Anxious Patient

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  1. Health care workers can be drafted during a pandemic

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Some of the doctor blogs are talking about this. Beyond the Call of Duty: Compelling Health Care Professionals to Work During an Influenza Pandemic...

  2. The 10 REAL Reasons Men Don't Go to the Doctor

    Anxious Patient replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think she was trying to be funny, but it came off patronizing. And you're right, if a male doctor attempted such humor singling out women......well, it just wouldn't happen. Many of the "reasons"...

  3. Is the bipolar child and ADHD a purely American phenomenon?

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Pediatric

    Investigative journalist, Philip Dowd, lays the blame squarely at the drug companies, along with child psychiatrists at Harvard. When asked: How do you account for the astonishing rise in the number...

  4. Nurses question CEO's presence in OR

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Operating Room

    This is kind of an old story, but it caught my eye because it involved nurses complaining about "unspecified observers" in the operating room. And the observer whose motives they questioned was the...

  5. Creatures with curative powers

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have heard about maggots and leeches being useful in the medical field, but didn't know about: Pregnant Mare urine (estrogen) pit viper venon (anticoagulant) gila monster saliva (controls blood...

  6. Criminals in Med School

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    A Quandary in Sweden or The answer to the last question is obvious. So, I'll bet dollars to donuts that if a convicted murderer, rapist or whatever would ever be allowed to practice in the U.S.,...

  7. What Happened To The Nursing Profession?

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a non-health care provider, I don't understand this doctor's complaint about nurses, as it's beyond my scope of knowledge. But I'm sure there will be rebuttals from some of you here....

  8. Surgeons who don't know what they are doing

    Anxious Patient replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    If your gut tells you something is wrong, you should run your suspicions by someone. Remember that the trusting patient lying in front of you is also clueless.....and

  9. octomom's birth video

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    joke, of course, from Jimmy Kimmel show

  10. If teaching hospital nurses are denied a raise, this may be why

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    Highest Paid College Employees: Mostly M.D.s

  11. teddy bear blood bag for pediatric patients

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Making a blood transfusion as cute as can be. http://ivor-kovic.com/blog/?p=376 hat-tip:

  12. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I didn't see the movie, but I think she played a caricature of herself. Gloria Allred only takes on cases if they are sensational and in the news. She's a self promoter and loves being in front of the...

  13. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nadya's brood has a leg up on the thousands of other neglected and fatherless children in Los Angeles.

  14. Should Personal Internet Use be Banned During Nursing Shifts?

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    Some responses

  15. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Here's a picture of the mom before

  16. RNs caught lying

    Anxious Patient replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not making any attempt to address the topic of this thread, as I don't hold a job in heathcare, but maybe the rest of you can relate to this article. It's written by a doctor who has the same...

  17. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    some statistics:

  18. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I bet grandpa's going back to Iraq to escape. A war torn country will be more peaceful than his home in a few

  19. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The news said that each baby now has it's own hospital team with each member wearing ID hats indicating which baby they're in charge of. (total of 46 people). I wouldn't be surprised if Kaiser is...

  20. Referring to CMA's as nurses

    Anxious Patient replied to MemphisTiger's topic in General Nursing

    I know this isn't practical, but the best way to un-confuse the patient would be if the lab coats were color coded to distinguish job descriptions. My eyesight isn't great, people don't always come...

  21. Referring to CMA's as nurses

    Anxious Patient replied to MemphisTiger's topic in General Nursing

    Is this why so many "nurses" at my medical center have their ID badges flipped

  22. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Are you kidding me? A single mother, living with her parents, with 6 more kids at home? What kind of fertility doctor would accept a patient with this history? The local news here in L.A. is just...

  23. Octuplets

    Anxious Patient replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have a feeling that many magazines and TV shows are competing for the exclusive story about this. You can bet that the parents are already negotiating for big bucks (not that I blame them), and have...

  24. A pediatrician laments about treating rude children

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13klas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

  25. Sleepwalker found frozen after taking Ambien

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Man freezes to death while sleepwalking barefoot in his underwear in 20-below zero weather.