Are you comfortable in sharing with your co workers your hx with ptsd? My employer knows of mine, and they also know I do Not deal with violence or the threat of it by a patient or anyone. This is...
In all seriousness, couldn't family nurse have action taken against their licenses for operating out of their scope ie giving a med in a hosp, not properly documenting etc etc and for the other issue...
YES! There is hope.... Run, don't walk to your closest Al-Anon or Narc-Anon meeting. There, you will find loving support for yourself. You will learn about this thing, addiction, and gain tools to...
IF nightmares are mental illness....IF painful memories are classified as mental illness....IF being afraid of the perpetrator is classified as mental illness....IF almost being killed and not...
This is a Very Good question! I look forward to hearing the rationale behind this. I read plausible responses already, ie not all trachs are 100% respiratory in nature, the nasal canula May trigger...
This EMT was Totally out of line, and as the doc says, I would have called and reported this. His behaviour was completely inappropriate! These guys (gals) are Fully aware of what the regs are and...
I plead ignorance to the details of Magnet Status (a local hospital I worked in has this status, so I know all I need to re that:)) and I did not bother reading this articl - with due respect to the...
HangTen! replied to Ramrodthegreat's topic in General Nursing
Interesting thread, although I don't understand why you as an EMT is questioning the nuances of nursing as a job along with pay issues and trying to "understand" that which you cannot know, unless of...
The doctor I work pt for calls his MA's "nurses". I am the ONLY nurse in the office. I have told the girls it is illegal for them to identify themselves as such........but, it still goes on. One...
Congrats! Here are my tips: 1. IF you slip, don't let the slip define you. Forgive, love and acknowledge and feel proud keeping every success you've had in the front of your mind. ie new self...
I am a former smoker. I indulged for decades, honestly, I don't know how many years. It was a STRUGGLE to make it over the hump. But I did! The reasons for not smoking........oh my. First, the...
HangTen! replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing
Tattle tales are nothing more than mere "gossips" in my view and experience. Gossip is slanderous and damaging, it breeds ill will and discord. I am against it, and do not view the new checks and...