#labour nurse

[coffee-mage-sans-caffeine]

I got invited to talk to pre-kindergarteners

So they’re doing a Mr Rogers/Daniel Tiger themed unit on ‘helpers in our community’ and my neighbour asked if I could talk to the kids about my job (I’m a labour and delivery nurse).  Guys, it was the CUTEST TALK OF MY LIFE! I gave them a quick rundown of ‘before babies get born, they live in an organ called the uterus that’s in a person’s belly.  I help babies come out of the uterus and come out into the world where we can hold them and cuddle them.’  I tried to keep it basic, but not assume anyone’s family structure. I really only talked for about five minutes and then the teacher opened the floor to questions.  The kids were shy, so the teacher asked if anyone had a baby at home.  It went something like this:  Teacher: Does anyone have any questions? Kid 1: I HAVE A QUESTION!  I have a baby at home. Teacher: That’s wonderful!  Does anyone else have any questions? Kid 2: OH YEAH?  Well I have TWO babies at home! Teacher: Oh wow, are they twins?  That’s really cool!  Anyone else? Kid 3: Me!  Me!  I have!  I have THREE BABIES!” Friends, we made it to TWELVE BABIES before the teacher decided that the competition of who had the most babies at home was over and sent me on my way.  It was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my life!

#talking to kids #labour and delivery #labour nurse #nurse #pre-k

[radkindoffeminist]

It really annoys me when misogynists bring up the whole ‘why wouldn’t everyone just hire women if they can get away with paying everyone less’ because this is such a simplistic take on a complicated issue and doesn’t factor in the following

1) Places already do this anyway. And then they enforce pay secrecy so women are unable to talk about their wages

2) It’s not always about who is cheapest to hire - it is also about who is going to produce the better quality of work and who is going to fit into the team better. In a team dominated by men, who did they think is going to fit into the team better? Another man. In a team full of misogynists who devalue women’s work, who did they believe will do better quality work? A man. Yesterday, I was watching a video where a woman said that she met another woman who was in charge of a team and openly admitted that she would not hire a woman to be part of this team because it would cause too many issues because of sexual harassment claims. These are things people will consider when hiring.

3) It’s simplifying the issue down to ‘all women are paid less than all men in all fields across all levels’ which isn’t true. Some of the pay differences are as a result of women in the same fields doing the same jobs as men but paid less (point 1), but a lot of it comes down the the following two things:

Women are less likely to be promoted than their male colleagues which is the result of many factors including inherent misogyny (thinking women shouldn’t be in leadership, thinking their work is lower quality, etc), women being ‘less dedicated’ due to family commitments, and taking longer to have similar experience to male colleagues due to time off on maternity/raising children

Fields that are dominated by women are lower paid overall, even when comparing to jobs with a similar educational requirement. Teaching and nursing are both jobs which require degrees yet are some of the lowest paid public sector jobs. Female dominated cleaning jobs (eg: housekeeping) are lower paid than similar male-dominated jobs (eg: janitor). Labour seen as ‘women’s work’ is devalued and therefore paid less

4) Whenever we discuss these other factors, like mat leave and taking care of the children, it’s always seen as an ‘explanation’ for why women are paid less, rather than part of larger socio-economic issues leading to women being paid less. Literally saw so many things when I was younger about how it’s only like 2p/£1 rather than 23p/£1 or whatever because once you factored in all of these things above you’d find men and women in similar roles in similar fields are actually paid pretty evenly, without recognising how those reasons themselves are part of the problem. Women are pushed towards lower paid fields from a young age (teaching, nursing, care work, etc). Women are the ones who take months off on maternity leave while men might take two weeks. Women are the ones taking career breaks to look after the kids. Women are the ones working part time or flexible hours so they can look after their children. All of these things have negative impact on women’s income and they stem from misogyny. They shouldn’t be ignored in gender pay gays discussions or used to explain why the gender pay gays isn’t ‘real’.

#I will scream at anyone who says it’s supply and demand #that’s such obvious bullshit #supply and demand in labour markets is broken #there have been massive shortages in nursing teaching and care for YEARS #supply and demand would have doubled their salaries #but has that happened?

