Alnitak7

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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    This is the kind of class where people are permitted to use their own judegement to decide when they should leave to go eat or whatever else they have to do. This classroom is one where one person...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I am not sure what this is referring to. If this is about the large print I use, this is only so people don't have to strain their eyes. I am sometimes long-winded. I always assume that the...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    In these classes of 3 or 4 hours or 8 hours, I have had those several times. I have never gotten hungry or had other discomforts during these becase I always had teachers that gave us ample break...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    When patients are eating and I am working with them I do not try to read or study and therefore I don't get sensory overload around
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    One reason it might be a rule is because it does bother some
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    Not one single time have I ever tried to deal with patients' bodily functions and study at the same
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    No, I would not want to diagnose and analyze someone who I don't even know. I was just saying they do remind me of this when they keep on eating for extended periods of time. When one snack bag...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I wonder what they might do when someone spills a drink into one of those computers. Will they think this NO FOOD OR DRINK is not a good
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    Actually, I remember overhearing some complaints about a charge nurse who they said was a compulsive eater. Some of the nurses were offended by her. Here again is the problem of eating that goes on...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    You have to remember that I very rarely ever study or do classwork in my workplace. For this reason most of their noise never bothers
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    Here again, you have a mutual agreement so no one here is being insulted by someone eating while they try to do their work. I also think these potlucks are set up so they do not disrupt the work...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I hope they try to find out how many people plan to drop out of their school first because their classroom is supposed to be quiet and it
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I also noticed in one class, someone who brought a sub sandwich into the classroom and ate it. From what I know, it was someone who was diabetic. What I noticed about it is that he was done...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I think the difference here is that there is a mutual agreement so no one there is quietly suffering and no one feels completely
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    In this case, I notice they did leave crumbs on the floor. Also, because they brought their dinner in, they must have not cared if it created an odor or
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    Even though I have hypoglycemia I still don't bring my dinner into the classroom and still do not snack for extended periods in places where there is a NO FOOD OR DRINK sign right on the door and...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I have been with hundreds of patients while they're eating. This does not bother me because it's their own private space. The difference is I am not trying to study and therefore they can't hurt my...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    Do you think I should have taken the risk of confronting them when I might be
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    The difference here is that there is a mutual agreement about what people can
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    I find your post both rude AND condescending. Have several
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    Workplace Bullying-Nursing or 7th Grade?

    Alnitak7 replied to rbs105's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I told the DoN 1."they are not being a team, they're being a click and other people have problems with them but they're afraid to report it" and she denied the reality of it. 2. "I answer their...
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    What if a patient is too sick to manage their own healthcare?

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was looking at this web article about balance billing. http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/HRMedicaid.pdf "Balance Billing-How to Handle it" As I read this I'm thinking about the amount of work...
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    What if a patient is too sick to manage their own healthcare?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    What if a patient is too sick to manage their own healthcare?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The way I understand it is that if a client chooses an insurance company that has the providers fill out the insurance claims, this must offer some protection to patients who might be denied coverage....
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    What if a patient is too sick to manage their own healthcare?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I'm hoping to come up with is a list of options that a sick, low-income patient might have if they're being abused by their hospitals, practitioners or insurance companies. As is already...