Do Nuns Wear Pajama pantaloons?

[Antigonos]

I don't think I could enter a community that required that a member ask permission before using the restroom. That's not obedience -- that's manipulation and degradation. Using the bathroom is a necessary function of the human body and not something we can control. Controlling a person's use of the bathroom is abuse according to American Psychological Association.

Using the Bathroom is Your Right, Not a Privilege!

 

Very early on in my career, even in nursing school, I learned that one was expected to announce to one's co-workers when one took a bathroom break...so the others could "cover" your patients while you were off the ward.  It becomes so engrained that it took me some time to unlearn this habit when I stopped working in hospitals and it wasn't relevant any more as my clinic patients don't need constant attention.

[OnlySunshine]

Very early on in my career, even in nursing school, I learned that one was expected to announce to one's co-workers when one took a bathroom break...so the others could "cover" your patients while you were off the ward.  It becomes so engrained that it took me some time to unlearn this habit when I stopped working in hospitals and it wasn't relevant any more as my clinic patients don't need constant attention.

 

I can totally understand this.  When I worked as a CNA in the nursing home, my co-workers were very unhelpful when it came to covering other patients they weren't assigned to.  I remember being assigned to take a patient to the hospital for a doctor's appointment, which lasted most of my shift.  I came back to find that my unit manager had not asked anyone to help me out so I was forced to stay overtime to do my work and I had not eaten lunch.  I was so angry and frustrated.  No one knew how to work as a team.  You're lucky if your co-workers helped you.