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Texas Hospital Bans Overweight Employees

In a move that has raised eyebrows among health care providers and prospective job applicants, Citizens’ Medical Center in Victoria, TX has announced that there is one group it categorically won’t hire to take care of its patients. And it’s…the overweight?

The Texas Tribune lays out the facts:

The Citizens Medical Center policy, instituted a little more than a year ago, requires potential employees to have a body mass index of less than 35 — which is 210 pounds for someone who is 5-foot-5, and 245 pounds for someone who is 5-foot-10. It states that an employee’s physique “should fit with a representational image or specific mental projection of the job of a healthcare professional,” including an appearance “free from distraction” for hospital patients.

“The majority of our patients are over 65, and they have expectations that cannot be ignored in terms of personal appearance,” hospital chief executive David Brown said in an interview. “We have the ability as an employer to characterize our process and to have a policy that says what’s best for our business and for our patients.”[...]

Both the Texas Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association said that although they’ve seen more hospitals restricting employment for job candidates who smoke — Baylor Health Care System, for example, no longer hires employees who use tobacco — they hadn’t heard of any hospitals with weight or body mass limits.

The reasoning behind the new policy, as Buzzfeed describes it, is medically and logically suspect, even if the policy is legal:

The “Texas Tribune” reports that Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas won’t hire anyone with a BMI above 35. CEO David Brown offers an odd explanation: “The majority of our patients are over 65, and they have expectations that cannot be ignored in terms of personal appearance.” So, old people don’t like fat people? Even if this were true, it doesn’t seem to have much bearing on actual medical care.[...]

But Citizens Medical may run into a different problem. Though the hospital’s CEO boldly states the regulation is about “appearance,” he’d probably still run into trouble if he tried to pass it off as a way to monitor employee health. CBS’s Lucas points out that “BMI is actually a poor predictor of health.” Indeed, Whole Foods admitted as much in a “Healthy Heart” newsletter released in February: “Studies show that fat around the belly (abdominal fat) may be more of an indicator of heart disease risk than weight or BMI.”

And a study released just this week found that BMI fails to accurately measure body fat. Study co-author Eric Braverman told NBC, “BMI doesn’t tell you how much fat … you have. So without knowing how much fat you have, you can’t really save people from illness.” Since Citizens Medical is in the business of keeping people healthy, they ought to know that the connection between BMI and health is looking increasingly tenuous.

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  • leona6256
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:36am

    I would think the MOST important aspect of hiring a healthcare professional would be skill at their job and intelligence! I worked with some nurses who were more than merely overweight, They worked hard and were excellent. If they can do the job and do it well, should be the only criteria.
    What will it be next? Oh the elder patients have certain expectations for good looking people. We will only hire handsome and beautiful people. Also, being a thin person does not mean one is healthy.
    The last safe discrimination in this country is against large people. :(

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:45am

      Having just had my fill of doctors and hospitals, I can say I don’t give a diddly what the physical appearance is of the person administering my care. I grade the provider on their attitude, knowledge and professionalism. Having said that, obesity is an issue in this country. Laying in the hospital bed next to me was a 56 year old man who weighed 375 lbs. He has had a quadruple heart by-pass, two shunts in his calves, is diabetic, has a torn Achilles tendon, breathing issues, suffers from depression and that is to name but a few of his ailments. There are very few healthy people that are overweight and fewer that are obese (20% over normal BMI). However, it is a personal responsibility issue, as is drinking and smoking and I understand insurance companies rating overweight and obese people at a higher premium.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:47am

      But, Leona, if you judge people by how they look, you don’t have to THINK.

      It’s HARD to measure performance metrics. It’s easy to stick someone on a scale. See?

      Plus, people with skills had to go get those skills on their own. The administrator didn’t tell them to get those skills. In this situation, the administrator gets to tell people how to live their lives outside of the work place. Is the picture getting clearer for you yet?

