Positive Attitude

Positive Attitude has 26 years experience and specializes in Palliative care.

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1. Male nurse crying!!!

   Positive Attitude replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

   Large gin and tonic does it for me.

2. New name for nurses who are men

   Positive Attitude replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

   I can see nothing gets past

3. New name for nurses who are men

   Positive Attitude replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

   Do you make a clunking sound when yoj sit

4. Male nurse crying!!!

   Positive Attitude replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

   Great, and if we ever stop being affected by some of the things we deal with, it's time for a career change! Mmmm, is your husband

5. Male nurse crying!!!

   Positive Attitude replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

   I haven't read the whole thread: too much of it!! Most of my 26 years in nursing have involved palliative care in one form or another, and currently I work as a community based Nurse Specialist in...

6. Agitated terminal agitation or a hospice nurse's worst nightmare

   Positive Attitude replied to laynicrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   It does sound like it could be a paradoxical reaction to a sedating agent (sorry, not familiar with your drug names), so the more you give the worst the patient becomes!! Could it be a psychotic...

7. Have you ever been mistaken for a doctor?

   Positive Attitude replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing

   A million times, especially since I've been out of uniform! Sometimes it's helpful if a patient is disoriented: they sometimes take more notice of a "doctor" than a

8. New name for nurses who are men

   Positive Attitude replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

   Me neither. And I am

9. Being an HIV positive nurse

   Positive Attitude replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

   Erm, handling body fluids is a potential risk to the health worker rather than the patient, surely? There are a small number of specific procedures that health workers with certain infections...