stkates

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1. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Coolhandlu, Are you truly struggling with trying to decide what to do next? Are you in this situation voluntarily or was it forced upon you?(rhetorical question). You did not "wind up" with his number...

2. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I agree, it is clear cut. Why do we always seem to be searching for a rationale for behaving less-than-professionally? eg., small town, everyone knows everyone else, chemistry and sparks flying, soul...

3. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Where I teach, the patient's families are defined as the patient as

4. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Take the time to read the 11 pages of this thread. You'll read arguments for and against, and perhaps feel a little differently about what this issue entails. If the S.O. of a nurse is hospitalized...

5. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Let's see...I'm a nurse, and as a nurse I have a RIGHT to date my patients? So...this same right applies to all professionals in health care who interact with people who may be physically and/or...

6. Dating Patients

   stkates replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have seen this happen so many times! When I was an oncology nurse, a former patient's husband was married to our unit's CNS within 2 months of the patient's death. Evidently, they had become close...

7. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

   stkates replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   undefined Triage RN, I could have sworn I was reading my autobiography as I read your submission. I sense the depth of your compassion fatigue; the feelings you express seem so familiar. I, too,...

8. Now Im getting Mad

   stkates replied to have2beRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   How about not wasting your time in this chat room and studying