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  1. Just a note on the NP vs PA debate...

    psychomachia replied to TMnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Here is a little info regarding "licensing" and PAs: http://www.aapa.org/gandp/license.html Standardization of Regulatory Terms: Licensure for Physician Assistants...

  2. Nurse Charged with killing patients

    psychomachia replied to tamar2020's topic in International Nursing

    Doesn't she know she is just going to get a new admission after the bed

  3. a few questions about nursing?

    psychomachia replied to Masters's topic in General Nursing

    Oh let's see... Perhaps the reason nursing isn't accepted as a "profession" is because other professions laugh at the pseudointellectual-mystical-paranormal mumbo jumbo spewed forth by people like...

  4. being prepared

    psychomachia replied to nerdynurse's topic in General Nursing

    My bladder was not prepared to work 12 hours w/o a pee break... Nor was my stomach prepared to go w/o lunch... and my mind will never be

  5. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow....I'm really feelin' the love here...Onward Chrisitan

  6. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow....I'm really feelin' the love here...Onward Chrisitan

  7. quick Needle gauge question-diameter

    psychomachia replied to Wheaties's topic in General Students

    There are many different types of wire "gauge" standards, which determine the thickness (diameter) of a particular piece of wire, or needle size in the medical field. The Birmingham (aka Stub's Iron...

  8. Native Floridians?

    psychomachia replied to flowerchild's topic in Florida Nursing

    Along with the clams, we would go "oystering" at Wabasso in the Indian River...can't imagine anyone eating ANYTHING from there now. And it seems that growing up in Florida was a "wild kingdom" of...

  9. Should patients receive their gallstones?

    psychomachia replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    from http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-98/02-02-98/zzzwnppl.htm Larry Hagman has a jewel of a gallstone. After having several gallstones removed during his liver transplant in 1995, Hagman sent them to...

  10. another ethical subject - organ donation and the government

    psychomachia replied to IowaCindy's topic in General Nursing

    Which is something that will probably occur even with an "opt-out" system. Physicians' fear of lawyers and litigation from the family will overule the patient's wishes almost every

  11. Another question about religion and God

    psychomachia replied to Faye714's topic in General Nursing

    I have always believed in nurses before becoming a

  12. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    make that

  13. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds right. Prudentius wrote Psychomachia around 400 A.D. The poem describes the fight between vice and virtue for the possesion of a soul. Often used to describe literature based on the...

  14. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Offtopic... But try a

  15. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have I ever suggested a man named Jesus did not exist?? My issue is with the concept of an unknowable being who "exists" in a state that we cannot comprehend, thus must be taken on faith alone. For...

  16. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hard core?? uhhh...right.... And WHY would I want to read about McDowell. But if you really want me to... This is from http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gordon_stein/charade.html Josh McDowell's...

  17. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yet your god does not require an explanation? Why should we "believe" that there is ANYTHING capable of transcending the material universe? If WE aren't capable of transcendation, why should any...

  18. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you referring to your paraphrasing of Pascal's Wager? You said, "Now, once you get the faith, look at the bible again. Keep in mind, if I am wrong ( I am not), I will simply die one day and never...

  19. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm as steadfast in what I DON'T

  20. As a BSN student in clinicals it seems like many floor nurses are "mean spirited".

    psychomachia replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    Just one of many reasons why I work in the

  21. Religion's Place in Nursing

    psychomachia replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    works for

  22. another ethical subject - organ donation and the government

    psychomachia replied to IowaCindy's topic in General Nursing

    And I say they can "opt in" if they feel strongly. What's next, "opt out" plans for euthanasia?? Sterilization?? I admit it sounds far-fetched, but if you trust your govt. that much, well maybe you...

  23. another ethical subject - organ donation and the government

    psychomachia replied to IowaCindy's topic in General Nursing

    ???????????

  24. Lorcet OTC

    psychomachia replied to RainbowSkye's topic in Emergency

    Which will in turn have to be paid to treat their narcotic-induced constipation... My feeling is anything that leads to an increase of "can't poop" chief complaints in the ER is...

  25. another ethical subject - organ donation and the government

    psychomachia replied to IowaCindy's topic in General Nursing

    But the government is placing the burden on the individual to STOP something rather than to INITIATE. As individuals, we have the right to not have ANYONE do ANYTHING to us without our consent - we...