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  1. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    This reminded me of one of my math prof. He said sometimes he think "1", say "2", and write down "3" in class.

  2. Hours in rehab nursing

    danu3 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    Got a question, what are the hours like in rehab nursing? Have night shifts also or just day shift? 12 hours day? Etc...

  3. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.dlnets.com/hfa_20apr05.htm given the discussion of this case, the teleconference in the above link might be of interests to many of us. the title is "living with grief: ethical dilemmas at...

  4. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    That is actually not exactly accurate. If you read the Wolfson'r report (you might have gotten the above information from the report since I don't know if you have read the report in details) very...

  5. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing that this case bring to mind... I think we all personally need more than an advance directive. We need to get our family members all agree to our decision (whatever it is) and have...

  6. All You Lefty's Out there....

    danu3 replied to Melly1022's topic in General Nursing

    I am left-eye (can't see a thing with my right eye when I look into a microscope or binocolar) but not left-handed (actully I was left-handed for about 5 seconds until my teacher changed me to be...

  7. Why do so many nurses seem to dislike working in Med/Surg

    danu3 replied to LovePeaceJoy's topic in General Nursing

    What? I thought psych nurses were? Or they are not consider nurses at all?

  8. what makes a good clinical (student) ?

    danu3 replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in General Nursing

    This reminded me of an artilce by Roy Blair, RN. titled "The Voice" in Point of View. Context, he is in OR learning... "..."Open the ties and first suture," my instructor bellowed. I tore the end off...

  9. what makes a good clinical (student) ?

    danu3 replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Haunted, did you go to some kind of "school" for this? If not, you should start one.

  10. what makes a good clinical (student) ?

    danu3 replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in General Nursing

    No! Come over the California! The weather is way better than New York.

  11. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I think somebody recommended this site already, not sure. But here it is if it is not recommended already: http://www.miami.edu/ethics2/schiavo_project.htm You have both sides on this site. So...

  12. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    i'll would skip governor bush's response just to save time reading and because it is basically a generic thank you. the wolfson's report is worth reading. about 40 some odd pages. i personally learned...

  13. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many issues in this case. Another issue that we sometimes forget is a certain aspect of PVE in this case. One big disagreement is that the parents are saying Terri is not in a PVE...

  14. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't know about in Fl. But in Ca, you need to have 6 months or less to live (estimated by doctor) to be in hospise. If Terry does not have a terminal condition, she would not be in hospice...

  15. No She/he Did Not!!!

    danu3 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    And then nurse him back... instant

  16. How do You deal with Man-Hating Female Nurses?

    danu3 replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in Men in Nursing

    4. Work your way up to become their

  17. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, there is one link in one of these posts (too many posts, can't find it again) which allerge there may be some corruption with the hospice that Terri is in. Whether it is true or not, that is a...

  18. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    You know, this case has raised lots of different concerns. One concern I have now is what it is doing to the image of hospice. Especially if it ended up being associated with the right-to-die...

  19. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    The following quote really really bug me about the Larry King interview (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0503/18/lkl.01.html). M. SCHIAVO: I won't give it up. Terri is my life. I'm going to...

  20. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we learn about utiltarianism in school. But we also learn about other ethical system like deontology. In deontology (which is probably what the parents are using), one could conclude either...

  21. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    About the millions of taxpayers dollars will be paid for care, is that true? I thought they are paying it out of some funds (I could be wrong). Someone who is familiar with this case, please correct...

  22. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many issues with this case. One thing I don't feel comfortable is the assoication of hospice with this case. I mean, there are enough distortion of what hospice is and is not already....

  23. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    * Select "User CP" (upper left corner) * You should see the thread that you subscribed and underneath the thread * Select the "ccheck box" next to the thread. * pull down the menu (below) and select...

  24. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is definitely off topic. The answers to your questions depends on the religion. Even within a particular religion, there are going to be different answers. Unfortunately, most of the...

  25. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    danu3 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    My mom died under hospice and so I have some involvement in it. The above link is my understanding also - that is when a person is dying and the system is shutting down, hydration can actually...