In International Support

[madshutterbug]

The link on the Google page is headed with 'Reuter's Oddly Enough', but to me this is not Odd at all. It's something much in need in the place and time:

China Provides Embattled Nurses with Bill of Rights ... link should open in a new window.

Comments

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Valid points. And I certainly didn't mean to suggest that I thought nurses (or anyone!) should just expect to be abused, or just accept it.

[madshutterbug.livejournal.com]

Nor did I think you were suggesting that. As Nurses, we are often rated in public opinion polls (conducted by educational institutions, government agencies, and even Gallup) as trusted and respected. There is only one year in which Registered Nurses did not come in first place in most of these polls, which was 2001 when firefighters topped us out.

We also may be the first ones to face frustration and anger on the part of patients and/or family (not really much difference in such situations) related either to the experience in the 'System' itself, or with an unpleasant (undesirable/unexpected) outcome. We take that as a given, and learning how to deal with it is, or should be, a component of nursing education. We do not take as a given that abusive expression of such anger is justifiable, which is why being able to tell the difference between such abuse, and health care condition induced behaviour, is as important as you state.