"I hate babies."

RN BSN 2009 · Feb 9, 2009

How terrible and unprofessional.....

helicoptergal, BSN, RN · Feb 9, 2009

That is awful I am sorry about your experience. :cry:

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Feb 9, 2009

Did he mean he hates baby as a whole or was it more, "I hate working with babies because they are so fragile it makes me nervous." ?

It's be like me saying, "I hate drug kids" I don't hate the child, but I hate caring for them while they withdraw because it can be difficult.

Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP · Feb 9, 2009

I was thinking the exact same thing as you, dawngloves.

I personally hate 35-weekers, not because I hate the babies themselves. Course not. They're cute as they can be! I just hate taking care of them, because I never know when they'll start acting like 35 weekers and stop breathing/eating/thermoregulating.

Maybe that's what the uro meant. I hope.

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Feb 9, 2009

I was thinking the same thing. I've even said "Oh, Lord, I hate sick kids," meaning I dread taking care of one because babies and children are my soft spot---which is why I work with folks at the opposite end of life. Not that I don't love the elderly too (in fact, I adore them!), but I can deal with it when they pass on; a baby or child being ill and/or dying, on the other hand, is the most unfair and unnatural event I can think of.

Just my two pence worth.

truern · Feb 9, 2009

Did he mean he hates baby as a whole or was it more, "I hate working with babies because they are so fragile it makes me nervous." ?
It's be like me saying, "I hate drug kids" I don't hate the child, but I hate caring for them while they withdraw because it can be difficult.

I was thinking the exact same thing as you, dawngloves.
I personally hate 35-weekers, not because I hate the babies themselves. Course not. They're cute as they can be! I just hate taking care of them, because I never know when they'll start acting like 35 weekers and stop breathing/eating/thermoregulating.
Maybe that's what the uro meant. I hope.

I was thinking the same thing. I've even said "Oh, Lord, I hate sick kids," meaning I dread taking care of one because babies and children are my soft spot---which is why I work with folks at the opposite end of life. Not that I don't love the elderly too (in fact, I adore them!), but I can deal with it when they pass on; a baby or child being ill and/or dying, on the other hand, is the most unfair and unnatural event I can think of.
Just my two pence worth.

Gets my vote, too.

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Feb 10, 2009

I would hate to have some of the things I've said about my patients quoted somewhere. I know I've said "I hate chronic kids". Of course I don't hate them, I hate the extra work it takes to calm and nipple feed them and so on. I'm sure there are some urologists (even pedi urologists) that struggle with neonates and therefore "hate" them. You were there, you can be the best judge as to his meaning but . . .

babyNP., APRN · Feb 10, 2009

No, it was in a tone of, "I hate babies," like, "I hate babies." Maybe they make him nervous, but this kid was stable, just had an odd assortment of problems.

On the other hand, do you walk up to your population that don't particularly like and say, "I hate you"? even if it's an elderly person with dementia that won't remember who you are or what you said? It's very unprofessional, not to mention rude.

RainDreamer, BSN, RN · Feb 13, 2009

It's one thing to feel a certain way ..... whether you hate taking care of a certain type of patient. But to go into a NICU and say that out loud while other people can hear you?

Very unprofessional. IMO.