As a nurse and a chronic pain sufferer, this topic is very interesting to me. Ladies and Gentlemen, the way that we treat chronic pain patients is unforgiveable. I have been made to feel like a felon for going to the ER for pain relief, asking my d...
I've never had a child, so obviously I will never help my child give birth. Oh, but how blessed you are! To have had a child and then help deliver her baby! What an awesome experience! Congratulatons!
You're exactly right. It would be much better if a drug addict could tell the truth. However, there's such a stigma towards drug abuse that I don't see that happening anytime in the near future. Obviously, the war on drugs is a complete failure. ...
I read 10 pages of this thread and then couldn't resist adding my 2 cents worth. If I repeat what someone else has already posted, forgive me. I, too, am a chronic pain sufferer who hasn't worked as an RN in years. When I was nursing, before I starte...
Preschool thru 6th. When they are really young, they can come to the office if they need assistance. 99 percent of the time the parents tell us that the child knows how to use it and when. The parents still have to fill out a medication form to k...
How could I not report it? I didn't want anyone else to go through what I did! I'm not one to hold a grudge, but to this day I would love for those nurses to look me in the eye and tell me why they didn't stop that doctor...
I've had 2 colonscopies. The first one was a piece of cake. I went to a very experienced doc. They started sedating me before he came in the room Once he began inserting the scope I moaned, he said something and that's all I remember until I woke up ...