[mysharona1987]

#Dr who #david tennant #nhs #conservatives #tories #labour #nurses #quotations

[chappellrroan]

#all day. every day. therapist. mother. maid. nymph. then a virgin. nurse. then a servant. just an appendage. #live to attend him so that HE NEVER LIFTS FINGER. 24∕7 baby machine. so he can live out his picket fence dreams. #ITS NOT AN ACT OF LOVE IF YOU MAKE HER. you make me do too much labour. #listen to it #Spotify

[star-spangled-man]

sorry I can’t go out tonight, I’ll be listening to labour - the cacophony, yes it’s gonna be a whole thing

#ALL DAY EVERYDAY THERAPIST MOTHER MAID NYMPH THEN A VIRGIN NURSE THEN A SERVANT #JUST AN APPENDAGE JUST TO ATTEND HIM SO THAT HE NEVER LIFTS A FINGER #24/7 BABY MACHINE SO HE CAN LIVE OUT HIS PICKET FENCE DREAMS #ITS NOT AN ACT OF LOVE IF YOU MAKE HER YOU MAKE ME DO TOO MUCH LABOUR #!!! #AND AN ALBUM COMING OUT SOON YIPPIEEEE #I found paris’ work last yr and was instantly obsessed and labour became my second top song last yr #next to nothing matters - tldp #yall I was here before all of u tiktoker sheeple #paris paloma #paige talks

[queerofthedagger]

i don't think i should have to choose between burnout or barely scraping at the poverty line and yet. here we are

#this is not a new realization before anyone gets on my dick #i'm just currently moving from being a student with a side-gig to mostly being employed #so I'm more annoyed about it than usual #like yes i could work 40 hours/week and that'd give me like. maybe 300 bucks of disposable income #but also i don't hate myself that much #like. just. a 30-hour week should be livable #instead of making me consider taking on a second side-gig i can do from home #like generally for so-called 'unskilled' labour #but ESPECIALLY considering that I'm like. yk. a Social Worker/Nurse #ANYWAY #fuck capitalism etc etc #mona rambles

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Why is Starmer such an idiot?

Surely, surely if we have a current shortage of skilled health care professionals, we should be begging people to come here?

Fixing the shortages in our NHS is not going to be quick. Even if NHS bursaries were brought back it takes often 10 years for a doctor to really be done "Training" and settled into a job, probably similar for a clinical psychologist, and 4 years at an absolute minimum for allied health professions (but many of those will take longer to get fully trained and qualified).

And we have to make it possible for people from low income backgrounds and for career changers to train... We aren't just going to magic up more nurses and doctors.

And there's nothing in here about paying them fairly or ensuring we retain them. Just petty nationalism.

#uk politics #nhs #keir starmer #labour are fucked #doctors #nurses #etc

[nando161mando]

The whole gravy train needs to be derailed. MPs should never receive payments from vested interests.

#greed #Labour #ukpolitics

#greedisthecreed #greedy bastards #greed #labour #uk politics #uk police #ukpol #uk government #uk govt #ukgov #united kingdom #united nations #unitednothings #uk #‘absolutely disgusting’ moment nhs hospital worker spits in food then puts it back on supermarket shelf #nhs health board under ‘severe pressure’ as a+e staff escalate to ‘black’ status #humza yousaf’s ‘unpopular’ leadership and failing nhs ‘driving poll slump’ #man ‘posed as nurse in uniform with fake nhs id badge’ and ‘accessed children’s ward at glasgow hospital multiple times’ #nhs #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #class war

[totallyhussein-blog]

Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland started a nationwide strike on Thursday, in the largest action of its kind in NHS history. Staff continued to provide "life-preserving" and urgent care. Laura is one of those Nurses and she was on strike in the UK city of Liverpool.

The Royal College of Nursing said staff had been given no choice after Government ministers refused to reopen pay talks. RCN general secretary Pat Cullen has called on the Government to "do the decent thing" and resolve the dispute.

"We need to stand up for our health service, we need to find a way of addressing those over seven million people that are sitting on waiting lists, and how are we going to do that? By making sure we have got the nurses to look after our patients."

