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  1. Verbally Abusing a Nurse

    macawake replied to Hk30's topic in General Nursing

    I have the feeling that you didn't really appreciate my first two posts, but I'm nothing if not stubborn and persistent, so I'll give it one more try :) Believe it or not, but I'm actually trying to...

  2. Verbally Abusing a Nurse

    macawake replied to Hk30's topic in General Nursing

    I can't comment on the specific situation that you described which is why I asked for clarification regarding some of the details. Speaking generally though, we'll have to agree to disagree, that...

  3. Verbally Abusing a Nurse

    macawake replied to Hk30's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that's happened to you. Some patients, well some people, are just plain rude and obnoxious. Being hospitalized is, as I'm sure you agree, of course stressful and sometimes people behave out...

  4. Accused of not giving dilaudid

    macawake replied to KMULL002's topic in General Nursing

    Your two coworkers sound quite dramatic and frankly thin-skinned. I don't understand how a single challenging patient hospitalized for what must have been for a relatively brief period of time for a...

  5. Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    macawake replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    So it's the fact that a woman is married and in love that makes her not want unwanted attention? A single, not in love woman, would be more amenable to unwelcome attention? Or perhaps all human...

  6. Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    macawake replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked with a surgeon who'd enter the OR with a loud smiling "good morning or good evening gorgeous". But he did that to everybody. It didn't matter which one of us he first laid eyes on :)...

  7. Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    macawake replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    This must be a cultural thing :) I'm Scandinavian and right now I literally look like this ---> after reading all the posts offering similar advice. I've been married, have had a couple of other...

  8. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    macawake replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds unfortunate and rather messed up. Here, the unions will fight hard for employees who face discrimination or are otherwise treated unfairly and will hold employers accountable regarding...

  9. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    macawake replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    Granted, I don't work at your facility but that's not how I interpret the choice of channel. I think this person chooses cartoons because they are the loudest most annoying crap they can find. If your...

  10. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    macawake replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it important to you to not embarass this person? If you go into an empty room an turn on the TV on volume 100, you're not doing it to be helpful and nice to the resident. Why would a resident...

  11. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    macawake replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    I get being too busy with something critical making you unable to leave a patient's side, but I don't understand not noticing "obnoxious volumes". I'd hear that ten rooms away. Okay, so I'm not...

  12. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    macawake replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    You don't exactly have to be a super sleuth to catch this person "in the act". If a person goes into empty rooms and turns on the TV at maximum volume, that should easily be noticed by any staff who...

  13. Am I overreacting?

    macawake replied to Jvn11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure if you're addressing OP or me but since you quoted my post, I'll reply. Here are my $0.02... for whatever they're worth :) They are pretty common in my facility too and since I've...

  14. Am I overreacting?

    macawake replied to Jvn11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Butterfingers Double post

  15. Am I overreacting?

    macawake replied to Jvn11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a Scandinavian nurse and what you describe would actually be considered problematic here. In order for a nurse to care for patients with either an epidural or intrathecal cathether they would have...

  16. Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    macawake replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I have...

  17. Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    macawake replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    From the patient's perspective the difference probably isn't all that big, if that one specific "action" is what they want and

  18. Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    macawake replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a U.S. nurse. In my country you can't refuse care to a patient based upon moral objection and expect to keep your job. There's are no exceptions. It doesn't matter if the basis for refusal is...

  19. Old nurse won't retire

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you are of course free to laugh your butt off. But I have to wonder if you've given any thought at all to why several posters perceive you this way based on what you write in your posts? Or have...

  20. Old nurse won't retire

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Since you shared your opinion that you think that another poster comes off as bitter and borderline misogynistic, I assume that you don't object to straight talk? I hope you don't, because I'm not...

  21. Old nurse won't retire

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Aunt Slappy, I don't think that's at all what Cleback said. I agree with Cleback. It is a sad situation and it's easy to feel empathy for a woman who sounds like she could be quite lonely and perhaps...

  22. 5 things would have detered nurse from killing

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Yes, I think that's exactly what we're seeing. If I'm honest, I also think that we as human beings often tend to be a bit judgy-pants and it gives us a degree of satisfaction to display our...

  23. 5 things would have detered nurse from killing

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Reading the various responses in this thread I am struck by how emotional many of them are and I wonder if everyone has even tried to find all the available facts about this case, or if you're just...

  24. 5 things would have detered nurse from killing

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Sad and horrific story. I think that it's worth noting that the convicted murderer didn't initiate the discussion about these five things that might have made it more difficult for her to commit the...

  25. How to Support the Next Nursing Generation: The Z's

    macawake replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's time to don our nursing critical thinking caps and try to find the source for the shortened attention span claim... I think there's a good reason why posters haven't been able to figure...