# WA senator says nurses probably play cards much of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861 "2019-04-21T18:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/1 "2019-04-21T18:26:00Z")
[Senator states that nurses “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day” in amending rest breaks bill](https://cdn.wsna.org/post/index-2.html?p=news%2F2019%2Fsenator-states-that-nurses-probably-play-cards-for-a-considerable-amount-of-the-day-in-amending-rest-breaks-bill&fbclid=IwAR1QFs0_BEuIrpMK6a7QuWD0UshgLw7KGUAwxhsQE0tpCOcshxD0vMxRZlQ) > [@](#): > > In perhaps one of the most demeaning statements on the nursing profession since Joy Behar’s 2015 “doctor’s stethoscope” comments on The View, Washington State Senator Maureen Walsh proclaimed on the Senate floor that Critical Access Hospital nurses should be exempt from protections in mandatory overtime because they sit around and play cards most of the day: > > > [@Sen. Maureen Walsh](#): > > > > I understand… making sure that we have ‘rest breaks’ and things like that. But I also understand that we need to care for patients first and foremost… I would submit to you that those [critical access hospital] nurses probably do get breaks! They probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day! Mrs. L.A. wrote of the rampant understaffing of nursing facilities in her capstone project for her BSN. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/2 "2019-04-21T18:32:11Z")
She’s an idiot. Anyone who’s ever spent 5 minutes in a hospital knows that it’s the nurses that run the place, not the doctors. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/3 "2019-04-21T18:33:40Z")
[Prior thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874330) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/4 "2019-04-22T04:05:01Z")
Reminds me… Way back in 1973 I had an emergency appendectomy. Following the surgery, they threw me into a 30-patient ward. The care was horrible. The old man in the bed next to me had to use a bedpan, and he called for nurses. Nobody came, since they were all down the hall playing cards. At some point a nurse came in and yelled at the old man for shitting in the bed. He cried. Everything in that hospital stank, including doctors, nurses, etc. My surgery was botched, and I almost died. It was Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, it’s been mercifully shut down. I’ve been in other hospitals since then, and the nursing staff has been exemplary. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/5 "2019-04-22T13:30:43Z")
Ah, the memes make so much more sense now. Since I started paying attention like 25 years ago, nurses have always been excellent. Doctors, especially family practice GPs, on the other hand have been less than attentive. I’m not ready to preach my stereotypes, but I also don’t expect much from anyone who isn’t an emergency physician. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/6 "2019-04-22T13:32:48Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ah, the memes make so much more sense now. I haven’t seen any memes. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/7 "2019-04-22T13:38:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I haven’t seen any memes. There’s a [couple](https://www.google.com/search?q=nurses+playing+cards&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwtZCW6ePhAhUOs54KHdL5A4QQ_AUIECgD&biw=1347&bih=930#imgrc=_). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/8 "2019-04-22T13:38:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I haven’t seen any memes. They’re everywhere ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/9 "2019-04-22T18:48:01Z")
This thread is a duplicate. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874330](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874330) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/10 "2019-04-22T19:34:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > This thread is a duplicate. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874330](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874330) This post is a duplicate (see post #3) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/11 "2019-04-22T21:16:46Z")
Oh I know. But two threads on the same subject, maybe theyshould have been merged. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/12 "2019-04-22T21:30:32Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oh I know. But two threads on the same subject, maybe theyshould have been merged. The mods are probably off playing cards. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-senator-says-nurses-probably-play-cards-much-of-the-day/832861/13 "2019-04-22T21:58:29Z")
I believe their preferred game is yahtzee.