As a full time nursing school student, this is real. Many of my classmates and I are looking to change this from the inside out. (I especially relate to the eardrum incident as something similar happened to me.) All this said, please get your vitals taken each apt (BP, temp, 02sat, pulse) because over time these values paint an average s…
As a full time nursing school student, this is real. Many of my classmates and I are looking to change this from the inside out. (I especially relate to the eardrum incident as something similar happened to me.) All this said, please get your vitals taken each apt (BP, temp, 02sat, pulse) because over time these values paint an average so that if something happens, those attending nurses know what is 'normal' for you. And yes skip the scale, it's only very specifically necessary (meds, fluid volume overload, etc.) There are some really good nurses coming and we understand it's a mess out there. We care about you and want you to feel heard.
I started refusing to get weighed unless it’s necessary. I say, “is that medically relevant to my visit today?” I started doing it because a friend of mine has had some terrible health crises over the last few years and they will not talk to her like a person because she’s fat. I don’t know why she’s fat. She’s a helluva athlete. But because she’s fat, people can’t see that she also does triathlons and doesn’t need some 30 year old telling her to consider adopting a workout routine. She has cancer, not a need to join your Zumba class. I want them to think about all the other stuff. My medical record though? Read over the shoulder of some tech? “Refuses to be weighed” 🤷🏻♀️ And that’s it right? Accurate. But your tone is concealing the point. I asked you if you need to know my weight for a skin cancer screening. You said no. I declined. Because I don’t trust you to weigh that info correctly.
As a full time nursing school student, this is real. Many of my classmates and I are looking to change this from the inside out. (I especially relate to the eardrum incident as something similar happened to me.) All this said, please get your vitals taken each apt (BP, temp, 02sat, pulse) because over time these values paint an average so that if something happens, those attending nurses know what is 'normal' for you. And yes skip the scale, it's only very specifically necessary (meds, fluid volume overload, etc.) There are some really good nurses coming and we understand it's a mess out there. We care about you and want you to feel heard.
Thanks for being the change!
I started refusing to get weighed unless it’s necessary. I say, “is that medically relevant to my visit today?” I started doing it because a friend of mine has had some terrible health crises over the last few years and they will not talk to her like a person because she’s fat. I don’t know why she’s fat. She’s a helluva athlete. But because she’s fat, people can’t see that she also does triathlons and doesn’t need some 30 year old telling her to consider adopting a workout routine. She has cancer, not a need to join your Zumba class. I want them to think about all the other stuff. My medical record though? Read over the shoulder of some tech? “Refuses to be weighed” 🤷🏻♀️ And that’s it right? Accurate. But your tone is concealing the point. I asked you if you need to know my weight for a skin cancer screening. You said no. I declined. Because I don’t trust you to weigh that info correctly.
Last time I tried to say I didn’t want to be weighed the nurse said I needed to because insurance made them.