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  1. Some people want to live forever

    My grandmother does not have the intuitive feeling about death gene! She has been working on dying for about a decade - unsuccessfully. Every few months she thinks or feels that it is her time...nope! It's become a running joke..every year she says ...
  2. Some people want to live forever

    She is more than ready...and has been for years. Unfortunately she is also incredible stubborn and can't seem to make it happen, as morbid as that sounds. She gets jealous when others in the nursing home pass away and asks why it is never her turn. S...
  3. Some people want to live forever

    Not my grandma! Background, she is 94, in a LTC, has major medical problems, severe chronic pain and to top it off she fell last week and cracked ribs. I was in visiting her last night and our conversation went... Me: So what do you want for Christm...
  4. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    While that is great that you have a fantastic immune system, if you are working in health care you are frequently interacting with people who do not. Young children, elderly, immuno-compromised...even just being sick and worn down makes you more susc...
  5. Here is a thread on this topic from a couple years ago that you may find helpful. https://allnurses.com/psychiatric-nursing/psychiatric-nursing-mental-437135.html
  6. How to explain depression/PTSD to young children

    I worked with quite a few kids who have parents with mental illness so here are a few suggestions from my experience that you would need to tailor to the specific situation... I completely agree with telling. Kids are intuitive and get a feel that s...
  7. new nurse seeks help ><

    maybe you could use the textbook you have and try your best to figure out the answers with your classmates. If you are still really stuck - post your answers and I don't mind letting you know if you are on the right track? I am wondering if part of t...
  8. Beliefs about Origins of Mental Illness

    You come at this from a very neurobiological perspective. I agree that neurobiology plays a role but maybe not to the degree that you do. For example PTSD develops after a traumatic event - not necessarily due to structural changes in the brain. The ...
  9. Beliefs about Origins of Mental Illness

    Thanks Davey Do for sharing your perspective. You are right that there are no easy or short answers! Just pontificating on life! We still in many ways know so little about neurotransmitters as they exist in such minute quantities in the brain. We kn...
  10. Asking a patient if they're mentally retarded?

    The term developmental disability isn't synonymous with intellectual disability. While many people with developmental disabilities do have intellectual disabilities some do not. For example someone with cerebral palsy has a developmental disability b...
  11. I am curious about how you conceptualize mental illness and if those beliefs have changed over time. I was reading an article while preparing for a lecture on the beliefs of health professionals about mental illness and it made me think of my own. I ...
  12. Will nursing grow on me?

    OP - stick with it. You are almost done and having the degree under your belt will help you no matter what you decide to do next. remember too that nursing school only exposes you to a sliver of types of nursing. There are many community based jobs, ...
  13. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    I agree with you that no one should work impaired and you will see I said that in my last sentence. That of course isn't the point, I'm sure we all agree no one should work impaired by substances. Pain medication and alcohol are also impairing. Do yo...
  14. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    I don't really understand this attitude so perhaps you can expand. Marijuana is less impairing than most narcotics and definitely alcohol. It isn't cocaine or heroine. For some people with chronic pain / illness - it is a much more effective pain med...
  15. self mutilating patients

    Sometimes people who have schizophrenia have psychotic episodes where their entire reality is altered. Both the content of their thinking and their thinking process is altered and they are in a whole different reality where something like digging out...