heron ASN, RN

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  1. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Justifying forced pregnancy in order to produce infants available for adoption isn’t the only issue. Forced pregnancy in order to comply with the religious convictions of another person is slavery...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Yes, well … population is power, isn’t
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Hmmm … I wonder if Coney-Barrett realizes that forcing a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term to benefit people who want to adopt amounts to
  4. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Sez the guy who swallows Russian disinformation hook, line and sinker. No surprise that he tries to pretend there’s no such
  5. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Sock puppets now? Kind of reminds me of how narratives known to be planted and amplified by Russian trolls show up on these threads under brand new or hijacked
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    On the other hand, Musk isn’t the first kajillionnair to try his hand at mass media. It can be quite entertaining to watch. A Dunning-Kruger
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Would love to see an actual excerpt from a math book discussing
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    The dirty, diseased immigrant has been a KnowNothing trope for a couple of centuries, now. Every single time a new ethnic group has begun immigrating in large numbers, the immigrants who got here...
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    Entering Reserve Nursing with young children

    heron replied to Danielle48's topic in Government, Military

    Non-military here. I remember back in the day, many of my colleagues signed up as reservists and were masssively shocked when they were actually called up for Desert Storm. Unexpected deployment may...
  10. heron

    They Changed My Resignation To Being Fired

    heron replied to Aggie610's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I wonder if you can make a case to collect unemployment? I suppose it would depend on the documentation you can
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    New Grad Med Error in ED

    heron replied to Newgradacutern's topic in Emergency

    Calm down - your charge nurse is having drama for the sake of her own ego. Yes, if your current facility requires any kcl to be run on a pump, then a correction is appropriate. However 20meq is a...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    None at all, just like straight cisgendered kids’ concerns, worries, freak outs, etc. However, considering the time, energy and money being poured into purging any material that might make straight,...
  13. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Fascinating, isn’t it, that so many assume that all children in fourth grade or less are straight, cis-gendered and living in heterosexual families? (We won’t get into the conflation of gender...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Interestingly enough, the EV that was invented 100 years ago had a range of 100 miles. EVs couldn’t compete in the sixties because automakers and petrobiz made sure of it, in my opinion. Public...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Sweet Goddess … it’s deja by all over again! Did y’all know that the first practical electric car was invented a hundred years ago? By that I mean a car with a rechargeable battery and...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Hahahahahahaha! Good one
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    Switched to LVN from the Business World and am UNDERWHELMED!

    heron replied to Guest1188630's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There’s the respect owed to every person by common decency and which works both ways: Common courtesy, truth-telling, benefit of the doubt … you get the idea. Then there is the respect that...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Have you actually looked at the numbers? I mean comparing the actual subsidies financed by US taxes for the various energy sources. It’s illuminating to compare the money dished out to the...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Chare: I have enjoyed the majority of your posts and find them thought-provoking. However, have you heard the saying, “When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.” The way to counter...
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    ...Was I being insensitive??

    heron replied to Delia37's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing new to add to the general consensus that you did the right thing. Human decency demands that such issues be handled with some respect - which you did. But the bottom line is that the workplace...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It certainly is. If a liberal had written that, the neocons would be hollering about class
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    January 6 Select Committee

    heron replied to nursej22's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Actually, I think it goes back to Nixon, Spiro Agnew and saint Ronnie. Newt simply stood on their
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    Reported to the BON for cellphone usage?

    heron replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The final comment in your original post came across as judging cell phone use while working as a trivial issue (“Over a cell phone?” ) It
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    Vaccination Mandating

    heron replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, I suppose volunteering for the SEALS implies a certain willingness to die in the defense of our country, although, as a civilian, I couldn’t tell you how death or long term disability from...
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    Vaccination Mandating

    heron replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    QED: quod erat demonstrandum. Translation: what was to be demonstrated. Used at the end of mathematical proofs or other