heron ASN, RN

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  1. heron

    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    heron replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    To re-iterate, OP, O2 @ 2L probably does not prolong life significantly, in most
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    heron replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    OP - also already answered: it still depends. My antennas are up ... It's not unheard of for attorneys or their staff to go fishing for information on websites like this. I'm always a little...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    heron replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    OP, helping what? If it's about providing comfort to patient or family, the question's already been answered: it depends. If the question is about helping someone die more quickly vs. more slowly, the...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    heron replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    Some posters seem to think that the goal of hospice providers is to help people die. It isn't. Our goal is to help people who are
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    Don't profit off people's "not-wellbeing."

    heron replied to zephyr9's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course non-profits make profits. I'm saying that unopposed profit motivation is a major cause of high prices for low quality service. Applies to both sectors. And I'd happily take a cut in pay as...
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    Don't profit off people's "not-wellbeing."

    heron replied to zephyr9's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Mr.Nurse: I would actually make the opposite argument: that the "free market" (which I think is a misnomer) as expressed in the American economies, has incentivized profit-seeking to the point of...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    heron replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the comfort of nurses is irrelevant, but the comfort of the family is not. Care of the family is just as much a part of hospice nursing as the care of dying person. Sometimes there is...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    heron replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know that it doesn't provide comfort for the patient? True, if morphine is in use, air hunger is likely much reduced. We have no idea if it's completely suppressed, though. I think 2L...
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    heron replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    Well, c'm on over when you can - some fun stuff going on. It's moderated a little differently and you're not confined to nursing
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Captainc, I was responding to your invitation to stop reading your post, explaining why I was not offended, but frustrated. Sorry if if it came across personally. Carry on
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    heron replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    OP must be a behavioral psych or a "gotcha journalist" student ... posing a phoney question designed to elicit a particular behavior for purposes that were concealed from the interviewee. Kinda...
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    Severe doubts about being a nursing major

    heron replied to laura_mini's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At this stage of your academic career, you can pick another profession pretty easily. Is there other work that qualifies as helping people but wouldn't trigger as much anxiety? You also have treatment...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not offended, more like frustrated that nurses seem to think that being abused by drug seekers gives them immunity from accountability for their failure to recognize or care professionally for...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    And who the dickens is "pretending that drug seeking does not exist"? Once again, captainc, did you actually read the thread? Prime example of what we're talking about: the failure to see what's...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I think it's worth asking if a given narcotic order is treating pain or enabling an addiction ... or both. And, yes, "both" is more common than a lot of us want to admit. I think it's critical to...
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    A coworker made me so mad!

    heron replied to typoagain's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, I think you need to decide on whether this is the hill you want to die on. You can easily turn this into a thing. I would keep in mind that squabbling on the job between coworkers can get mighty...
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    heron replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    OP, have you looked at any of the forums under nursing
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    heron replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Employers are responsible for making sure that their workers are not cognitively or physically impaired on the job. I've heard of a number of court cases upholding a dirty urine test as legitimate...
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    A coworker made me so mad!

    heron replied to typoagain's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, I can see how you would feel stepped on, but I agree with giving your preceptor the benefit of the doubt. Or at least find out why his judgement call was different from yours. If if it turns out...
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    Is it illegal to place a towel over a patient's face?

    heron replied to poolnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think that we need to be wicked careful around anyone's airway. I think staff wearing face shields is the safest option for the patient. But if you need to control spitting outside of a hospital...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    W@hhern: have you read the whole thread or just posts that tick you off? Judgement - or rather the lack of it - is exactly what we're calling for. I'm truly wearied by those who insist that I'm trying...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    To postpartum et al: I gotta repeat that it is entirely normal to have a negative emotional reaction to being subjected to active addicts' games. It's unhealthy to pretend otherwise. I can even make a...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    @ftmrn: just the point many of us have been trying to make! The issue is dismissing patients as recreational seekers because they don't fit the picture of acute, recent-onset pain. Challenging that...
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    Drug seekers

    heron replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Are you entirely sure about that? Complications of Uncontrolled, Persistent Pain Consequences of Inadequate Postoperative Pain Relief and Chronic Persistent Postoperative Pain - ResearchGate...
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    Why do minorities have more respect for nurses?

    heron replied to Runman1914's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Also, it's often a matter of survival to get familiar with the tactics they need to use to avoid antagonizing white