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1. Role of nurses in physician-assisted suicide

   Trailer posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone every come across any information on what the role of a nurse is in Washington or Oregon when it comes to physician-assisted suicide? I'm under the impression there isn't much for a nurse to do, since the patient has to be able to self-adm...

2. End-of-Life Education for the family?

   Trailer replied to Trailer's topic in General Nursing

   Well, since I was last in here I have had an in-depth discussion with this nurse, and she sent me some information. It is the note she wrote in the patients progress notes, and this note is what the MD referred to as having read. Without any names th...

3. End-of-Life Education for the family?

   Trailer replied to Trailer's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you very much, it sounds like this isn't something that is specifically a nursing function. Well, actually with both responses it sounds like it may be or may not be. But I thought we were supposed to educate our patients. It's all very confusi...

4. End-of-Life Education for the family?

   Trailer posted a topic in General Nursing

   On another forum a nurse posted that they were fired for having an end-of-life discussion with a dying patient's family. Supposedly, the family thank them and cried because they needed to know what options were available and none of the MDs were talk...

5. At what age do you plan on retiring from nursing?

   Trailer replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

   I intend to work until I am 70, but I'm not sure in what capacity.

6. HELP !! Can anyone else handle LTC ??

   Trailer replied to stressed5242's topic in General Nursing

   How long is this going to continue? How long are we going to have such horrible patient-to-staff ratios? I suppose as long as we're willing to do it, the people with the money will keep putting it on us. If we don't unionize at some point, nursing wi...