Luke79AU

Luke79AU

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  1. Advice for dealing with addicts?

    Luke79AU replied to garnetgirl29's topic in Addictions

    Wow. If you were on my ward, you'd be out of that area, and likely lose your job. Read again what you wrote. And what on earth are you working in a detox clinic for? Also, if a patient is at...

  2. Brief scale for benzodiazepine detox?

    Luke79AU replied to Words Matter's topic in Addictions

    A method not used often, is using flumazenil in a similar way that naltrexone is used for opioid post-acute symptoms. Benzodiazepines cause most withdrawal problems via the benzodiazepine receptors....

  3. "Addiction" Nursing is an outdated term.

    Luke79AU replied to havenrn's topic in Addictions

    We’re all missing a critical point here. It is not possible to become addicted/dependent to a drug that does not possess addictive properties. Little old lady hooked on her sleeping pills...

  4. Brief scale for benzodiazepine detox?

    Luke79AU replied to Words Matter's topic in Addictions

    That's great to hear. That test looks reasonably impressive to me. I'm just a little concerned that it concentrates too much on symptoms of autonomic instability. At this point in withdrawal, most...

  5. "Addiction" Nursing is an outdated term.

    Luke79AU replied to havenrn's topic in Addictions

    Respectfully, I suggest that this is the exact archaic attitude that causes patients suffering drug and alcohol addicts to be treated so poorly. They are often seriously undermedicated for anxiety and...

  6. Brief scale for benzodiazepine detox?

    Luke79AU replied to Words Matter's topic in Addictions

    Please remember that benzodiazepine withdrawal is a far more complicated process than alcohol. Trying to reduce a patient to zero in 7 to 10 days is cruel and ineffective. Some especially notorious...

  7. Anxiety about COVID19

    Luke79AU posted a topic in General Students

    I'm a 40 year old student RN, and am very anxious about COVID19, as I am an asthmatic. If not for asthma, I doubt I would be half as anxious. It consumes half of my day, worrying about contracting it....

  8. Exposed to patient positive with coronavirus

    Luke79AU replied to IRN2011's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That is madness alright. We all know that this is transmittable in the early, asymptomatic

  9. "Addiction" Nursing is an outdated term.

    Luke79AU replied to havenrn's topic in Addictions

    It depends how you look at it. I see "addiction" as actually laying less moral responsibility on the user, as the substance is inherently flawed by having addictive properties. Whereas, substance...

  10. Maternity Class

    Luke79AU replied to longdistancehiker's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It just annoys me that patients will probably discriminate against us, in the actual care model. My motto is always the same: If you're well enough to exclude medical or nursing care based on sex,...