VizslaMom

Wow. I've never seen such a one-sided thread on a chat board in all my time reading boards.. years. You guys really know how to 'try' to beat up a person, eh? I hope you feel bigger and better than everyone else... being that you try to belittle ev...

Oh, good grief... a little dramatic aren't we?

How is the foreskin functionally necessary? IMO, if people could easily and reasonably have their tonsils & adenoids, gall bladder, and appendix removed at birth I'd opt for that too... saving potential issues in the longrun.

Aren't you a bit bold? It's my son. It's my decision. Until it's termed 'illegal'... which I highly doubt it ever will be... it's no one else's business but mine and my family's. You can't stand hearing that little boys aren't traumatized by this, a...

I am so tired of people getting on their soapboxes and preaching to us parents that choose to circ. So tired of it. My 3 year old son was circ'd with a plasti bell, didn't cry, and has had no ill effects from it whatsoever. Everything is fine. I d...

I work in a Level II Trauma ICU. We get the occasional brain dead patient on a vent secondary to an accidental trauma, heart attack, or some other event leading to that person's brain death. In determining brain death there are very, very specific cr...

Hello there, fellow ICU nurses. I have the opportunity to sit in on New Grad interviews with our unit's management. I've not ever interviewed before and am curious what you all would ask a New Grad who is interested in starting in the ICU immediatel...

1st try - ADN program.

What year did you graduate? 2001 What was your first job out of nursing school? Circulating RN in Surgery How long did you stay there? 1 year in surgery- ***but I've stayed at the same facility for the entire 6 years.**** Why did you leave? I haven'...

IMO she is way out of line. I don't care how long she's worked at that facility, the simple fact is - she's NOT a nurse. I suggest you write up the incident and speak with your unit manager about it. Good Luck.

I work in ICU, so we do things a little out of the ordinary during critical situations sometimes. A couple weeks ago I had a patient with GI bleed transferred to me from the floor with a HGB of 4. Yep... it was rechecked and the HGB was indeed 4. ...

*sigh* Those of you that think my comments are callous and/or don't understand how quickly decisions need to be made in a situation like this OBVIOUSLY have spent no time in an Intensive Care Unit. PLEASE research DIC (disseminated intravascular coa...

It's not even remotely comprable to slavery as you have a CHOICE in working for that hospital/company or not. If you don't want to abide by the company policies, then go elsewhere.

We all know the media doesn't always get the story straight. It's highly possible this woman HAS been told the story but just doesn't have the capacity to understand it.

We actually had a woman in our ICU that gave birth less than a week before arriving in our unit SEPTIC with the same bacteria. Within hours of her arrival, she was rushed to surgery for an emergent hysterectomy. She ended up a double amputee herself...

When it comes to the rising cost of group health insurance plans provided to employees, smoking at home is also the business of your employer. Your employer pays for those benefits. Insurance companies give discounts for non-smokers.

Move into ICU when they have an opening? Mmmmm. Interesting. Liberty has openings in ICU with a $5,000.00 bonus. FYI. It's also NOT because it's a terrible unit to work for. I love it. I also love the people I work with. Good Luck!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what I do. The ICU rocks!!!! :)

Don't forget Liberty Hospital. :) www.libertyhospital.org

LOL. These stories are just appalling... so much so that they're almost comical. I just can't believe people sometimes! They have so much nerve and so little respect anymore. That said, I've NEVER had a problem saying NO flat out to a family member...

As much as I agree that the physician is not immune to traffic laws, I regretably side with the physician in this story. My husband is a police officer. I can not for the life of me ever imagine that he'd make the same judgement call that the office...

People that walk through the halls of my ICU and LOOK into every room they pass by.

I work in an ICU in a Level II Trauma Center. I've noticed on some trauma admits in the past few months that ETOH and/or drug levels haven't been ordered. For example, I received a patient last month: 17 y/o involved in single car accident on the way...

Sorry. Must have misunderstood. I just get so entirely fed up with this discussion. No one is better than the other.

Excuse me. I take offense to this statement as ADN's and BSN's are both Registered Nurses (RN's). BSN's are not superior to ADN's in the workforce - PERIOD. Please restrain yourself from referring to LPN's and ADN's in the same scenario next time. An...