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    • leona6256
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:36pm

      @PAVNVET Obesity and many other aliments are a problem in this country. You are assuming that the fat man in the bed next to you got his heart disease from obesity because you can see his weight. Working for a long time in a hospital, I have seen thin bypass patients. It is not healthier to be overweight, but to not hire someone simply by looking at them and determining they are too fat is wrong. It is an easy target and the last safe prejudice. Anyway, that is my thinking :)

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:35am

    I would rather have a good natured fat person take care of me than a skinny low life libturd who i could not trust with my bed pan much less my life, ecspeially if they discover by accident that i like Glenn Beck,I would have to sleep with one eye open……………

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:38am

      WHATTHECRAZY…
      I totally agree.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 2:34am

      Please keep in mind that there is a large group of men and women who work on your behalf protecting this nation on a daily basis that have to meet stringent weight standards and who do go on to work in medical and other professions. Personaly, I‘m 5’10″ and a Marine. That means that I cannot weigh more than 191 pounds. It used to be 192. Anyway, I‘d rather get medical advice from a person who looks like they take their own advice than some 350 pound person who doesn’t look like they could sprint to the door if they needed to. Oh, and in case you’ve never noticed, fat people aren’t all jolly and happy. They actually are generally quite upset and disappointed at how they look and feel. Most of the time, they are trying to hide that feeling while doing their job so that they can get through the day looking confident and have at least something to feel good about. Of course, I did say generally and I’m sure there are some genuinely happy fat people, but there aren’t that many. My brother thought he was happy at 370, then he lost 160 pounds and I can tell you at which weight he is a happier person.

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    • kegbuna
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 4:08am

      I guess this is a business exercising its right to hire who it sees fit

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 6:32am

      You can go down to the Airport and have a pedophile touch your junk, but a fat janitor cant mop the floors in a hodpital…

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 6:47am

      What the..????
      Not here in…The Great State Of Texas.
      Like I said before ..There is no safe haven in this country.
      There all sell-outs every one of them.

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    • HKS
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 8:15am

      Looks like liberals are digging in in Texas, maybe they need a tune-up.

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 8:23am

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      Their doing this because some of the nurses were caught grazing…….

      I had a 300lb’er tell me I needed to exercize more………

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    • Silversmith
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 11:38am

      @Kegbuna – while I agree with your statement as a practice in general, I feel their criteria is problematic. If not a body mass index of over 35 why not 28? If not people who use tobacco, why not also people who drink beer? If old people have an expectation of what they should see, when does it become only blondes? And who is making that determination?

      I find all of this criteria arbitrary, discriminatory, wide of the mark in determining the best candidate to administer health care procedures, and ultimately, actionable.

      Silversmith

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:23am

      That’s not necessarily true, SGTB. If you have a lot of muscle, you will routinely be over the military weight limits, but you can still be in good standing with the military. Arnold Schwartzeneggar (in his bodybuilding days) would have been considered morbidly obese by BMI standards, with hardly a lick of body fat.

      Those that are over the weight limits in the military have the option of measuring their body fat by taking measurements. If they have a good amount of muscle on them, it’s quite easy to pass the tape test, even though they might not fit under the weight standards. I ended up taking the tape test on more than one occasion.

      Just today, my sister-in-law said to me that she thought I lost a bit of weight. I might have lost 5 pounds total, and that’s over a period of 8 months; however, I’ve lost about six inches off my hips and 5 inches off my waist, without losing weight, from working out regularly. The scale is not always the best indicator of body fat, especially when people spend a lot of time at the gym.

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  • momof5children
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:31am

    there goes all the nurses!!!

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    • PJL
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:59am

      That is true, a high number of the non-TV nurses are over weight, not the pleasingly plump, but big people.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:10am

      Hospital Nurses… should look like they just came off a TV… Young, Thin, Big Boobs, open tops, short skirts, Pretty & Sexy… Hell with Skill & Knowledge! To Hell with Patients… Sex toys for all the Interns & Doctors!

