ldymedc

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1. Euthanasia/Spirituality

   ldymedc replied to BBelle's topic in General Nursing

   Very nicely put Wolfox. I have a strong faith as well, but I also feel that God gave us a brain for a reason, my feeling is that it is to be used. I can not imagine that simply because we have been able to develop technology to extend life that we ...

2. Euthanasia/Spirituality

   ldymedc replied to BBelle's topic in General Nursing

   I have had much personal experience with this subject, I have lost both my parents to cancer at relatively young ages. My father had renal cell, mets to lung, and my mother had billiary duct CA. I also worked for several years on a medical unit tha...

3. Taking ACLS on Wednesday

   ldymedc replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Brandy, You will do fine, ACLS is now much more of a teaching based program than antagonistic. It used to be something everyone sweated....memorized word for word, regurgitated the information, and then got down on their knees to thank God when they...

4. I need help!!! Paramedic or RN??

   ldymedc replied to MandieMarie's topic in General Nursing

   Well EMTPTORN, I can certainly understand your position. It seems as if we have led very similar lives. I have been a prehospital provider (PM) and firefighter for 16 years, paid for 13. The luster wore off the 24 hr work schedule many years ago, ...

5. Some questions for all the nurses

   ldymedc replied to RNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   I think that the total of the experience and education, the desire to continue to learn, and the ability to be humble enough to recognize that there is always something we don't know, is actually what makes a good medical PROFESSIONAL. Currently I am...