MickeyTong

Not insulted at all. Hospitals are a public health hazard. They are deadly! 100,000 people die (and a lot more become ill, sometimes long-term) every year from infections they pick up in US hospitals. A similar proportion anywhere in the industrialised (IOW, civilised, modern) world. This seems to be acceptable, like an inevitable fact of life. If the same number of people died from bugs they picked up at university, or from hotels, or supermarkets or wherever - we would insist that these places be closed down and cleaned up. But not hospitals..... Basic hand hygiene makes a big difference.

Hi Carol Here's a link to NHS Sotland's recruitment page. http://www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/list.aspx Currently only 74 vacancies for nurses of all specialties and levels throughout Scotland. Not very encouraging, I'm sorry to say. I know people who qualified 2 years ago who still don't have jobs as registered nurses. Even in the private sector it's hard to find a job as a qualifed nurse. Anyway.....why on Earth would you want to exchange Australia for Prestwick???? It rains here every day...... How about if we do a jobswap? Best wishes Mick

It's not what I believe: I just answered the question about why some people believe Catholicism is not Christian.

Eastern Orthodoxy?

Who may tell you that Christianity is a pagan religion.

Vielleicht ist Bobo ein Krankenbruder.......

Sometimes, a single poster fits all those descriptions.

And this guy wasn't even a socialist!

Your concerns are laudable, and an example of what a good nurse should feel and think in such a situation. Your patients, their families and your colleagues are lucky to have you. But...... Heroes usually become casualties, and none of your patients or potential patients will come to your rescue. Look for a new job - your bosses are probably already aware of the situation....and remember that you'll need a reference from your current employers. Best wishes and good luck

That is absurd. Leave Texas.

Well, no......Government of the People, by the Top 1%, for the Top 1%. Remember this guy?

Sorry, folks, I think a lot of airport security measures are just window dressing to make you feel safe, that the government is protecting you. Granted, terrorists are devious and unscrupulous - they will use women, kids, babies, grannies and the disabled to carry bombs, hidden in shoes, underwear, body cavities or containers of more than 100ml.... But why is this stringent security only at airports? Why not railway stations? Subways? Bus stations? Road bridges and tunnels? And why stop at transport? There are other targets which are "legitimate" for terrorists. Schools. Sports venues. Office buildings. Hospitals. Apartment blocks. Hotels. Anywhere that a large concentration of people would usually feel safe. During 50 years of Cold War against an enemy with immense resources of all kinds, there was no need for the security measures provoked Al Qaida. [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE]

Thanks Janey! Different strokes for different folks

Jenin One of the most difficult things about depression is that people judge you for it, as if it is some sort of personal failure. There is an unjustified stigma attached to it, and to its treatment. You're doing the right things

StartingOver These things are very helpful measures against mild to moderate depression and chronic dysthymia, but when someone has a severe depression they are either not possible or counterproductive. Staying busy is not an option for someone experiencing psycho-motor retardation. The company of others is painful for someone who feels drenched in shame and unworthy of any attention. A person who believes he is already dead and heading for Hell will not be reassured by prayer. As you say, maybe when you become a nurse you'll have a different view.

It's much the same in the UK, with ECT clinics in a limited number of places. And I think this is why ECT is not performed as much as it was 15-20 years ago, when guidelines were not as stringent and any psyche nurse could assist. (Mind you, my patient catchment population is only about 27,000......)

(Sorry, Commuter....I thought I was discreet, and decent folks wouldn't be able to decipher what I wrote.)

I think there's an international conspiracy to screw nurses over......short staffed? Over-worked? Unappreciated by management? Not just in my country??????

Yo, Chief. I'm not a 'Merckan, so I can't advise on the hoops you have to jump through. But if you have 8 years' military service and half a brain and the desire to be a nurse - you've got more than what it takes, and we need you in our business. A five year old misdemeanor? Yeah, you'll fit right in. Go for it, dude.

"Ghost Busters" - the definitive guide to cutting edge psychiatric interventions.

I haven't met a single patient in the past 9 or 10 years who has been prescribed ECT. It really is a treatment of last resort.

The word "barbaric" implies "insensitive, unnecessary brutality". Unfortunately, psychiatry has a history of "treatments" that were ...... less than humane and grotesquely inconsiderate. And we still, sometimes, actually inject people with powerful drugs which have unpleasant side effects against their expressed wishes. Sorry to hear about your mother: I've no doubt her experience was horrific. Progress has been made since the 1970s. ECT is now a treatment of last resort when a profound depression has failed to respond to antidepressant meds, or if the patient's mood needs to improve faster than than the meds will work.

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Chaser. There is still a huge stigma attached to mental illness, and lots of ignorance and fear.

The patient is unconscious (general anaesthetic) and has had a muscle relaxant. As Whispera wrote, all you'll see is a slight twitch of the lower leg (and a pointing index finger and a bit of a facial grimace). There is no incontinence. ECT saves lives. Do you think mastectomy is barbaric?

New nurse came on duty - personality is a festering bag of septic pus......