The Purpose

We believe that by maintaining a higher nursing image standard, we will encourage new candidates to participate in our chosen profession. We have placed Florence Nightingale's mantle over our shoulders; we bear the burden for the future of the nursing profession; and, with our footsteps, we set the path for those who wish to follow. If we do not take action now to improve the nursing image, we could sound the death knoll for patients figuratively and literally. Those who would enter this profession will only do so if they can be treated with respect, honor, and dignity. We must hold our heads high, smile, and have a look of satisfaction on our faces.

Showing posts with label Horizontal Violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horizontal Violence. Show all posts

Bad Hair, Bad Attitude



The post linked above exhibits unprofessionalism in both appearance and behavior. The nurse vents her frustration by demeaning her colleagues openly on a public forum :

...One of the midwives performs as if she has no experience at all; she needs to be guided and monitored so she doesn't sabotage the birth...she scares me cause I can't turn my back on her and she is not very smart...how on earth she became a midwife is a mystery.

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C/S went without a hitch and then I was in the Recovery Room...writing my notes and listening to the Anesthesiologist from Hell Dr M...(he looks like a wannabe biker and wears a skull and crossbones scrub cap...putz). He's the disturbed kid at school who nobody liked, who went around glowering at everyone and planning his revenge...

Also, her photo shows her in the work place with her hair in an unkempt manner. Is this the kind of nurse you would want to work with?


Here's Looking at You


After a series of practical jokes that included placing a patient's glass eye in a collegue's drink, a UK nurse had her license revoked. While a good sense of humor is important in helping patients recover, how far is too far?

Fishy Behaviour


A nurse in the UK was fired for inappropriate behavior when she struck another nurse with a fish and used obsenities with another. How do think this impacts the public's view of nursing?


And now for something completely different: The Fish Slapping Dance