Comments on: Even More on Texas http://suzannecgordon.com/even-more-on-texas/ Fri, 03 May 2013 12:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Keith Carlson http://suzannecgordon.com/even-more-on-texas/#comment-162 Keith Carlson Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:30:04 +0000 http://www.suzannegordon.com/?p=333#comment-162 When nurses and healthcare workers feel disempowered, when they feel that their voices cannot be heard, then the chilling effect is indeed real and widespread. Nurses are still seen as the "handmaidens" of doctors in many ways, and when nurses publicly challenge doctors, there is often hell to pay. It will be interesting to see how this impacts nurses' desire to report unsafe practices, taking into consideration the potential for retaliation that can ruin a career and a life. When nurses and healthcare workers feel disempowered, when they feel that their voices cannot be heard, then the chilling effect is indeed real and widespread.

Nurses are still seen as the “handmaidens” of doctors in many ways, and when nurses publicly challenge doctors, there is often hell to pay.

It will be interesting to see how this impacts nurses’ desire to report unsafe practices, taking into consideration the potential for retaliation that can ruin a career and a life.

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