Anxious Patient

Anxious Patient

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  1. Inside a Surgical Device Kickback Scheme

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Nursing News

    This is a fascinating story about crooked staffers who knew how to game the system at a medical center and make a lot of money....

  2. Etiquette in the OR?

    Anxious Patient replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    As a patient, I found this article surprising, actually it's an editorial. Has anyone here experienced this kind of conduct in the operating room? Editor's Page: Sexual Predators in the OR >...

  3. Etiquette in the OR?

    Anxious Patient replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    I'm curious. Isn't one of the reasons Versed is used so that the patient can't remember anything

  4. Wrong side/omitted procedure

    Anxious Patient replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    To avoid delaying or cancelling the operation, could the patient correct the consent form themselves by scratching out and rewording it for accuracy, then initialing the change? Would that be...

  5. Nurses, Clients and Power

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    There's a discussion going on at a bioethics blog dealing with patient modesty. The discussion went a little offcourse with an interesting subtopic called "Nurses, Clients and Power". I wonder if you...

  6. Hospital Corners - a reminiscence

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    A nurse recalls her training 50 years ago. (rest of the story)

  7. 'Nurses Heal' commercials

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    I love the Johnson and Johnson "Campaign for Nursing's Future" commercials. These 2 are my favorites. 2PVeOq60GcA Pp-AMyiYbNU The nurses are real, the patients are

  8. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    The author, a doctor, makes the case that in our climate of daily random violence and desperate drug addicts, a doctor would be wise to have a gun in his office. He brings up the example of emergency...

  9. Do hospital patients get better care if they're nice

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.medicallessons.net/2011/05/on-the-value-of-being-nice-when-youre-a-patient-in-the-hospital/

  10. The legend of Nurse Mary Jane Seacole

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    i found this so interesting. didn't know which forum to post this in, hope this is ok here. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/04/25/110425ta_talk_frazier...

  11. Overheard "You're there to make money, not to talk," in clinical

    Anxious Patient replied to JustaNrsgStudent's topic in General Students

    As a patient who has had doctors start an appointment by hovering at the door, with one hand on the doorknob, I'm glad there is Dr. Google for

  12. You Won't Believe What Sparked This OR Fire

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Operating Room

    (cont.)http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/news/2010/12/21-you-wont-believe-what-sparked-this-or-fire

  13. You Won't Believe What Sparked This OR Fire

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

    cdgirl, and others, thanks for being such good (and brave) advocates. Any patient would be very lucky to have you take care of them.

  14. It must be a pleasure to work with a doctor like this

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    here is a doctor that truly values nurses and even blogs about it. he blogs as [color=#2361a1]doctor grumpy in the house. listening to nurses is key to being a good doctor (more)...

  15. Student observers in the O.R...

    Anxious Patient replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for responding CDgirl. Can you enlighten me on something? How common is it for patients to put restrictions on the consent form. And would it be resented as meddling. I've read many threads...

  16. Student observers in the O.R...

    Anxious Patient replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    As for explicit consent from patients allowing non-medical people in the OR, my hospital consent form reads "there may be people in training, or others, who will be in attendance or participating in...

  17. Nurses Union Plans Ad Campaign Against Nevada Republican

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/us/politics/04angle.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

  18. Fictional-Hospital Scrubs for Real-Life Nurses

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/magazine/03fob-consumed-t.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

  19. Fictional-Hospital Scrubs for Real-Life Nurses

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

    I took it as a tongue-in-cheek article, more amusing than

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

    Anxious Patient posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I only put this in the male nursing forum because I didn't find any other forum that fit the subject matter. Plus I thought I'd get the demographic readers that could challenge or add to the list....

  21. Doctors perform induction and then C/S on non-pregnant woman

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

    Oops. Sorry for the double thread. I should have done a better search before posting

  22. Doctors perform induction and then C/S on non-pregnant woman

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

    This was previously posted in the Health and Medicine Forum. One reader was curious to hear what L & D nurses had to say about this news story....

  23. A Letter to Hollywood: Nurses Are Not Handmaidens

    Anxious Patient replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    From Medscape Nurses:

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

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

    Women dominate nursing today because 98% of them are women. Maybe there should be an effort to recruit more men into nursing school. That might change the lopsided number. I can appreciate your...

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

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

    sven, I wonder if you post on Dr. Bernstein's blog which features many threads on patient modesty. I also have concerns about my modesty when I'm in the hospital and sympathise with your concerns....