KevKaboom89

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1. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

   KevKaboom89 replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric

   I think the best policy here for families who have a working relationship with their parents is prevention. Have the important conversations early regarding their wishes, and what is possible for your family (i.e. if you are going to lose your house ...

2. Drug Legalization

   KevKaboom89 replied to commonsense's topic in Activism

   Apparently not much room for humor here. Regardless, the point I was making was that it's just my opinion that the "threshold" for lethality in acute use is likely greater for harder street drugs especially with the varying concentrations, shady deal...

3. Drug Legalization

   KevKaboom89 replied to commonsense's topic in Activism

   I shudder at the thought of what would happen to the ER's in this country if this happened. Not only would they deal with everything else comming through the door but imagine the droves of: "Oh man my bud's and I got some 'shrooms down at the store a...

4. Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

   KevKaboom89 replied to DNS on the go's topic in Educators

   I'll try to not be too long winded here but I'm a junior (almost senior :)) nursing student getting my BSN (went to college out of high school) and I wanted to weigh in a little on the matter... "Yesterday, in post conference a student asked me is he...

5. what do you want to be when you grow up?

   KevKaboom89 replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

   Believe it or not I think I would like to be a Police Officer or teach Anatomy & Physiology. I think I'm actually pretty good (even though I'm still a student) at teaching my patients about their diseases when they have questions. But as of right...

6. Incompetent or disabled is there a differnce

   KevKaboom89 replied to kahlua66's topic in General Nursing

   I disagree in that if she is a nurse on mental health unit effective communication with patients is critical. Have you ever had patients who complain that they can't understand their doctor/nurse/tech/etc..?