Anxious Patient

Anxious Patient

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  1. Hospital Falters as Refuge for Illegal Immigrants

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    a sampling of the hundreds of reader comments:

  2. Worst Case: Choosing Who Survives in a Flu Epidemic

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/weekinreview/25fink.html

  3. Worst Case: Choosing Who Survives in a Flu Epidemic

    Anxious Patient replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can you direct me to the thread? I think I can predict the ending, but would like to hear the rationale for the choice. I think the decision would have to be handled with secrecy whichever way it...

  4. Scary Old School Surgical Tools

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Operating Room

    Circumcision Knife (1770s) Ritual circumcision is performed around the world in varying extents and for varying reasons, but few instruments used in the process are as intimidating as this European...

  5. Scary Old School Surgical Tools

    Anxious Patient replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Operating Room

    women too:uhoh3: Cervical Dilator (1800s) This instrument was used to dilate a woman's cervix during labor, with the amount of dilation measured on the scale by the handle. Such dilators fell out of...

  6. Do undocumented aliens end up getting after receiving emergency care?

    Anxious Patient replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    So I guess these children are stuck with the bogus names forever because it's now listed on their birth certificates. I wonder if the deception might come back to haunt them later on in life. For...

  7. Pain in childbirth 'a good thing'

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8147179.stm interesting pro and con reader comments, plus the predictable criticism that this 'wisdom' is coming from a man....

  8. Stethoscope cleaning

    Anxious Patient replied to CanuckStudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    As a patient who doesn't have the guts to request or remind nurses and docs about good hygiene, I thank you. I have one doc who just lets the water run over his fingertips a couple of seconds and then...

  9. I Feel So Dirty and Used! - An ER doc unloads his frustrations

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Emergency

    Wow! http://tinyurl.com/lhr4r9 or

  10. Why Do Nurses Write: "no new orders received"?

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    2 views from 2 doctors More from this doctor: http://jrh-roadm.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-thoughts.html More from this doctor:...

  11. Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    A VERY funny article by a new father dealing with his wife's belief in eating her placenta afterbirth. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1908194,00.html I had no idea you could hire a...

  12. Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner

    Anxious Patient replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I read that one of the reasons animals may eat their placenta is to eliminate any clues to preditors that vulnerable newborns are in the area. How smart is that.

  13. NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

    Anxious Patient replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    a doctor just sent this reply about the hipaa question on one of the doctor blogs i read. her thoughts are interesting: 6 dr. mary johnson july 2, 2009 at 11:57 am here's the thread:...

  14. NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

    Anxious Patient replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    I asked the HIPAA question on one of the doctor blogs I read, and one of the posters wrote back that dead people aren't covered by HIPAA. They didn't give any source for the opinion, though. I wonder...

  15. NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

    Anxious Patient replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    She's been all over CNN tonight. I think she's trying to strike while the iron's hot and grap her 15 minutes of fame plus any monetary goodies that might come with it. I can't believe anyone would...

  16. A Nurse tells it like it is

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hold on to your hats, she's just getting started....

  17. In a Lifeless Birth, a Midwife's Opened Eyes

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    A moving story by a new advanced-practice nurse and her first encounter with a tragedy.

  18. Patients who use alias names - an ethical dilemma

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    A nurse presents this situation to an ethicist:

  19. A very sweet story about a daughter/caregiver and her dying father

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    a time in a life for pie and beer [color=gray]by judith woodburn [color=gray]published: [color=gray]june 15, 2009 [color=#333333]you've heard the one about the old man who was dying? he smelled...

  20. velvet pelvis

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    When arts and science meet you get a felted uterus.

  21. velvet pelvis

    Anxious Patient replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here are some teaching tools that were used in 19th century Japan. It was also suggested they were used for entertainment. :uhoh21: complete with stretch marks...

  22. I was just laid off

    Anxious Patient replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry to hear about your lay-off. I think of all the professions suffering through these bad times, the healthcare provider cut-backs at hospitals and other facilities will be felt the most by...

  23. OR Live

    Anxious Patient replied to Aneroo's topic in Operating Room

    Here's another site that has tons of surgical videos.

  24. Baby Evacuation Device

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Intended for hospitals, nurseries, and Angelina Jolie, the BabyScatt Evacuation Device is a cart that can safely hold six infants or four toddlers in case of an emergency....

  25. Home births 'as safe as hospital'

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7998417.stm Woman giving birth in a birth