Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

[brianbooth]

I refer you to a thread elsewhere here, where you can see my comments on this idiocy.

Feel free to stomp on me. But in the case of an emergency - and I speak from experience - give me the smoker over the calorifically challenged any time.

[MSO4foru, ADN]

Can I get an Haulleigh?

[brianbooth, RN]

Take a moment to award yourself a common sense award

[MSO4foru, ADN]

Again... my job dosen't own me. I grew up and still live in the South. Guess what : most of my my family smoked growing up. I remember clearly as a kid those chewing gum cigarettes. I have also, as a hospice nurse taken care of many, many patients who lived ultra clean lifestyles- we're talking dietitians and MDs who died far too young and probably grew up with a diet 200% better than mine. And did not smoke or drink alcohol.

[MSO4foru, ADN]

Thank you BrianB- I frequently award myself common sense award. I also carry wintergreen altoids. Or cinnamon in a pinch. My management acts like I have just fallen off turnip truck.

[brianbooth, RN]

There's a standard joke in Brith nursing - no doubt you have equivalents - 'I know how I want to die. At the age of 90, shot in bed by a jealous husband'.

We have family in Texas; they also spent three years in Oklahoma. I have learned a lot about cultural differences but the best example was, when buying some jeans, to be asked about whether we had denim in Europe.

I'm not wandering here - cultural differences matter, and as nurses, we need to know about them. Smoking, body mass, faith - they are all part of the job.

[MSO4foru, ADN]

13 minutes ago, brianbooth said:

There's a standard joke in Brith nursing - no doubt you have equivalents - 'I know how I want to die. At the age of 90, shot in bed by a jealous husband'.

We have family in Texas; they also spent three years in Oklahoma. I have learned a lot about cultural differences but the best example was, when buying some jeans, to be asked about whether we had denim in Europe.

I'm not wandering here - cultural differences matter, and as nurses, we need to know about them. Smoking, body mass, faith - they are all part of the job.

They are all factors. I often tell " my families" ( hopefully obviously meaning my pts families) I can't control when they leave us..... even after doing hospice work for nearly 11 yrs, my pts surprise me all the time- folks I thought would be with me for days leave me unexpectedly, those I thought would not see the end of my shift that night are still with me 10 days later.... it's not up to me. I am agnostic, but being in the southern part of US I often indicate " it's between them and [points up]." Most folks here get that.