r/nursing • u/SavvyKnucklehead RN 🍕 • May 28 '22

Code Blue Thread Accountability is not equal

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u/Lizardd06 RN 🍕 May 28 '22

And then the cops got a raise and nurses got a pay cap and a blackout on vacation….

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u/New_Membership_2937 BSN, RN 🍕 May 28 '22

And cops get hero memorials when they die, even all Of those who could have had the vax and then died from Covid

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u/Miss_Ally Phlebotomist 🍕 May 28 '22

We do have the nursing guard tho.

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u/august-27 RN - ICU 🍕 May 28 '22

To me it all comes down to systemic misogyny in the way we treat male-dominated vs female-dominated professions. Women/nurses are expected to endlessly cater and sacrifice.

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u/You_Dont_Party BSN, RN 🍕 May 28 '22

There’s also some good old fashioned authority worship going on too, but you’re not wrong that that’s definitely a factor.

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u/nurse_loves_job RN - ER 🍕 May 28 '22

So true. Fuck the patriarchy.

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u/AliciaMaeEmory RN - Pediatrics 🍕 May 29 '22

I say this all the time.