sharkdiver

sharkdiver

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  1. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

    Took the words right out of my mouth. The alleged actions had nothing whatever to do with DWDA.
  2. How do people feel about male nurses?

    This is a good point, and I don't disagree - but don't you suppose that there are similar subjects that males would be just as uncomfortable discussing with a female? It cuts both ways......
  3. How do people feel about male nurses?

    I never said that they couldn't. That said, as RNator alluded, there is a double standard. A female that requests same gender care, particularly if intimate exposure is involved, is almost always accomodated without comment, while males do not get t...
  4. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

    Really? When? Where? Do you have a verifiable official resource to back up this statement?
  5. How do people feel about male nurses?

    I agree that the double standard you referenced does exist - all the more reason we need more males in the nursing profession, so the same sensitivities can be granted to male patients as well.
  6. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

    Sort of......in 2002 or 2003 the name was changed to "End of Life Choices", and a year or so later they merged with the "Compassion in Dying Federation" to form a new national organization called "Compassion & Choices". This is the group that pr...
  7. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

    Oregon's DWDA has been in effect for 18 years now and there is a lot of good information available on how it has worked. You might also google "hemlock society". The organization it self no longer exists, but there is a pretty good Wiki article on it...
  8. School Physical

    Not everywhere - several states have removed both the male genital and hernia component from their sports physical exam forms.
  9. Any advice for a new grad Male CNA

    You might want to rethink this.... Whether you like it or not, instances of sexual abuse of patients by nurses and other health care workers do occur. If you don't think so, just google "Jeffrey McCallister"....health care facilities have very valid ...
  10. LPN jobs in L&D??

    This! My sister has worked in L&D most of her 30+ year career and is currently the L&D/postpartum nurse unit manager. We've discussed this in the past and they only hire RN's for L&D for these reasons.
  11. You have to look at the whole chronology.... 1. It started with an AAP policy endorsing pediatricians asking these questions. 2. Then, when some patients in Florida declined to answer, some overzealous pediatricians dismissed them from their practice...
  12. As I said way back on page one, you can ask, but the patient doesn't have to answer. A provider has no legal right to any information the patient doesn't choose to share. So instead of asking about firearm ownership, simply make a statement to the ef...
  13. When a patient signs out AMA...

    1 2:10 pm by jrwest Quote from springchick1 Remind them that in most cases, insurance won't pay the bills if they leave AMA (assuming they have insurance). We were told we are not allowed to say this( not sure why) Most of the time they...
  14. LOL! Actually it's "bear arms"....or in the case of your pic, arm bears... Seriously, I don't think that anyone here will dispute the idea that keeping firearms and ammunition safely secured is a good idea. Likewise, I don't have a problem with healt...
  15. You are certainly free to ask - the patient is also free to tell you that it's none of your business, or as Annie indicated they may just lie. IMHO, unless health care workers are thoroughly trained in firearm safety, they're better off leaving it to...