horus2001

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1. PSYCH NURSES-please help

   horus2001 replied to scorpiogurl22's topic in Psychiatric

   i hate to seem cynical but most of psych nursing is pushing pills. Before i get jumped on, i work as a psych nurse at a state mental hospital so i do have some background. modern psych is give them pills, get them stable and get them out. most insu...

2. MRSA Colonization in Healthcare workers and patients

   horus2001 replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

   the question is MRSA colonization the same as having TB. if it is, then no nurse can be fired: ADA Who's Disabled, 11/92 NRPA Law Review this link explains that, a communicable disease is covered under the ADA and the nurse must be offered an equal ...

3. Right to defense against violence on adolescent unit

   horus2001 replied to CrashVector's topic in Psychiatric

   i too work on a child/adolescent unit. we had a similar situation where a patient struck a nurse so she could get a shot of vitamin T. i asked the nurse if he wanted to call and report an assault. he said yes, i called the cops and then the docto...

4. mental health educator

   horus2001 replied to texasbsn's topic in Educators

   Seriously? You want to teach? I looked at some of your postings and... Let me be honest with you, in graduate school, you write papers. If the quality of your grammar and spelling is the same as you post on this board, you won't make it. I don't ...

5. Violence towards staff and mgmt response

   horus2001 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I need to vent but i also want to pose a question. today, i had a six year old psych patient who threw a tantrum on the unit. This kid functions at the level of a 18 month old, so the tantrum i can handle. he then started slamming doors, i interven...

6. You Came All The Way From America Just For Me

   horus2001 replied to racypatty's topic in General Nursing

7. Houston info needed

   horus2001 replied to als1124's topic in Texas

   best paying jobs are in the medical center area. there are several large players with outlying hospitals in the suburban area. check st. lukes, methodist, md anderson, Texas children, memorial herman. there is st. joes in downtown. every suburban...

8. You Came All The Way From America Just For Me

   horus2001 replied to racypatty's topic in General Nursing

   They have a ton of nurses there, they just all seem to leave the country at the first chance they get. we have a huge population of nurses from kerala here in houston. whole units at methodist and other hospitals are run by keralian nurses.

9. Hurst Review/Random

   horus2001 replied to SQueenRN's topic in New Nurse

   i used hurst. i ended up with 75 questions, finished in 45 minutes. passed the nclex no problem, much of the success i owe to hurst. it was simply the best prep program i encountered.

10. benzo withdrawal......advice please

    horus2001 replied to cherilee's topic in Psychiatric

    it sounds like they are still W/Ding. i know if our patients meet certain vital sign parameters we can still give them a PRN to help them per the vitals. does your doctor have any PRNs scheduled like that to help? it seems a bit sadistic to make a...

11. Atheists? How do you deal with religious people?

    horus2001 replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Students

    ahh but there is a difference between being religious and spiritual. the difference is that religious people follow a specific dogma and set of beliefs. you can be spiritual and not religious and vice versa. as far as the indian example, it does ...

12. Atheists? How do you deal with religious people?

    horus2001 replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Students

    i did find this: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Secular-Philosophies/Atheists-In-Foxholes.aspx the thing to consider, as we as a culture have advanced, we have become more and more hostile towards the idea of something greater than ourselves. it has...

13. Atheists? How do you deal with religious people?

    horus2001 replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Students

    the statement those who tend to become religious were already religious does not make sense. people become religious because they have reached a point in their lives when they need something bigger than themselves. people who are religious don't te...

14. Atheists? How do you deal with religious people?

    horus2001 replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Students

    i don't know about that. i encounter a lot of nurses that are very religious. i think it a coping tool for dealing with issues that are beyond our power to resolve. Also just as the saying goes "there are no atheists in foxholes", as people becom...

15. Tattoos and piercings

    horus2001 replied to averna's topic in General Students

    anything other than a stud ear rings should be forbidden for safety. that nose ring seems pretty cool until it gets ripped out by a patient who is psychotic or caught on something during a code. it all comes down to safety, if not the patient's, yo...