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Sexual Harassment Behavior?
Have any nurses here been sexually harassed by Doctors and if so what would EACH consider sexual harassment. Where would EACH individual draw the line?
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August 8th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Please respond with as much detail as possible I am doing a survey for a review on this topic. No names will be mentioned at all, its very important.
Please , again as much detail and your feelings about the occurrence as well.
Thanks folks.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I would be suprosed if there is a nurse on earth who has NOT been sexually harassed by someone in the workplace. I have had patients touch me in a sexual way and say harassing things (these were lucid, aware, and not mentally ill patients) If a nurse feels sexually harrassed, it is sexual harassement. I have even been sexually harassed by other nursing faculty and hospital administrators. I know I am one of millions in these experiences.
September 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Yes, and it has always been this way. We work with the opposite sex, there is always going to be fireworks, sparks flying, chemistry and a whole lot of nonsense we’d rather not deal with. I don’t care how much people clammor about sexual harrassment, it a fact in the work place. There are just varying degrees of how much of it is acceptable. As long as it doesn’t cross the line(and my line may differ from yours), I see it for what it is and generally let it slide. There are so many other things to get into a twist about, more important things than someone paying a compliment. As long as we have men and women in the work place, it’s going to be a fact of life as sure as the sun rises. People really take the so-called “sexual harrassment” thing too far. What a crazy world!
April 5th, 2011 at 12:24 am
I had a severe situation with an elderly Doctor who was very hands on and I saw him with another medical staff member, before she left and I was then the sole worker in a big secluded dept ( I am not a nurse, but in another realm of medical service). He was so good at his game, never saying anything vulgar, mostly all physical attacks from behind ( too much to go into detail here) plenty of compliments, NICE ones and other offers. All refused, politely. One day while he was waiting for me in my dept ( no business need what so ever) But ( part of his stalking me) I returned to my dept to see him in my chair) I mentioned a problem as a reason for my limp, ( I was limping) he wanted to examine it. I never thought he would suggest to examine it, didn’t have time to think about THAT. I politely refused, he persisted, I made many excuses. ( he was always so nice to me, besides the attacks from behind) literally pressing his self into me, he was much older and me very submissive) He demanded and insisted, made me feel like i was crazy for not letting him look ( the limping was no where near is specialty) enough on that.
He made me feel ridiculous crazy and why should I be scared…so I got on bed, he touched me and did many things, I was frozen stiff. I did then report him, and others said I would be fired, but the law says I would not be, that they can’t, well they did and its been a nightmare since. If anyone heard the whole story of all that has happened since they would be shocked. THERE is a problem with some Doctors, its a sickness, its about having power over women. something, but it can ruin your career whether you tell or not. I am proof of this.
Tot he responder who says people take this too far, well you have never been on the receiving end properly then, if you think its no big deal.
April 5th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
There is a line that mustn’t be crossed, but at one stage I was the only male nurse in our local ER and it you should have seen the women behave whenever a fireman or policeman walked in wearing uniform, I think a lot of husbands would be shocked by the comments and behaviour. I think a lot of it comes down to whether or not someone intended to harm/harrass when something has been said or done. An example is a lewd joke, which maybe everyone enjoyed but one person was upset with it. Is this harrassment? I think intention is the main thing here.
When i first graduated my first job was in the gynaecology ward. No interview, just a letter in the mail saying start on this date. I turned up and everyone was expecting a woman. It was an eye opener for both them and me. And yes, I was harrassed. Harrassed right out of that place and into a general med/surg ward.