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    • Phattdad144
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 6:30am

      I’m sure that the old guys would be happier if all the nurses were hot 20 something in mini skirts. So next we need to band male nurses, ugly and over 30. Will help to reduce the number of prescriptions issued for viagra to the old farts.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:25am

      Bigdaddy….lol

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 5:55pm

      No fat nurses…just nurses like? “One flew over the coo-coo nest” Nurse Ratchett? (I think that was her name) Give me a plump & happy nurse anyday. My only time being involved with drs & nurses was my Big C for a year & the plump nurses were very gentle when it came to shots in the arm,butt etc….A cute little skinny nurse gave me a shot in my leg and she “jammed-it-in” & I was in pain for hours. She was coming back after 4 hrs and I alerted another nurse(plump) if she could give me the shot & not the skinny nurse. Nurses are great..some just alittle bit better at their job.

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:24am

    the over weight first,then people with bald heads, next,people with some form of health problems,next people with blue eyes,next people that are ugly,next people who drink coke,pepsi,beer,wine,eat fast food,and conservatives,

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:51am

      thats my thoughts exactly once they start cherry picking the new fad of condemnation, smokers, fat, drinkers fast food eaters, it will never stop. qualifiations trump personal choice and or personal habit or appearance. these dummies are setting up for a lawsuit you know how much weight I gain when I get stuck on prednisone? lots of folks have the same issue and different ones like polycystic ovarian disease etc their setting up for a disabilities lawsuit. the over regulating of the most trivial ridiculous things has got to go

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    • bigdaddyt46
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 6:43am

      i‘m all the above in your post no wonder i can’t get work LOL

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    • Watchingtheweasels
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:08am

      The end game for all this is genetic testing. It’s a given that companies want to reduce their insurance costs, but where does this end? It’s a known fact that people whose parents had heart attacks at early ages are at greater risk for heart attacks themselves. Should your parent’s medical history become a deterrant to employment? What if you have type I diabetes? What about one of the most expensive to treat conditions around – that is today nearly 100% preventable through lifestyle choices – AIDS?

      In the hands of some managers, capitalism has become an amoral search for the last pound of flesh…which is probably why it is less popular than it used to be.

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  • Taldren
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:19am

    BMI is a made up index that does not fit with reality. So, what is the difference between fat content of the body and Melanin content of the skin in regard to how well you do at your job? If it doesn’t matter about personal preference for melanin content then why does it matter for body fat % for employment?

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:18am

    One thing we won’t be hearing is only blonde hair and blue eyes(Hitler reference?) bc Obama and the first lady seems to hate them too.
    I guess it is time to fire half of those big ladies sitting in the CBC….starting with the rabbit dog lady with her pink hat.

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  • spikebu
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:07am

    They’d better be ready to replace a chunk (no pun intended) of their nursing staff. About 1/3 of the nurses I worked with were “pleasantly plump”. That was when you could still smoke in the break room.

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    • Baikonur
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:10am

      A BMI over 35 is not ‘pleasantly plump.‘ It’s edging closer to Chris Christie size.

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    • Taldren
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:21am

      @Baikonur Yes, and CC is doing just fine at his job. If someone can do the job well it shouldn’t matter what they look like as long as they follow the same rules as everyone else (hair, jewelry, ect).

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    • IMAWAKENOW
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:24am

      About the same time obama got elected the hospital I work for started doing something similar. Every employee has to go in for the “health screen” every year. They have a list of 5 things you must pass or else. So far the “or else” is 12 hours of getting your mind right videos and tests and $700. PER YEAR INCREASE IN INSURANCE CO-PAY. They also added a blood test for tobacco use this year. Never mind it IS still legal to use at home,, for now anyway. If you don’t think this will be mandated nationally under obama care if it passes you are a fool. Any time you put someone else in charge of paying your bills they own you. Wake Up, congress and the “poor” will be the only ones exempted from the rules.

