batesbd

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1. CRAZY / GROSS / NASTY

   batesbd replied to kvn813's topic in General Nursing

   Being with a doctor on rounds who decides to examine a 14 year old's breasts, fondling them, in front of her father, when that has nothing to do with her diagnosis, and nothing is said because no one questions the doctor... Later it is revealed the d...

2. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

   batesbd replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

   What they drove into us from the very first, was that the patient always comes first. It is amazing how I had to always fight for the patients in spite of doctors, management, and family/visitors.

3. Nursing is becoming stupid

   batesbd replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

   I left nursing at age 53 and got on disability feeling very used and abused. I did not renew my license at age 62. All my career, I was made to take the less popular shifts and holidays off because others had families and I did not. There was no fair...