JMBnurse

JMBnurse

Oncology, Med/Surg, Hospice, Case Mgmt.

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  1. Pain medicine to drug addict?

    JMBnurse replied to MrBlueSky's topic in Patient Medications

    This is an old post, but reading it makes my blood boil and also makes me proud to be a nurse. The pride comes from the unanimous compassionate and educated responses. This situation happens all the...

  2. Can I be discriminated against for political beliefs?

    JMBnurse replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    This is true for my hubby, too and it has concerned me. We live in a fairly small town and we have an uncommon last name. My husband is self-employed, so he believes that he can say whatever he...

  3. If lice can't jump or fly

    JMBnurse replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    When my daughter was in 3rd grade, she came home one day with lice. As a nurse, I discovered it and had not received any warning or notification from the school. I promptly freaked out and proceeded...

  4. Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    JMBnurse replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    I met my husband when we worked at the same hospital 17 yrs ago. We've been married for 11 yrs. He was a nurse in the ER and I was a nurse on the M/S floor. My first impression of him was that he...

  5. Why don't you just read the chart?

    JMBnurse replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If the patient is relatively stable, as they should be coming to a M/S floor, I am okay with a brief, just the facts ma'am report. I'm also okay with looking up some of the information, if you are...

  6. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    JMBnurse replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    OP... How interesting... You took the conversation to another room and everyone followed. Wonder what that says? I have read quite a few of the posts and I find the debate interesting. I have been a...

  7. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    JMBnurse replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    We are all real nurses no matter where we work. I worked in acute care for 13 years after graduation and have worked the past 6 yrs in Case Management. I may be a little old school in believing that...

  8. witnessing a DNR

    JMBnurse replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't do this again. This sounds bizarre. Most doctors I have worked with talked to the family at length and then wrote the DNR with progress notes detailing the conversation with the family....

  9. Health Care Law vs Patient Outcomes

    JMBnurse replied to cassiemassey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This sounds like just a slight revision of our current system. This sounds to me like, again, it would only benefit the wealthy and college graduates with good jobs. The working poor who are not...

  10. Health Care Law vs Patient Outcomes

    JMBnurse replied to cassiemassey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This article outlines a study done on preventable deaths in the US and 18 other industrialized countries with data from the World Health Organization. The study was done for 1997-1998 and updated...

  11. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not sure what you mean as my point was that Mississippi is the poorest state in the Union. I read something recently that said obesity has had a huge impact on their economy. They are 3rd in the...

  12. The flu shot making people sick

    JMBnurse replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wow, where were all of you flu shot supporters when I was getting pummeled on one of the other

  13. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you to our Canadian friends for coming here and offering your opinions on healthcare and assisting in our debate, even though as they say where I'm from, you don't have a dog in that hunt....

  14. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you don't want to pay taxes at all, well good luck with that. If it were up to me, I would prefer to take the taxes we already pay and instead of using all of that money to buy more "uniforms" we...

  15. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry, CountyRat, we have been hashing out whether or not healthcare is a right for almost 3 weeks now, so the discussion has expanded a little from time to time. I believe that you are correct-...

  16. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you. I don't know if he has tried to purchase individual coverage, but I will ask. He has Addison's disease, so I don't think they can refuse him, but I'm not sure if that will make the...

  17. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That post was not about the Affordable Healthcare Act, it was in response to your post about "negotiating". Many years ago, I was told that if you had a hospital bill, either with or without...

  18. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, that's great. Your friend and daughter are very lucky. I worked with a Unit Secretary who was paid just a little over minimum wage and was in a car accident a few years ago. She was brought to...

  19. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They could afford the health insurance premium. It isn't offered where they work. They already pay taxes. They can afford premiums and taxes taken out, they cannot afford hundreds of dollars in cash...

  20. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    JMBnurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We already have free healthcare for the poor. Have for a long time. The Affordable Healthcare Act strives to provide healthcare for those who do not qualify for Medicaid, but cannot get private...

  21. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    JMBnurse replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's not a choice I would ever want to make, but if I had to choose between temporary and possibly limited "paralysis" and permanent heart muscle damage or permanent heart failure, pulmonary fibrosis...

  22. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    JMBnurse replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Pesky CDC statistics. Did you work at "The Guillain Barre Center"? If so, my apologies. If not, then that statement is false. The CDC classifies healthcare workers as one of the specific sets of...

  23. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    JMBnurse replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    First of all, you are saying that your physician wrote a note saying the flu vaccine was "contradicted" for you, when it is not? Wow. I hope most physicians would refuse to sign that note as it...

  24. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    JMBnurse replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Obviously, I'm a proponent of the flu vaccine. I guess it comes from years of nursing and seeing elderly and compromised people die from influenza. One who came as close to dying as a person can was...

  25. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    JMBnurse replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's true, you can sue for just about anything in this country, but you will be unlikely to ever get in front of a judge for the dismissal phase because unless you have money to waste, you will not...