I saw a nurse smoking cigarettes outside the hospital????

Question

Hmmm. I don't get it. Aren't they at all invested in their own health?? Is it common for healthcare professionals that promote well-being to have bad unhealthy habits??? I'm going to be a nurse and when I went through some hard times I turned to smoking for about a year. But I realize how hypocritical and ridiculous that sounds to be learning about health and not to mention seeing the effects of things such as smoking everyday, and then still doing that. Bizarro!

Okay. Why do people think I'm judging them. I said that I smoked myself and want to be a nurse but I quit because I realized that was inconsistent. I am not judging them I just wanted to know if this was common!!!! I quite frankly can't offer a solution for other people to quit..so how am I being a hypocrite??? I'm just trying to understand why. I try to practice what I preach I guess.

Okay. Why do people think I'm judging them. I said that I smoked myself and want to be a nurse but I quit because I realized that was inconsistent. I am not judging them I just wanted to know if this was common!!!! I quite frankly can't offer a solution for other people to quit..so how am I being a hypocrite??? I'm just trying to understand why. I try to practice what I preach I guess.

Oh my Golly-geez. Did I ever say that I was perfect. Some of you are poooey. I'm just asking a dayum question. Of course I'm not perfect. I had a very serious eating disorder! So there. And I am still just asking a question. So thank you to those who did not go off on a tangent and criticize me!!

Answer 1

GEEEEEEE....... you seem to have problems with people on many of the "Questions" you post...... people answering this question should check out some of you other questions / statements....... best of all you attack those that respond..... I think it's time for a reality check...... and maybe some therapy...

Answer 2

Nicotine is the most addicting substance, even more than heroin. The fact that these people smoke should not be used against them. They are helping other people with their own health problems. I think the real hypocrite is you, the person who watches them smoke, and makes judgements, but offers no sollution to the problem. Also you support the economy that allows for tobacco products to be legal, the most lethal substance on the planet, it has killed more people that every war in history combines from egypt to now. I'm not trying to be mean, i'm just trying to shed some light, cigarette smokers are victims not culprits. Addiction is a desease. It would be like calling a person with cancer who runs a cancer marathon a hypocrite. You can sit there and say it's there own fault but you have to realise that government actually encourages smoking. A couple years ago about 100 attorneys or so sued the tobacco companies and the government gets about 25 percent of their profits. Tobacco will be around for a long time as it is one of America's staple crops, or in other words, it's what brings in teh cash flow. The government wants you to be addicted, based on the lawsuit and the decisions by the courts, which will keep tobacco companies rich, and the government even richer. Just like when they sued microsoft it was more like a partnership. Microsoft had to denate billions of dollars worht of computers to schools. Well guess what happens when they upgrade to the new windows os, they have to buy it. Basically the government gave microsoft 1,000,000 new loyal customers in exchange for a cut.....

but that is the way politics work, countries are forged on the blood and toil of the little man.

Answer 3

I was already smoking when I started the nursing career and hooked on the deal.
Back when I started the medical career,smoking wasn't looked at like it is today. . . .MANY of the Dr's I worked with smoked as well. . . we even smoked in our break lounges.
Smoking on the job,in the cafeterias,while pregnant etc wasn't seen then as it is today. . . .times have changed over the years as I am sure it will change even more in the future.
There is that individual subconscious thinking that "It won't happen to me" or "I'll know when to stop".
If you were able to stop as you said you were,you are among the minority and I applaud you. . . .just don't let life take you back there.
Even as an OR Scrub and seeing what cigarettes does to heart and lungs I still haven't been able to quit smoking and I would suppose some of my problem is denial as is most addiction's problems.
Since Aug 2006 I have managed to quit 3 different times for over a month each time and I intend to beat this deal and not because I'm in the medical profession and I don't want to be hypocritical but because I accept that it is bad for my health,that it smells up my hair,my house,my car,my mouth,my clothes etc.
You need to look at the statistics that involve the nursing career as as well as law enforcement where smoking,drug abuse and alcoholism is concerned. . . .You will be amazed and alot of it is related to the STRESS level involved in each career.
Though a very poor reason,look at how much healthier the general public would be if smoking declined or even stopped. . . there wouldn't be the need for nurses as there is today because ALOT of the illnesses today are directly related to smoking whether it is first hand or second hand smoke.
NO,it's not right for nurses to smoke and it could be considered hyprocritical but YOUR actions are the ONLY ones you can control and you need to let those smoking do their thing. . . they will suffer their own repercussions.(Anything outside the reach of the length of your own arms is not your business.)

Answer 4

I have been in the medical profession for over twenty years. I have seen it all. If you took a survey, probably greater than 75% of medical professionals smoke, drink, or do drugs. I once knew a doctor that had a complete wet bar in his office. What you have to understand is, all people are different; it's a part of our social culture. Just because we are medical professionals, does not mean that we are robots nor are we perfect. Is every single piece of food that you eat healthy? When you start school and you're running late for class and you've missed lunch, remember what I'm telling you when you grab that Coke and Snickers out of the machine. Or when you've been in class all day and you're too tired to cook so you stop by McDonald's and you super size your order because you haven't eaten since you grabbed that Coke and Snickers. You will learn really quick that you are not perfect either.

Answer 5

Lots of health professionals smoke, eat the wrong foods, drink, and yes, some even do drugs, just like the general population. Knowing that it isn't good for your health doesn't mean that you will quit.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

They are HUMAN. Doctor's smoke and eat the wrong things, too. Just because they are doctors/nurses, doesn't mean they are perfect or saints. They struggle with those things just like the rest of us.

Answer 8

none of us practice what we know to be best. Drinking is bad, yet many do it. Eating fast food is bad, but many of us do this. Smoking is a hard thing to get over, even for a nurse. Just b/c we know it's best doesn't mean that do it.

Answer 9

What's worse than seeing a nurse smoking......seeing patients outside in sub-zero temperatures hooked up to IV's sucking away on cigarettes !!! Now - that's bizarre.

Answer 10

It certainly isn't an easy habit to break most non-smokers don't understand the struggle that smokers go through to quit a habit they started when they were in their teens and didn't have the maturity to choose a better path.