#liverpool #trade unions #royal college of nursing #nursing #uk government #manchester #nhs england #NHS #wales #northern ireland #student #protest #politics #government #economics #Labour Party #keir starmer #rishi sunak #conservative party #Healthcare #london #newcastle #scotland

[anne-chloe]

I was in the car with my dad yesterday, and he was letting me play my music instead of his usual playlist, so I put on one of my favourite songs in existence

he said

“this is utter shit” and turned it off

wanna know what song it was?

Labour by Paris Paloma

isn’t that fucking ironic

#feminist #labour - Paris paloma #paris paloma #all day every day #therapist mother maid #it’s not an act of love if you make her #nymph then a virgin #nurse then a servant #just an apendige #Live to attend him #you make me do TOO MUCH LABOUR #angst

[smolvenger]

It's probably a miracle that Paris Paloma didn't release Labour until AFTER I completed my Stella Ransome fic or else I would have had it on loop while writing it

#ALL DAY EVERY DAY THERAPIST MOTHER MAID NYMPH THEN A VIRGIN NURSE THEN A SERVANT #JUST AN APPENDAGE LIVE TO ATTEND HIM SO THAT HE NEVER LIFTS A FINGER #24/7 BABY MACHINE SO HE CAN LIVE OUT HIS PICKET FENCE DREAMS #and when I first heard it I misheard “who tends the orchards” to “who tends to YOUR CHURCH” and my mind gasped #I know no one cares #and that it's alicent hightower's song #it's also stella ransome's song too so she can have the rage she never could let out #:) #stella ransome #stella ransome my beloved #clemence poesy #carrie talks #fix it fanfiction #songs #labour #labour paris paloma #the way I can just PICTURE her singing to Will like in the music video #making him a dinner in their home and then just stuffing it all in her face with red sauce like blood on her mouth #*realizes* it's also the tb too *surprised pikachu face* #I didn't intend that! #FOR SOMEBODY I THOUGHT WAS MY SAVIOR YOU SURE MAKE ME DO A WHOLE LOT OF LABOUR #and the fact “savior” has religious connotations *screams in niche* #the essex serpent

[bisexualspace]

anyways people bitching that winter/Christmas season “isn’t the right time to strike” or complaining about rail workers, postal workers, and health care staff striking during the busiest part of the year, can just get fucked

Striking shouldn’t be convenient! We don’t want it to be convenient! These systems have functioned on our good will for decades, and you’re mad that your package is delayed? You should be more upset over nurses and junior doctors needing to use food banks to feed themselves and their families. Rail workers and postal workers not being able to afford to heat their homes. Functional pay cuts of 30% over the past 15 years.

The whole bloody point is to show people how valuable our work is.

#strikes #speaking from experience #the amount of free labour junior doctors have provided the nhs even in the last year is astronomical #I mean I estimate minimum 100 hrs of free labour just from me alone #and I don’t doubt nurses are doing similar shit or sacrificing in other ways #postal workers and rail workers as well #like we all sacrifice in our own way #and get paid very little in the meantime

[enbycrip]

Stuff I am finding difficult about the nurse’s strike:

There is a huge outpouring of stuff about “our NHS” and “our nurses” which is both brilliant, and unfortunately also currently being used to really beat and dogpile with abuse anyone who speaks up about shitty treatment, including medical disableism, they’ve received from nurses and other NHS staff.

Medical disableism is *incredibly* prevalent and leads to serious issues for a huge number of (I’d say likely most) disabled people. This partially reflects the disableism rife in the UK public - nurses and other healthcare workers are not immune to the barrage of right wing political messaging - and partially some serious structural issues in medical education.

I 100% support the nurse’s strike - because they are workers, and people, who deserve decent pay and conditions in their working life. It is a very difficult job, not only due to the emotional labour required in a caring role, but because they are dealing with an enormous amount of politically-motivated chaos as the Tories systematically underfund the NHS in an attempt to destroy it. I 100% support and approve their action to fight that bullshit and improve their situation.

However; this does not make nurses either “angels” or above reproach. It makes them humans suffering difficult conditions who deserve support to better those conditions - like other workers facing capitalist bullshit and exploitation.

It does not change that nurses, like other healthcare workers, and other carers, are in a power relationship with their patients which puts them in a position uniquely capable of abusing those patients. Particularly when those patients are already physically and/or emotionally vulnerable due to illness and/or injury, and/or they belong to already marginalised groups such as BIPOC, queer folk, and/or disabled folk.

