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Ok JWK - much thanks for the information Sean

I understand completely - However when one extubates a patient as the patient expires anesthetic gas will be a component of the patients expiratory volume. You are telling me that you never smell anesthetic gases when you extubate a patient post sx?

Teiladay was just making a comment on how most men don't particularly like bedside nursing. He makes some generalizations true, but I agree with him to a certain degree. As a whole most men dont particularly enjoy cleaning up defectant, performing bed baths, making the beds, etc - In nursing it seems as though you cant give your honest opinion without some academic type jumping down your throat about not being "sensitive". I mean if you don't like to do those things, its your perogative. I am assuming that the reason why someone who doesn't like to do those things does them is because it is their job and they are getting paid, in absence of the later fact I dont believe many men would volunteer to change sheets, creating perfect little corners in the process while simultaneously give the "perfect bed bath". In my opinion, bedside nursing is more of a feminine type of field - more of a "caregiver" type of thing. Traditionally the caregiver throughout time has always been the woman. Maybe it is the same thing for Gay Males, I dont know because I am not gay. As a 100% straight male, and proud straight male btw, I can understand where Teiladay is coming from. I mean I don't agree with everything he says, but I do agree with a large portion of it. Sean

I am just curious how often do you find yourself exposed to anesthetic gas while sedating clients in your work environment? Sean

Of course - It is unfortunate it took you longer than normal to receive physical therapy.

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Additionally something that might help in the future if you ever become injured, you should try to be more pro-active with your care. For instance, going to the library and reading books about your specific injury might enable you to empower yourself to actually engage in therapeutic activity in the home environment rather than waiting around for a physical therapist to tell you what exercises to do. You can even get some self help therapeutics, hot packs, ice, analgesics are readily available and with a little self directed learning you would be surprised what the body is capable of accomplishing. Sean

Hmm -- 6 weeks is better than 6 months in my opinion. When I hurt my knee last year, I had an MRI within 2 days of my injury. My insurance is blue cross blue shield, blue care. The day of the injury I stayed while the nurse called blue cross to get the pre-cert, once the pre-cert was given I called around to local MRI centers to find out when the fastest available appointment could be granted. Like I said, two days post injury the MRI was completed and fully paid for. This required some proactivity on my part, in other words, I didn't sit around and wait for everyone to do everything for me, because most people are lazy in my opinion. I dont know what happenned in your particular situation but maybe you should try to be more pro-active and not blame everything on private insurers, at the same time somehow believing if government comes in and takes over all of these problems will magically disappear. Just my opinion. Oh and by the way, I am a nurse anesthetist. Sean.

Considering we live in America and last time I checked, America is a capitalist country, the free market system should continue to be applied to the current health care model. Not everyone in America wants to wait 6 months to get an MRI like they do in Canada, England and Germany. Sean

I disagree with this line of thinking. If you receive your doctorate, it does make you a DOCTOR. There is no point in refusing to call yourself what you have attained because you somehow feel "oppressed" by the medical establishment. That is really the issue isn't it? You are a doctor, you are not a medical doctor, but you have obtained a doctoral degree and hence are a Doctor...of nursing practice. If you fall into the trap of "I am not going to call myself a doctor" even though you have obtained the degree that you worked long and hard for, you are just basically contiuning the cycle of oppression that nurses experience daily by some, not all, medical doctors. Why would you do that to yourself? Sean

You can do whatever you set your mind to accomplish - Dont let detractors tell you otherwise. What the mind can percieve the body will achieve - just move forward and have faith in yourself, it makes the seemingly impossible not only possible, but probable. Sean

It sounds untrue 2 me honestly - gl with your search - Sean