[Closed] Fat nurses

*runs off to buy a family-size cake to much whilst reading this thread*

[i]What kind of messagge does this send out to patients[/i]

Nurses like pies?

"messagge"

Sausage, Saggage etc. Freudian slip 😉

Ohhh Matron

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No different to fat bikers on here 😛

Pot, kettle.

…and why do all nail technicians have names like they’re transgender? Claudine, Chantelle, Bobbi-Sue etc.

It's all the boxes of Roses and Quality Street patients bring in to say thank you.

…and why do all nail technicians have names like they’re transgender? Claudine, Chantelle, Bobbi-Sue etc.

And you know that how..?

I used to always champion the case for nurses, underpaid, overworked etc but then after a few stays in hospital i totally changed my mind.

I have no doubt thst there are many fabulous nurses out there but my experience is that the majority of them now are fat, useless, lazy, rude, uncaring and unfit to do the job. The foreign nurses during my last overnight stay were incredibly aggressive with the old man across from me and hitting him is not what i'd call proper treatment.

My diabetic nurse is also very fat, i'm amazed that so many nurses are when they are constantly reminded daily by ill patients right in front of their faces. Would you take dietary advice from somebody who's morbidly obese????

all nurses smoke too, its a legal fact.

psychiatric nurses sit around drinking coffee, smoking and ignoring patients.

nurses working with the elderly have it best though... drug em up til they sleep and hit the ones that dont sleep quick enough.

I know a few nurses none of them are fat but yes the woman who takes my BP lectures me about weight and drinking and she's twice the size of me and I saw her coming out of Greggs with a box of cakes and made sure I said 'Hellooooo'

Harry_the_Spider - Member

…and why do all nail technicians have names like they’re transgender? Claudine, Chantelle, Bobbi-Sue etc.

My nail technicians called 'Roxanne' and she has very very long false eyelashes and is the same colour as an umpa lumpa

I once saw a dietician who was as wide as she was tall. I didn't believe a word she was saying

Their advice about diet etc is still sound though, isn't it?

Yeah true....

Does 'Roxanne' have hairy knuckles?

No 5 inch eyelashes same colour as an umpa lumpa and bee sting lips that look like you could stick her to a car window

Does 'Roxanne' have a [s]willy[/s] big Adam's apple?

They are all in the middle of their very own research project into the causes and effects of obesity. The only way they get ethical approval is to do it on themselves. Did you not know this?

I'm going on Friday I'll check and report back Harry

bee sting lips that look like you could stick her to a car window

This thread is great, and really helps to take the pulse (ha) of the stw readership, all nurses are fat , are they not just a cross section of a nation that is gorging on cheap junk food and processed crap, there are fat police, IT workers, window cleaners and yes even mountain bikers.

As a nurse (psychiatric) feel that i should mention, im not fat! Dont smoke. Virtually everyone in my team is vegetarian. Dont drink coffee.
So there you have it, just to put some miscionceptions to bed!

This thread is great, and really helps to take the pulse (ha) of the stw readership, all nurses are fat , are they not just a cross section of a nation that is gorging on cheap junk food and processed crap, there are fat police, IT workers, window cleaners and yes even mountain bikers.

...or maybe its just a bit of a piss take? Perhaps some nail technicians didn't start life called Dave or Simon.

or Keith.

MrTall

I really hope you reported your experience, particularly the 'aggresive hitting nurses' as that is totally unacceptable and definitely [b]NOT[/b] my experience of the vast majority of nurses, regardless of nationality.

I don't know whether there are more porky nurses than you would have in the general population but there do seem to a be a huge number who look like they have grown out of their uniforms!

Molgrips - yes their advice is still sound but by Christ, my diabetes nurse is so fat, she can't even open her eyes properly.

She's got cheek vision.

I briefly went out with a nurse, she wasn't fat. However, she did point out that a lot of her colleagues were, erm, rather stout and suggested that due to the weird shifts they work when they got in they just ate takeaway rather than cooking lovely healthy food.

instant hit

Get off that computer, you know they are not for patient use 8)

instant hit.... me too 😀

OK I'll bite, most nurses have to work crap hours, long shifts, get out of work at unsociable hours, end up eating a lot of junk while on the run, are often still expected to do a great deal of housework and the job itself has seen quite incredible mission creep, while they get blamed for everything that goes wrong on the ward becuase others havn't done their jobs properly and have to deal with a bunch of crabby ill selfish people all day everyday. Frankly I'm amazed they manage to remain human, let alone civil.

Dont panic, im on my own laptop and not ward based!!

If this is true it's a very sad state of affairs - nurses (and more specifically nurse’s colleges) were a truly excellent source of carnal entertainment with some very trim young ladies with remarkably few morals or inhibitions – if this well has run dry for the young men of today I see feel their pain.

Well there's a some new nurses I seen this weekend I'd not call fat and made the many trips there very worth while.

Do you think Frank and Keith the orange, hairy-handed nail technicians liked dressing as nurses when younger. That could be the root of the problem.

