On Asking for a Raise: A Series of Conversations
Late on this, but I've been thinking about the topic a lot lately. Any other nurses out there who, despite making good money and having the luxury of possessing an in-demand skill, feel that nurses are undervalued because the profession is perceived as unmotivated women working until they have babies?
My employers also just rolled out a huge (read:mega expensive!) branding change/ad campaign that is all about "Our nurses work here because they are ANGELS and SELFLESS and they CARE SO MUCH." Please. Give me a bonus instead.
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On Saying the "D" Word
@lue if he were rude the whole time that totally changes the whole story! Sorry, sometimes I just get a little defensive.
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On Saying the "D" Word
@lue as a pediatric nurse, this response makes me uncomfortable and slightly angry. Obviously, I don't know how insensitive this nurse was actually being, but still--oh, he phrased something inappropriately? at the end of an exhausting 12 hour shift filled with nonstop emotional drama and, yes, kids actually dying? It's hard dealing with critically ill children and their parents. And sometimes they DO die, and we have to see it first-hand, all of the time, and have to live with those realities. So please, cut us some slack sometimes?
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On Adventures in Booty Holes: The Story of the Botched Colonic
@kayjay Aw, I was going to force you to come to work with me and hold all the screaming preemies at 4AM! Because you want to, of course. Not because it would help prevent me from throwing myself out the window. And hosting karaoke sounds SO MUCH more fun than being a normal participant.
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On Adventures in Booty Holes: The Story of the Botched Colonic
@kayjay Holding premies? Like premature babies?
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On Marni Kotak's "Birth of Baby X"
"Microscope will extend our regular hours to 7 days a week from 11am-6pm until the birth has occurred."
HA. Glad they did enough research to learn that 100% of babies are always born between 11am and 6pm.
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On Doctor? Doctor.
tagline nurses! I love it. Ask a Nurse, anyone?
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On Drunk Flirts, Insecurity, and the Man Who Mistook Himself for a Lesbian
I actually don't understand why this statement is considered so absurd when the concept of being born one gender and identifying as another is so accepted. Gender is biological, race is socially constructed, it should be the opposite, no?
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On 16 First and Middle Names of Babies on 16 and Pregnant, in Order of How Much I Spit Out My Drink When They Were Revealed
@safeword I live in fear of HIPAA violations, so I'll just say lots of 4+ syllable names with completely non-phonetic pronunciations and multiple dashes and/or apostrophes. And there are many, many Nevaehs, Miracles, Serenities, and the like. And regarding the spelling, I wish I wasn't serious. It makes sense that if you are only borderline literate and name your child a complicated amalgamation of random sounds, you might forget how you originally spelled it. So sad.
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On Nicole Cliffe, What's in Your Bag?
@science is sexy@twitter OMG the combination of George Morris and The Hairpin is exploding my brain! A compilation of the horribly vicious and cruel yet somehow endearing and inspiring (?) comments made by George Morris could make an amazingly good blog posting. Said to a friend of mine, during a clinic for which her parents paid over $1000: "Is that blonde hair I see under your helmet? No wonder your horse hates you so."