Hey, men who are with women. Ever say things like…
“Have you seen the …”
“Tell me what to do and I’ll do it”
“But I do so much around here”
“Why didn’t you ask me to do it?”
“I do more than my friends”
“Let me know if I can help”
Then let’s talk about mental load. 1/
That time I had the obtunded, CA patient in DIC.
Each time I moved him copious amounts of dark, putrid liquid soaked everything.
I continued to turn him, clean him sparkling fresh b4 his family came back in the room.
This is the face of nursing. The one no one sees.