{"id":2678,"date":"2019-05-03T22:06:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2024-02-02T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T21:45:55","slug":"reasons-the-card-playing-comment-pissed-off-nurses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderly.us\/blog\/reasons-the-card-playing-comment-pissed-off-nurses\/","title":{"rendered":"The REAL reasons the card playing comments pissed off nurses"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe REAL reasons the card playing comments pissed off nurses<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Nurses all over America were outraged and took to social media quickly to respond to Washington Senator Maureen Walsh\u2019s comments last week that nurses in critical access hospitals \u201csit around and play cards for a considerable amount of the day\u201d.\u00a0 The comments were made during her argument for an amendment to a bill that would mandate rest and meal breaks as well as overtime.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time comments like this have been made in the nursing profession. Three years ago, I was the target.<\/p>\n

I am Kelley Johnson (@realnursekelley<\/a>), and I was the nurse behind Joy Behar\u2019s \u201cDoctor\u2019s Stethoscope\u201d comment on the television show The View. If you are not sure what the backstory is for those comments, just Google it. You will have endless information to choose from.<\/p>\n

In both instances, nurses united together and fought back against ignorant comments that were demeaning and unnecessary. For different reasons each time, some with more truth to them than others, but nevertheless a huge response ensued both times.<\/p>\n

So, why?<\/p>\n

Why is it that comments like these that are directed at one<\/strong> profession (but one profession with hundreds<\/strong> of very different specialties that often have little to do with one another) can spark so much cohesive controversy and response<\/p>\n

Why is it that nurses cannot let this stuff go and just \u201cmove on\u201d?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m here to explain it to you. Because if we are all being really honest with ourselves in nursing, there are five (maybe more) reasons why comments like these really upset us, and they have very little to do with the people who made them.<\/p>\n

Those people just finally give us a microphone to finally be heard. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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