Thunderwolf MSN, RN

Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health

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    Indian Culture and Health Care Go Hand In Hand

    Thanks, everybody, for those who read and for those with kind words.
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    What do Indians Want?

    Thanks, Zenman. From my own experiences and from what I have read, many of today's Indian wish the same opportunities as are provided to the non-Indian. Being the first people/the first inhabitants of...
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    Press Ganey?

    ......Yes
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    Phobias anyone???

    Thread moved to Psychiatric Nursing
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    Single patient use BP cuffs

    sharann, it may be do to that your thread here needs more member visibility. I am moving it to the General Nursing Discussion forum to assist you in that. Maybe, this will
  6. the message is clear...do not use it...it will eventually kill you ....spiritually, relationally, emotionally, mentally, and physically. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5ac0vufvw&feature=related...
  7. One of the biggest barriers in obtaining health care is the distance that an average Indian must travel just to pick up medications. This video is made in reference to a common experience on a...
  8. A history of trauma Many Indian psychologists believe that the root of the population's suicide problem is the combination of generational trauma and loss of ethnic identity. As psychologist Tawa M....
  9. As a follow up to this, despair can become a very deep thing and become quite entrenched, something that can move from one generation to the next. Despair is when hope is lost. To give one a sense of...
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    food challenges

    Moved post here for better member
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    Nurse graduating in May!

    Most places do pay a shift differential, yes. Welcome! Thank you for your
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    pre-nursing student seeking advice!

    Moving and how it impacts our school/career options can be very stressful. You will find some good advice here. Folks will answer you from their own experiences. Be patient. Also, please check out...
  13. This "you tube" video, entitled "Waiting For You", was made by a girl speaks about her incarcerated uncle, her loss due to their separation, and the break up of family. It also calls into question as...
  14. Had a previous difficulty in setting up the vid...now working. Thank you for your
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    Indian culture and health care go hand in hand

    I have to respectfully disagree...that culture has nothing or little to do with it. Thank you for presenting your
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    Clinical Ladder Requirements

    Moving your post to our Nurse Staff Development forum. This forum can be easily found via the "Specialty" tab (under Nursing Specialties) found at the top of any of our pages.
  17. The majority of HIV positive AI/AN women (66 percent) contract HIV through heterosexual intercourse, while a significant number (33 percent) are infected through injection drug use. A lack of access...
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    career advice

    Due to the nature of your post, I am moving it to the Career Advice forum.
  19. Raises a very good point...when does a person stop or start "being" Indian? And does one become or exist as an Indian solely from the recognition from an outside source or is it something much more...
  20. One year after the soaring crime rate on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation made headlines, tribal leaders and law enforcement officials say they have taken unprecedented steps to curb violence, even if...
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    Adam Beach breaks barriers

    hollywood indian. the term makes adam beach bristle. "it's such a stereotype," he says. "and yet, how do you get people away from it?" his solution: play a detective on "law & order: special...
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    Adam Beach breaks barriers

    What a phenomenal guy and role model for the Indian and public at
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    Another lost warrior: FBI investigates reservation death

    A post placed here as a reminder that Reservation life is not only full of poverty and health disparity, but also of tragedy such as this. It attacks our elders and young alike...no one is
  24. Ralph Forquera, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression are among the diseases and health conditions that afflict American Indians and Alaska...
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    Injured Indian Soldier returns home to Alamo, N.M.