safta24

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1. How are you spending your retirement?

   safta24 replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

   Here am I back , still retired but stuck with emphysema & 24/7 oxygen still.Condition deterorating with difficulty combining walking & talking. weakness & fatigue playing catch. Ob the...

2. What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

   safta24 replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

   Thanks Gwen for the info. Love all aspects of our mental potentials/pssibilities & unfortunately also malfunction. will check out the library.

3. What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

   safta24 replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

   you are absolutely right. a point I don't think I mentioned is the all imperative important one on one session to assess where your patient is & where you can reach

4. What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

   safta24 replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

   lamazeteacher enioyed reading your posts plus you sound like you are right on top of the whole depression situations. enjoy your nursing skills

5. What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

   safta24 replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

   Finding an opening to motivate the patient into accepting an activity that they could enjoy seemed to me to be the most difficult task . Depression seems to engulf any positive ideation or...

6. How are you spending your retirement?

   safta24 replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

   Hi I retired when I moved to be closer to my daughter & grandkids. i was so happy being a grandmother I never looked for a job. That's how I became retiredd. then I became on Ombudsman (always...

7. How are you spending your retirement?

   safta24 replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

   Good for you for using your retirement time as a tool to expand 7 express yourself in your travel & crafts . Sounds ideal. I enjoy ed retirement as a bonus to be able to volunteer a couple of...

8. regarding age entering nursing

   safta24 replied to mayana's topic in International Nursing

   mayana Good for you for your awareness at who you really are or who you want to be Nursing is the very best at all facets of its dedication to people who need help. Enjoy the process , all the...

9. Elderly Suicide Is Not Uncommon

   safta24 replied to NurseKymba's topic in General Nursing

   nmsane Of course you are right. May we never feel too depressed to respond to therapeutic ways . best wishes

10. Elderly Suicide Is Not Uncommon

    safta24 replied to NurseKymba's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry for the loss of a loved one to suicide, I wonder about the possible guilt they might be feeling not to mention the abandon & rejection. Is suicide only a selfish gesture.? Death is...

11. LPN doesn't want dying patient to go to hospice.

    safta24 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Can't say I underwstand why docs would object or not like patients dying at home? Isn't focus on care at this terminal point? Whom would one call if a patient dies at home? Who all can pronounce...

12. regarding age entering nursing

    safta24 replied to mayana's topic in International Nursing

    Nursing is not just a job it is a life style , all ages would welcome the opportunity I'm sure.

13. regarding age entering nursing

    safta24 replied to mayana's topic in International Nursing

    TansyD Good for you, age is secondary to all that matters, the time will pass by no matter waht & instead you will be gaining the opportunity to be a great nurse. congratulations on y9ur...

14. How are you spending your retirement?

    safta24 replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

    Neonatal13 By all means have a serious daily to-do-list & goals Learning , any gregarious activity has productive end gains & is good for you. Keep training your brain & your retirement...

15. regarding age entering nursing

    safta24 replied to mayana's topic in International Nursing

    in reference to entering nursing at later ages. Way back I entered nursing at 23 while the others in my class were new high school grads. As our clinical experience progressed so did my opinion of...