Patti SW

As a social worker I would like to know if as nurses you have ever experienced the fact people behave differently. My father died of lung cancer but, never needed oxygen or pain meds, however, I have known lots of other lung cancer pts who required ...

Regularly? If you want to make such claims, it might be wise to back them up with some actual sources. Good luck with that, and please dont come back with an isolated incident or cases from another country. Demonstrate the "regularity" of this prac...

Kevin RN08 WHAT? Do you think at 12 years old you should be held responsible for your actions? If so why have parents who should teach their children right from wrong? At 18 years old the brain is just catching up to the body. A conscious decisi...

ProwlingMA, As a social worker I sincerely hope you don't work anywhere in the South. Do you think children start drinking at a such a young age do it as a responsible thought? I have worked with 10 year olds who were drinking and taking drugs. ...

I agree. I thought we lived in a free country where we could make our on decisions whether they are good of bad. Fluoridation works for preventing tooth decay, but, does it cause harm? Why should we be forced in a free country to have fluoridized ...

What is your definition of disease? I believe like obesity it is a choice that in time will definitely become a deadly disease. We all make choices that will eventually be the death of all of us. Drinking alcohol, over eating, laying on the couch ...

O.K., but what about everything else has lied to us about?

By the way, I am not proud of the fact I used tax payers money now that I work in a private industry. The government will tell you anything you want to hear. Again, I have been there.

You trust the government? They would never lie to us would they??? Tobacco was safe too, right? How about Celebrex and Vioxx? What about the recent tomato, chicken, beef, lettuce, spinach and the list will go on and on. What about all of those things...

I guess from reading these posts McCain will be the next President of the United States. He is for Universal Healthcare. I always thought nurses were Democrats.

This is true, they can also be admitted as a medicare pt to the hospital if the admitting diagnosis happens to be one other than their hospice diagnosis.

Aimeee, I agree with you about the family's fraught. As I had mentioned before on another forum, the family had told NH staff they wanted Hospice but the NH was blamed for being greedy. It really was not the NH pushing for skilled care. The fami...

Thank you so much for your input. I have tried to explain on other forums that sometimes the pt may need hospice but, the family requests P.T. so their loved one can be a skilled care pt. Though wrong, in my opinion as well as medicare fraud, the f...

To all hospice nurses on this site. Does Medicare pay for the care of the pts in your NH? I am a hospital social worker and I have been told that Medicare only pays for the pt whose death is anticipated within seven days. The pts who have a qualif...

Jolie, Thank you for your response. How many jumped in behind those ideas?

Well CRNA, what I was saying was we need to stop saying he said, she said. Step up to the plate if you have the answers. I think everyone should stop being so negative and give solutions. It is easy to give your opinion about what is wrong but, n...

Honestly, after reading through several of these posts, I can't see where anyone is saying to deny medical care to anyone. I believe what everyone is saying make it fair. The elderly population who worked and paid into social security system have ...

Anyone honestly believe just because we don't have universal healthcare we, the taxpayers are not having to pay for every indigent pt who enters the hospital? "People would take advantage of the system" God knows that never happens now. The hospita...

It is not the nurses who are wearing the short skirts or showing cleavage. That is difficult to pull off in scrubs. There are other people working in the hospital besides nurses. There are nurses who like to wear their scrubs below the waist line...

I work in a catholic hospital and I have never heard any pt or family member complain. The nuns on the other hand do complain. They also have complained about dress code issues. They do not want any open-toed shoes, short skirts, or cleavage show...

Well, I have a question? Why are narcotics wasted? Why with the raising cost of meds can't they be recycled? Why do the laws require such expensive drugs to be wasted? Wasted? Why should we waste anything? This to me seems like the drug industr...

We serve an elderly population in the healthcare industry. I think they like any generation believe what they believe. Tatoos are very popular unless you are over 65 years old and have never served in the military. The women usually see them as de...

Thank You, I am sure Siskin will Thank you as well. I wish them the best of luck..

Actually, The pt did not fall at Siskin hospital. That was St. Barnabas NH. It is not an extention of Siskin it is a new nursing home. Siskin does not own or operate St. Barnabas.

Thank you for your response. I am glad to hear you care as my job requires me to tell families why it will be O.K. to place your mom or dad in a LTC. They will be cared for and there are people who care and will do everything they can to protect an...