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    • spikebu
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:26am

      My Grandmother was “pleasantly plump”. She was 250-300lbs. She was 5′1″. The term is a nice way to say obese. She also had 14 babies, no multiples.

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    • spikebu
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:37am

      @imawakenow…The only test I had to pass yearly was TB. I was glad to be tested. My daughter showed some interest in becoming a nurse. I felt bad, but I dissuaded her. You just made me feel better.

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  • NurseEducator
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:06am

    I consider the exclusion and wealth of medical knowledge forgone in the place of physical appearance that means nothing in someone’s hour of need. They’ve tied their own hands and are too ignorant to see beyond the surface. Certainly not a place I’d want to care for me or my family.

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    • IMAWAKENOW
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:35am

      another thing to consider, if the employees are made to fit a health profile they do start to resent all the fat bast@rds using the ER as a free clinic.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:03am

    I guess they will be taking down the pig poster in the lunch room that says, “Thin may be in but fat‘s where it’s at”.

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  • drgermain
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:56pm

    If you can do the job, you should work, if you can’t do the job you should. Not racist, not sexist, not a Nazi. it should always be about doing the job, remember when the airlines went through this?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:04am

      Anyone who would like to contact them .. .here it is …

      http://citizensmedicalcenter.org/contact-us/

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    • amerbur
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:10am

      What is the definition of doing the job? This policy has nothing to do with being able to do the job.

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    • thop1960
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 8:45am

      @AMERBUR

      Correct. This policy is all about appearance, not health or doing your job. They want physically “appealing” workers. Although, they talk about not wanting distractions for their 65+ clients, is that just fat people? What about a hot babe nurse, or studly doctor doright? This CEO is a ******* and probably a skinny mediocre wus. Just saying.

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  • swdavis1682
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:51pm

    All of you folks who said that they were okay with smoking bans at hospitals, restaurants, and bars or ANY public area, you were warned that they would soon start banning fat people in public! “HA! Not even!”, you said, “They only want to keep the air cleaner and safer, they would NEVER take it that far!” Are you ready to listen now?

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    • Watchingtheweasels
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:12am

      Difference being, someone with a BMI of 40 only affects my insurance rates – not my cholesterol level. Someone’s secondhand smoke does irritate my lungs.

       
  • football lady
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:46pm

    Is that not discrimination?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:10am

      Yes … yes it is .. but it IS okay to discriminate aganst certain groups … like white Christians.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:37am

      Hi cat, did I not hear some guy say something about “ well it was ”just the Christians“ and he said the same thing regarding regulations ” nudge, nudge” I don’t know but it sounds awfully familiar does it not? The only thing about this one it is in Texas that is surprising.

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    • Hmschlmom
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 3:02am

      It would be for me! I was normal weight until I had to start all of the steroids for my brittle asthma! When you are on steroids nonstop, you WILL BE OVERWEIGHT! Sorry…that is discrimination to people with certain HEALTH CONDITIONS! (do they WANT to be sued?) Why could I not be an insurance file clerk? Telemetry monitor? Patient records data entry? 1:1 overnight patient monitor? Unit secretary? Lab tech? There are all sorts of jobs a moderately overweight person can do.

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  • loveliberty83
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:46pm

    the biggest lie here is not the fat people who are a little overweight but skinny people who have no fat &cannot fight off infections they call in sick all the time & they also die of heart atacks they are the sickest lol always blame it on fat these doctors are so full of it they do research on the skinny ones but they don’t

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    • cgnick
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:18am

      “requires potential employees to have a body mass index of less than 35 — which is 210 pounds for someone who is 5-foot-5, and 245 pounds for someone who is 5-foot-10.” 245 pounds at 5 foot10 is still pretty fat. If they don’t want morbidly obese people working there that is their private business to run. The Augusta golf course won’t allow women, that is their private business to run. If you don‘t like the way they run their business don’t frequent that establishment.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:27am

      @cgnick,the problem is they are not a private business,they are funded with state and federal taxpayers money.

