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  1. Use of Prisoners in Drug Trials

    justpoorfect replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Hold on! Wasn't anyone here awake during Sociology 101? Doesn't the good ol' USA have the highest imprisonment rate IN THE WORLD? And aren't the majority of prisoners poor and minority members?...

  2. Help! How do you stay awake on drive home after night shift?

    justpoorfect replied to neetnik461's topic in General Nursing

    You seriously need to pay someone to come pick you up or pay for a motel room close by. Whatever it costs you, it won't be nearly as much as you could lose with an

  3. What does your facility do for "big wigs"?

    justpoorfect replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    One of my clinical patients last semester was a former hospital administrator who had a total knee replacement done. He had plenty of criticisms for our local hospital where he did NOT have the...

  4. tell me a story that ends in "i can't believe they just did that!"

    justpoorfect replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    I have one. Two of my adult daughters had emergency appendectomies done (within 1 month of each other, but that's another story!) and my younger daughter was given a lady partsl exam by the surgeon...

  5. What do you do when you see this??

    justpoorfect replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I think we simply have to face the fact that we minister to the unwashed masses. We have to deal with it matter-of-factly, without trying to shame the patient (as previous posters have set out great...

  6. new job, occ health problems

    justpoorfect replied to KatieRN04's topic in General Nursing

    You lift HOW MUCH!!?:pumpiron: Doesn't sound like there is anything you need to do. The doc will clear

  7. Who pays for nursing home care?

    justpoorfect replied to kpr1024's topic in General Nursing

    Does he already have his Social Security Disability Income in

  8. Why don't nurses join the ANA?

    justpoorfect replied to gauge14iv's topic in General Nursing

    If the ANA really wanted to see what it was like to wield true power, they would provide FREE membership, say for a period of 3 years, to everyone listed with each state's BON. Of course, this would...

  9. Frustrated with the image of nursing

    justpoorfect replied to Missa's topic in General Nursing

    What I was saying is that we cannot b*tch about being stereotyped as brainless bimbos and turn around and stereotype others as lacking self-respect. We don't need to assume that what a person does is...

  10. Diabetes, an epidemic?

    justpoorfect replied to indigo girl's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    To my way of thinking it is a turning point in human evolution. Consider, for instance, Native Americans, who never had any problems with the disease before invaders introduced them to sugary foods....

  11. Frustrated with the image of nursing

    justpoorfect replied to Missa's topic in General Nursing

    I think the psychology of it is that human beings have always associated certain feelings with every profession's "uniforms". Just take a moment and think about what you see in your mind's eye if I...

  12. Primary Function of a Nurse

    justpoorfect replied to KMSRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not yet a nurse, just passed the first semester, but I would have to say the main function of a nurse is to utilize ADPIE to promote health and healing with the best possible outcome for each...

  13. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    justpoorfect replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    cdk001 How dare you say that! Your personal beliefs are yours but you have no right to inflict them on patients. Perhaps you should review the part about patient autonomy. A patient has a right...

  14. Pubic hair

    justpoorfect replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, AFTER discharge????

  15. Skin Tags :(

    justpoorfect replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Have someone tie thread around the base of them and leave the thread on. They will not have blood supply and will fall off

  16. An ethical question.

    justpoorfect replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone here believe all labs are