Wintrsday

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1. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

   Wintrsday replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know if anyone read about it but recently here in Utah a 6 1/2 year old boy with an inoperable brain tumor, a herniated brain stem and two flat line EEG's was sent home after his parents took the hospital to court to block them from taking hi...

2. Having to work Holidays:(

   Wintrsday replied to altomga's topic in General Nursing

   I don't like working the Holidays but I know that it is part of the job, I am working a 12 on Christmas Eve night this year and have worked Christmas Eve nearly every year since becoming a nurse. Our boys have always just had to learn to wait until I...

3. Offended by Prayer

   Wintrsday replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

   I would not be offended by someone praying for me, I would like them to pray for me, hopefully while I live not just after I have passed. I often pray on my way to work, asking that I will be able to be in tune with the patients I care for, that I wi...

4. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

   Wintrsday replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so very much for you words of comfort, they are very much appreciated. Melissa

5. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

   Wintrsday replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nurse, I have been for over 12 years, I have taken care of families experiencing the loss of their children, I have made hand and foot molds of dead infants, dressed them, bathed them and taken pictures of them for their parents, so believe me...

6. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

   Wintrsday replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

   My name is Melissa and three years ago I lost a fourteen year old son to suicide, while I have gotten to the point that I can overlook comments during movies and in signature lines about chambering a round not everyone that I know who has lost a love...

7. When One Child Is Enough

   Wintrsday replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I would love to adopt but costs are extremely prohibitive, with adoptions costing up to $23,000 per child, I don't think I have seen costs for adoption lower than $18,000. Even adoptions from the foster system are difficult at best and they often put...

8. Do you think of "Nursing Education" as a nursing specialty?

   Wintrsday replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I voted "no" that nursing educators are not specialists and let me tell you why, most of those who are hired to be nursing educators (I am talking about those who teach staff nurses in the hospital setting) have no specialized training whatsoever. Th...