Taken back
Seriously. I think I update this thing every other month or so. my bad.
I saw the sickest thing at work last night. It wasn't anything to do with blood or emesis; it was prejudice. On my unit, there is this family who's mother has been with us for maybe over a month. She's very sick and can't seem to withdrawal from the ventilator or any of her treatments. I always thought the family was VERY VERY nice considering what they are going though, ya know. I was giving the patient a bath and one of her children wanted to stay and help. It was kind of quiet so I just wanted to start a random conversation with her. I asked her a bunch of questions about her job and how many children she had. She started to ask me how many black nurses there was on the floor. I honestly had no freakin' clue nor do i keep a count in my head. I kept kind of quiet after that question. I honestly didn't know what else to say. When I was done in that room, I really started to think about why she said that to me. I thought about how many people went in and out of that room. I told her nurse what her daughter said to me. The nurse told me that family ONLY wanted white nurses, white doctors and white everybody else taking care of her. They don't trust anybody in color. I was seriously in shock! It's 2007! Who honestly says that now? I was so shock and I guess a little weirded out and taken back. I don't really have a good excuse why I was weirded out. Isn't it embarrassing to ask the nurse manager to only allow white people to take care of your mother? I can't help but me bothered by this. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love saying a good black joke but I never ever mean it. Heck, even those lovely dead baby jokes too! I never mean it but they are just so darn funny and stupid!!! Would you be bothered by this?
I saw the sickest thing at work last night. It wasn't anything to do with blood or emesis; it was prejudice. On my unit, there is this family who's mother has been with us for maybe over a month. She's very sick and can't seem to withdrawal from the ventilator or any of her treatments. I always thought the family was VERY VERY nice considering what they are going though, ya know. I was giving the patient a bath and one of her children wanted to stay and help. It was kind of quiet so I just wanted to start a random conversation with her. I asked her a bunch of questions about her job and how many children she had. She started to ask me how many black nurses there was on the floor. I honestly had no freakin' clue nor do i keep a count in my head. I kept kind of quiet after that question. I honestly didn't know what else to say. When I was done in that room, I really started to think about why she said that to me. I thought about how many people went in and out of that room. I told her nurse what her daughter said to me. The nurse told me that family ONLY wanted white nurses, white doctors and white everybody else taking care of her. They don't trust anybody in color. I was seriously in shock! It's 2007! Who honestly says that now? I was so shock and I guess a little weirded out and taken back. I don't really have a good excuse why I was weirded out. Isn't it embarrassing to ask the nurse manager to only allow white people to take care of your mother? I can't help but me bothered by this. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love saying a good black joke but I never ever mean it. Heck, even those lovely dead baby jokes too! I never mean it but they are just so darn funny and stupid!!! Would you be bothered by this?