Felixa

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1. Lidocaine abuse?

   Felixa replied to nursetaminator's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, apparently it's commonly cut with cocaine - maybe your man was selling it? I can't check at the moment,(I'm on a train) but from memory it has a similar melting point to cocaine, so it can be used for freebase. In Julia Philips's book " You'll Ne...

2. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

   Felixa replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   As I live in the UK, the stats that come up first are for the UK, so apologies if they are not directly relevant to the US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/525509.stm - this article cites 1 in 10 health professionals will face violence in the wor...

3. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

   Felixa replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   I've noticed in mental health that the higher the status of the assaulted person, the more drastic the consequences. It's not unusual to hear something like 'well after the two assaults on the ward we tried to get him moved to the Intensive Care Unit...

4. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Felixa replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Oops, just realised I already posted that back in November! Sorry guys. :smackingf:smackingf:smackingf

5. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Felixa replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My local paper had a 'cutest baby' competition, and in among all the Rubys and Harrisons there was a kid named: Jed.... I. Knight yup, Jedi Knight.

6. More Strange Baby Names

   Felixa replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've just been looking at the pictures for my local beautiful baby competition. There is a whole world of weird names out there. Don't know if it's particularly among parents who enter their kids for these competitions. lots of Kay-[insert own ending...

7. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Felixa replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   no way! Wonder if they ever had trouble trying to find him or her... Was it a him or a her?

8. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Felixa replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   re: people with the same surname and last name I used to work in admin in a mental health team, and I used to notice that if we got someone with the same or similar first name and last name, they tended to be alcoholics. e.g. John Johnson or Peter Pe...

9. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

   Felixa replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   As llg says, this poll (and most polls on here) are likely to have a self-selecting sample. However it's also interesting to note that of those people with alcoholic dads, their mums often suffer/ed from mental illnesses.

10. uniforms in psychiatry

    Felixa replied to debinius's topic in Psychiatric

    My employer is also wanting to introduce trousers and polo shirts or button-up shirts as a uniform, across all the hospitals in my region. I work in an adult forensic unit, and I think it will only enhance the 'us and them' problem already illustrate...

11. Banning smoking for psychiatric patients

    Felixa replied to Bjo's topic in Psychiatric

    Just a little update from my Trust's smoking ban. My unit went 'smoke-free' in August. In practice it has not been particularly smoke-free. The smoke room has been locked off, but patients are allowed to smoke in the ward garden if they wish, or out...

12. Forensic Psykaitry

    Felixa replied to extrakul's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a medium secure unit in the UK. Our patients may have commited violence, murder, sexual crimes or arson, or some combination. Most of the patients I work with have schizophrenia or bipolar, and many of them have a history of abusing drugs o...

13. Banning smoking for psychiatric patients

    Felixa replied to Bjo's topic in Psychiatric

    Hiya Bjo, Just wondering how your smoke-free hospital was going? I also work on a Forensic unit (in the UK), and the management have just announced that they want to ban smoking on hospital property from June. Most of the patients in the unit, and al...

14. Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    Felixa replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    A lot of people posting here seem to take the view that once a criminal, always a criminal. Some people are career criminals, others fall into crime again because it seems so much easier, but others again actually make a go of going straight. Most pe...

15. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Felixa replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I once worked in medical personnel, and saw a job application from a man called Dr Ivel. Apparently it's pronounced EYE-vel, but it looked like EE-vel to me! no, Austin Powers fans out there, he didn't want a salary of one million dollars. But he did...