Pets to People

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  1. Why do people assume that people are poor because they are lazy or unwilling to help themselves? There are so many other factors involved, and sometimes a person just needs a little help, and some...
  2. I'm sure they pay them off completely within a few years, if not less. And as someone else said "ain't nothin free", well then how about not free but affordable, based on a persons income, so that...
  3. Of course they could if THEY HAD INSURANCE, that's the whole point. Most employers, especially those who pay low wages, do not offer insurance and even if they do, or if the person choses to purchase...
  4. Or better yet, how about we stop big pharm and the medical supply companies and the hospitals from charging $60 for a $2 bag of IV fluids or $2000 for an MRI and so on. It is possible to make a...
  5. Well you expect them to work and take care of themselves but how do you expect them to get to work if you feel they shouldn't have two cars? Not all towns have public transportation and if both work,...
  6. Be kind to nurses... we choose the size of your IV

    "I'm your nurse, be kind TO ME or I'll hurt YOU"....hmmm, oooooook
  7. How about we all take care of each other and stop worrying about how much it's going to cost us? Maybe then we wouldn't have children starving to death while we throw enormous amounts of food in the...
  8. Oh, I don't know...maybe it has something to do with the people suffering daily health problems that they can't get taken care of because they don't have insurance, such as overwhelming depression...
  9. Wow, incredible is right! How dare the people of this country have the nerve to expect some of their tax dollars be spent on ensuring their health and thus continued investment into this countrys...
  10. Frustrated in BSN program

    Are you actually serious with this? You need to check your facts....the ADN is four semesters of nothing but pathophysiology, while the ADN to BSN is nothing but research based, no additional...
  11. Master's of Education + RN + experience = Nurse Educator?

    They can hire you as a nurse educator if you have your BSN and are working on your MSN. I have an instructor in my program who is a BSN, has RN experience and is working towards her MSN. She teaches...
  12. Patience with the New Doctor

    I agree with the above poster...seems that most people will always find something to complain about. This world could use a little more patience and empathy and a little less whining and finger...
  13. Patient refusing Hospice

    A person can be referred to hospice by anyone...a neighbor, you, their physician, it doesn't matter, so long as they are referred. So that solves that problem....next, proper education delivered to...
  14. What's the craziest thing a patient or family member has said to you?

    That's one dedicated husband, good for
  15. What's the craziest thing a patient or family member has said to you?

    And just the basics functioning of their own
  16. Health Care Law vs Patient Outcomes

    Yeah, people who can afford it, or are given it
  17. Patient refusing Hospice

    The wife was asking you for information, because she was scared and unsure and had developed a trusting relationship with you, but you just kept blowing her off by trying to send her to someone else...
  18. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    Ya'll need to start thinking out of the box...I've been in this girls shoes before...that $20 could be all she has for the next week, two weeks, month to use for food, bus or whatever. Just because...
  19. Energy drinks and teens coming to ER with chest pain

    Ok, a stent would not be put in for side effects related to energy drinks, they are placed because of atherosclerotic plaque build-up which is blocking his coronary
  20. Energy drinks and teens coming to ER with chest pain

    Oh, I don't know, maybe cause of class all day, then parents have then in football, then baseball practice, they are probably working a part-time job then get home in time to do homework and up again...
  21. Alternative Therapies with Western medical model

  22. is this legal

    Running Propofol wide open until a pt's respirations cease...the new nurse's last concern should be a lawsuit, because she just commited murder and will be spending some quality time in
  23. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    There is no way in the world this woman affords everything she brags about on an $18 an hour salary, especially with two kids, so her husband must make the "real" money, in addition to maxing out...
  24. Are C's really the new A's in nursing school?

    I got A's in all my pre-req's and barely needed to crack a book, if at all...truthfully, I could have attended only a handful of classes each semester and still kept my A's. In my nursing program I...