walkiez

horners sydrome is often caused by epidurals. i had a thoracic nerve block in april this year and ended up with a funny eye for a few days. i couldnt even tell there was something wrong with it, friends and family however always said "umm...your eyes looking a little funky...". it results in ptosis (drooping upper eyelid), miosis (constricted pupil), and occasionally enophthalmos (the impression that the eye is sunk in) and anhidrosis (decreased sweating) on one side of the face, loss of ciliospinal reflex and blood shot conjunctiva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/horner's_syndrome. not too sure what can be done for congenital horner's.

"Uh, no. LOL I figured the "Brother" title would be apropos. Surely someone knows the answer to this. Or are you the first male RN down under? If so, well, I want a cyber handshake, Mate." Ahaha not the first male RN, maybe the 3rd... A guy is still called a "sister" if he's a registered nurse, in my nursing home setting anyway. I guess the words lost its association to nuns and female gender - funny how sister can but not nurse. Oh well...

Im a male nursing student and have come across ALOT of people refering to the role of a registered nurse as "sister" and LPN as "nurse". This is in Australia so we might be abit behind the times. This happen anywhere else? I work in a nursing home and if a resident needs something explained or given that a LPN cant do they often say "ill just go get one of the sisters". I suppose its useful in distinguishing between nursing roles. Also when i tell people im studying nursing at uni they ask "wil that make you one of the sisters or a nurse". Maybe its an Aussie thing.

my 2 cents. when caring for a female patient i was always assess the situation and if there is any doubt in my mind that she may be uncomfortable with me i'll ask if she would prefer a female nurse. not many patient mind, but some do and i respect that. its the materialistic upbringing most of us have that render the care from a female more comfortable. even me, as a male nurse would prefer a female nurse to attend to hygiene...im only 19 so i guess have alot of growing up to do, and it's not that im homophobic but my mum always attended to hygiene when i was younger, my mum was female, hence im conditioned to feel comfortable with females performing those tasks. that's not to say id make an issue out of a male doing it, i wouldn't say no, id just be more comfortable with a female...personally id feel less "manly" having a male clean myself up, something about dominance, feeling weak...can't explain. my thoughts are kind all over the place. those kinda things have made me question whether i should be doing nursing but recently i was in hospital for a week and think more male nurses were assigned to be than female and it was good. i felt comfortable asking them questions i otherwise would be too embarrassed to ask a female. i think of it like fear and dogs. if a dog can sense fear they're more prone to bite. if a female patient can sense that a male nurse is uncomfortable they're more likely to be uncomfortable. (sorry to link you girls with dogs ). i dunno if any of that makes sense to you guys...

Im a student nurse doing an essay on the ethical principles of confidentiality. I wondering if a patient tells a student nurse something which they wish to remain private, but may be considered detrimental to their health is it ethically right for a student to tell their preceptor... Is it right in saying a student nurse is kind of like a mirror to their preceptor. Nothing can be told to a student nurse in confidence