cholul

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1. Don't give firewater to the Indians

   cholul posted a topic in General Nursing

   With Native American heritage marching down on my sons (now almost 40 and the fathers of sons themselves) from all directions, I got busy and found out as much as I could about as many health issues as I could... one of which was the old myths about ...

2. Tribes hit by Hurricane Katrina

   cholul replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   I am from Louisiana - a Native American Katrina survivor now displaced in Arkansas. I would like to thank the hundreds, if not thousands, of Western Native Americans who came to help us after Katrina - bus after bus after bus... they stayed weeks at ...

3. Teas and Native American Medicine

   cholul replied to mom and nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for posting that word of caution. If anyone is doing multicultural nursing, please watch your patients carefully - especially those from Native American, Latino, and Asian cultures. My own Native American mother nearly killed my fat...

4. NCAA Rules against the "Chief"

   cholul replied to fotografe's topic in General Nursing

   Believe it or not, as the actual, alive and well, family of "the Chief," all we really asked was that they correct whatever that garb was that he was wearing, correct the so-called tribal dances - and stop flailing about - literally - like Big Bird o...

5. 'Blood' Doesn't Make the Indian

   cholul replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Multicultural nursing is often complicated by this "part Indian" issue. I know one alcoholic patient - nice, middle class, American accountant - stays "confused" because, as it turns out, all of his grandmothers were "passing" and he can't believe th...

6. University of Illinois: Chief Illiniwek is being retired.

   cholul replied to Pixiesmom's topic in General Nursing

   That school had their mascot wearing the "garb" of the wrong tribe and flailing about like Big Bird on drugs. The school said (a) he never was a real person and (b) if he was, he wouldn't have any living descendents today. His name was Mamenthouensa...

7. Wow.

   cholul replied to Indy's topic in LPN/LVN

   I think it is hilarious that one of the last things the AD RNs are told, before graduation, at a nursing school near where I live is: "Find an "old" LPN and stick with him or her!" They win on "technique" every time! After 26 years in nursing educati...

8. The Circumcision Discussion

   cholul replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

   New research studies, out of South Africa and Kenya, show that circumcision reduces the risk for contracting HIV by as much as 60%. That's great news - but - this non-emergency, totally elective surgery then becomes a topic for the "ethics" column be...