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Joined Jun 7, '08 - from 'Delaware. River and State'. aknottedyarn is a retired. She has 'a life time' year(s) of experience. Posts: 7,710 (87% Liked) Likes: 22,752
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- I regard anyone who does to another human being what this man did more akin to a two-legged globule of phlegm with a pulse...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nursing News
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- My first job out of nursing school was at a long term care facility. It wasn't my ideal situation, in fact the ten-years-ago...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- During the second week of January 2014, there was a small Internet storm regarding blog posts written by Emma and Bill...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: Oncology Nursing
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- Well, everyone here is going to hate me, but I don't care: I am foursquare opposed to capital punishment. If it were up to...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nursing News
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- I enjoy being professional. To be a person of character. To be weeping and carrying on at bedside perhaps is not the best...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Re the differing view on referring to the dead body/cadaver/person/corpse/...and whether its appropriate or kind or a dose...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- When outside of work do you constantly find yourself ready to take action at the sound of a beep/alarm? Do you find...aknottedyarn
- Toon Forum: About A Nurse - Nursing Cartoon Series
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- I'm sorry, the idea of talking about people on life support being "cadavers" or speaking of them as just being on "organ...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- {{Psychtrish39}} Bless you for sharing. Peace be with you.aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I unfortunately understand this better than most my son committed suicide in August of last year in jail as such he was a...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- This is a great thread on a really important topic with good arguments on both sides. I think allow natural death is a...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- She comes home livid. She's glaring at the garage door as it cr-cr-creaks its way open, revealing an old, beat-up...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: Nurses Rock
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- As a nurse who has left the clinical side of the profession, I've had a little time recently to ponder both the good and bad...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: Nurses Rock
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- Really who cares what we say. The majority of pts families will call it life support. They will also refer to end of life as...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- The Jahi McMath case is unfortunate, extreme, and atypical ... with an extraordinary amount of media coverage of all types,...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Agree, agree, agree. Organ support is more accurate, leaves no room for misguided hope, and relays the science in basic...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Make organ donation an automatic -opt out instead of out in and that will go a long way to solving the problem. People are...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I think using the term "organ" does reduce the person to individual organs being supported and would be confusing to family,...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- See, that's the issue...I explain what a vent does to lay people; I have done so for eight years. Explaining that your...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Yes but . . . we are trying to find terminology that laypeople, the public, would hear. There is a huge disagreement...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I am not arguing about the dead or alive part. But dead on any level it was still a person's shell. That should be...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Just one quick point, keep your e-mails short. I supervise twelve people in my day job and I do not have time to read more...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- Yes, they were adjusting to huge changes in the patient's condition, gt, vent, and a trach. I understand there are major...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- ((HUGS))aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- It is still a human body. There should be respect for that in both life and death. Are you trying to be provocative?aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I would like likely sucker punch anyone calling a loved one of mine as 'maintaining a cadaver'. That is so dehumanizing.aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I vote for mechanical support. Completely descriptive and removes the connotation of life.aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- |main5|dl13|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D426034 In stark contrast to the current media fiasco surrounding Jahi McMath, medical...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nursing News
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- I sadly have see similar disruptive behavior tolerated by physicians. However, I can honestly say I, as a CEO, never...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- I work on a pediatric airway unit, and the charge nurse got sick about two hours into the shift, so I took over as relief...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- This should be compulsory reading for all management. The principles have applicability to any field or industry. Thank...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- Thanks for this article. I wish there were more hospital admins like you.aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- THIS... It's not too late to give back by helping CEOs see the light...aknottedyarn
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- Oh!! This is so important. Here in Houston Tx there is such a disconnect between CEO's. Supervisors, Managers and Doctors....aknottedyarn
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- I wish more CEo's would take your advice and follow your path.aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- Gallup announced the results of its annual “Honesty & Ethics in Profession” recently. I was so pleased to see nurses ranked...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- We of course don't know the whole story. Chances are this child is on meds to keep her B/P "normal" she is probably on a...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- We can never venture to guess what it is like for any parent to lose a child. Unless one has been there. And even then,...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- A "persistent vegetative state" and "brain death" are two different things medically speaking, although I'd argue neither...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- For the latter half of this year I've had the wonderful opportunity of being deployed as the only ER RN with a Forward...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: Government / Military Nursing
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- I am writing this post because I feel there a lot of Registered Nurses who have received license discipline out there who...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Advanced Practice Nursing
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- I disagree....it GRABS your attention. I pray the if I can't get my own medicine that my family would do the same for...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nursing News
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- Or is it a nice little personality disorder and that is how the patient is... and that is never ever going to change? ...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- As a director of a floor, you set the tone on how complaints such as this should be handled. It is not easy, as we all...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- Good morning! :) Let's give the member the benefit of the doubt without policing his/her grammar. (S)he might be posting...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- I am a director if a medical surgical floor. I am proud if my floor and all the disciplines that work there. Today a patient...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- I don't have a problem with the smell of smokers, even as an asthmatic..however, what I CANNOT handle is those who insist on...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nursing and Professionalism
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- About 4 or 5 months ago I (the PCT, the hired help, that young guy, the guy that looks like he's new, the Per Diem staff)...aknottedyarn
- Article Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I plan on getting my plates. I'm proud of my RN. I don't care less what others think of it. I've had RN bumper stickers for...aknottedyarn
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- It is unwise to try to project future in come based on clinical specialty in light of what is happening in Health Care...aknottedyarn
- Forum: Nursing Career Advice
