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  1. How do you deal with your anger at work?

    rncountry replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know that I am different than most, but I usually tackle problems head on. I would not change my schedule, if it worked for my life I would keep it. I would however tell this nurse she was...

  2. Dementia/rape trauma syndrome

    rncountry replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Renee, I will have to look up the information that you posted. In a facility that I was a DON in we had a patient who was a Nazi Camp survivor. She had alzheimers, and doing nearly anything with her...

  3. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I personally like Lavina Dock. She not only contributed a great deal to nursing, she chained herself to the White House in the attempt to get the vote for Women. She was, of course, arrested. Not that...

  4. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    glad2behere, you hit the nail on the head. I have often thought about a nursing group that was designed strictly for political purposes. A group in which it didn't matter if you were for unions or...

  5. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Exactly Canoehead. It is that "guardenship" of the patient that glad2tobehere stated earlier. I believe it is from that aspect that we must begin to educate the public to, and to an extent our fellow...

  6. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Too much the same definately breeds stagnation, I would say we need a curriculum at the BSN level though that is basicly the same so that all nurses start from the same basic framework. Then it is at...

  7. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Oh glad2behere, excellant post. That's it exactly. I especially like "guardenship of the patient" if I were to boil down what I feel I do on a day to day basis that would be it. Not only do nurses...

  8. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    When my daughter was a baby her primary was a NP. Her father was in the Air Force and the military (at least at that time) put a premium on wellness, not illness. Well baby checks were expected. Her...

  9. Nurses in The Bahamas

    rncountry replied to Nurse Jimo's topic in General Nursing

    I lived in Hawaii from the time I was 6, landed on my birthday, till I was just past 8. Got there in 1969 and even then the crime rate was quite high. Nursenoelle, when I went there on vacation we...

  10. Nurses in The Bahamas

    rncountry replied to Nurse Jimo's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! Hope to see you here frequently. What you are describing is everywhere. The idea that nurses are not professionals is also everywhere. I would suggest that you take a look under...

  11. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    llg, with all due respect the explanation you offered on the relationship between student and teacher at the PhD level does not sound like what happened between Swanson and Watson. Swanson may very...

  12. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    While I understand that Watson's theory is not inclusive to simply caring for a patient, what I was trying to get across is that the idea of caring is overemphasized in the curriculum as Suzy pointed...

  13. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    llg, your point is well taken. However that does not mean I believe that nursing theory has reached that ideal. There is too much nursing theory based on pseudoscience, not theory, hypothesis etc......

  14. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Research based practice is different than nursing theory. Concrete scientific research is why we don't use betadine and suger to heal a wound anymore, not philosophical reasoning. Assessment,...

  15. How do you deal with rude patients?

    rncountry replied to rachel h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    rachel I hope I helped some. And thanks to all who agreed with me, I actually expected to be told that I was not caring enough, or something to that effect. Next time you have a rude patient, take a...

  16. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps instead of it being nursing theory it should be nursing philosophy. The two ends of nursing should be split, scientific and philosophy. I agree with suzy, to attempt to base a philosophical...

  17. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    rncountry replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Jim, absolutely fantastic article! After the first couple paragraphs I thought about when I was a nursing student just before graduation. There was a lecture by a guest speaker that we all had to...

  18. How do you deal with rude patients?

    rncountry replied to rachel h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a new grad this is one of the hardest issues to deal with primarily because you expected that people would be glad you are there taking care of them. Sometimes people are simply rude because no one...

  19. UAP charting assesments in the ICU

    rncountry replied to alansmith52's topic in General Nursing

    AmiK, while you may feel you are able to offer a competant job, what you are not understanding is if you make an error, big or small is that you automatically put the nurse who is your supervisor at...

  20. How many of you married doctors?

    rncountry replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Honey if you want money I would suggest the CEO of the hospital, not the doc. Course I'm not sure how you would meet one but I'm sure if you are enterprising enough you'd find a way. I work with some...

  21. Mt Sinai deaths - RNs protest short-staffing

    rncountry replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    JT, I can't wait to hear what those investigations

  22. Monster CNA Charged With Murder By Windshield

    rncountry replied to Cascadians's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I think this says more about who is taking care of our vulnerable elderly in nursing homes than it does anything else. I have worked with aides I don't believe would behave any better. And...

  23. Help I am a new grad and I made a medication error!

    rncountry replied to Rosey's topic in General Nursing

    My first med error was the same thing. I was a GN, and went into the patients room to give meds. One patient was out walking, the other patient sitting on the bed. I asked the patient on the bed, Mr....

  24. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

    rncountry replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

    Used to work in Neuro ICU, get good at ducking and diving there. Was kicked into a wall by a guy going through DTs there. Day nurse took off restraints because he seemed ok, my first assessment he put...

  25. ANA discriminates against LPN/LVN

    rncountry replied to Kris10lnC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    That was uncalled for, as well as other posts that more or less have told the original poster what an idoit she/he is. Why is that there can not be discussion about something without someone resorting...