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1. Some people want to live forever

   seizetheday replied to seizetheday's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   My grandmother does not have the intuitive feeling about death gene! She has been working on dying for about a decade - unsuccessfully. Every few months she thinks or feels that it is her time...nope!...

2. Some people want to live forever

   seizetheday replied to seizetheday's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   She is more than ready...and has been for years. Unfortunately she is also incredible stubborn and can't seem to make it happen, as morbid as that sounds. She gets jealous when others in the nursing...

3. Some people want to live forever

   seizetheday posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Not my grandma! Background, she is 94, in a LTC, has major medical problems, severe chronic pain and to top it off she fell last week and cracked ribs. I was in visiting her last night and our...

4. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

   seizetheday replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   While that is great that you have a fantastic immune system, if you are working in health care you are frequently interacting with people who do not. Young children, elderly, immuno-compromised...even...

5. Accepted psych position..am now unsure due to family history......

   seizetheday replied to Gratefulprn's topic in Psychiatric

   Here is a thread on this topic from a couple years ago that you may find helpful.

6. How to explain depression/PTSD to young children

   seizetheday replied to verivici's topic in Patient Education

   I worked with quite a few kids who have parents with mental illness so here are a few suggestions from my experience that you would need to tailor to the specific situation... I completely agree with...

7. new nurse seeks help ><

   seizetheday replied to misha-anderson's topic in Psychiatric

   maybe you could use the textbook you have and try your best to figure out the answers with your classmates. If you are still really stuck - post your answers and I don't mind letting you know if you...

8. Beliefs about Origins of Mental Illness

   seizetheday replied to seizetheday's topic in Psychiatric

   You come at this from a very neurobiological perspective. I agree that neurobiology plays a role but maybe not to the degree that you do. For example PTSD develops after a traumatic event - not...

9. Beliefs about Origins of Mental Illness

   seizetheday replied to seizetheday's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks Davey Do for sharing your perspective. You are right that there are no easy or short answers! Just pontificating on life! We still in many ways know so little about neurotransmitters as they...

10. Asking a patient if they're mentally retarded?

    seizetheday replied to missjustice's topic in General Nursing

    The term developmental disability isn't synonymous with intellectual disability. While many people with developmental disabilities do have intellectual disabilities some do not. For example someone...

11. Beliefs about Origins of Mental Illness

    seizetheday posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am curious about how you conceptualize mental illness and if those beliefs have changed over time. I was reading an article while preparing for a lecture on the beliefs of health professionals about...

12. Will nursing grow on me?

    seizetheday replied to lilmissnurse12's topic in General Nursing

    OP - stick with it. You are almost done and having the degree under your belt will help you no matter what you decide to do next. remember too that nursing school only exposes you to a sliver of types...

13. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    seizetheday replied to canursestudent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you that no one should work impaired and you will see I said that in my last sentence. That of course isn't the point, I'm sure we all agree no one should work impaired by substances....

14. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    seizetheday replied to canursestudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really understand this attitude so perhaps you can expand. Marijuana is less impairing than most narcotics and definitely alcohol. It isn't cocaine or heroine. For some people with chronic...

15. self mutilating patients

    seizetheday replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes people who have schizophrenia have psychotic episodes where their entire reality is altered. Both the content of their thinking and their thinking process is altered and they are in a whole...