Just a thought

Bring back the good old days:
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like this:
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Good point about the odd hours leading to a tendency to eat junk food. The last thing I want to do if I get home late from work is cook dinner, I couldn't imagine doing long/late shifts these days.

I wonder how that works out for the large proportion of society that seems to be eating itself stupid though? Maybe it's all they can manage between ad breaks - don't want to miss the lie detector test results on Jeremy Kyle!

Edit to add: convert, have to agree with you there. I spent many an evening in the nursing halls of residence whilst at University back in the 90s. There were still a few porkers though.

I'm not generalising here but

Dunno why everyone has gone off on one, he was only referring specifically to the nurses in his local doctors surgeries and hospitals. Can't argue against that. We'd have to faind out what he means by 'a lot' but, he clearly wouldn't be making it up.

yeah you can see the reasons - long, unsociable hours, lots of time (on night shifts) sitting around, low pay and hard work leading to depression etc.

But it does seem odd to be told you need to lose weight by a nurse that is 1 foot shorted and about the same weight as you. I'd like to see what is being done to help them and I am not going to be derogatory towards them as there is a reason - there is a definite pattern and problem IMO.

Edit to add: convert, have to agree with you there. I spent many an evening in the nursing halls of residence whilst at University back in the 90s. [b]There were still a few porkers though[/b].

You do need some achievable goals for your ugly mate or they'll stop going with you. And the best thing about them (Nursing Hall of Residence) is the relatively quick turnaround between courses so its a gift that just keeps on giving.

Just to clarify, my overtly bigoted perception of nurses here is just to help to redress the balance with the above; if I had to be generalised about I'd choose fit n' easy over fat n' yeasty any day.

...or maybe its just a bit of a piss take? Perhaps some nail technicians didn't start life called Dave or Simon.

The last time I had contact with nurses they definitely weren't fat, ok they did drink and smoke, but from where I was sitting, they were not fat. Mind you they were still student nurses at the time and not full blown nurses.

If remember rightly derek_starship, you're fat .............what sort of message does that send out about off-road cyclists ?

Or have you overcome your obesity problem, and now feel the need to exercise your new-found sanctimonious smugness ?

EDIT : I've just remembered, not only are you fat, but you are incredibly touchy about your overweight problem. You got extraordinarily upset a little while back, when some rather unkind STWers pointed out that you were a fat bastard.

or maybe ernie he was taking the piss and you've gone off on one again.

Must be the odd hours we have to work mucking up our body clocks and the grumbles from lots of patients we have to take on board every day due to their elevated expectations of a groaning Health Service that causes comfort eating.... Food for thought..

Or maybe Harry_the_Spider, I'm taking the piss out of him eh, who knows ........ this piss-taking malarkey is so confusing

depends what your 'coping technique' is? My freind's a sister on high dependancy and she lives off her nerves, weird hours, doesn't tend to get time for proper meals so snacks as and when she can but she's very skinny, her sister who does the same job isn't but everyone has ways they cope with stress levels etc, mines eating and drinking too much as I don't smoke so healthy lungs, kackered liver..... 😯

STWers pointed out that you were a fat bastard.

It really is! When Fat blokes start shouting the odds about fat blokes, it leaves you wondering if they are woefully unself-aware or if they have different standards or if they are 'projecting' or maybe they aren't fat at all, and all levels of recursion implied

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Hey ernie.

Cool your boots man.

ernie_lynch - Member
Or maybe Harry_the_Spider, I'm taking the piss out of him eh, who knows ........ this piss-taking malarkey is so confusing

From your editted post I'd say that you weren't.

From your editted post I'd say that you weren't.

From your editted post I'd say that you weren't.

Well I'm going to have accept your over-the-internet diagnosis then ........ I'll go and lie down to see if I can calm down.

I didn't see any fat nurses during any of my stays in hospital, nor during my dad's time in hospital. Some of the nurses were amazing compassionate human beings who did everything humanly possible for their patients, some of them were incredibly unpleasant, unprofessional and unkind. All seemed nearly completely exhausted.

My daughter is in the second year of her nursing degree and currently doing a placement at our local hospital. I've been taking her to and from work lately and from what I've seen the majority of the female staff seem to be a bit on the portly side. Mind you I expect a lot are probably clerical staff sat around all day.

Food for thought.

Some of the nurses were amazing compassionate human beings who did everything humanly possible for their patients, some of them were incredibly unpleasant, unprofessional and unkind. All seemed nearly completely exhausted

yes, that may be true, but of course the important thing is the weight they were carrying! It seems clear that chocolate_starfish is unhappy with a 'fat nurse' giving him advice. I wonder how discriminating he would be if that nurse were in A&E.

I think you'll find that these people who you are criticizing, are very much under paid and over worked. Do you think Nurses have much time between shifts to go to the shops, buy healthy fresh fruit and veg, prepare a meal and then go for a jog around the block to burn off any excess (let alone afford a gym membership)? I think you'll find that most shift workers fashion similar physiques and that a frozen pizza from the freezer is their only option most of the time.

