Koyaanisqatsi-RN

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  1. The dirty work?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to viablecalifornialove's topic in General Students

    They take care of *most* of it. But at some point you are going to have to deal with this stuff. Keep in mind it's also a good opportunity to assess. Most nurses do not have feces and urine flying at...

  2. Health Provisions Slipped into Stimulus Package

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to CinnScorpStudent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Your statement that the offices would look the same implied that medicaid/care would say 'no' just as much as a private insurer. That's a fairly bold claim. If that's not what you meant, I apologize....

  3. Health Provisions Slipped into Stimulus Package

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to CinnScorpStudent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But then no one will want to innovate!! Heh. It hasn't been a problem anywhere else in the world. Unless the US is uniquely incapable of doing things every other country has done, then it would work...

  4. Health Provisions Slipped into Stimulus Package

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to CinnScorpStudent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow. Just wow. You are honestly, SERIOUSLY saying that academic research has a "liberal" bias? Really? What is 'liberal' about peer reviewed research? Just because it doesn't often agree with your...

  5. Help! Care plan question

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN posted a topic in General Students

    I have read through the care plan thread and am unable to figure out something regarding care plans. Let's say you have a patient who is entirely unable to speak, and cannot really move much at all....

  6. Help! Care plan question

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the help everyone, I will give this a shot and see how it goes! At least it seems to be not all that common, so hopefully this is not something often seen

  7. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is exactly why the capitalist model fails for healthcare. In a true market environment, someone would see these people who desperately want a service, and cater to them. Don't argue that all...

  8. Help! Care plan question

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Students

    Let's say the patient is crying and has a visible grimace. The only problem with this particular medical diagnosis is that for this hypothetical patient, management of pain is not in the nursing...

  9. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with this 100%, and I'm not sure there's anyone who really thinks it's a good idea to punish the private paying participants. I guess the issues is HOW can it be improved? Well, I personally...

  10. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Surely you recognize that such an aspect does not merit an argument to throw out entire

  11. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Uhh..yes? There are problems, of course. But there are also serious problems that our country is having also. Capitalism cannot solve the healthcare crisis. It in fact caused it. Healthcare is not a...

  12. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Once again, just because some aspects of a badly managed public health care system are wrong, does not mean that a properly managed public health care system (such as is found in every other...

  13. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    If we're talking stuff like this, then I fully allow myself to laugh at this alpha male garbage. Gun owners, consider that crap like THIS is why people make fun of you. It reeks of male insecurity...

  14. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, one example of this happening out of how many patients being treated successfully? This guy couldn't find a dentist that took NHS? I went to the NHS website and pulled up a TON of Bevereley...

  15. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming this was directed at me. Did you actually read my post? I specifically mentioned handguns, not just 'guns' in general. I myself have been to a firing range many times and done skeet...

  16. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Read my post above. Chainsaws, knives, and baseball bats all have many different uses. Handguns have literally one use. They are designed to do one thing, and one thing only. They are not remotely in...

  17. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    These are all very interesting stories, but again they are anecdotal. (and many of them are impossible to verify as googling many of the names comes up only with exact reprints of the exerpts there)...

  18. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    The data is flawed, regardless of who obtained it. That is what the report I linked demonstrates. If you disagree with a published, reviewed journal article, then just say so. No, it isn't. Anyone...

  19. Some thoughts from a new nursing student

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    This gives me so much hope! I guess it really just is a matter of finding the right people and sticking together at all costs. If someone with as much experience as yourself can be so positive, I know...

  20. Some thoughts from a new nursing student

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I'm sure many of you have read the various threads around here such as: 1. Things you'd like to tell your co-workers/fellow students/charge nurse etc. 2. Do nurses eat their young? 3. Drama at...

  21. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Ughh. Part of me is glad that some people just want to help, but the other part of me knows that they just want to rush in like superman and save the day! Too bad they usually end up screwing things...

  22. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you've compiled here a small handfull of anecdotal information. This can and does go both ways, in favor of both sides. The same guy who's work has been brought into serious question by many...

  23. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Seconding the request for evidence. And good god, I would LOVE to live in a world where everyone carrying guns means a safer place, but how many of you have been involved in a room where people are...

  24. Some thoughts from a new nursing student

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's really depressing. I tried to find that study, but was unable. I wonder if it's online somewhere? My dad struggled with alcohol a little bit, but seemed to overcome it by the time I was a...

  25. Some thoughts from a new nursing student

    Koyaanisqatsi-RN replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely no job is perfect! I guess I see nursing (and healthcare in general) from a different perspective than other jobs I have had. Mainly because I have been a patient a few times before, and...