Alnitak7

Alnitak7 has 25 years experience and specializes in retired from healthcare.

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   Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

   Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

   To this day, I still rarely ever like to shake hands and with someone who I just met, it makes me feel violated. This was one good thing about the pandemic, it made it so I didn't have to shake...
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   Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   Alnitak7 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   It's off the subject but anyone being told they're getting an "injection in the fanny" should run. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's a shot in the flesh of the hip and not in the butt. I...
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   Is it possible to be a decent nurse if I'm a sociopath or have antisocial personality disorder?

   Alnitak7 replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing

   You have to remember that sociopaths seldom get professional help because they're not suffering. Most of them probably do not have a formal diagnosis unless they have either been to jail or a...
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   Is it possible to be a decent nurse if I'm a sociopath or have antisocial personality disorder?

   Alnitak7 replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think people who worry about their patients always cry over them. I would think some of the most sensitive people on earth rarely ever cry. You don't have to be attached to patients or...
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   Is it possible to be a decent nurse if I'm a sociopath or have antisocial personality disorder?

   Alnitak7 replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing

   Do you think their charge nurses would negatively diagnose their
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   Is it possible to be a decent nurse if I'm a sociopath or have antisocial personality disorder?

   Alnitak7 replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing

   Sociopathy often clouds the mind and makes some act in ways that are not evidence based. I watched a C.N.A. with a severely arthritic patient who was jerking her limbs around and ignoring...
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   Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

   Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Let me ask one more time, should handshaking be obliterated from our culture? Covid and other illnesses are still
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   Shadowing a nurse on another floor/unit? PLEASE HELP.

   Alnitak7 replied to MareBear112's topic in General Specialties

   I remember being shadowed by students when I still worked. I was getting the feeling from some of them that they were there for voyeuristic purposes and just wanted to stare at some vulnerable...
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   Is this a confusing MAR order? And moral dilemma

   Alnitak7 replied to Cclm's topic in Patient Medications

   This is similar to my situation at present. I'm protecting my patient. I have communicated my concerns to the doctors. I'm involved in a power struggle for protecting my patient. I have listed my...
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    Research Nursing, my experience

    Alnitak7 replied to desfwi43's topic in Research
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    Shadowing a nurse on another floor/unit? PLEASE HELP.

    Alnitak7 replied to MareBear112's topic in General Specialties

    So much of this depends on whether the place likes you. I agree with not going behind the managers back. I would ask before you visit a unit you don't work
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    introvert research nurse

    Alnitak7 replied to pecantreechipmunk's topic in Research

    I think this might depend on why you're an introvert and if you can even get along with people on a superficial level. What your post brought to mind was a laundry lady in a hotel I worked in...
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    Research Nursing, my experience

    Alnitak7 replied to desfwi43's topic in Research

    Then if you're looking for schooling, what degree program is the best to qualify you and how many years would it be and what are the credentials to get
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    Research Nursing, my experience

    Alnitak7 replied to desfwi43's topic in Research

    Would you recommend this job to someone with zero nursing experience who has never been to nursing school or done patient care? Can they go to nursing school only for research nursing and never do...
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    How can you know if a school is running a scam

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    This is not really about me and I wasn't really thinking about R.N. programs in this case. I feel like there are numerous medical professions that can be used to run a scam and I think R.N. programs...