Can I see some I.D. before you stick that there? March 3, 2009
If it’s illegal to impersonate a police officer then why can just anybody parade around in a nurse’s uniform? Why it’s even illegal to impersonate a nun—in Alabama at least.
How does one tell the difference between a registered nurse and clerk with no training in patient care or any professional standards and accountability?
I recently brought my daughter to a walk-in clinic were a woman in a nurse’s uniform directed the patients into examining rooms and asked for presenting complaints, took urine samples for urine analysis and temperature readings. Taking into consideration the tasks she was performing and the uniform she wore I inferred that she was a health care professional. However, her conduct was deplorable as she quarrelled with patients and spoke condescendingly to me. She demonstrated a considerable lack of compassion for sick people and anxious family members. As a former registered nurse I was appalled at the lack of professionalism displayed by this person.
When I later asked the receptionist for the nurse’s name to issue a complaint to her manager, I was told that she is not a nurse she is merely an office assistant. No wonder she couldn’t care less about the sick people flooding her office, she’s probably has little if any training in dealing with the public and is struggling to get by on a bit more than minimum wage. There is something to be said for the RN’s University education and a salary reflecting their skills.
Though I no longer practice as a registered nurse, (I retired to raise my four children) I do hold the profession in high esteem, and I hate to see that anyone can purchase scrubs at Wal-Mart and demand the respect reserved for the nursing profession, yet not be accountable to act in a respectful manner. These people tarnish the nursing profession’s reputation.
Nurses have come a long way since the day we wore the white dress uniform and cap, but at least in the 50’s people knew who was a nurse and who wasn’t. If I walk down the street today I can tell the difference between a police officer and a security guard, but I cannot tell the difference between a registered nurse and a veterinarian receptionist… and no I don’t want a receptionist checking my urine sample.
What’s Next Part Deux January 30, 2008
I’m posting part two today, because I received some great advice last night. I went to a Virtues Project workshop and we practised active listening and validating with virtues. My partner happened to be a counsellor, what luck! I told her my latest life crisis and to make a long story short she reminded me that I am still very young, and I have lots of time to go out there and help humanity once my children have grown. She said she is very busy now that her kids are 26 and 28, and her mother is also a therapist still seeing patients at 85 years old! I guess my potential for living another fifty years doesn’t readily come to mind since my grandparents all died in their sixties, and my mother’s health is so poor in her late fifties, and my father is in a nursing home with dementia at 65. I forget that lots of people live and thrive much longer. I was also reminded that I take much better care of my health, after all health is my vocation.
So today, I’m focusing on being present in the present. My husband and I are going on a date this Sunday and I am going to talk to him about taking home learning courses. I’m still debating over Homoeopathy or doing a master’s in psychology to be a therapist myself. Learning from home and being with my children, and when they are gone all day I’ll have a certificate to build a practise with.
I am, of course, still writing and I’ve promised myself to schedule some writing time into my week, and actually write during the time I’ve set aside. Writing may not bring in cash or save the world, yet, but it keeps me happy and sane so I have to make it a self-care priority. I also ordered Writer Mama. I’d still love to make a couple of bucks while home, writing to my hearts content. (Thanks for the suggestion andreamcmann)
Hello world! October 29, 2007
Welcome to my Blog.You will find lots of different topics to choose from as my mind is a bit of a hodge podge of information. I hope some of it is entertaining and a lot of it is enlightening.
Enjoy the read…
