does anybody have any great ideas for inventions for nurses or medicine? here are a few I would like to see....though i haven't the slightest idea on how to build them. 1) bloodless device to check blood sugar (something like a pulse ox) 2) hemodya...
i have a confession...i like codes, ok, i love codes. i don't like that i like them, because, i know it means a human being is in big trouble. but my heart gets pumping, pin point pupils, adrenaline racing, my entire being focuses intesely on the mo...
its funny how having so many options "at your fingertips" doesn't always make you happy, but makes you nervous you might not make the right choice. i feel the same stress as the OP. thought the options would would it easier, but now i feel confused ...
question--where are all the women like you in philadelphia?? most women either don't care that i'm a nurse (i profession i am VERY proud of), or think i'm gay....even though i constantly talk about football and women. i really don't get women someti...
i feel that when patients consent to care, there should be some sort of clause that excludes from the pt the right to pick caregivers based on race, religion, creed, gender, and age. just as a healthcare employee ought not have the right to reject a ...
she is certainly "allowed" to feel how ever she wants. however, her "feelings" are biggoted, no matter how long she spent on earth. this is biggotry, plain and simple. replace the word "male" with "jew" or "black"; and it would be clear that this...
ryanfocker replied to MeryMellen's topic in Emergency
the docs/nurses in our ed rarely give (much) insulin. they just do the nss wide open thing..............and water down their electrolytes in the process. i blame the nurses as much as the docs since we know what do to as well. when they come to my c...
i feel that this highlights a major problem of nurse/doctor communication; or lack there of. we truly need to sit down and come up with better communication systems. i see this as a system error more than as a human error. pointing fingers will no...
ryanfocker replied to supportneeded's topic in General Nursing
I can not imagine the heart ache you must feel Julie. You have been a nurse for 15 years, and have had 15 years to touch peoples lives, improve the quality of their lives, and extend the years they can spend with their loved ones. And certainly thi...
ryanfocker replied to AdiRN's topic in Pennsylvania
i just graduated from thomas jefferson and did clinicals everywhere. i decided that cooper was the best for me. the general consensus of my class was that pennsylvania hospital seemed like a good place to work. as a student, we were treated horribl...
i saw "meet the parents" and just knew i had to be a male nurse. actually, i always wanted to save the world, involved in green politics, the union movement and such. and realized the only way to help people was to get hands on. 9-11 played a big ro...
ryanfocker replied to KiwiAngel_18's topic in Ob/Gyn
first off, thank you nurse ratched for coming to my defense, i was not meaning to be condescending, i meant it to be matter or fact and to the point. i'm from nj/philly, we often sound mean when we don't try to, sorry for the confusion. again, the po...
ryanfocker replied to KiwiAngel_18's topic in Ob/Gyn
sperm CAN NOT live outside the body for very long at all. hand washing with soap is extremely effective at removing them from skin. sperm are NOT determined whatsoever, they swim rather randomly and often bumb into each other. the reason there is so ...