shawng007

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1. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   actually, it doesnt matter what the end result is, the patient has the right to refuse, and as i said, NO means NO.

2. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   i must also add that we must treat the patient, not the monitor. an oxygen sat in the 70's for me or you would definitly make us incoherent. a COPDer is accustomed to low sats and would be coherent. instead of looking at the readout, we should as...

3. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   again, the patient has the right to refuse, implied consent goes out the door when , on arrival, the patient says NO. ethically, morally, professionally this means one thing, when the patient says NO, this means NO. very simple. any judge or lawye...

4. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   i am a well respected lpn, and one thing i always do is respect the patient, and/or the family. the fact that the patient did not want the oxygen increased is enough, add to this the family who is obviously close with their family member. for someo...

5. 38 too old for school?

   shawng007 replied to akanarn's topic in CRNA

   I was thirty seven when i went to lpn program, and it was the best thing i ever did. you are only as old as you think you are, think young and go for it.

6. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   yes, taking meds intended for patients is unethical, immoral, and just wrong. but to the addict, this is part of the disease, often these same people when they were not addicts, or before it was a problem were very ethical and moral people who would...

7. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   very good. i am proud of you. when i started working for the hospital i work for, i was not a nurse, i was interviewing as a sitter to sit with patients who need observation. i was open with my interviewer, the nursing supervisor, and told her i a...

8. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   perhaps you are too naive or lack basic understanding of the process. many people will not realize they have a problem until they are confronted or busted. this is part of the addiction process. and i feel sorry that you are not knowledgable of ad...

9. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   yes, most addicts will not admit right away that they have a problem, or some may cry about it when confronted, these are both normal defense mechanisims of denial. either way, they should still be given the opportunity to come clean and get the hel...

10. Drug Abuse Among Us??

    shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

    yes, you are so right nursy swat, i hit the reply button but somehow it went to you instead of teeituptom, i am sorry for that. guess even the computers got problems with identity...lol. hopefully it got to the right person. this time

11. Drug Abuse Among Us??

    shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

    Your phrase druggies are druggies and should not be allowed in the field of nursing is quite insensitive and downright WRONG. I am an alcoholic, so by that i am a drug addict, aka druggie. i went to rehab and got cleaned up and went into nursing. i a...

12. Drug Abuse Among Us??

    shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

    Your phrase druggies are druggies and should not be allowed in the field of nursing is quite insensitive and downright WRONG. I am an alcoholic, so by that i am a drug addict, aka druggie. i went to rehab and got cleaned up and went into nursing. ...

13. Drug Abuse Among Us??

    shawng007 replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

    i am a recovering alcoholic. i never would have considered nursing until i was living in a halfway house for addictions and got a part time job at a hospital, i saw what the nurses did and thoroughly enjoyed it. while i was living in assisted facil...

14. Team nursing is causing many good nurses to leave any suggestions

    shawng007 replied to fight fatigue's topic in General Nursing

    As an LPN at a hospital, primarily Med/Surg, when I started nursing over a year ago(I worked as an aide prior to that) I found that rn's had fewer patients and did less, LPN s got stuck with six patients, and there was very little teamwork because yo...

15. transgender nurse (transvestite)

    shawng007 replied to nursecathy's topic in Safety

    i have done much study on gender issues, as i have come across them in my travels. people who are transgendered feel that they are the opposite sex, that they were born with the wrong parts. there have been studies showing that gender roles in mice...