When Nurses sign up to become Nurses, they sign up because they have a burning desire to care for people. They're all lovely people under the surface and I think you'll find a lot of them are unhappy because they are treated so unfairly. The facts are that Nurses are directly responsible for people's lives, but get paid far less than Policemen and even Teachers.

We will all need a nurse at some point. I think labeling them fat, lazy witches is rather harsh and in my opinion, they need our support rather than our criticism.

[url= http://www.salarytrack.co.uk/average-nurse-salary.html ]Under Paid ?[/url]

CharlieMungus - Member

Dunno why everyone has gone off on one, he was only referring specifically to the nurses in his local doctors surgeries and hospitals. Can't argue against that. We'd have to faind out what he means by 'a lot' but, he clearly wouldn't be making it up.

followed by:

yes, that may be true, but of course the important thing is the weight they were carrying! It seems clear that chocolate_starfish is unhappy with a 'fat nurse' giving him advice. I wonder how discriminating he would be if that nurse were in A&E.

Wow! CharlieFungus - you flip over faster than a Chinese gymnast.

Do you have a short term memory problem?

Perhaps you should go and see a fat nurse about that.

Under Paid ?

[url= http://www.salarytrack.co.uk/salary.php?keywords=teacher&location=&job-title=on&submit=Search+Salaries ]Compared with teachers?[/url]

Do you think Nurses have much time between shifts to go to the shops, buy healthy fresh fruit and veg, prepare a meal and then go for a jog around the block to burn off any excess (let alone afford a gym membership)?

Now I will defend NHS workers to death most of the time but that there what you've written is a load of crap. Longer hours means more time off, shorter hours in a day means more time in the day to do other things.

CharlieFungus? Is that the best you could do? Cynic-al used that a couple of days ago. Go on have a Mulligan, see what you can do this time.

Oh and where did I flip over?

[url= http://www.salarytrack.co.uk/salary.php?keywords=nurse&location=&job-title=on&submit=Search+Salaries ]Compared with nurses[/url]

No different to fat bikers on here

Pot, kettle.

Quite. When I went to inners last year I saw a fella whose belly pretty much reached the handlebars. 'Yeah but I bet he goes down hill quite fast!'
Yeah. prob'ly goes down a chimney quite fast as well if santa was ever ill.

j_me, Don't take silly stats to back your spurious arguement, you don't know what you're talking about. Even if that was a realistic figure, could you bring a family up on that?

Sorry Drac, was that a reply to me? According to that website, nurses wages are lower than teachers. The way I read j_me's post was that he thought nurses were on a good wage and therefore not underpaid. However, if he meant the opposite then apologies!

Sorry Drac, was that a reply to me? According to that website, nurses wages are lower than teachers. The way I read j_me's post was that he thought nurses were on a good wage and therefore not underpaid. However, if he meant the opposite then apologies!

I misread your post. 😳

could you bring a family up on that?

Post 1 - states you are referring to your local surgeries
Post 2 - states that you were unhappy with the 'fat nurse'

Where is the contradiction?

Even if that was a realistic figure, could you bring a family up on that?

Plenty seem to manage.

Thought to be fair, it's not much for what will soon be a graduate profession.

Thought to be fair, it's not much for what will soon be a graduate profession.

It's been Uni driven for about 15+ years now.

I misread your post.

No worries 😉

Interestingly, I noted someone mentioned 'job creep' or something similar earlier in the thread, with respect to nurses' responsibilities. Not sure exactly what extra work is being referred to, but while I was in hospital last week I was reading a book about nurses during WW1. They were responsible (apparently) on the battlefield for many advances in healthcare techniques, administering life-saving treatments, painkillers, dressings, anaesthesia and so on, well beyond their previously accepted duties in civilian life. Unfortunately their pioneering work and achievements were drowned out during and post-war by the ongoing politics and squabbling of the professional nursing associations regarding the role of volunteer nurses. This was never resolved, and the nursing achievements largely forgotten about. If the political situation had been resolved then the role of nursing could have changed radically since the 1920's. The point being that what nurses may regard now as beyond their job remit could actually have been a staple skill, had attitudes been different 90 (or indeed 20) years ago.

CharlieLingus - your third post:

yes, that may be true, but of course the important thing is the weight they were carrying! It seems clear that chocolate_starfish is unhappy with a 'fat nurse' giving him advice. I wonder how discriminating he would be if that nurse were in A&E

Gone all nasty.

LIGAS.

The facts are that Nurses are directly responsible for people's lives, but get paid far less than Policemen and even Teachers

Whoah there. Are you suggesting that teachers are somehow bottom of the pile?

Most nurses also have grey skin, bags under their eyes, spots, bad backs, cracked hands and are almost constantly dehydrated as well, but no one points that out!

In fairness it looks like the odd doctor is also a friend of Greggs.

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I wouldn't worry Molgrips it not a fact.

Is a nail technician the new job title for joiners? If so I agree...

Is there such a thing as a hospital with a McDonald's / KFC / BK in it?