Nurses

I also have a huge thing for nurses. Thay are able to be controling and compasinate at the same time... All of my hopital stays have showed me there are two typs of nurses. Type 1 are there for a pay check, don't really do more than thay have to

Type2 go all out bed baths, and do what ever is nessesary to make you feel comfey! These nurses deserve a big thank you 😉.

I had to get a pre-op physical from a female doctor because my regular doctor got stuck out of town. She was very attractive, blond, small framed and soft spoken. When the time came to examine my genitals and prostate it was obvious she was embarrassed to tell me to turn my head and cough. And, after checking my prostate she left the room leaving me bent over the table and gooey.

I honestly am comfortable with both types of nurses.

Type 1 are there for a pay check, don't really do more than thay have to

Type2 go all out bed baths, and do what ever is nessesary to make you feel comfey!

I have to agree with Fireeqx on this subject.

There are those who can not do enough for the patients on a ward & those who seem to be busy doing nothing, just killing time until the end of their shift.

Having said that you will find the same in every trade, those who do as little as possible for max pay & those who do a good days works plus take up the slack from the others.

I am totally attracted to Nurses.they have been a MAJOR fantasy of mine since I was in the hospital at age 9

From a woman's perspective, I have only the deepest respect for nurses and the passion they have for helping others, often in conditions when we are unable to help ourselves. One of longtime friends from college is a public health nurse and accompanies doctors on medical missions to remote villages in places like the Philippines after a typhoon and Haiti after an earthquake to care for victims. She is one of my Heroes who saves lives and acts like what she does isn't more than routine service to God and mankind. Then she returns home to her role as an ICU nurse at our local hospital.I have been more than blessed to have wonderful nurses in my like who, in times of illness and embarrassment, have been so calming as to put me at ease, along with husband who's a worrier. I especially remember first visiting nurse I had after I was released to go home from the hospital. She became family within hours. I never had that type of personal care before. Imagine, coaching my husband and showing him how to give me a cleansing enema!! talk about a lesson for life! I had many years of experience nursing my own family, and that nurse gave me the courage to do that. But to nurse strangers as I would my own husband and daughters, I'm not sure I could do that. Nurses are angels in the world who each day heal with their skilled touch. May God bless them always.

I have always been respectful for the female nurses that have taken care of me. I can still remember their white uniforms (blouse, dress, and hat, and shoes) from the past. Today it is rare to see that uniform. Most times it is the solid, or multicolored scrubs. The choice of designs and patterns is endless. The nurse would be the first one to greet you when arriving to the clinic. She would call you to come back for your exam or procedure. Her experience in the medical field taught her the necessary procedures needed to evaluate your situation or symptom. She followed this up by the vitals procedure, blood taken, and information gathered by the initial process. Even though the doctor was the final word on which medicine, or medication you would be given, it was the nurse that administered the shot, or IV solution. She followed the doctor's orders, but took that extra time to ensure your wellness, was the primary goal while you were at the clinic, or medical facility. A salute to you, the female nurses.

I have to say all nurses are dedicated to their profession if not they wouldn't be nurses. It is a very grueling job that is filled with happiness and sadness. This puts a strain on us and hopefully we don't turn to alcohol etc to lighten our evenings from what we deal with during work. Today it might seem we don't spend enough time with our patients but we spend time on computers filing everything we do. Please understand we are all from the same mold and really love our jobs and the people we care for.

I must say I find nursing a immensely rewarding job, but its also demanding and does require a level of dedication. There has always been the debate as to whether its an art or science , but whichever philosophy you adhere to , its always be a hands on caring, compassionate profession.

As Ginnie alluded over my career the amount of red tape and paperwork has increased a hundredfold and we spend far to much time on computers and pawerwork and away from the patients. Maybe I'm old schooled but I do enjoy that patient contact, the chats etc. l have always found it fascinating chatting to patients about their live experiences and have learnt so much about life from them.

Over the last few years with the various economy drives, cost cutting measures etc, the staffing levels have dropped dramatically and the workload has increased. We just don't have the amount of free time , its always a rush even in ITU and HDU which is a shame, but sadly reflects the modern attitude to healthcare.

Ginnie said it eloquently when she said " really love our jobs and the people we care for." I do find it such a rewarding experience and really could not see myself doing anything else despite the long hours, poor staffing, cutbacks etc

Don't get me wrong there are good and bad nurses as with all professions, but I get really annoyed when I see or hear about nurses not acting compassionately. It really infuriates me, those are simply not need in the profession period.

Yes I had patients that are classed as difficult, I have have always found a bit of compassion and understanding and the respond positively ( well in the majority of cases).

I don't think R.N.'s get enough gratitude from patients. I thank every one of them, even if it is for doing an uncomfortable procedure. I appreciate it when they do their best to make starting an I.V. as painless as possible and I tell them what a good job they have done. God Bless them.

I have only the deepest respect for nurses and the passion they have for helping others. They often go out of their way to help us when we are unable to help ourselves. Keep up the good work!

It's one of the most Noble jobs anyone can have,and I have the utmost respect for nurses.God bless you.

Manybags--"A Noble profession" for that it truly is.

One would sincerely hope that of all the members that come to zity for whatever reason take just moment to recognize these dedicated & (mostly) genuinely compassionate people...Not everyone would probably realize the enormous amount of time they personally invest prior to certification/qualification & often continue on to further studies spanning a lifetime,so as to maintain /improve quality of care so as we as their recipients of such expertise benefit from...yet so often little gratitude is shown simply because the average person fails to recognize those skills attained equate to more than "just a job"

I applaud these individuals for what they willingly do & often in very difficult circumstances to make our lives function as optimal as possible based on given circumstances if we should find ourselves within their care...The average person has little comprehension of exactly what it takes to deliver up the level of care we the public expect of them in times of serious illness...and unfortunately not always see the enormous contribution made to communities as a whole....For they deserve recognition & our admiration for such dedication to duty.

