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I'd have to agree that unions are horrible these days. My union has done nothing to help during this crisis. They have spent all their time petitioning the hospital for hazard pay and continue to do so even though the hospital has explained that it has suffered huge revenue declines and hazard pay would only be possible if we have hundreds of layoffs. But the union has not said a thing about lack of ppe or training. I've never loved unions, but this is just another reason I believe they are on the decline.

What an insanely vile statement. I truly feel sorry for you, but I'm glad no child will have you as a mother. Sheesh, may God have mercy on you.

I always wondered what the profession would look like when the victimhood mentality and perpetually offended entered in. I think this thread has evolved into my answer ? Im a male nurse. I understand that many females prefer female nurses. It's about their comfort and I don't think of it as sexist at all.

Sounds like the same question asked in 2 different ways, but same meaning. Of course its biased, as are most choices.

Agreed

As an ED nurse, I don't know everything that's going on with my patients. Sometimes I'm stuck with a critical patient and am not able to tend to the others. Someones doctors don't communicate well. Sometimes rapid turnover happens and us imperfect nurses don't get an immediate chance to scour the MR. And sometimes, gulp, I even make mistakes. I definitely felt like I knew much more about my patients when I worked on med-surg.

As an ER and rapid response nurse, I really hope I never start sounding like this. Please, people, call me if you feel it necessary. Even if it ends up being something "stupid" I'd rather that than have you hesitate.

That's certainly a fair perspective, but then I'd have to assume that she would be ok with a male doula.

I do respect that choice. She said "no men in the delivery room" so I was just asking if that includes the doctor.

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Completely agree, but just curious, do you hold the same stance with MDs?

Okay, I shound have said "the objective truth of a person's sex"

Im curious because it would seem to me that a study of gender bias in nursing would, by definition, have to consider the objective truth of a person's gender in order to be taken seriously. What I mean by that is, if I am objectively a female, despite "identifying" as a male, than how can I be discriminated against for being a male, or vice versa? For example, I think that a female L&D nurse who identifies as a male would face much less bias from her patients than would an actual male L&D nurse. I understand and fully appreciate that you are trying to be sensitive to others, but the fact remains that objective truth still exists even if one "feels" otherwise.

Respectfully, you are quite misinformed. Valerian root and passiflora, or the passion flower, are plants that have been used for eons as muscle relaxers/pain relievers. Chamomile is another one. It isn't "fake" medicine to use natural sources rather than pharmaceuticals. I've been happily using them for years, and I don't need anything else.

How many of your students are actually male and don't just identify as men? Serious question.