Gender-bashing
Article Abstract:
Male nurses in the UK did not achieve equality with female nurses until the end of the 1960s. They had worked, before that time, mainly on geriatric or psychiatric wards, and, even in the more recent past, male nursing students were not allowed to have practical experience on gynaecology or obstetric wards. The complaints of female nurses in the late 1990s that they do not have professional rewards equal to men are, therefore, not acceptable. They are particularly annoying as male nurses frequently work unwanted shifts whilst managers accommodate the family commitments of female nurses.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Weights and measures
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A bereaved woman describes the excellent hospital care which she and her husband received during her husband's terminal illness. The patient had acute myeloblastic leukaemia for which he received chemotherapy. His wife describes the stages of his illness and the effect they had on her husband. She found the medical staff to be knowledgeable and supportive throughout the illness. The nursing teams were well organised, and nurses always seemed to be there when they were needed, providing appropriate emotional support.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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A bitter pill
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A nurse describes how her experience as an inpatient convinced her that nursing should not be a graduate profession. She found the nurses to be uncaring about the needs of patients, particularly regarding pain relief and prompt attention to requests for help. She feels that graduate nurses are attracted to the profession by the qualification rather than by a desire to care for people.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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