Why are nurses obese?

Exactly. There's a certain poster in here who 'doesn't want a fat nurse'. That's cool because when he drops on the floor and has a cardiac arrest at the gym I will decide I don't like skinny patients and I will walk away ...

only an evil person would walk away from someone in need. i hope you consider a career change. the world doesnt need health care givers who withhold care based on their patients beliefs.

Pretty sure she is pointing out that she can't do that, hence the use of ellipsis.

Because they eat only vending machine food. Pure processed!

Haven't vended in years...

Exactly. There's a certain poster in here who 'doesn't want a fat nurse'. That's cool because when he drops on the floor and has a cardiac arrest at the gym I will decide I don't like skinny patients and I will walk away ...

only an evil person would walk away from someone in need. i hope you consider a career change. the world doesnt need health care givers who withhold care based on their patients beliefs.

It was, I thought, quite obviously a sarcastic post. Only a narrow minded poster would refuse to have someone help them based purely on their looks, which is what I was directing to that poster.

More excuses. I never said they couldn't give their honest opinion, but they should live by what they teach. If you're going to spend money on school, and energy on your job, you should live by them. I get that people don't have the time to cook a healthy dinner, but that doesn't mean you should pig out on big macs and giant fries, everyday. You can get a grilled chicken salad from the same place, without dressing.

I also don't get how they work long tired hours, yet claim they don't have much time to eat, yet are still able to pack down more than 2000 calories a day. Why don't they pack away fruit if they need a quick snack? Why do they need a snickers bar? It doesn't add up.

What excuses? That knowledge doesn't translate to living it?

We're all supposed to maintain a healthy weight. That's something we "should" all do. Nurses aren't at an increased moral obligation. I'm not willing to pay my nurses a salary to cover 24/7, so their lifestyles really shouldn't be our concern. I don't need my nurse to look perfect. I need her to be good at inserting an IV, have a nice bedside manner, and to be alert to what is going on with my body while she's taking care of me. As long as his/her weight doesn't get in the way of that, it's not my business, any more than any other professional's.

Maybe YOU don't need your nurse to, but I will never get advise from an overweight/obese doctor/nurse, if they can't even practice self control.

Also someone doesn't have to be ''active'' in order to be skinny/healthy weight. It's called calories.

Your argument fails on many levels; firstly, you are taking an entire field of many disciplines (cardiology, neurology, psychiatry, pulmonary, etc) and you are appraising the workers through a very narrow scope.

It seems like a frivolous argument to make given the intellectual rigors of working in the aforementioned field and sub-fields.

Have no clue what half those words mean :frown:

basically there are so many different kinds of nurses you cant lump them all into one big fat pile and to make the argument is kind of silly

Most nurses sit on their *kitten* most of the day anyways.

:huh:

Yeah, it's the hours. I wake up and scarf breakfast to get to work in time, then stand at a medication cart most of the day. I rush my lunch and I'm right back at it. Once I'm home, I'm too tired to do anything and I eat horribly in the evenings, because I haven't eaten much all day. Nurses spend a lot of time standing in one place and sitting down charting. It's the aids that do most of the physical work with patients or residents. I'm not working now, because I just had my son, but I'm not looking forward to returning to work and attempting to lose the rest of this baby weight. Although fyi I was never obese as a nurse. I was near my weightloss goal and stopped making progress, but didn't actually gain any significant amount of weight until I got pregnant.

I think that's a pretty general statement to make with no real basis... :huh:

So just because the nurses you see are fat all nurses everywhere must be fat as well? :laugh: Actually I think it's pretty funny to make such a blanket statement.

This^

Most nurses sit on their *kitten* most of the day anyways.

:huh:

Ditto. If you think most nurses sit on our *kitten* all day, you obviously don't know what you're talking about. :noway:

Because fat has nothing to do with ability or intelligence. That's why.

You can guess about the other reasons.

at some point fat can definitely affect ability. ever do CPR? if you are fat/out of shape it may prevent you from doing your job properly. and there are plenty of other instances where it can matter.

More excuses. I never said they couldn't give their honest opinion, but they should live by what they teach. If you're going to spend money on school, and energy on your job, you should live by them. I get that people don't have the time to cook a healthy dinner, but that doesn't mean you should pig out on big macs and giant fries, everyday. You can get a grilled chicken salad from the same place, without dressing.

I also don't get how they work long tired hours, yet claim they don't have much time to eat, yet are still able to pack down more than 2000 calories a day. Why don't they pack away fruit if they need a quick snack? Why do they need a snickers bar? It doesn't add up.

What excuses? That knowledge doesn't translate to living it?

We're all supposed to maintain a healthy weight. That's something we "should" all do. Nurses aren't at an increased moral obligation. I'm not willing to pay my nurses a salary to cover 24/7, so their lifestyles really shouldn't be our concern. I don't need my nurse to look perfect. I need her to be good at inserting an IV, have a nice bedside manner, and to be alert to what is going on with my body while she's taking care of me. As long as his/her weight doesn't get in the way of that, it's not my business, any more than any other professional's.

Maybe YOU don't need your nurse to, but I will never get advise from an overweight/obese doctor/nurse, if they can't even practice self control.

Also someone doesn't have to be ''active'' in order to be skinny/healthy weight. It's called calories.

Your argument fails on many levels; firstly, you are taking an entire field of many disciplines (cardiology, neurology, psychiatry, pulmonary, etc) and you are appraising the workers through a very narrow scope.

It seems like a frivolous argument to make given the intellectual rigors of working in the aforementioned field and sub-fields.

Have no clue what half those words mean :frown:

Riiiiight, are you not particularly well educated then? Luckily the nurses who may look after you in the future, fat or thin, are. They understand your anatomy and physiology, disease process and pharmacology (sorry big words are you keeping up?). They are also, after years of caring for all types of people and personalities, non-judgemental. You should try that yourself sometime.