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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAppreciation thread for the health care workers who are on the front lines
There's been a lot of bashing of health care workers in general and nurses in particular in the last few days, much of it based on erroneous reporting blaming nurses for mistakes made by executives in charge.
Anyone who will take care of an Ebola patient deserves our gratitude and appreciation, I don't think all of us would or could do that.
Here's to nurses, doctors and all the others who actually take care of us when we are sick.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Thanks for all you do!
shraby
(21,946 posts)Texasgal
(17,029 posts)All this crapping on the nurses is wearing me out!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Could we please focus on where the problems are, it's not the nurses, it's the system and those who manage it.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)The non-medical staff in our nation's hospitals and airline/terminal maintenance fields help make the entire system operate efficiently.
They are just as potentially exposed to occupational hazards while ensuring general public welfare safety.
Often for far less compensation.
h/t to these employees as well...
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)leftstreet
(36,076 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Stay safe nurses, and please don't put yourself in danger because some bean counter threatens you. What most people are forgetting is that, most especially in a hospital, it is the nurses who handle the cases. Doctors sort of flit by every so often, but nurses deal with the tough stuff.
PS. If you do care for an ebola patient, please don't travel. There's nothing in the world that can't wait.
Skittles
(152,963 posts)part of that is because we expect reasonable precaution, too
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)Excellent thread, Fumesucker.
For the caregivers!
irisblue
(32,828 posts)We want to keep our patients breathing well, the Respiratory therapists will insert and withdraw breathing tubes, we Rad Technologists will take the images to make sure the tubes/lines and your lungs are clear. Hospital Housekeepers get no honor, no respect by mgmt. and often crap pay. How much was it worth to have the biohazard bags carefully and properly, safely disposed of. I bet that staff were barely above minimum wage .
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Anyone who gets dirty while making a living seldom gets much respect.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)They deserve our respect- and gratitude.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
From an interview Graeber subsequently gave comes this little jewel:
http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/bullshit-jobs.html#.VD9JO2dRnIW
I can't praise your words here highly enough.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)"well, you shouldn't be a nurse of you don't want the risks" type posts anymore.