heron ASN, RN

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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Awwwww! I don't know what to say except same here - and thanks for a really good
  2. heron

    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Critical thinkers at
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    I'm a sexless nurse

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one wondering just how a thread on men performing female catheterization morphed into a discussion of
  4. heron

    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Point taken. Let us say then that the boys could not answer, for whatever reason, when the question concerned their own daughters. Still a
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I would say he expressed the hope that some of the students might be thinking about the discrepancy. The reality is that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Going further is...
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    I got reported to HR

    heron replied to katie92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, you may not be aware that non-biblical "made-up" names are a frequent means of racist mockery, like bug eyes, blackface, eating watermelon. It's made fun of as very ignorant and "ghetto". Since...
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Fact: the students' own views about the OK-ness of Media change when it's their own daughters doing
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    My point is, from what was written in the OP, he didn't present anything. He asked questions. Didn't even follow up on the answers, just asked the questions. He presented opinions to us in his...
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    In other words, the students' own responses were the facts he was asking them to think
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree, for a number of reasons. For one thing, in way too many jurisdictions at least in this country, the "approved curriculum" itself pushes a particular value system as well as incomplete and...
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    The info he gave us was the boys' own responses to his questions. Was he lying about that? Were the boys? How is it "pushing a particuar belief" to show 14 year old boys that their opinions changed as...
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps he didn't share the whole conversation, but I disagree that he's "pushing" anything in this case. The sexual objectification of women/girls, as well as totally unrealistic notions of normal...
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I see Media addiction as definitely a sexual health issue, along with unrealistic expectations of sexual relationships, female physicality and sexual
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    Pot, teenagers, and the psych ward

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the alcohol drinkers in my life are the same
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    Is this a new trend?

    heron replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Another situation in which one size does not fit all. I agree with no briefs in bed ... we use the old-fashioned quilted plastic lined bedpads and make incontinent rounds q2-3 hours. While up, the...
  16. heron

    What do you think is toughest shift

    heron replied to mcclot1993's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You're asking us to compare apples to oranges to grapes. 7-3: killer med passes, way too many suits, the bulk of treatments, rapid-fire interruptions, two meals to serve/feed/supervise, cranky...
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    Sex-ed

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. I thought of this when I saw the username, but I have to say that the OP presented a real observation in the pot thread, and asked quite valid questions about how we are handling the...
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    Pot, teenagers, and the psych ward

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    It makes no sense to me to obsess over this or that substance. In my opinion, the choice of which substance we're demonizing this week has little to do with its intrinsic capacity to do damage. It's...
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    Pot, teenagers, and the psych ward

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Wrong thread.
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    Pot, teenagers, and the psych ward

    heron replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    The laws against partaking don't work ... so let's keep arguing for restrictions .... that's
  21. heron

    I feel like I've made a mistake signing this contract.

    heron replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

    Don't think of it as "only" 9k. It's actually 19k plus $10,350 (9k+15%) plus interest = 29,350+ that you'll have to start paying straight out of the gate, whether you have a job or not, and it's...
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    I feel like I've made a mistake signing this contract.

    heron replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

    Umm ... That's 9k+15% added to 19k in pre-existing loans. Casually piling on more debt because it's "not so much" is what got a whole lot of people in a whole lot of trouble just a few short years...
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    Nursing's Transition: Creating Inclusive Healthcare Settings for Transgendered Patients

    heron replied to Jessica Quigley's topic in General Nursing

    @Dogen: your point on using the term "trans" is taken. It's one on which we'll have to agree to disagree. It's the term used by my intersexed partner, myself and our "circle" when discussing the...
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    Nursing's Transition: Creating Inclusive Healthcare Settings for Transgendered Patients

    heron replied to Jessica Quigley's topic in General Nursing

    Look at it this way: I'm a Pagan. My deity is the earth and anything that damages Her or Her creation is sinful to me, including the enormous use of single use, disposable plastics. If I therefore...
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    Why so many 3-11 jobs at nursing homes?

    heron replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I must be misreading your tone ... it seems argumentative. No one here has a problem with your reasons for disliking 3-11, so who are you arguing with? You're absolutely right, it isn't for everyone....