innercitynurse

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1. Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

   innercitynurse replied to dinah77's topic in COVID

   I completely agree. It's embarrassing and frustrating to hear this stuff from people who should know better.

2. Losing patience with residents.

   innercitynurse replied to Sbrewster's topic in Geriatric

   Sometimes nurses are expected to have superhuman patience that even Mother Theresa didn't have. I think some of it comes from our roots in religious orders- many nurses used to be nuns-and also that it is a female dominated profession. Women are expe...

3. Needing an honest answer

   innercitynurse replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

   I tend to think that people who are fans of conspiracy theories generally have a limited understanding of the facts, or science, or both. Big business, eg:pharm. companies, are of course motivated by profit and need regulations to reign them in. Over...

4. funny office visit

   innercitynurse replied to jagalu100305's topic in School

   I had a second grader get his thumb stuck in the hole in the water fountain spout; a high school kid who bit his own finger eating fries at lunch; an elementary kid who got her head stuck in the opening in the back of a desk chair; a teacher who brou...

5. Home care of DD children-Need advice

   innercitynurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in Disabilities

   That's a good answer. The only thing I would add is that if these kids are at home, the parents are probably overwhelmed. I would refer them to whatever local resource exists for parents of kids with developmental disabilities so that they can meet o...