Comments on: the housekeepers http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html a nurse blog. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: rhy1 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-4221 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:24:15 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-4221 you have my vote! :) you have my vote! :)

]]> by: may http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3890 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:38:58 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3890 curmudgeon...you didn't really HAVE to reciprocate witht he link. but since you did, thanks :) jennifer...thanks for the kind words. but really, a book sounds unreal. although i wish i was good enough to write a book :) curmudgeon…you didn’t really HAVE to reciprocate witht he link. but since you did, thanks :)

jennifer…thanks for the kind words. but really, a book sounds unreal. although i wish i was good enough to write a book :)

]]> by: Jennifer http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3871 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:02:35 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3871 Hi there. I am a nursing student in Ontario and have recently subscribed to your blog, and just finished catching up on all your entries today. Have you considered writing a book? Your writing is amazing! You word things beautifully! Thank you for sharing your experiences! Jen Hi there. I am a nursing student in Ontario and have recently subscribed to your blog, and just finished catching up on all your entries today. Have you considered writing a book? Your writing is amazing! You word things beautifully! Thank you for sharing your experiences!

Jen

]]> by: The Curmudgeon http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3826 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:51:10 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3826 Here's a post to keep people out of the Thanksgiving leftovers! But, seriously: I feel sorry for the patient -- having been one -- and I assume his embarrassment to be genuine. Thanks for not making him feel worse.... And thanks so much for the link! I've reciprocated, of course (or I will as soon as I submit this....) Here’s a post to keep people out of the Thanksgiving leftovers!

But, seriously: I feel sorry for the patient — having been one — and I assume his embarrassment to be genuine.

Thanks for not making him feel worse….

And thanks so much for the link! I’ve reciprocated, of course (or I will as soon as I submit this….)

]]> by: howling http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3811 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:25 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3811 Gosh. It was Thanksgiving??? I've been working really hard lately... Couldn't be bothered with holidays. And we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in England anyway, so I guess I'll just have the turkey come Christmas Day. I'm ever so grateful with Cleaners as we call them here, for some reason, housekeepers sound a bit better. A bit dignified. They certainly make your job a lot easier. Makes me feel guilty at times when I'm busy and can't avoid spilling stuff on the floor. I always make it a point to be really polite to them and avoid being messy all the time. That big turkey quip from your last year's post is really wicked. Gosh. It was Thanksgiving??? I’ve been working really hard lately… Couldn’t be bothered with holidays. And we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in England anyway, so I guess I’ll just have the turkey come Christmas Day.

I’m ever so grateful with Cleaners as we call them here, for some reason, housekeepers sound a bit better. A bit dignified. They certainly make your job a lot easier. Makes me feel guilty at times when I’m busy and can’t avoid spilling stuff on the floor. I always make it a point to be really polite to them and avoid being messy all the time.

That big turkey quip from your last year’s post is really wicked.

]]> by: Ms.Chievous http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3810 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:40:28 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3810 We don't get to call the housekeepers in my hospital either. I have no problem with BM/Diarrhea, vomit or any other excreted bodily fluids/smells, EXCEPT phlegm. Wiping mentholatum umder my nose doesn't work, because it is a visual/viscous thing for me. I have a resident with throat cancer, and I would rather wipe his ass than his mouth. We don’t get to call the housekeepers in my hospital either.
I have no problem with BM/Diarrhea, vomit or any other excreted bodily fluids/smells, EXCEPT phlegm.
Wiping mentholatum umder my nose doesn’t work, because it is a visual/viscous thing for me.
I have a resident with throat cancer, and I would rather wipe his ass than his mouth.

]]> by: Mother Jones RN http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3792 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:49:28 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3792 The nurses on our unit treat the housekeepers like gold. When they come up, we help them however we can. Our hospital treats them poorly, so we make sure they know that we appreciate them. When patient makes a mess, our housekeeps never give us grief about cleaning it up. MJ The nurses on our unit treat the housekeepers like gold. When they come up, we help them however we can. Our hospital treats them poorly, so we make sure they know that we appreciate them. When patient makes a mess, our housekeeps never give us grief about cleaning it up.

MJ

]]> by: ferdz http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3769 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:46:29 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3769 Oooh! I must admire those housekeepers. I think I myself couldn't clean up that mess myself. Oooh! I must admire those housekeepers. I think I myself couldn’t clean up that mess myself.

]]> by: annemiek http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3755 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:08:40 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3755 Gosh, you can be thankful for those housekeepers indeed; in our hospital we are expected to clean that kind of messes ourselves. I just read your last year's post from Thanksgiving, and I had something similar happen last year. A woman in her 4o's that completely unexpected coded and died. It sucked! Gosh, you can be thankful for those housekeepers indeed; in our hospital we are expected to clean that kind of messes ourselves.
I just read your last year’s post from Thanksgiving, and I had something similar happen last year. A woman in her 4o’s that completely unexpected coded and died. It sucked!

]]> by: kimmyk http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3754 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:57:42 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2006/11/the-housekeepers.html#comment-3754 I have a pretty strong stomach, but someone's vomit will make my gag reflex start and my eyes water. I'm sure they've had to clean up alot worse, but you're right-bless the housekeeping ladies. I have a pretty strong stomach, but someone’s vomit will make my gag reflex start and my eyes water.

I’m sure they’ve had to clean up alot worse, but you’re right-bless the housekeeping ladies.

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