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I hadn't seen this one posted here and thought it worthy of discussion. The man was ogled by nurses who were not part of his care team while he was comatose and then they even went so far as to open his body bag for more viewings after he died. The hospital apparently gave them a 3 week paid suspension and then put a note in their file. In short, the hospital apparently condones this kind of behavior by their relative inaction. Some would say they were rewarded with an extra 3 week vacation. They should have instead been fired on the spot.
Had it been a female patient and male nurses, for sure they'd of been charged with a crime and been fired, but disrespecting male patients in such a demeaning manner is OK. The double standard in medicine lives on. Nobody should fool themselves otherwise.
Perhaps the hospital should post a sign at all of its entrances:
"All male patients are subject to genital inspections on demand by any of our female staff. Male patients should have no expectation of being treated in a respectful and dignified manner."
Perhaps it is a double standard, but I'm glad that no one was fired over this. Now, I'd recommend unpaid suspension vs. paid suspension, but I'm not for job termination when there is no living victim so to speak.
I hadn't seen this one posted here and thought it worthy of discussion. The man was ogled by nurses who were not part of his care team while he was comatose and then they even went so far as to open his body bag for more viewings after he died. The hospital apparently gave them a 3 week paid suspension and then put a note in their file. In short, the hospital apparently condones this kind of behavior by their relative inaction. Some would say they were rewarded with an extra 3 week vacation. They should have instead been fired on the spot.
Had it been a female patient and male nurses, for sure they'd of been charged with a crime and been fired, but disrespecting male patients in such a demeaning manner is OK. The double standard in medicine lives on. Nobody should fool themselves otherwise.
Perhaps the hospital should post a sign at all of its entrances:
"All male patients are subject to genital inspections on demand by any of our female staff. Male patients should have no expectation of being treated in a respectful and dignified manner."
I worked in the medical field for the past 35 years - it's not unusual for medical personnel including doctors to view and comment on patients attributes. One surgeon use to regale us with tales of the boob job this one had or the tattoos on this ones shoulder or the penis piercing - he was an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in knees - but he saw it all.
I think it's disgusting but more common place than you think.
I worked in the medical field for the past 35 years - it's not unusual for medical personnel including doctors to view and comment on patients attributes. One surgeon use to regale us with tales of the boob job this one had or the tattoos on this ones shoulder or the penis piercing - he was an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in knees - but he saw it all.
I think it's disgusting but more common place than you think.
Did you ever speak up and tell them how unprofessional and disrespectful they were?
That's just weird and macabre to me for the nurses to open a body bag to see a man's genitalia...as someone mentioned, if a man did that he would be immediately fired and justifiably so.
I worked in the medical field for the past 35 years - it's not unusual for medical personnel including doctors to view and comment on patients attributes. One surgeon use to regale us with tales of the boob job this one had or the tattoos on this ones shoulder or the penis piercing - he was an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in knees - but he saw it all.
I think it's disgusting but more common place than you think.
At our hospital, one report of that behavior and he would have been severely disciplined. I'm on the committee that deals with that and you'll be surprised how fast someone will report any of this kind of inappropriate behavior.
At our hospital, one report of that behavior and he would have been severely disciplined. I'm on the committee that deals with that and you'll be surprised how fast someone will report any of this kind of inappropriate behavior.
I'm a little surprised these nurses weren't fired. Nurses at our hospital have been fired for less. I mean they were appropriately fired, but the transgression wasn't nearly as great.
I worked in the medical field for the past 35 years - it's not unusual for medical personnel including doctors to view and comment on patients attributes. One surgeon use to regale us with tales of the boob job this one had or the tattoos on this ones shoulder or the penis piercing - he was an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in knees - but he saw it all.
I think it's disgusting but more common place than you think.
When you spend your days looking at naked bodies, you lose the personal aspect of it, and sometimes along with it, the sensitive nature of it. I'm not excusing it. I have a rule in my OR that you don't say anything around a sleeping patient that you wouldn't say if they were awake.
That said, it's not normal for people to view dead bodies in that way. That is just bizarre behavior. Sounds like something a curious kid would do. Maybe I'm just getting older, but a lot of these new nurses we get, look like kids to me. I wouldn't be surprised if it were student nurses or nurses fresh out of school.
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