allaboutthefamily

allaboutthefamily specializes in ICU,ED (intern).

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1. What are the worst reasons to get into nursing?

   allaboutthefamily replied to mayana's topic in General Nursing

   As long as you are commited to being good at what you do, that means being a good patient advocate, putting the patients needs first, etc. I do not think there are any bad reasons for wanting to become a nurse. The good part of nursing is that there...

2. Drug seeking patients?

   allaboutthefamily replied to butter's topic in Safety

   A polygraph would not be the way to go IMO. They are not exceedingly accurate in controlled experiments (in some 25-50% inaccurate). Furthermore, a polygraph measures respirations, skin moisture, temp, etc. all things that are affected by acute or ch...

3. Drug seeking patients?

   allaboutthefamily replied to butter's topic in Safety

   I have thought about situations like this, especially being that I am a full time student (meaning when I begin work full time my insurance will not cover "preexisting conditions" in the US. If I were to develop cancer or the like now, all I would l...

4. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

   allaboutthefamily replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism

   But I still say I will do it, I was never the kid sayin "But mom they dont have to eat thier vegetables". If its good for us its good for us.

5. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

   allaboutthefamily replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism

   I agree, I did not think of it that way. At my hospital it is not mandatory, but many nurses and non-licensed personel where the buttons. Doctors are the worst at hand washing in my (very limited) experience. This being said, I dont know if doctor...

6. West Coast University

   allaboutthefamily replied to ivfhelp's topic in California

   Very good points, I myself got really lucky (blessed) on the CC front. Never had a problem but I know many that have, so you have a valid point.

7. West Coast University

   allaboutthefamily replied to ivfhelp's topic in California

   The only thing that makes me weary of reccomending WCU to alot of the people that ask me for advice is the fact that the credits will not transfer over if you needed to bail. That is to say, is you needed to move because of some kind of crazy situat...

8. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

   allaboutthefamily replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism

   If it is demeaning then perhaps we deserve it, but I do not feel that was the intention of the message. As my uncle always said, do not look for insult where none was intended. Numerous studies (quoted throughout this post) have shown that health ca...

9. What in the world does the ANA do?

   allaboutthefamily replied to -jt's topic in Activism

   "The American Nurses Association (ANA) is responsible for defining the scope and standards of generic nursing practice. In 1991, ANA revised the standards of clinical nursing practice, broadening professional role expectations. This document builds o...

10. How does everyone feel about nursing theory

    allaboutthefamily replied to allaboutthefamily's topic in General Nursing

    When I first read this I thought you were "afraid to click the link" because it might "blow your mind", on second thought you probably meant you were afraid of a bad link giving you a virus or something similar, lol.

11. How does everyone feel about nursing theory

    allaboutthefamily replied to allaboutthefamily's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, I see. Maybe the author is making his point but only using one example (Rogers) because the others (Orem, etc.) would not weigh so heavily in his favor. I defenitely didnt want to trivialize anyones views, but I agree, for the most part, with w...

12. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    allaboutthefamily replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

    As a male nurse doing my OB rotation in school (currently) I had one experience that was embarassing and funny. I was taking care of a young woman who was in the early stages of labor and I was going over the questionarrie that was given to me by my...

13. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    allaboutthefamily replied to bigmac018's topic in ADN/BSN

    I defenitely agree with a majority of the text written by NursePeace, and defenitely in regards to education level not making the nurse. The one thing I have always differed in opinion on is why people should become nurses, or that only those with s...

14. How does everyone feel about nursing theory

    allaboutthefamily posted a topic in General Nursing

    Thank god the BSN program I am in has not subjected me to a nursing theory course, I had enough of it in the first two chapters of my fundamentals book. I just wanted to know what you practicing nurses thought about this article. I find the last fo...

15. I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    allaboutthefamily replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate

    The last four paragraphs of the sidebar are simply..... http://jef.raskincenter.org/published/NursingTheoryForSite.html