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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 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...

  3. 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...

  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 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  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...

  16. Diagnostic test results. What do you tell the patient?

    seizetheday replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I would never ever lie to a patient about why they are taking a medication. Patient's have a right to know what medication they are taking and why. If there are results back that say pneumonia and...

  17. new grad bad interview

    seizetheday replied to rn_yogi's topic in General Nursing

    I too do interviewing and I agree I am not looking for a perfect answer. Especially from a new grad I don't expect the answer that I would from a nurse with years of experience. What I am looking for...

  18. Is it illegal to initial when.....

    seizetheday replied to onthemark's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just a question for those of you who say you check to make sure treatments were done. Does this mean you go in and remove the brief to see that the barrier cream was put on? Do you visually check each...

  19. Need assistance handling a situation

    seizetheday replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure why you left your old job and moved without a job contract? Is it yet to be signed? Does the form you did sign also have a staff nurse rate on it or is the only position / rate that of a...

  20. You really think nurses make alot of money? Let me give you something to think about

    seizetheday replied to diosa78's topic in General Nursing

    You are a nurse working for $14/hr? Relocate!! I have never heard of nursing wages that low. I make about $45 an hour - decent money. No complaints about the money in nursing

  21. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    seizetheday replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    You are allowed to copy the patient's chart for your own personal use?? Where do you keep copies of the chart? That in my hospital would in itself be reason for a write-up, possible HIPAA violation...

  22. Involving family members and patient confidentiality

    seizetheday replied to chimpanzee's topic in Psychiatric

    On our unit we would ask you to sign release of information forms for the people that you want to be involved in your healthcare. once we have the signed forms we do not ask the patient each time, can...

  23. dating someone with schizophrenia

    seizetheday replied to dipsett08's topic in Psychiatric

    It has taken decades even begin to understand the course of schizophrenia and there is now a much better undersntadin than there was even 10 years ago about the illness. Some people do decompensate...

  24. Canadian. Tn visa. Accelerated bsn from u.s

    seizetheday replied to donaldduck's topic in International Nursing

    Do you have an undergrad degree yet? If so why not stay in Canada and do one of the 2 yr accelerated BSN programs or the RN/MSN program. It will be a fraction of the price, approved in Canada and one...

  25. First Psych Clinical

    seizetheday replied to incurable_optimism's topic in General Nursing

    i've worked psych for 12 years and i would say that very few are just going through a rough patch. people go through rough patches all the time without being admitted to a hospital. most people who...