GeorgiaNurse320

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1. Hurricane Katrina and murder charges

   GeorgiaNurse320 posted a topic in Safety

   Hi, I have always been very interested in medical/nursing ethics, and I could not help being absolutely glued to the TV during the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. I just read in the newspaper that a doctor and 2 nurses at a hospital in NO are being charg...

2. Do drs really look down on nurses?

   GeorgiaNurse320 replied to lmf2006's topic in General Nursing

   OMG, did this bring back a really funny memory. When I was 21 years old I was a new RN and worked as the charge nurse in Labor and delivery in a big teaching hospital. One evening all the residents and interns went to the OR to perform a C section ...

3. Is nursing really this cutthroat?

   GeorgiaNurse320 replied to dougRN2BE's topic in General Nursing

   To be to the point, YES!!!!! it can be just that cutthroat. Nursing is a profession made up primarily of women, and being one, I can attest to the fact that women have their own dynamics in the workplace. Egos play a big role, as do the stresses mo...

4. Police Killed Our Patient

   GeorgiaNurse320 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   You know, this situation has always baffled me. I have seen countless cases of police "brutality" which I felt was a case of police misinformation. Unfortunately the mentally ill in this country are treated as less than third class citizens. They ...