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The above opinion could not have been stated better:)

I'm partial to real life TV programs like TLC and Discovery Health Channel programs showing the general population what it is like to be a nurse. I find shows like ER and St Elsewhere entertaining, but not true to life:)

Ooops. Retracting my last post. Did read "not a nurse movie, but love it anyway and I agree. It was a great movie:)

Just curious, why Terms of Endearment? It has a short minute scene with nurses with Shirly MacClain which did show nurses in a positive light?

Great movie. I have seen this movie in years and it was a good deplection of military nurses during the Vietnam war.

You have to go back to the basic fact and the fact it is an illegal substance. Most employers will not find it ok for a person to use illegal drugs or be involved with any other illegal activity.

I didn't decided on who, what, or when pot smoking should or shouldn't be done. Society or citizens in this country who elect legislators to create laws have done this. If you disagree with what you can do on your own time using illegal drugs, go o...

What type of medication are you mixing and what type of training did you have from your first job in a hospital?

[second, Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that alcohol is "Illegal for anyone under the age of 21yrs of age Can you estimate how many teens in this country are partaking of alcoholic beverages? Third, I am concerned for all children, not just m...

I guess my problem is that I have never understood anyone's need or desire to "get high"... To me it is an indicator of an underlying problem in their life. Maslow didn't include getting high on his heirarchy. I think the need to get high is to nu...

I keep trying to figure out why this woman said all these things to me, maybe she was testing me somehow. I did notice that after I left the room and closed the door, it wasn't 5 minutes before she left. I really think her Dad said something to her...

The question still has not been answer which would be is this against hospital policy to copy incident reports. This is not something I've seen done in the many years I've been a nurse by myself or others? This was not taught by the nursing instruc...

[ What would it take to mobilize nurses? First a comprehensive effort is needed to help allnurse quit smoking. This means not merely offering cessation programs tailored to the needs of health professionals, but broader measures in schools of nursi...

Was there more then one nurse involved with this error since there was more then one shift involved?

I believe age should be taken out of this equation. Brash nurses come in all age groups and most times the older nurses have a wealth of knowlege and experience newer nurses should try to tap into. Age is not the reason why a nurse gives poor care ...

I was clear with the CNA and made it known this was not part of the facility policies to tell residents to go in their incontinent products. Telling a patient I'll place a towel just in case I can't return is close to "go in your towel." I was not ...

I agree and will add you will see a low or no incidences of decubitus ulcers with proactive nursing. Bad care can result in an ulcer. A towel doesn't hack it my world either.

When you have had more experience, you will learn that a patient can be scrupulously clean at 6 a.m. and soiled/soaked in urine at 6:30 a.m. I have cleaned many a patient 4-5 times a night and think I was leaving them clean to have them pee a gal...