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  1. A non-psyche nurse needs advice

    As you can see, I'm not a psyche nurse, so I wasn't asking the right questions! This patient population was always a pretty mellow crowd, so I guess I'm wondering why so many, and why in such a short time. Well, we had a couple suicide attempts. We...
  2. A non-psyche nurse needs advice

    Am working in a LTC facility. In the last two months, we've had a significant new cluster of psychiatric emergencies, up to and including an attempted resident-to-resident homocide. My floor has essentially become a psyche ward. In the past we wou...
  3. There is a difference between professional ethics and moral ethics. Professional ethics are the way a particular profession carries out its mission. Moral ethics are based in natural law. I totally understand recognizing the futility of recussitat...
  4. Oh jeez, here we go with the “you’re scaring me” rhetoric. Too bad people on this site can’t sit down like grown-ups and discuss issues without the name calling and emotional appeals and snide remarks about other peoples religious faith. everwonder_...
  5. And not only for end-of-life, tewdles, but patient-directed care is appropriate for for all stages. Patients need to be very savvy about health, and health care choices. We have a lot of good information in the internet right now, but some of it is...
  6. Is that really a nurse?

    I work for an agency that sends me out to LTC facilities to cover overnight shifts. Oftentimes I'm the only license on the floor or even in the building. All well and good. But the really scary part, is--more often than not, the offgoing shift rar...
  7. [color=#2d2d2d]and back to the hhs mandate and the "who will pay for all the unwanted children" argument. birth control is already free (under title x) to very cheap. if people aren't using it now, what makes you think they'll use it just because t...
  8. [color=#2d2d2d]totally agree. but i think obesity will always be harder to combat than smoking because nobody actually needs to smoke, but eating is a necessary activity. in my experience, doing anything in moderation is harder than quitting outri...
  9. [color=#2d2d2d]first of all, contraception is already low cost. oc is about $20 per month, condoms about $1 each. but that's not really the point. [color=#2d2d2d] [color=#2d2d2d]second, if they roll back the hhs mandate, all the contraception won't...
  10. The Nurse's Role in Providing Spiritual Care - Is It OK to Pray?

    I think it's okay to offer to pray, if it's soft-pedaled, like "Some people find comfort in prayer. I can pray with you if you like." If they refuse, then drop it.
  11. How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    If the patient seems very anxious, my standard line is something like: Would you like to talk to somebody about this, like a clergyman or a counsellor? It gives them choices and doesn't impose any one view. I privately pray for all my patients.
  12. If you want birth control, pay for it yourself. If you can’t afford it, then what are you doing having sex? I’m hearing a lot of “stay out of my uterus...but first pay for my contraception”. Here’s a radical idea--take responsibility for your own ...
  13. Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

    No, you're not forced to directly assist in abortions. However, some nursing schools (at the advance practice level) may teach you to offer abortion as an alternative in certain high-risk pregnancy cases. And then penalize you if you don't. Some s...
  14. You're going on the assumption that nurses agree on every issue. But we don't. Believe it or not, some of us...oppose legalized abortion...don't want to pay for YOUR contraception...support the right of faith based institutions not to cover certain...
  15. Are oral contraceptives healthcare?

    Why is nobody outraged that the only "cure" that male researchers have come up with for female hormonal imbalance and acne is a drug that shuts down an entire bodily system? This sends the clear message that female fertility is a nuisance, not a lif...