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    • PJL
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:18am

      cgnick, is right, that is still fat. I have worked with some of these people (I’m not skinny by a long shot) and some of these guys got winded walking up the hallway, and were of little help when it came to helping with a patient who needed aid quickly or getting them off the floor, when the patients got out of bed to soon and folded to the floor…so I see it as, a safety issue for the obese nurse and the patient. Heck it might be an incentive to lose some weight. Getting down to 245, is still 100 lbs over weight for 5′5.

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    • MistyBlueAngel
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:23am

      @CGNICK, hospitals are not “businesses” in the traditional sense, never have been. They are either run by charities or the government. Some may be “owned” by corporations, but all of them rely heavily on government money to keep them going. As such, they should be subject to the same rules against discrimination that all the others are. Make no mistake, this is arbitrary, and blatant discrimination.

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    • christos
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 11:23am

      …Viruses store in fat cells,,the whole problem too fat too skinny can be traced to diet and lifestyle,regardless of weight the most pleasant and best in their fields of nursing come in all sizes,this is a communist idea…

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  • Paul
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:44pm

    Guess Moochelle Islama will never get a job there…

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  • amerbur
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:42pm

    I cannot believe what I am reading from people here or in this story. I do not think we should hire …holes like Goodstuff and Raininseattle who are clearly jerks. Afterall, there are fat patients who deserve to have decent, kind, loving people providing their care, but individuals that verbalize such an attitude toward a human being does not deserve to be a health care provider. This hospital should be ashamed of themselves.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:50pm

      I think they need to keep out people with low I.Q’s .. that would take care of the idiots that are trying to make this rule … if I were in the area and in the medical profession I would go apply tomorrow … and then sue them.

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  • HotFixIt
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:27pm

    I have been an RN for 26 years… yes I am overweight too.. they would not hire me probably. I have had several back injuries because I was always the strongest one available to do most of the heavy lifting… those skinny little nurses can’t do anything but stand around and look cute and cry about how difficult it is do do the heavy lifting. I have never been afraid of the work nor have I been unable to do anything needed even when in severe pain… I just do it… then go home in misery. It’s part of the job. Pain does not stop a nurse from doing her job. (at least it does not stop one who cares)

    I have taken the last year off work because of moral issues in the profession… now I wonder if I want to go back if this is what is happening…. really???? You have to be kidding me… you don’t want me saving your life??? I can … ICU, CCU, Cath Lab… lots of experience here… my weight makes me unacceptable to care for you….

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    • amerbur
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:46pm

      You can care for me any day. I thank you for your years of service. Do not let ignorant individuals or a this messed up society knock you down. God knows what you have given to the world.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:17am

      I agree .. I bet you give a great shot too … that is my biggest “requirement” ;-)

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:56am

      as a frequent flyer at the hospital (and doctors daughter) I commend you for your service dealing with some horrific people. some of the nastiest meanest most disgusting people end up in the hospital I cannot stand to hear or see the way they treat the nurses/doctors/imaging staff etc caring for them. keep up the good work

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:17pm

    Good. Healthcare employees should be healthy. As should cops. Time to start firing obese cops. Who’s with me?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:22pm

      How about overweight teachers .. how is that setting a good example for our little ones? I’m sure the unions would go along with that .. right?

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    • marine249
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:24pm

      there gos half of my old department

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    • momsense
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 3:11am

      Snotty bas@@rd ! do you want to fantasize or do you want a nurse?

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:36am

      What if they decide not to care for out of shape or fat patients………..is this what it’s coming to?

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  • raininseattle
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:08pm

    I am okay with this. Have you ever had an obese nurse help you to the bathroom? My kidneys shut down at age 18, and the lady had to have more help than she could have helped me. What would we do if we had obese firefighters helping us out of fires? No thanks. Self control is important, and weight is an issue in hospitals. GAME ON.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:21pm

      I spend an awful lot of time in the hospital for a chronic issue the part that bothers me about this is “free from distraction” lets define that? my favorite nurse is a 50 year old man with tattoos on his arms and an earring in his nose. I am sure many judge him for this but this man served his country has a huge inheritance and choses to work to help folks. its just too broad of a rule same with smoking. I know smoking kills at some point. should we ban doctors from every touching alcohol since it contributes to liver damage and addiction? once this can is opened there is no slowing down.

