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Nurses - and everyone who loves a nurse.

SassetteSmurflingSassetteSmurfling member
in August 2015 Moms
I know we have quite a few A15 mommies who are nurses. How is everyone feeling about The View and the comments made??

I'm not one to get easily offended but what happened on that segment really goes to show what a thankless profession it can be at times. Most people really have no idea what a nurse does, and we as a profession are under appreciated. I'm very impressed by the movement that nurses are making on social media, even influencing advertisers to pull out of sponsoring the show. It's amazing what we can do when we stand together.

What does everyone else think?
#nursesunite
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  • gulimzgulimz member
    I think it was definitely a ignorant comment. I don't get offended at anything really but this kind of hurt. The problem is the general public has no idea what we do. Majority think we're there to clean bed pans and assist the doctor fetching what he needs. This is 1940s thinking where sad to say, it was kind of true. They have no idea how nursing has progressed into something so much more. They don't know about our advanced degrees and certifications. They have no idea how many times we keep them or their family member from doctors killing them. I can't blame the comedian. She is just that. A older out of touch comedian.
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  • prpl11butterflyprpl11butterfly member
    It wasn't cool. I was in labor from 130am until 1215. Who was by my side that while time? Certainly not my doctor. Those nurses never left me alone in that room (DH was there too but he doesn't count) for more then a minute to get/ do something for me. They were there when baby's heart rate dropped, they were the ones who figured out why my pushes were not productive and they were the ones who got pissed off at my anastethiologist (terribly misspelled). All my doctor did was cut me and pull the lil guy out. He was out of the room a minute later. But my nurses stayed.
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  • tfdotgovtfdotgov member
    My nurse ended up delivering my baby. The doctor, who wasn't my ob care provider came in and checked me and I was at an 8.. so she LEFT the hospital.... thinking she had time to run an errand? Maybe thought since i was a first timer i wouldn't be delivering so quick? I had no idea she left, but after I delivered Centauri, she came in and was surprised that she didn't make it. Later I found out that she does some essential oil blend thing to prevent tearing... but since she wasn't there I didn't get her special treatment.. and tore... boo... But I love my nurse and get to see her almost every week at support group. I really appreciate all she did for me, helped me get in the right mind set,  helped me relax and focus. My poor husband was in shock the whole time so he didn't help much, but she was a life saver!
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  • countryrhodes90countryrhodes90 member
    I have always respected nurses, but after all the excellent care I got while in labor and recovering, I am blown away by their compassion and dedication! I tried to thank them as much as I could but I never could thank them enough! So a big shout out to you wonderful ladies... and guys!
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  • BecNJakeBecNJake member
    I saw the comments made on a YouTube clip, so ignorant! I have always appreciated the physically and emotionally exhausting job nurses do, it requires a lot of a person- but I have to say I love nurses a lot more after going through labor! My nurses were amazing and made such a huge difference for me emotionally, psychologically and physically during those long, grooling hours of labor. My nurse was also the one to notice i had other organs in severe distress during labor and that totally changed the way my labor went down. I have my safety and my baby's life to thank to a few different nurses. To all you nurse mamas on Aug 15, thank you for what you do!!
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  • sandrabrookesandrabrooke member
    The doctors did like nothing compared to my nurses!  I love them.  Seriously, all nurses deserve a huge thank you :)
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  • kelseyrayaykelseyrayay member
    My aunt is a burn clinic nurse! I always call and text her with questions. She is such a big help to me! Lover her to pieces!!!
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  • jesigirlijesigirli member
    I love being a nurse. It's so hard some days, but so rewarding. It makes me sad for people like the gals on the view who obviously don't understand what it's like to be a nurse and what nursing entails. I can't imagine doing anything else!
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  • LaurenNewphLaurenNewph member
    I was in the hospital from July 1st until August 9th. My son was born on the 6th. My doctors were amazing and their care saved my life and my son's. But I will never ever forget my nurses! They treated me like their daughter/ sister/ friend! Nurses are not just waitresses or the chick who brings your meds! Mine truly cared about me and my son. Even after I was discharged my nurses stopped in the NICU every night to check on my baby boy. I will never be able to repay them for what they did for me!
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  • bpwife&mamabpwife&mama member
    My sister is a nurse on a hospice floor in a cancer hospital. She's effing amazing!!
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  • toccoaparkertoccoaparker member
    As I said on one of the discussions yesterday, I want to thank ALL of the nurses on this and any other board- you ladies are freaking amazing! I am so thankful right now that my LO is being taken care of by a group of women (&one man) that genuinely care about her and her health :)
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  • Baby2HGBaby2HG member
    edited September 2015
    I don't know exactly what they said but I never liked those Biaches. They also made fun of what the princess was going threw with her pregnancy, hyperemesis graviderum, I had it with both of my pregnancies and no its not just morning sickness. They were like 'oh that's normal, what she can't handle it'. No B! Educate yourselves about HG.

    And nurses are awesome btw...
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  • amk013amk013 member
    edited September 2015
    I'm a nurse. It bothered me at first, but I think The View ladies are pathetic, so what else could you expect from them? I know what I do and how much I help people. Nothing anyone can say will take that away. While wearing my "costume," I've experienced joy with patients who received news that their cancer is gone, or that their heart cath went well and they don't have to have bypass surgery. I've held my bladder to help someone else off of a bed pan. I've gone 12 hours without food because someone was too critical to leave. I've given up holidays with my family to care for others. I've had scissors thrown at me, been spit at, and even had someone try to choke me while in a delirious state. I've provided quality care equally for all of my patients, even those who are difficult. I've cried with a girl around my age who was choosing hospice care and was so fearful of leaving her 2 year old childless. I've driven myself home sobbing over patients because I'm worried about them. My "doctors stethoscope" has helped me listen to heart tones, breath sounds, bowel sounds, bruits, etc. I've listened and found abnormal findings that ended in medical interventions simply based on my report of what I found, not what the doctor heard, because the doctor never listened. I have used my "doctor stethoscope" to tell a son that his father's heart is no longer beating. I have broken rib cages in efforts to save lives. I have begged God to help my hands help others and to heal them completely. I have asked God to take patients who are suffering and ready to go. I have apologized to patients who's families aren't ready to let go and made decisions that have left their loved ones in a vegatative state without any quality of life. I have loved others in a way that only nurses understand. I'm so grateful for a profession that allows me to touch others during their best and worst times. Nurses do have a special talent, no matter what those women say.
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  • cseley321cseley321 member
    I have always had a lot of respect for nurses and have even seriously contemplated going to school to train to become a nurse, but I never went through with it because I just don't think I could handle it. After going through labor, delivery, and recovery, I have even more respect for what they do. The nurse who stayed with me throughout my labor was wonderful and made what was a traumatic experience actually be, dare I say, as enjoyable as possible...and I had a really crappy labor with quite a few complications.

    Another thing worth mentioning, they also served as teachers. We had no training or classes for us as first time parents. They showed us how to care for our baby, swaddle her, and how to recognize problems. The nurses I interacted with were absolutely amazing
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