I remember being taught in nursing school the rights of medication administration -
Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
Right situation
Right place
RIGHT TO REFUSE.
I also remember my nursing instructor stressing how important number 9 is and that we as nurses have a duty to ensure that the right to refuse any medical care or medication is honored and upheld. To advocate for our patients and protect them. Protect them from what you may ask? To protect them from other medical professionals and “people” who think they can bully, manipulate, control and dominate any patient to force a medication, procedure or any type of medical care.
And wouldn’t you know that this RIGHT to refuse has been what I have had to defend more than anything? As an RN of more than a decade, I will forever support the right to choose and also the right to REFUSE any form of medical care. I can’t believe anyone feels that mandates of any form of medicine or medical practice or procedure is acceptable. Even more shocked that some nurses and NURSE LEADERS feel this is acceptable after a career of fighting for, defending and advocating for our patients rights.
Forced healthcare is NOT healthcare and I stand for the freedom this country was founded on. I have stood for my patients right to choose. And now that nurses and other healthcare workers rights are being threatened, I stand for their right to choose as well. COERCION is not CONSENT.
It’s up to the business. I am a free market capitalist. Private company can mandate vaccines if they want. Nurses can start their own companies if they want.
How many of those Pacu overflow patients are nosocomial Covid infections caused by unvaccinated nurses? How much are the vaccines really hindering transmission?
I hope that you are a model of health. You are sub 10% body fat and don’t consume any amount of added sugar in your diet. Covid still isn’t dangerous for the vast majority of the population. Obesity and heart disease will always surpass it. Are you just as critical against your fat co workers? Their kind is overflowing in the ICU.
Oh stop it with your comparison of a highly infectious respiratory virus to obesity. And when we didn't have the vaccine, how did people get the virus except from OTHER PEOPLE? And I don't care if you are a capitalist. Irrelevant to the conversation. Virus doesn't care what you are and I don't either.
subee, MSN, CRNA
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Oh stop it with your comparison of a highly infectious respiratory virus to obesity. And when we didn't have the vaccine, how did people get the virus except from OTHER PEOPLE? And I don't care if you are a capitalist. Irrelevant to the conversation. Virus doesn't care what you are and I don't either.