Cul2

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1. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   When you're stumped, when you have nothing to say, when you can develop no argument -- produce the ad hominem attack. That the best you can do?

2. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Stargazer: Glad to see you're sticking to the topic of this thread. I presented a point of view relative to the topic. You don't have to agree with it. We can just agree, civilly, to disagree. But don't claim the moral high ground by digressing and ...

3. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Gee, Stargazer. You so sure that you know who and what I am or am not. Dodging your question? I have absolutely no obligation to share any personal information with you. And because I don't, you jump to conclusions. Really logical reasoning. You've ...

4. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   "i read your post. i know what it said. the original post, and the topic of this thread, was an observation of human behavior that we nurses encounter frequently. sometimes we can make stereotypes from these observations. that's the interesting thing...

5. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   you said: " i don't buy this. if this was true, then all patients would assume helplessness upon admission to the hospital. but not all patients do. so, there *must* be a component of the *individual's* makeup that comes to bear." i had said: " [co...

6. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't deny that there are people who are helpless before they arrive at the hospital and then continue the behavior there, and are often enabled. But there are many people who are not helpless who become so when they enter the hospital. Why is that...

7. Baffled

   Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   "hospital induced paralysis. it is a syndrome in which an individual becomes completely helpless upon crossing the hospital threshold." hospitals can "induce" the kind of behavior you describe -- if they have that power -- then they also have the pow...

8. Is this appropriate behaviour when placing a condom catheter?

   Cul2 replied to canned_bread's topic in Relations

   And no one person suggests that you ask the man if he might feel more comfortable if a male nurse did the procedure. Maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he would. How would you know? Ask. I know. I know. There's nothing to be ashamed about. Oh? Well, let the p...

9. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

   Cul2 replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

   It seems to me that, for some at least, this issue is at heart about trust, honesty, oversight and supervision. Some may just firmly be against having any student nurse or doctor work on them. But most people, I really believe, are open to it if, and...

10. patient privacy

    Cul2 replied to naftali216's topic in Relations

    "but i am not such a special snowflake that i really need to worry about what professionals are thinking about my corpus." i don't disagree with that point of view, but it is a point of view. as i see it, it's not about what the professionals a...

11. Concerned mother..question about clinicals

    Cul2 replied to caltripp's topic in CNA/MA

    My concerns have nothing to do with whether these young people are competent or caregiving. Of course they could be. But they are minors. Who takes the responsibility for their actions? Who's the deep pocket in a lawsuit? You can have these young adu...

12. patient privacy

    Cul2 replied to naftali216's topic in Relations

    Let's do a little philosophy here, okay? Ontology -- no, this isn't about cancer. It's about the essence of what it means to be a "patient." What "is" a patient? And what "is not" a patient. A patient is a human being -- a person, an individual. Not ...

13. Concerned mother..question about clinicals

    Cul2 replied to caltripp's topic in CNA/MA

    It's interesting how the focus here is on just one side of the issue. If patient autonomy has any significance at all, if individual values and differences count, if respect and dignity matter, than the patient perspective is part of any question of ...

14. Sexual Harrashment towards Men in the nursing profession!

    Cul2 replied to Ev1987's topic in Men

    According to the definition of sexual harassment, if you overhear something that you feel is harassment and it bothers you, offends you, then it can be considered sexual harassment. You're the one sexually harassed. Sexual harassment isn't just betwe...

15. Embarrasing illnesses

    Cul2 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't this interesting. All the stories are about men. I guess no females ever come into the ER for any embarrassing conditions. Or is this just an example of why its unhealthy for one gender to dominate a profession. There's an old boys club -- an...