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Actually, in the 18th & 19th century, most "nurses" were prostitutes. Who better to take care of men, especially in war, than a women who were not uncomfortable seeing a naked man and caring for the needs of his body. "Ladies" would never deem this a proper vocation...until Florence Nightengale during the Crimean War. Even then, the "new" nurses got no respect because most nurses were still prostitiues who received most of their pay in liquor.

I guess I'm lucky that I don't have to worry. Intermountain Health Care has come out and said that they consider nurses valuable assets and would NOT even consider taking overtime away.

LOL...I'm loving this thread. I usually just lurk but I couldn't resist...how about this one... I remember being taught in nursing school to NEVER wear gloves when doing colostomy care. The reason was that the patient would feel "dirty" if the nurse wore gloves.

My hospital requires us to sign up for mandatory on-call shifts...whether you work part time or full time. A lot of nurses have gone to part time, because they know they'll be called in for their on-call shifts anyway.