Mickey527
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I don't want this to turn into a funny or flame post but I was talking to another Pin Collector nurse and we both agree.
When I became a nurse I worked VERY hard. Nurses don't just walk into a hospital and learn how to take a temperature.
To become a nurse I had to take 2 years of college courses, mainly Science. I took the same Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry and MicroBiology courses that medical students took. I then had to take 2 years of Nursing school to achieve the Associate in Nursing that I hold now.
I am almost finished with my BSN, which mean't another 64 credits at a four year college.
We have to be licensed in the state we practice in, and most of us have malpractice insurance just in case someone we take care of decides they were not taken care of the way they expected. And if for some reason we are taken to court, the hospital and Dr's are not there for us, Dr's protect each other but would toss a nurse into the Lion pit to save their own butts.
We also need to do a certain amount of Continuing Education hours each year depending on the state we live in in order to renew our license.
A Dr does surgery and goes home. The nurse is there with the patient 24 hours a day to make sure the healing is going well and to be the first to notice if anything is going wrong. They call the Dr for orders, sometimes in the middle of the night. Have you ever been screamed at by a Dr who thinks he is God when his patient is failing but he is angry that you woke him up? Then what does the patient say? "My Doctor saved my life"
I am insulted that Disney designed that Jessica Rabbit pin. For so many years we nurses have been fighting the porno movie stereotype of Nurses in the short skirts, with high heels and Disney belittles our profession with that pin.
I don't know many nurses now who even wear dresses, scrubs and pants are the appropriate clothing with all the work that needs to be done by the nursing staff.
Disney needs to look at the image they are portraying and rethink that pin. Somehow a public apology to all nurses is in order. We as a group need to lodge a complaint.
That pin would be more appropriate as the Hooters waitress or Stewerdess (sorry flight attendant) logo, nurses do not deserve to be insulted in that way. Peggie
When I became a nurse I worked VERY hard. Nurses don't just walk into a hospital and learn how to take a temperature.
To become a nurse I had to take 2 years of college courses, mainly Science. I took the same Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry and MicroBiology courses that medical students took. I then had to take 2 years of Nursing school to achieve the Associate in Nursing that I hold now.
I am almost finished with my BSN, which mean't another 64 credits at a four year college.
We have to be licensed in the state we practice in, and most of us have malpractice insurance just in case someone we take care of decides they were not taken care of the way they expected. And if for some reason we are taken to court, the hospital and Dr's are not there for us, Dr's protect each other but would toss a nurse into the Lion pit to save their own butts.
We also need to do a certain amount of Continuing Education hours each year depending on the state we live in in order to renew our license.
A Dr does surgery and goes home. The nurse is there with the patient 24 hours a day to make sure the healing is going well and to be the first to notice if anything is going wrong. They call the Dr for orders, sometimes in the middle of the night. Have you ever been screamed at by a Dr who thinks he is God when his patient is failing but he is angry that you woke him up? Then what does the patient say? "My Doctor saved my life"
I am insulted that Disney designed that Jessica Rabbit pin. For so many years we nurses have been fighting the porno movie stereotype of Nurses in the short skirts, with high heels and Disney belittles our profession with that pin.
I don't know many nurses now who even wear dresses, scrubs and pants are the appropriate clothing with all the work that needs to be done by the nursing staff.
Disney needs to look at the image they are portraying and rethink that pin. Somehow a public apology to all nurses is in order. We as a group need to lodge a complaint.
That pin would be more appropriate as the Hooters waitress or Stewerdess (sorry flight attendant) logo, nurses do not deserve to be insulted in that way. Peggie
I won't wear her -- how's that? 
