AmandaRn912

As to the fact that we all here are nurses, what is everyone's thoughts on telling others your a nurse when your the patient or a family member??

I just wondered because u had a family member come up ti ne the other day and demand a battery of tests because she was a cardiac nurse... needless to say the test were all negative and the patient suffered. I always keep it to my self. I just feel i...

I ask because when I am in the patient situation I usually don't announce my title. I sit back and observe unless intervention is needed. The post came by way of a nurse approaching me the other day as I was providing care announcing loud proud and r...