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  1. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    macawake replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    The ability to say no to my employer without feeling even remotely guilty

  2. Word!

    macawake replied to Wuzzie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a single superstitious cell in my body. I've voiced how quiet (yeah, I said it) a shift was and how bored I was numerous times without any negative effects. I've even occasionally shared...

  3. Socially needy coworkers

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    She does sound rather annoying. Viewing a zillion cat photos would drive me around the bend. That said, people who are nice to someone's face but talk **** behind their backs, annoy me more than...

  4. Health Care is Not a Right

    macawake replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I suspect that you are correct. OP, last time you started a thread on the same topic as this one, you admitted that you were trolling. Has that changed? If you've lived well below the poverty line...

  5. Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    macawake replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would never physically interfere in a situation where a law enforcement officer is placing someone under arrest. Ever. If I thought that the police officer was doing something wrong I would observe...

  6. Advocate for Yourself...NOT Just For Patients

    macawake replied to HappytobeARNP's topic in General Nursing

    OP, your post describes my greatest nursing-related peeve. The attitude that I've bolded in the above quotes actually make me angry. I genuinely despise that defeatist victim cape that some of my...

  7. Syringe driver terror

    macawake replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    If I remember the Nursing Code of Ethics correctly, nurses should provide humane care, whether that care is restoration of health, alleviation of suffering or supportive care at the end of life. The...

  8. Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    macawake replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2: I just about split my sides laughing over here... Now I'm left wondering exactly what it is in my posts that evokes images of Hawaiian shirts... Scary thought I need therapy after reading...

  9. Syringe driver terror

    macawake replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    They die because they are palliative patients. They don't die because symptoms like pain, anxiety and excessive secretions are properly treated. If you want to start being more "frugal" regarding how...

  10. Syringe driver terror

    macawake replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    This is a really odd way to start a post. What are we expected to disagree with? You sound as if you realize that your opinion about something is quite controversial and perhaps inflammatory, and that...

  11. Combat Healers

    macawake replied to amitdoc_20's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... If a patient had been alive or had been in a condition where CPR might actually have been useful, a patient would likely appreciate that other people felt concern for him. However due to his...

  12. Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    macawake replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing = glamorous!?! You have got to be kidding... Considered by whom, by the way? I have to admit that I don't feel particularly cool at work, but I do enjoy my job (anesthesia). I prefer...

  13. Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    macawake replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Thankfully mistakes as serious as amputating the wrong limb are extremely rare. I found one case in the past ten years (countrywide) and I looked in the database with all reported healthcare related...

  14. Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    macawake replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Your questions illustrates one of the risks I see with multi-million $$ law suits. If you change your guidelines because research show that new guidelines will benefit patients and ultimately improve...

  15. Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    macawake replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Losing a child is such an unimaginable tragedy and my heart goes out to any parent who has had to experience such a devastating loss. I can definitely understand suing if you want to have someone...

  16. I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

    macawake replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    We did. The PATIENT'S spiritual needs. The nurse's spiritual needs wasn't a part of the curriculum. We also learned about ethics, the importance of boundaries and the principles of beneficence and...

  17. Patient abuse, difficult situation

    macawake replied to Joyfulnurse79's topic in General Nursing

    I'm am so very sorry this is happening. I'm sorry that you have to witness this because it does rob you of some of your faith in humanity, but even more importantly, people who are in a very...

  18. Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    macawake replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    If taking a picture of the sleeping aide and sending the picture to your supervisor was the first attempt you ever made to address her behavior, then no I don't think you did the right thing. If...

  19. Violence in Nursing

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I get so frustrated when I read a post with such a defeatist attitude. I'm sorry that these things have happened to you at work. It's not acceptable. Of course if you had a decent employer they...

  20. All Hail ICU Nurses

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in Critical Care

    Oh, purplegal... I guess that depends on one's definition of success. Personally, I think that any type of nurse who does his or her job well, is a success and deserves accolades. As much as I...

  21. Violence in Nursing

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent and much needed post, Nurse Beth :) This needs to stop. I am going to be deliberately provocative here and I'll no doubt upset some people and some will try to argue against my position,...

  22. Female patients at risk because of male patient?

    macawake replied to Major_Mira's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Apart from the obvious potential liability for management for allowing these incidents continuing to take place on a regular basis, despite having been made aware of them... I have to wonder... Who...

  23. I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

    macawake replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Hmm.. These are very "nursey" responses. Okay.. so you see her concern, but do you agree that her concern is a valid one? I don't think it's accurate to characterize our different viewpoints as...

  24. I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

    macawake replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Spotangel, I've read your post several times and at first I wasn't going to respond, but to be honest it keeps bothering me. I've thought about it and I have tried to see it in a positive light, but I...

  25. What's the worst nursing mistake you've done or seen someone else do?

    macawake replied to AnnG_'s topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to AN :) I think that you are thinking too far ahead. You are years from graduating. For now focus on absorbing as much knowledge in school and at clinicals that you can. Your primary concern...