Apr 06 2009
Thank god for school
Bud Light Lime. Apparently it’s all the rage in some parts of the country. I learned this on my field trip to Budweiser brewery, courtesy of my Health Hazards and Safety class. It’s not your typical class. We have lectures about health hazards and safety in the workplace and then make site visits throughout the Bay area. Budweiser’s spiel was about its policies and procedures that address the health and safety of its employees. Without getting into the nitty gritty of all the different policies, some of the crowd-pleasers include: an onsite gym, $100 for employees after every annual physical, a ping pong table, and a foosball table.
An irony: Employees get cases of free beer every year and as prizes for various activities…yep, drink up and fatten the liver!
I love being in a small class again … and just in time for my flagging spirit. It’s a relief to talk to people who are going through some of the same learning and growing processes as I am. Some of them were nurses for several years before grad school, some come from totally different worlds, but everyone seems to be open-minded, outspoken, and willing to defy and resist the homogenization and impersonalization of regular hospital nursing. Or, maybe I’m projecting.
Sigh. I’ve been trying filter out my recent negative feelings, because well, complaining is a drag for everyone. But I’m human and this is nursing we’re talking about after all. I hope to write constructively about some recent challenges with hospital culture. I’ll try to work out the issues offline before posting them.
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