Clementia

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1. Depression is terminal??

   Clementia posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

   About a week ago, someone started a thread to discuss the Brittany Maynard assisted suicide case. The discussion became rather heated, and one of the posters tossed out a comment that disturbed me...

2. I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

   Clementia replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I don't care whether Heidi is too inexperienced to know better, too in love to see the probable consequences, or too self-absorbed to care about any consequences. I don't particularly care about any...

3. Please help me understand

   Clementia replied to Clementia's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Just to clarify -- I don't believe anyone in a domestic violence situation "deserves" to be harmed, much less "wants" it in some twisted way. I'm just trying to understand the situation, as much as...

4. Please help me understand

   Clementia posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Some time ago, the topic of spousal abuse came up on this site. A member told us the story of her abusive marriage. When she was eighteen, she met an older man who told her that he had abused other...

5. Car Metaphors

   Clementia replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in General Nursing

   Chevrolet -- Can Hear Every Rod, Valve, Or Lifter Every

6. Iron Lung Wards

   Clementia replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   My grandmother graduated nursing school in 1947. She used to tell stories of a polio epidemic that hit sometime in the '50's. The hospital where she worked was so full of children in iron lungs that...

7. rant

   Clementia replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

   Yes! There is a conspiracy! Didn't anyone tell you? We all meet at midnight in the secret war room in the hospital basement... Seriously, though, I hear you. It's terribly frustrating when you...

8. Caring for Obese Patients

   Clementia replied to vdodili's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I admit that the obese are not my favorite patients. I'm not going to label someone as "bad" or "irresponsible" or "lazy" because they happen to weigh 350 pounds. But when you work on an ortho...

9. So, as a nurse it's my #1 priority to serve your narcs on a platter...

   Clementia replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Medications

   It sounds to me like the OP is simply frustrated with patients who are rude and demanding, and who don't choose to realize that one nurse cannot give meds to fifteen or twenty people at the exact same...

10. Transgender Nurses - experiences/opinions

    Clementia replied to Kaley1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the units I've worked on wouldn't have a problem with someone who was transitioning, as long as that person did a good job as a nurse or aide. Myself, I admit I would find the whole situation...

11. Calling patients and/or co-workers "honey" or "hon"

    Clementia replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I never address anyone as "honey" -- or as "ma'am" or "sir" if I can help it. I just look directly at the person and say something like, "Hello, what can I do for you?" It's respectful, doesn't...

12. Nurse Survivalist

    Clementia replied to Clovery's topic in Nursing Humor

    How do you boil water in a styrofoam cup (without a microwave)? You get a fire going, then push aside some of the burning wood so you have a clear spot next to the fire. Fill the Styrofoam cup almost...

13. Evolution and Nursing

    Clementia replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I believe in special creation. That said, it would be nice to see how origins relate to nursing in the first place. Whether you believe that you were created by God, evolved from a soup of sterile...

14. Nurse Survivalist

    Clementia replied to Clovery's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmm... Big plastic garbage bags (emergency ponchos/shelter/storage, etc.) Isolation gowns, to keep me warm and shield me from spattering blood and gore. Masks to filter out the toxins floating in the...

15. Can anyone make sense of this? Vent

    Clementia replied to Janis Joplin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The fact that you were told "no one else would hire you" and that you were a "bad nurse" pegs that place as abusive just by itself, without even having to consider all the appallingly unsafe practices...