knapejc

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1. Beware Gastric Bypass with stapeling!

   knapejc replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   My own experience with OA has been interesting. You are right in saying that many folks can be found there who are in self-denial, or depressed, or in many ways still suffering from the variety of symptoms of this disease. It took me almost TWO YEA...

2. Beware Gastric Bypass with stapeling!

   knapejc replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a nurse who has struggled with overweight since childhood, I know the heartache that drives people to want this surgery. Weight is the last of the legal prejudices. I know that there is no one out there overweight who is not also desperate to be ...

3. Are new nurses adequately prepared?

   knapejc replied to RNGranny's topic in General Nursing

   As a former nurse educator in the hospital setting, I know that the new grads coming our way were not really prepared for what they were facing. . . either in theory OR in clinical skills. We could teach equipment, procedures, and special skills in ...

4. Annual flu vaccine - Will you get yours this year and why?

   knapejc replied to CaliNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Roland, I tend to agree with your thoughts about the smallpox vaccine. Using a vaccine which, as you point out, is known to be lethal on occasion, against a threat which may not even exist is certainly reason to question the ethics of such an immuni...

5. Annual flu vaccine - Will you get yours this year and why?

   knapejc replied to CaliNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I not only take the vaccine, I administer it for the VNA at local retail clinics. I know many nurses who still confuse true flu with having a bad cold or sinus infection. Those aren't nice either, but the flu can be prevented and SHOULD be. If yo...

6. Bossy Unit Clerks

   knapejc replied to NancyRN's topic in Relations

   One of my jobs in staff development was to work with unit secretaries/clerks and their education needs. A universal concern they had was that nursing was not aware of the multiple inputs clerks have to deal with, often without information that would...