Comments on: Pro-Life Nurse

By: Mina Meow

Mina Meow — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:42:13 +0000

Everyone has the right to their own beliefs, and even in the hospital, I think that they can still own them… however, I think it’s a matter of respecting other people and their decisions/choices that defines whether it’s truly a conflict of the profession. What gets me the most are healthcare professionals who refuse to EDUCATE their patients on all of their choices… as a healthcare provider, you can set limits for the procedures and care YOU are willing to provide YOURSELF, but you CAN’T limit the procedures and care YOUR PATIENT can receive from OTHERS.

By: Mistress Dartmouth

Mistress Dartmouth — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:53:31 +0000

anti-choice nurses are SO not okay! once i had heatstroke and had to be hospitalized in the middle regions of california (en route from SF to LA) — and the nurse had a fucking LIFE bracelet on, at the hospital! that’s not legit. at all. i literally ran out with my IV still in!

By: Mina Meow

Mina Meow — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:06:53 +0000

Thank you all for reading and supporting women. Pro-life campaigns seem to assume that pro-choice people are pro-abortion or have not regard for life. I think it’s really quite the opposite. Because we value life so strongly, we are able to look at the life of the mother as well as the child in the long-run- after all, if it goes to term, it has to be raised and supported, yes? I strongly believe women know what is best for them and for any life they bring into the world. I want every child to be a wanted and loved child, and I want every woman to stay safe… so that she can happily live the life she’s got.

Laken – As nurses, we have to be advocates for our patients. I tell others that, regardless of our own judgments and beliefs, we need to support our patients in the decisions they make. We need to help them stay safe, healthy, and alive.

By: Sascha

Sascha — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:52:46 +0000

Well and succinctly put.

By: Wendy Blackheart

Wendy Blackheart — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:52:30 +0000

You’d think medical professionals would know better. Denying women a choice, and making abortions illegal hurts women in so many ways – being forced into a pregnancy they can’t or don’t want to continue for a variety of reason for one, and pushing them into the icky alternative back ally abortions – which if they go well, its an accident.

By: Laken

Laken — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:28:50 +0000

I am a pro-choice nursing student, which shocks people for a couple of reasons; one because I’m going to be a nurse and two because I have a child. People think because I had my son at such a young age that I must be pro-life, when I just chose to keep him. The idea of abortion does not entirely thrill me either, but when a nursing student friend of mine recently worried about whether she was pregnant, she came to me because she knew that I was the only person she could trust to take her to have an abortion if she needed one. Thank you for bringing this up. I believe it’s really important for nurses to always focus on the best ways to keep their patients safe.