Dolphin777

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1. safety for home health nurses

   Dolphin777 replied to STM's topic in Safety

   > Just curious, but are nurses afraid to work in neighborhoods with minorities? And what is so scary about making a home visit where a family member/friend happens to be mentally ill? Mentally ill folks are no more dangerous than regular folks.

2. Judging Patients & Families

   Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

   > I am sorry to hear about your mother and hope she is better. I would also like to thank you for taking the time to write a civil reply. It did shed some light on the problem I experienced in the ER and the hospital with my family member. I als...

3. Judging Patients & Families

   Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

   So what is everyone getting their kids for christmas, I am ashamed to say I haven't even started shopping yet....... >> Not surprised. If nurses won't bring patients their pain medicine promptly, they sure won't be shopping for Christmas prese...

4. Judging Patients & Families

   Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

   > Sooooooo, are you saying that my loved one did not have to wait 8 hours for pain and nausea medicine?????? The best way to discount someone is to label them mentally ill. Are you saying that my family member's call bells were all answered prom...

5. Nurse Stabbed!

   Dolphin777 replied to -jt's topic in Activism

   > What exactly was happening immediately before this incident took place?

6. safety for home health nurses

   Dolphin777 replied to STM's topic in Safety

   > What did you do to make him so angry? I worked at a state hospital during college and I was never assaulted and neither were any of the other students.

7. Why Aren't Call Bells Answered?

   Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

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8. Judging Patients & Families

   Dolphin777 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My loved one had to wait in agony for 8 hours in the ER before they received pain and nausea medication. As I mentioned in a previous post, I worked at a state hospital during college and we had attendants who were high school graduates (in a few ca...

9. Why Aren't Call Bells Answered?

   Dolphin777 posted a topic in General Nursing

   > Actually, that is a very good idea and I would have no problem giving a nurse a tip if he or she provided good service. When my family member was in the hospital, I became friendly with another woman who also had a loved one in the hospital. S...

10. Nurses Not Answering Call Bells

    Dolphin777 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I travel on business several times a year and the hotels are usually less than $200 per day. In contrast, the typical hospital room costs around $1,000 per day not including all the extras. I am not the type of person to make alot of demands on the...

11. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    > Several posters have asked me whether I think it would be all right to let someone expressing suicidal ideation leave the ER, even if they went on to commit suicide. My answer to their questions is YES. You would not detain someone against the...

12. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    > Yes, you did. Please re-read my post. I described situations where a psych patient expressing suicidal ideation tries to leave the ER without being evaluated. Even if they peacefully get up to leave they will be threatened with restraints.

13. One Nurse's Vision: No One Dies Alone

    Dolphin777 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    > Good example of health care workers and uncaring families. When my cat was dying of a stroke, the vet and a nurse were there along with me and my mother (and this animal hospital was very busy, too, but they still made time to comfort a dying c...

14. Patient's mobile phones in Psych units

    Dolphin777 replied to MHN's topic in Psychiatric

    At the only remaining open psychoanalytic hospital in the country, patients are allowed to have TV's, phones, and computers in their rooms and you know what? None of them are homeless or on SSI/SSDI like the pts in other psych hospitals who are deni...

15. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Dolphin777 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    > There is a HUGE difference between legitimate suffering from existential anguish, as seen in people with the Axis II personality disorders, versus people who are nuts because of a biological defect in their brains. The former group is the one I...