Ethical Issue - Discussion of Obese Nurses, Physicians and Patients

chrisrob · Mar 16, 2003, 04:37 PM

thought for today from our Sun newspaper (which is gospel and always prints the truth!**) "twice as many people are overweight 1.7 billion or nearly a third of the worlds population research (which must be right) by the Intrnational Obesity Task Force! just thought i'd share that with you as I had just read it also for any Scots surfing the B.B Rangers won the cup beat Celtic 2.1 whey!

Lausana · Mar 16, 2003, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by renerian
Leslie I do cook two meals every night. One for the "carnivors" LOL and one for me. Sometimes the smell bugs me but for the most part I am fine. Is that you in your avatar?

renerian

Yep it is!

Heather333 · Mar 16, 2003, 05:18 PM

It's really difficult to lose weight, especially working night shift. My body clock is already messed up, so my eating habits go right along with it!

Heather

**VivaLasViejas** · Mar 16, 2003, 08:48 PM

I've lost 29# since December, about 12 of which came off when I got fired from my LTC management job.....stress went away, and so did my desire to overeat. Hmmmm. Now I'm on a modified low-carb program of my own design (no sugar, white flour, rice, pasta etc. but plenty of vegetables and fruit and lean protein) and moving around a lot now that I'm working in a hospital again. I'm seriously obese and have been since my early 20s, but I've come to realize that I really love the way I feel when I treat my body properly and feed it right.

Brownms46 · Mar 16, 2003, 09:10 PM

mjlrn97

Congrats on your awesome weight loss, and your committment to take care of yourself. That started when you were freed from the probably toxic setting you were working in. Seems like they did you a favor. Good luck to you

!

mark_LD_RN · Mar 16, 2003, 09:43 PM

no trouble at all with weight i just keep getting heavier

nurseBe · Mar 16, 2003, 10:25 PM

All the years I was in school, pre-req's and all, I gained about 30 #. I have slimmed up some since I started working. pants are looser etc. But the weight is the same. The thing to remember is that muscle weighs more than fat! So it is not so much what you weigh but how you feel and how you look! Yes, I have more weight to loose tobe"average". I want to eventually have a baby and wish to be "average" before this. But I wonder if I shouldjust go for it! It's a battle.

Cynthiann · Mar 17, 2003, 12:31 PM

Originally posted by KevinN
Don’t try and lose weight! Lose fat! I have been bodybuilding for years and one of the best ways I have found to lose body fat is through low carbohydrate dieting. It is a little difficult at first but after the first couple of weeks you won’t be craving those sweets and carbs as much. Record everything you eat, and drink plenty of water. Start lifting weights and slowly add cardio to your program. Also, set exercise and weight goals and view them regularly to stay motivated. Stay away from the scale! Let the mirror dictate if your dietary and exercise changes are working. Finally, learn all you can about diet and exercise, it is the only way you will keep progressing.

Here is one of the sites I visit www.bodybuilding.com
It has just about everything you need to know about diet and exercise as well as some motivational stories and pictures. Good Luck.
Kevin

I completely agree with everything Kevin says. Doing this has helped me lose 20 lbs so far. Even though I've been lifting weight heavily for the past year and used to back in high school, as a female I definitely am not muscular. Actually, unless I told you, you would never guess I lifted weights just from looking at me. I plan on losing the last 20 lbs before I start nursing school and then maintaining it.

Kevin- what's your username at bodybuilding.com? I occassionally go there but not often since there are not much females posting there. I posted a couple of times in the competition forum since my goal is to do a NPC figure competition in August. I'm more of a regular at the forum on muscleandfitnesshers.com

nursebucky · Apr 26, 2003, 08:04 AM

I hope this is not a sensitive subject. My friend who is already in the nursing program is severely overweight. She told me that they (other students) sometimes discriminate against her at school. She didn't go into a lot of detail but I could tell she was sad.
When we worked together and we had codes come in, she ran just as fast as I did.

Is this a common problem in the nursing field for those who may be slightly overweight? I didn't know what to say to keep her encouraged. She has a 4.0 average and personally I think some of the students may be jealous of that.

susanmary · Apr 26, 2003, 08:15 AM

Nurses come in all shapes and sizes. Tell your friend to hold her head high -- her weight is HER business. I have never witnessed an overweight/obese staff nurse discriminated against because of his/her weight by another staff member. I have heard patients make comments -- and I've set them straight. She needs to learn to love/accept herself for who she is, dress in a professional manner, make sure that her hair looks great -- even a "makeover" at the hairdresser so that she feels good about herself. It's funny how things come back to haunt you ... her fellow nursing students who make fun of her may, eventually, become overweight -- or have kids who are overweight. Tell her to hang in. Her weight is not an indicator of who she is or what kind of nurse she is.

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