It takes a lot of care and awareness not to abuse those power relations, and plenty of nurses, other healthcare workers, and other carers, don’t. They often perpetuate the systemic abuses marginalised people face, and sometimes they abuse vulnerable people on an individual basis too.

All these facts exist *together*. *All* of these things are true.

I’ve seen a *lot* of people raising abuses and disableism they’ve suffer be hit with “what, you want us to be the US?” This is such a fallacy in so many ways - notably 1) the issue of medical disableism is systemic, and fucking *hell* it exists in the US 2) disabled people tend to live in poverty and thus are in an even worse position in the US.

But most of all, it’s a fallacy because *exposing abuses within and criticising a system does not mean wanting to destroy it*. It’s about *wanting to improve it*.

It’s an example of the same issue that constantly arises with climate change protestors being screamed at if they ever use a car. It is entirely possible, indeed, essential to live within a system and yet *desperately* attempt to improve it.

I’m asking everyone who sees this to:

1) support the nurse’s strike, because it’s *essential* to support a large group of low-paid workers fighting to improve their working conditions

2) speak about the fact that it is possible to do this *and* want to improve how nurses treat patients, especially marginalised ones

3) actively go in to support any marginalised folks you see being dogpiled and abused for speaking up about medical disableism and medical and caregiver abuse.

Part of how systemic disableism operates on a social level is to treat anyone caring for disabled folks as “angels”, above reproach. Whether they’re paid to do so or not.

What this perpetuates is

1) disabled people being conditioned to accept any abuse they receive. The message is “be grateful you’re not just being left for dead”. Which is ridiculous. Disabled people are people. We deserve decent lives free from abuse like every other person.

2) people in those professions being conditioned to accept low pay and shitty working conditions. Because they’re “vocations” you do because “you’re an angel” who doesn’t think about money. Which is also ridiculous. Workers in every profession deserve decent pay and conditions for the work they do, and carers, systemically, don’t. Carers, systemically, are abused - they work long hours, for crap pay, and often in shitty conditions.

As a disabled person, I *want* carers to be paid and treated well. Because I’m a decent human being who wants other humans to live decent lives, AND because I think carers who are paid and treated well do their jobs of caring for vulnerable and marginalised people better.

Also: FFS, if you have any ability to do so, put pressure on Labour to actively support the strikes or change their bloody name.

#nhs strike #nurses #unions #unionise #disabled #disableism #medical discrimination #uk labour party #labour organising #medical #medical disableism #nurses strike #systemic disableism

[anreill]

I'm sooo looking forward to this heartless fucking puppet of capital replacing our current literally-a-multi-millionaire PM and I'm sure he'll do so well and butchering and crushing the working class just like every other blairite prick

#i think its the bare-facedness of it that makes me so angry #you know like #teachers ate striking across the country #nurses are striking across the country #transport workers are striking across the country #and the leader of the party called Labour is off in fucking Switzerland giving Goldman Sachs reps handjobs

[ollierachnid]

nurses are so interesting bc either they're the most strong-willed, advocating, caring people you'll know, or they're literally the nastiest, most judgemental and comically mean person to exist

#i dont want to be that guy but ngl its the younger nurses who are like.. actively evil to a higher degree than like a 50 vet ward sister #yknow maybe time weeds the worst out #yes this is about that video of the labour nurses talking about their 'icks' during labour which includes people wanting blanket #s #deranged #n e way #rant

[sketchbook-of-shadows]

I love how therapy is like

Minutes 1-5: introduction, talking about light subjects, weather whatnot

Minutes 6-57: ATTEMPTING TO SPEAK THROUGH SOBS

Minutes 57-60: "you did well and you are able to vocalise your thoughts well, we will talk more next week"

#first sesh of therapy wee!! #my therapist was very nice though she just listened to me while i was sobbing and offered me tissues #she said there was a lot of hope for me getting better quicker since im fairly young #yeh #anyways #shut up eibhé #life stuff #also i bought a book about babies today since i decided i wanted to be a labour & delivery nurse #this book has 4 pages dedicated to baby farts #dm me if u need baby advice