In an Ideal world never having to avail oneself would be preferable but when called upon they truly are wonderful exponents of humanity at it's finest !!

This is a great thread. I was a hospital trained nurse of the 60s rather than a university product. I assume that the same transition has happened in the US. I became burned out after about 15 years, did not renew my registration and fell back on an engineering degree that I already had. I can honestly state that I cared so much for the people under my care that I got to the stage when I cared too much and that was the time to quit. It might sound like a coward's way out, but my emotions were interfering with my clinical care. I think, however, that I am a better person for the time I spent as an RN.

I am extremely grateful for all the nursing care I receive . They don't get enough credit for what they do . It's such a shame that there is so much red tape now and they spend far too much time on paper work and filling out forms .

I am very lucky that we have something here called " Hospital At Home " .

A team of 4 CF ( Cystic Fibrosis) nurses on a rota are coming to my home 3 x each day at 8am , 2pm and 8pm to carry out chest percussion and vibes, giving of IV antibiotics x 2 , giving of IV fluids, an anti sickness shot each time, temperature taking and the insertion of supps if necessary.

This has allowed me to remain in my home , be able to care for my children and stay out of hospital where potentially I am at a higher risk of infection.

The 4 of them are dedicated to their jobs. I would be lost without them. Thankyou to all you nurses on here .

This is a bit of a rehash of an older post to Mashie. Several years ago I was visiting friends in a smallish town in the Sierra mountains in CA. In the middle of the night I got up to go to the bathroom and passed out. The 911 folks got me to the local hospital ER where the last thing I heard was a nurse saying "My God look at his color, the Hell with the lab this guy is out of blood!" The Dr. was swamped dealing with victims a horrible car crash so they went to work on me. Long story short I was bleeding internally and was nearly dead. This was the the day after being assured by a GI doc that I was just fine but that is another story. They began transfusions and about 12 hours later I woke up (well, sort of) in the ICU. I spent 6 days in the hospital and honestly felt more like a guest in a resort than a PT in a hospital. Excellent food (Yup, really and I am a real foodie) good TV, attention to everything and a really caring staff at every level.

The result was that the nursing staff acting pretty much on their own saved my life! The real result is that having no kids to leave my very considerable estate to it will go to a scholarship fund for nurses at that hospital. Doctors can fund their own extra training but nurses usually are on the short end of the financial stick and usually can't afford the time or money for the additional training they need and crave. The fund will go a loooong way to help that.

I suggest that all of you count your blessings if you have ever been taken care of by a nurse be it as simple as a blood pressure to the level of crisis management that I had. There is a special place in heaven for school teachers and nurses.

Now back to my kinky nurse GF!

I have had three major surgeries in the past 16 years. In every case except one the nurses were very good, The exception was a male and I threw him out of the room (hospital staff handled him). My first surgery for prostate cancer and I was field dressed (cut from navel the to just above the penis) that required substantial nurses attention. They could not have been better. The subsequent surgeries were knee replacements which required little attention yet I was treated like a king except for the male nurse. I am in support of the nurses,,,,,,,after the slicing and dicing is done they are the road to good health and recovery.

I have enormous respect for nurses, They are extremely hard working, compassionate, and listen to their patients. When my former wife was hospitalized twice for major surgery, the nurses often found (and recommended) solutions to issues that the doctors couldn't, or at least didn't. The one disappointment I had was due to the failure of a nurse's aide to call a nurse out of a shift change meeting when my former wife was in severe urinary distress. I had to demand the aide bring me a cath kit and the nurses arrive after I had finished the cath and 800 ml of urine had been released into the bag. The nurses apologized, finished seating the cath and the aide was transferred to a less demanding floor.

Nursing used to be a caring profession but with high tech medicine and increased documentation we sometimes loose track of patient care. Assignments can be huge and we can be "floated" to unfamiliar floors and services without any recourse.

Here in India Nurses in most of the hospitals are not treated with respect. By doctors and evem by few patients! They are rude and harsh to nurses. Nursing is such a beautiful career but they are not enough paid as much as they deserve(here in india its very low)

But truely nurses are Angels :-)

At present i have 3 nurses caring for me. And i am so thankful to them and I say it everyday to them. ( been in car crash )

They handle me so well, I dont know how they are able to move me for certain things without me feeling much pain! ( cant move by myself i have broken ribs, pelvic fracture and left leg fractured) am thankful for everything they do .

They look after me as if i am their child!. Not just physical help but also emotional help.theirwere few days where i was depressed , frustrated about what has happened to me. But three of them are just angels to talk to me and help me through .

My nurse no1 is the most most beautifulperson i have met :-)

She is always there during every painful.procedure i had in last 4 weeks. And she held my hand all through it.

Before my every surgery she calmed me down!!for everything nurses do they are angels on earth ....

Nurses are just awesome!

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Hey folks, May 5th is National Nurses Appreciation day. Greeting card stores have cards for your favorite nurses. I bought 2 cards for my favorite 2 R.N.'s that took care of me after my AAA repair. TELL your nurses how much you love and appreciate them. They deserve all the love and respect that we can give them.

There is a great Canadian journalist named Rick Mercer that has a show on CBC who last year had this fantastic commentary about nurses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qVdKlckSLQ

All of the nurses that I have had the pleasure of being in the care of, have been super, professional, dedicated and caring, or at least seemed so from a patients point of view, of course I always desire being looked after by a young male nurse, but have had that pleasure only twice