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From a nurse's perspective... [View all] babylonsister Apr 2019 OP
I so hope KT2000 Apr 2019 #1
Thank you Nurses...the backbone of our healthcare institutions. And next time I want to complain UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #2
Except for Maureen Walsh's name... K&R. ck4829 Apr 2019 #3
She is incredibly stupid. "Play cards all shift" my shiny butt uppityperson Apr 2019 #4
Thank you, Babylon, for posting this. Really poignant. ❤❤ Karadeniz Apr 2019 #5
Sitting b the bedside of an actively dying person hours after shift ends so they won't be alone uppityperson Apr 2019 #6
My union is involved in that rest break bill that she is trying to sabotage ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #7
"If nurses get tired working 8 hours, they shouldn't work 12 hours". No, Waish, you uncaring uppityperson Apr 2019 #9
Can you imagine surgical nurses, or even clinic nurses ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #24
K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #8
I could not do that every day malaise Apr 2019 #10
K & R ancianita Apr 2019 #11
Nurses are the lifeblood of any hospital! Stonepounder Apr 2019 #12
Indeed ck4829 Apr 2019 #25
I have been an ICU nurse. TNNurse Apr 2019 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Apr 2019 #26
On second thought, let me just say Nurses are saints and that job ain't easy. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2019 #27
Tears mcar Apr 2019 #14
valar dohaeris to whoever wrote this 😰 Volaris Apr 2019 #15
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #16
Are you kidding? mgardener Apr 2019 #19
What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2019 #20
He's dead, Jim liberaltrucker Apr 2019 #23
W.T.F. backtoblue Apr 2019 #22
God bless these "Angels of Mercy" who work every day pazzyanne Apr 2019 #17
My wife was a nurse and midwife. That senator is a complete asswipe. BSdetect Apr 2019 #18
Thank you for this as it sheds a lot of light on someone very close and dear to me. yonder Apr 2019 #21
thanks for posting this. my stays in the hospital are usually 4-5 days. for the last 3 yrs Kurt V. Apr 2019 #28
I say thanks to all who Lifelong Protester Apr 2019 #29
This is exactly what it is MuseRider Apr 2019 #30
And the writer left out the horror of your patient looking deep into your eyes, begging you to kill Maru Kitteh Apr 2019 #31
This is exactly what my shift in the ICU Sunsky Apr 2019 #32
She describes it exactly riverwalker Apr 2019 #33
That is crazy. No, what is crazy is that they aren't paid like pilots lostnfound Apr 2019 #34
Walsh's hostility shows she has a huge axe to grind with nurses. I wonder what her problem is. Cousin Dupree Apr 2019 #35
Thank you for this, babylonsister. Nurses are the backbone of the medical profession. Aristus Apr 2019 #36
k&r BSdetect Apr 2019 #37
My eldest daughter is a nurse. OxQQme Apr 2019 #38
I am not a nurse, but my oldest child would not be alive without nurses. EllieBC Apr 2019 #39
Thank you for posting this. Duppers Apr 2019 #44
What quite frankly horrifies me is that nurses work 12 hour shifts. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #40
I just switched back to 12 hours from 8 hour shifts. ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #41
For years the justification given for the very long PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #43
Caring nurses are angels! Duppers Apr 2019 #42
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