It’s been a really, really, really long week. If you have anything you would like to see covered in a Saturday Series tomorrow, pop them in the comments or send them in inbox.
Among the dramas this week was N., the organ transplant recipient recruiting me into her self-described “sh*t-stirring” with her anti-flu vaccine family, a practicing homeopath who wanted a prescription from me for sleeping tablets, a group of my nurse colleagues were victims of racist workplace abuse, and an inbox full of people (who ostensibly should know better), arguing against vaccine promotion.
I am left with questions about most of those incidents. (Except N. She’s awesome, and I’m delighted to aid and abet her in any way.)
Being a healthcare professional comes with an ethical responsibility. (That’s not personal philosophy; there are actually volumes written on med/bioethics and even a formal written set published, adopted, and regularly updated by both the IMC and INMO, for example)
Looking after the vulnerable is a privilege, not a right. This includes no racism. There is no place for that in healthcare, from patients or co-workers. If you have been affected by racism or workplace abuse/bullying, HSE provides free and confidential help.
And all of us have an ethical obligation to adhere to international standard of best practice, and put your patients interests ahead of your own politics or beliefs. If you are in a position that you can’t properly look after your patients or your co-workers because your own well-being is at risk, you might be suffering from burn out. It’s real. HSE provides free and confidential help:
https://www.hse.ie/…/workplacehth…/stfsuprts/eacounsell/
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