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    • Slayer
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:23pm

      Ever had an old person in your way when walking or driving? Or worse, a retarded person? It takes another person to help them too! We should get rid of them after we get the fat people out of the way. That way, our society can move into the utopian dream we’ve all imagined – where everyone is smart, healthy, fit, good looking and blemish-free. I hope the government introduces more programs to get us to that point faster. Game on!

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:58am

      slayer you made me laugh so hard I choked on my iced tea thanks for that haha

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 6:09pm

      @slayer

      The young & old & lame etc. people out on the plains and the “fit-population” will make a game (use your imagination) and it will be shown around the world. I won’t go to this movie, “The hunger-games” because it is too much reality for me because I am 65 & “Logan’s Run” movie is playing in my future.
      The Good News = I know where I will spend eternity!

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  • cosmic dogma
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:08pm

    Lets round up all of the fatties and send them to concentration camps. They could pound rocks till they thinned out enough to be acceptable to society. Anyone over a certain BMI would automatically be sent to prison. That would keep health care expenses down.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:23pm

      enjoying your sarcasm but the scary part is, at somepoint with the direction our country is going they will be penalizing folks for what ever behavior they see as the new bad one. you know the phases they go thru smokers then fat folks people who don’t eat organic etc.

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  • Unc68
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:04pm

    Marie Antionette Obama must be on their board of directors.
    Seriously, many people in healthcare are overweight as a result of the job and poor sleep and eating habits. You try working some of the shifts that we have to put up with.
    I guess it is true, you can only discriminate against whites, Christians and fat people. I am screwed.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:10pm

      And they should not hire any skinny people .. many of them can’t lift anything .. and their poor little bones might snap. I know a woman who looks healthy .. she is very petitie .. but you know what she eats .. diet Coke and m&m’s … she counts the m&m’s .. she would be hireable .. but someone who is muscular (BMI doesn’t acurately measure muscle opposed to fat) would not be. RIDICULOUS .. oh yea .. I would be screwed also .. but I would SUE THEM!

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  • eramthgin
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:04pm

    Good for them. When my parents where in a retirement home the “big boned” employess were incapable of some of the tasks required to care for my parents. Overweight people are not healthy.

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  • Wishmich
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:03pm

    I hope they don’t hire anyone with moles on their face. That disgusts me. It’s all about image, you know. Don’t hire people with hairy arms either. Forget hiring people with gray hair…I want my medical staff to be young and vibrant. Those secretaries and data entry people better not have a limp or a lisp either. //sarcasm intended, of course.

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    • greatgrandma
      Posted on April 5, 2012 at 6:02am

      Looks like the days of Logans Run are upon us. For those who have never seen Logans Run it’s a movie depicting no one over 30.

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  • Suzanne D
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:01pm

    I could understand it if the hospital said it wouldn’t hire obese applicants because of health insurance premiums, or because of employee accidents resulting in increased workers’ compensation losses. But to ADMIT it won‘t hire a person because their patients don’t like seeing obese people? HOW IS THAT LEGAL?!

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  • skimmer57
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 10:56pm

    Looks like the tea party patriots will have to look else where for health care!

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:05pm

      You might want to re-read (OR READ) the article .. you make no sense.

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  • QuinnMCK
    Posted on April 4, 2012 at 10:53pm

    Get used to stories like this. This is just the beginning…

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    • shotzie
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:02pm

      @QUINNMCK – I don’t really think any more comments are necessary. You said it all.

      shotzie  
    • Paul
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:47pm

      @QuinnMCK

      Nope ! Just about the end…

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