Playing Cards

[Nurse Beth]

Any WA nurses out there who can explain Senator Maureen Walsh's diatribe about nurses in critical care access hospitals "playing cards a considerable amount of time?"

What was that about? https://www.wsna.org/news/2019/senator-states-that-nurses-probably-play-cards-for-a-considerable-amount-of-the-day-in-amending-rest-breaks-bill

If any WA nurses are playing cards on duty, please shape up. It makes us all look bad.

(that's a joke, btw).

[Gampopa]

I work in a Washington Critical Access Hospital and I can assure this politician we DO NOT have time to play cards!! That would adversely effect out Bon Bon and knitting time.

[TriciaJ, RN]

2 hours ago, NurseSpeedy said:

Anyone suggesting that a small critical access hospital doesn’t work their staff just as hard, probably harder at times, than any other hospital doesn’t know the butt from a whole in the ground and really needs to just stop talking.

Last night I watched the rest of that legislative session after the card-playing comment. Yes, a whole lot of people in that room should have just stopped talking. But no, they had to go and broadcast their complete cluelessness.

[Stephanie Smith]

I've been a LTCF nurse for 17 years and I'm pretty sure the only cards I've ever played with on my 12 hour shift...yes, not 8...12....are MED cards!

[Davey Do]

On 4/19/2019 at 8:32 PM, SaltineQueen said:

Full house beats compressions

[Davey Do]

On 4/20/2019 at 1:07 AM, SquatsNScrubs said:

In case you missed it:

Washington Senator Maureen Walsh makes disparaging comments about nurses “playing cards for a considerable amount of the day,”

[Leader25, ASN, BSN, RN]

Oh you want to know which card games I prefer,well during blood transfusions I like Old Maid, and during a code war is lovely,then iv push meds it is fun to do solitaire and when we are all bored poker is nice with tongue depressors as ante.

[Leader25, ASN, BSN, RN]

Sen Walsh comment about nurses talking "out of both sides of their mouth" but really meant orifice is about as ignorant a public servant can get.Please look up the petition to require her to shadow a nurse for 12 hours.

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

On 4/21/2019 at 1:08 AM, hppygr8ful said:

Sounds like fun! I'm In!

Hppy

Given that her salary for a year is more than I make in about three years, she can buy her own damm cards

(Kiwi here I have no idea how much your senators earn)

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

On 4/21/2019 at 10:19 AM, pbrower534 said:

The Senator from Washington must need a proctologist, since she has her head up her ***.

Spent 37 years working in the ER and was lucky to get a bathroom break some days. My "retirement job" was for the past 12 years working for the VA. Although the pace was definitely not as hectic as the ER, but there were many days I was lucky to get lunch. I have retired in January 31st and now can finally play cards.

I often find myself going for a quick pee. That quick pee usually takes at least five minutes if not more because I've been meaning to go for the last four hours

[Davey Do]

[Davey Do]

[Emergent, RN]

5 hours ago, Tenebrae said:

Given that her salary for a year is more than I make in about three years, she can buy her own damm cards

(Kiwi here I have no idea how much your senators earn)

Washington $42,106/year base salary $90/day per Diem when in session.

They must make their bread and butter elsewhere, that's pretty paltry compensation.