nursy swat

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1. Dr. Phil today

   nursy swat replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

   I wrote a short letter to Dr. Phil's web site provided by this site yesterday. Thanks to whomever supplied that contact information. I feel better having written directly to the source. I wonder if I'll hear back from him and perhaps get on a show...

2. Dr. Phil today

   nursy swat replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

   I was watching that show as well and when Dr Phil made that comment, I lost a lot of respect for him. In fact, I haven't watched his show since then but didn't realize until now that perhaps that comment he made was the reason. Like you said, it's ...

3. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   nursy swat replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   I believe you sent this reply to the wrong nurse. I did write a comment on this subject but it did not imply anything evenly remotely similar to what you just wrote to me. So you should probably go back through and write it to the right person. Th...

4. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   nursy swat replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   I was reading the various comments regarding narcotic diversion and alcohol abuse among us and couldn't help but add a comment. I think we should recognize addiction for what it is. A progressive and debilitating disease. I don't know too many peo...

5. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   nursy swat replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   what is TPC?

6. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   nursy swat replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   I think this is yet another example of just how misunderstood the job of a nurse really is. It also represents a bit of disrespect to us nurses. Let's face it, sometimes our job is pretty thankless. We have to be able to pat our own selves on the ...

7. new CCU nurse

   nursy swat posted a topic in CCU

   I have been a nurse for over a decade and recently transferred to the CCU. The hospital has a 3 month orientation which is great because if I have any questions, my preceptor is right there. I will be off orientaion at the end of September so I'm s...