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Not an American, so does not apply. Good luck with that, though.

We signed up for this. We signed up to take care of sick, infectious patients. If you feel that is I is "defeatist" to do what you were (presumably) trained and hired to do, maybe you and your "younger ones" would be better off in some other, less demanding "profession"..

Thousands upon thousands of people are without a stable income now (think of those who work in businesses that have declared non-essential and small business owners). Nurses at least have a source of income to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. Also, if nurses will not step up to provide service in a time of global crisis, how can we claim to be professionals? It seems to me that those who are demanding "hazard pay" are the usual chronic shirkers and malingers who do not deserve what they are getting now.

Yes, this still exists. With some doctors, you have to be careful to not seem to be making a suggestion or to be voicing an opinion, because if you do you will be slapped down hard. And I say this as a master's prepared RN with two specialty certifications and thirty years experience. And it saddens me to say that this occurs most often with female physicians of a certain age.

Exactly. And why rigorous nursing education and training as knowledge work should be the first line of defense. This task-monkey orientation to nursing practice is the greatest threat to patient safety there is.

You are the voice of sanity that we need in this profession.

What IS the point, then?

Sorry, don't find many of the comments as "with" laughing. I find many of the comments to be of the "look at what this moron did!!" variety.

Agree. This is mean-spirited and self-righteous. I will wager that every one of us can identify something bone-headed that we have done at some time in our careers. That said, if licensed nurses are doing things that are so dangerous,life-threatening and egregious then there is something lacking in training/education/supervision that is allowing such things to happen. That is where attention and effort needs to be focused.

Hilarious. We had a patient's family member say "I know as much as the doctors" because he had been at the bedside every afternoon for a couple of weeks. He had been able to be at the bedside because he was basically unemployable and had no family of his own. I yearned to say, Fool you don't even know a millionth of what I know. We had another patient's family member who had seen a poster for ACLS while waiting for an elevator and thought she was qualified, based on having sat at the bedside, to do an ACLS course. We encouraged her to apply.

You handled this bad situation with professionalism. I admire you.

I wish I were a Nursing Sister of Yore; i.e. a nun. Then I might be able to deliver this. \

This just not exist anymore.

What a wonderfully kind and thoughtful response!

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