[SmilingBluEyes]

hehehehehe you guys crack me up.

[liberalrn]

Yep-the very same ones!!!

Have any of you ever done as many interventions on a pt in one shift that those mags say is "basic" care? They just seem surreal to me! I doubt the docs do as much as the mags say should be done!

I do like to leaf thru them, they sometimes have good updates on clinicla trials and such, but as a form of light reading.....forget it!

[nurse-lou]

Originally posted by sanakruz
You mean the ones that tell us to fake orgasms? I LOVE those mags......

I don't need no magazine to tell me to fake orgasms. I already do this on a regular basis. Sometimes it's just necessary to get it over with already!

[nurse-lou]

Someone in my unit decided to post at the bedside (computer) a "did you remember to" list....mouth care, bath, pain assessment, turn, etc. Most RN's in my unit took this as a slap in the face as it was all basic nursing care type stuff. Some people removed it but it was just re-posted the next day.

I think that when a family member sees this list that they will become more vigilant in making sure that this stuff is done and being a bigger PIA than they already are sometimes!

[mattsmom81]

Originally posted by liberalrn
Perhaps a simple equivalency will clear this up:

Nursing magazines are to real nurses as Cosmo and Glamour are to real women. Questions?

Luv it!

[emily_mom]

Originally posted by nurse-lou
I don't need no magazine to tell me to fake orgasms. I already do this on a regular basis. Sometimes it's just necessary to get it over with already!

Reminds me of that line in 'Something to Talk About' with Julia Roberts. "I have orgasms everyday! I'm just used to having them when you're not in the room."



Back to topic. I don't subscribe to any, because I want to get the most bang for my buck. I know Nursing2003 sucks, as we always get cheesy articles at school.

If I only get one, which one should it be? I sneak peeks at AJN at work, and I like that one.

[Rapheal]

This fires me up too. But think of all the things magazines tell us to do. If I listened to them I would be eating 6 servings of vegetables a day, making daily facials a part of my skin care routine, and of course, doing aerobics with weight training 3 times a week. I would spend lots of quality time with my family, make homemade Easter and XMas decorations, volunteer weekly, and of course, make time for me (which would include quality magazine reading time).

[eldernurse]

To nurse Lou, vigilant families are OK as long as they don't have unreal expectations on how long this care should take. I can turn, clean, do mouth care and medicate in about 3 minutes, see ya in a couple of hours! I hate the ones who say, you haven't seen my loved one in hours! and I just did everything 5 minutes ago while they were in the bathroom!
I really hate those mag's that have the cutsy new nurse (or old nurse) stories that are supposed to warm your heart. If I wanted to read Chicken Soup for the nurses soul I would buy it!

[gwenith]

Like I said the unrealistic goals set by those magazines are really a form of professional bullying! It is time and more than time that we actively refute the garbage that is written.

You do not see "How to complete your ward round in 5 minutes" in medical magazines! You won't find articles on "How to sort out a familys social problem in 30 seconds or less" in a Social Work magazine, then why do we tolerate them being published in our field?

[-jt]

<My guess is that these bad attitudes are directly related to very real problems these nursing are experiencing in their working enviroment. >

I think thats exactly what the problem is but its just cheaper to ignore the real causes & pressure the nurses to "behave".

We should copy our comments here & send them to that magazine. But its not the only one. NursingSpectrum is notorious for this kind of attitude too & why I canceled it long ago.

I like AJN & Advance for Nurses much better.