Well, but if you read her whole comment, she has a point. If you have to do “disgusting” things for someone like changing their diapers or cleaning their vomit you do needs certain degree of compassion even if you dislike that person. You don’t have to feel the same degree for compassion you would have for a nice, old lady who broke her hip playing with her grandson, but some compassion you do need to have to do your job just as well.
She gave a good example, if you had a loved one that needed extensive care and you hired a nurse that in all aspects seems to be doing a good job, but then you find out she made comments about people like your loved one being worthless r####ds, would you really think “oh, well, but she’s a “good” nurse”? Would you really not fire her and find a nurse that doesn’t have such negative feelings about your loved one?
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:32 am
No this post is a spin off of a comment where someone said something along the lines of you can't be a good nurse without compassion for your patient. That is completely untrue. I never stated my opinion about if what the other nurse said was concerning or not. That is not what this post is about at all.
Momto2boys973 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:26 am
No, but this S/O you made was a sort of criticism for those in the other post who agreed that there was a valid concern after that nurse’s comments and that her lack of empathy and compassion could reflect on her job.
Do you need to have compassion for every individual you treat? No, but as I said you do need to be a compassionate person and therefore not someone who proudly says that a group of innocent people are worthless. A compassionate person is one who can rise above her personal feelings and her job well. A person who lacks compassion probably has a harder time doing that. And I’m sorry, but someone who thinks that a person who may not be able to be a top notch lawyer or doctor or CEO of a company is worthless and has nothing to offer is a person that lacks compassion.
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:15 am
Not all nurses or health care providers are good at their job. I never implied that.