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I've successfully raised two boys who are now in their 20's and I do believe spanking is appropriate if done properly. God made buts padded for a reason. Never spank a child when angry, wait until calmer then talk with the child first. Teach them to think about what they did, why they did it, and what the consequences of their actions could be. If you want your child to respect you then respect them by never punishing them in public or in front of their friends. An alternative to spanking was jail. This was a wooden play pen with bars.

I agree. Yoda

Actually phenergan is the only thing that works to control my nausea. My concern was the way it was delivered. They fried my vein by administering it slowly yes but undiluted. They were in a hurry and more focused on getting me checked off on their to do list. I'm concerned that this is the product of the nurse shortage and instead of the nurse following her conscience and doing what's right for the patient her priority was to get a job done fast to please her superiors. Quantity instead of quality. I sure hope this is not the new breed of nurses who see nursing as a steady job rather than a calling. When the hospital I worked at did away with orderlies who came to get patients up out of bed and did transfers they lost more professional staff to back injuries. But one thing I must say is that we nurses stuck together and fought to provide better care for our patients. I believe it is important to do what you know is right even if it means defying an order - which I have done. I remember an incident in ICU where I was newly employed and the Doctor ordered me to hang a bag of Lactated Ringers on an end stage cirrhosis of the liver patient. I asked him if he was kidding. He said no. I said I can't do that, it will send that patient into a hepatic coma. Fortunately this Doctor was humble enough to ask why and after respectively explaining how the liver in these patients cannot breakdown the lactic acid he asked which IV fluid I thought best to use. Again amazed, but at least the patient survived. So I encourage my fellow nurses to be the leaders in maintaining dignity to our profession and hold fast to what you know is the right thing to do. Yoda

Thanks, I'm retired from nursing and am now on the other end of the stethoscope. I was in no condition to defend myself when I was in ER. I really should move to some place that provides good medical care...where? I love living in the mountains and hate to move.

I agree and in fact as an ICU nurse I never gave these drugs IV, but IM only. I was given phenergan and toradol IV in ER last December via a Hep Lock and my vein was red,hard, and very sore for several months afterwards. My PCP said this was common practice and no follow-up was done. I have a new PCP now. Yoda