Thought Police to Nurses: You Vil Not Treat Patients as Humans..

Another typical example of the thought police in action. I wonder how many millions of patients, hospitals deals with every year and yet here they are receiving 17 complaints and they feel it necessary to overreact. One would imagine that sooner or later one would meet an individual who they may find interesting and connect with, maybe organise some later shenanigans, so what, human nature at work. Nothing is stated about the complaints themselves, they may have either been harmless or accidental as hospitals stays normally demands that your modesty be thrown out window..

Sadly enough as well is that the sex of the perpertrators are not stated but one can assume it to be the opposite sex but who knows, there are plenty of gays in that industry as well. Talk about taking the fun out of going to work..

But the thought gestapo do have some opposition..

Mr Holmes said the medical tribunal should take "a balanced view rather than trying to make a black-letter law on what is or isn't flirting".

The ongoing and continual PC crowd determined to undermine both sexes with their inane and incompetent over-kill reaction to any situation once again prevails.

NURSES have been banned from flirting with patients under a new set of professional-ethics guidelines introduced to hospitals.

Also forbidden under the code are sexual innuendo, "off-colour" jokes and using offensive language.

The guidelines, which carry disciplinary measures, were drawn up by the newly created Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and have been issued to all nursing staff.

Nurses have been warned that discussing personal problems, feelings of sexual attraction or aspects of their personal life with patients could be interpreted as sexual violations.

The rules state sexual misconduct is an "extremely serious violation of the nurse's professional responsibility to the person in their care", and could result in dismissal.

Even if a patient consents or initiates sexual conduct, it is the nurse's responsibility to maintain a professional boundary.

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Failing to recognise the development of an attraction of a sexual nature is considered sexual misconduct or assault.

The guidelines came into effect on July 1, when all states joined the scheme except WA, which joined on October 18.

According to the most recent figures published by the NSW Nurses and Midwives Board, there were 17 complaints made about nurses with "professional boundary issues" in the year to June, 2009 - almost triple the number in the previous year, when there were only six.

A total of 47 complaints relating to the issue have been made in the past five years.

Agency spokeswoman Nicole Newton said complaints about professional-boundaries issues were typically among the top 10 complaints reported about nurses.

The guidelines also stipulate that nurses must not accept bus fares, meal tickets, money or goods from patients.

NSW Nurses' Association general secretary Brett Holmes said it was the first time there had been specific guidelines on flirting. He was concerned nurses could be punished for being friendly to patients.

"It's a fairly high bar as flirting becomes crossing a professional boundary. Is [flirting] being fairly jocular or having a light-hearted conversation in what can be a very difficult situation, when it's therapeutic to lighten the load?" he said.

Mr Holmes said the medical tribunal should take "a balanced view rather than trying to make a black-letter law on what is or isn't flirting".

There will be no more of this then ???