YukonSean

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1. How desperate is your state for Nurses?

   YukonSean replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Your state is probably not represented because its nurses are not unionised. The posted web link is for the United American Nurses (UAN) union. As a Canadian, I am quite surprised to see such little...

2. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

   YukonSean replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

   Moon rose, Around here, we refer to that phenomenon as "finger-painting". I recently had one confused fellow add some frank red to the chocolate: He yanked out the Foley, with 30 cc still in the...

3. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

   YukonSean replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

   Katana Perhaps they should search for your turd monster (serpentis faecesentis) in Loch

4. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

   YukonSean replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

   My stomach is in knots from reading these vile stories. (Yet, I admit that, as in the "train wreck" phenomenon, I could not stop looking until I reached the last posting on this list.) Why do you...

5. PERSONALITY DISORDER/SELF ABUSE

   YukonSean replied to BarbRPN's topic in Psychiatric

   Hello Canoe Head As other subscribers have stated, contracting on admission is negotiated between patient and clinician in order to define not only inpatient rights, but also responsibilities and...

6. nursing options after psych nursing??

   YukonSean replied to misseymac's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree that we can become "ghettoised" as psych RNs. For example, this morning, when I d/c a patient's IV, the family member exclaimed, "I forgot: you must be a real nurse too!". I also trained in...

7. Men vs. Women

   YukonSean replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

   Why is it that male nurses tend to gravitate to the ER?... We do? I thought that we went in for psychiatry and forensics! Actually, I do the triage for mental health, AODA, and psychosocial...

8. PERSONALITY DISORDER/SELF ABUSE

   YukonSean replied to BarbRPN's topic in Psychiatric

   Hello Barb Inpatient mental health services at our small hospital (49 beds) in northwestern Canada are provided by two registered nurses, who work opposite one another on 12 hour days. There is no...