Works2xs

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1. The 'Image' of Nursing

   Works2xs replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   I beleive that the poll question was couched in the following terms: "... occupations rated for their honesty and ethical standards" I don't want to get off on a rant here... .. but I don't think there's any real linkage between being hightly honest ...

2. The Circumcision Discussion

   Works2xs replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Because there are large sales of these drugs, it's somehow "proof" of a negative impact on sensitivity, etc. in circ'd men? "Intact" men don't use these drugs? Was there a study showing a distribution of use among these groups?

3. Take action, or not?

   Works2xs replied to Works2xs's topic in General Nursing

   Good point, and good info. I'm in some definate need for spending a bit of shoe leather figuring who relates to whom and what political influences are at play in the workplace. Thanks.

4. Take action, or not?

   Works2xs replied to Works2xs's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I'm in that Thanks for your feedback!

5. Take action, or not?

   Works2xs posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm currently struggling with a bit of a dilemma. There's a particular doctor (I work in the OR) who seems to think it's perfectly acceptable for him to walk up to various female nurses and kiss them. I'm not talking about the cheek-to-cheek air smoo...

6. Posters that are not nurses

   Works2xs replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

   In a "General" forum, any post is an invitation to others to make comments. Perhaps there should be a "vent" forum for folks to empty their proverbial spleens with some expectation of NOT soliciting opposing views. [sidebar: I really don't advocate t...

7. Posters that are not nurses

   Works2xs replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, folks get on here to vent. However, there are many "vent" threads that are humansituations that just happen to occur in a nurse setting. Even though the setting brings a definite context, it doesn't necessarily lock every other point of view ou...

8. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

   Works2xs replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   I'm afraid that you've made an incorrect assumption. I wasn't endorsing any of the inventions to which you refer. I was responding to the OP's question regarding the use of "customer" in place of "patient." Interesting point of view. I thought th...

9. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

   Works2xs replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, I don't know what assumption you think that I've made. I know that management of any organization can be boneheaded. I know that such boneheadedness is often expressed by poorly implemented "solutions" to problems that are really just symptom...

10. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    Works2xs replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    There are 2 fundamental flaws with the resistance to looking at patients as customers. 1. People who end up sick and in the hospital aren't there because it's a good time. It's not like they are there to do us a favor. Many, many people have to pay s...

11. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    Works2xs replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps having chronic pain all her life, she's learned coping mechanisms that allow her to function at something near normal levels. Maybe, even though she masks the outward signs, she's still continually suffering on the inside. It might even be po...

12. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    Works2xs replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    What enrages me is a prevailing culture that has created an atmosphere where you feel criminal just for asking for pain relief. It has done a wonderful job in creating an environment where some patients feel obligated to lay in bed white-knuckling th...

13. What is Nursing Informatics?

    Works2xs replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    It's an attempt to get an IT professional at a nursing salary.

14. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    Works2xs replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Started when I was 44. Best danged thing I ever did!

15. The Circumcision Discussion

    Works2xs replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And that's the weakest argument against. It's amazing that you actually believe there's a comparison between a circ and a loss of a limb. That's right up there with the great "foreskin industrial complex" brought up elsewhere in this thread.