10GaugeNeedles BSN

Correct. However, if the pt is delusional, they cannot be informed. Thus informed consent is impossible. A person of sound mind can be informed. AND they MUST give their consent as well.

Oh ho! Wanna play the definitions game? I didn't have to go far. The other two definitions are: VALID (adj): 2) legally binding due to having been executed in compliance with the law. 3) legally or officially acceptable." -shouldn...

Are you suggesting a pt of sound mind refusing is the same as a pt in withdrawal?

No they aren't the same thing but they are tied together. The pt decides of a reason is valid. The nurse informs, the pt consents. The concept of informed consent didn't exist in the distant past even though it's common today. Let's not forget where ...

I'm sure you've done this before? You chart what you did and notify the physician, then return the med to the pyxis. So yeah, pretty much. I guess, as CNA, if a pt refuses a bath at night or maybe a finger stick or viral signs (maybe they grumpy and ...

You are simply incorrect. The principle of informed consent requires both an informed pt, AND a consent from that pt. Refusal doesn't have to make sense. Maybe they don't trust the manufacturer. That is THEIR reason. You don't agree but their reason ...

Are you suggesting refusal is not a valid reason to not give a medication?

As a nurse you have an obligation to give every med ordered. If you don't you must chart a valid reason the medication was not given. Pt refusal is a valid reason.

If a pt refuses, that's a valid reason. They have the right to consent or refuse. Period. A valid reason is "I refuse." In medicine that is a valid reason. Your side was demanding valid reasons to not get vacinated. Refusal is a valid reason. Refusal...

This got me to drag my soap box out of the closet. Sry... It is my belief that the biggest contributer to the obesity epidemic is a cultural norm if snacking and "3 squares a day". I've been eating 1 meal a day most days, no snacking for the las...

This is fascinating stuff! Thanks for posting. But I'm fully expecting the usual suspects to throw shade on the entire post with wording like: "this is not good evidence to not get vacinated. The vaccine is safe and effective. The delta variant is et...

"Here sir I have this medicine for you." "I don't want it. I refuse." "That's fine sir, do you..." "I know all about it, you people told me all about it. I don't want to hear anymore I don't want it. I refuse." "Well sir I unders...

An ice fishing crow? Evolution is happening fast! ...or maybe this crow survived the next ice age and this cartoon is from the FUTURE!!

I don't know but I wouldn't doubt it. Christians REALLY don't like it when you aren't them. I told a nurse I was working with that I was an atheist when she asked "what you believe?" She stopped and stared at me and I swear to zeus she said "really?....

I always thought "the witches" was a documentary...?

This ivermectin horse medication thing reminds me of the person that took fish tank cleaner.

Assemble the troops! I need help on the internet! Arrest that man immediately!

So now you should take it, even if you're severely allergic to it. https://www.medpagetoday.com/allergyimmunology/allergy/94303?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2021-09-01&eun=g1792505d0r&utm_source&utm_campaign=website&utm_content=sitenotificatio...

My plan to save the world is to do a rain dance, toast mother earth and hum allot.

It's odd. Most places I'm remembering actually don't mandate vaccines of any kind now that I think about it. There was always an opt out form. I'm dialysis, we obsess over hep B. I got the vaccine as it was part of the hiring process. But now that I ...

Yeah. Really. I've worked across the country on 5 different states. Meet lots of people. The views are DIVERSE let me tell ya.

You are a poster child for what is wrong in this debate. This isn't about the science or data for you and allot of people like you. What if you met a Biden supporter who refused the vaccine because Trump was instrumental in developing it? I've met a ...

Be careful with your house when the lights are off too. All kinds of ghosts and baddies live in there until the lights are on. ??? Don't believe everything you hear in the internet. The "dark web" isn't easy to navigate but most of it is just called ...

My my. Aren't we the conspiracy theorist today. LOL The browser ITSELF doesnt track you. Doesn't limit your access to what your searching for to what you've already searched for. Why being up the government? What is your deal? Maybe learn someth...

I'm no IT specialist but TOR is not nefarious. From what I understand is basically a "VPN like" web browser. Doesn't track you. It's just a web browser at the end of the day. But it also allows you to see more than Google or Bing let's you see. That'...