meekness - Yiedling my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve
Self control - rejecting wrong desires and doing what is right
Altruism - unselfish regard to the welfare of others
Empathy - The ability to share and understand the feelings of another
Compassion - investing whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others
Advocate - the act of pleading, supporting or recommending
and then..... there is basic Kindness
Such a post does not leave me in judgement of the patient, but the nurse.
"The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality." - Florence Nightingale
I think the admin team might like to know that the FB comments are overwhelmingly negative and it is reflecting very badly on AN. There is even mention of other AN posts to FB that people found equally offensive. This is horrible advertising and reflects poorly on the site and those of us who support it.
Its not a new problem. I'd wager it was a year or so ago that a WILTW thread was featured - with a title along the lines of "worst smelling lady parts EVER." Fine among nurses, not so much for Facebook.
That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B
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Who writes that!
You write it as tstl so the norms don't know what it means.