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1. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   Coolhandlu, Are you truly struggling with trying to decide what to do next? Are you in this situation voluntarily or was it forced upon you?(rhetorical question). You did not "wind up" with his number at the end of your shift, you accepted it and it ...

2. Nursing Student Anxiety dealing with people

   stkates replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Students

   After reading this post and through the many replies it is heartening to hear from people in our profession who recognize and validate our humanity. I myself decided to become a nurse after working in a clinic with nurses who I came to admire. They w...

3. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   I agree, it is clear cut. Why do we always seem to be searching for a rationale for behaving less-than-professionally? eg., small town, everyone knows everyone else, chemistry and sparks flying, soul mates, blah, blah, blah - as if we are helpless be...

4. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   Where I teach, the patient's families are defined as the patient as well.

5. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   Take the time to read the 11 pages of this thread. You'll read arguments for and against, and perhaps feel a little differently about what this issue entails. If the S.O. of a nurse is hospitalized on his or her unit, not being assigned to care for...

6. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   Let's see...I'm a nurse, and as a nurse I have a RIGHT to date my patients? So...this same right applies to all professionals in health care who interact with people who may be physically and/or emotionally vulnerable? Think again - and while you'r...

7. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   I have seen this happen so many times! When I was an oncology nurse, a former patient's husband was married to our unit's CNS within 2 months of the patient's death. Evidently, they had become close throughout the 2 years of visits for treatment fo...

8. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

   stkates replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   undefined Triage RN, I could have sworn I was reading my autobiography as I read your submission. I sense the depth of your compassion fatigue; the feelings you express seem so familiar. I, too, can recall longing for the "ignorance is bliss" da...

9. Now Im getting Mad

   stkates replied to have2beRN's topic in New Nurse

   How about not wasting your time in this chat room and studying instead?

10. clinical skills lab

    stkates posted a topic in Educators

    we are a small group(3) of skills laboratory instructors at a small private college. we would like to know if there are other instructors out there who would be willing to share information and ideas about how your laboratory is run, and develop a n...