Carla Young:
From what I'm reading I don't believe any of you work in the nursng profession. It makes me very sad that you all seem to think this is a typical attitude with all nurses. Let me assure you, the nurses you speak of are the exceptions. Most nurses do try to conduct themselve professionally. Also most nuses care very deeply for their patients and their patients feelings. It would break my heart if I ever thought one of the people I have cared for spoke of me the way you all speak of nurses.
Carla,
I find it very disturbing because I have been a nurse for more years than I care to say! I am saddened, shocked, and angry by many of the blogs on allnurses.com especially the OR section and issues on patient modesty.
The nurses that post there on a regular basis all seem to pat each other on the back, come across as callous, cold, and very insensitive to a patients feelings and preferences. All I can say is that I am sure there are many, many nurses that are not this way, but when you have experienced a lousey ordeal as we have, that is in your own profession and field it is taken even more personally.
Patient care is about the patient not about the nurse. When a patients feelings are minimized by such statements as: "we're professional, it doesn't mean a thing to me, it's not sexual, it's our job, I've seen a thousand naked bodies, etc." the healthcare field is wrong. This means nothing to a patient. It depends on who is standing (clothed) and who is lying on the table (naked).