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  1. Respect For Nurses

    macawake replied to RNGummy40's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Scandinavian and our workplaces are very egalitarian and both unions and worker's rights are strong, but even here an employee who regularly engaged in expressing unsolicited opinions, bordering...

  2. Dating a former patient

    macawake replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

    Associate with? No one is saying that indviduals with mental health diagnoses aren't permitted to be in romantic relationships or that nurses aren't allowed to date such an individual, and I think...

  3. Dating a former patient

    macawake replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

    Nearly a year is nowhere close to a significant amount of time. It just isn't. In my opinion you can't possibly rule out an element of vulnerability after such a short time period, nor can I rule out...

  4. Scheduled on days off

    macawake replied to nursingmomma33's topic in General Nursing

    Well, they obviously are capable of doing it, but I guess you're asking if they're are legally allowed to do it? I'm not an American and am not familiar with state and federal law regulating what...

  5. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    macawake replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    I think that shadowing is a good idea. It will offer some insight into nursing duties. What you will likely not be able to get/observe is the "full nursing experience". In my opinion you can't really...

  6. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    macawake replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    How have you researched this? Who are all the people who hate bedside nursing? Fellow students, recent graduates working med-surg or veteran nurses with decades worth of experience of working bedside?...

  7. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    macawake replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that you and some other posters seem to think that your own coping mechanisms are generalizable to everyone? After more than two decades of policing and nursing I still find that T-shirt...

  8. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    macawake replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    (my bold) Well, I'm a nurse and the OP didn't piss me off and I don't think she needs to keep her mouth shut. In all honesty, I don't think that's a request we could reasonably make or should be...

  9. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    macawake replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm inclined to agree. I doubt that " I Narcanned Your Honor Student" is a part of a drug abuse awareness campaign. Do most people who don't work in healthcare even understand what "Narcanned" means?...

  10. Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    (my bold) The parts of your post that I reacted and responded to were: To me they don't imply that you "totally understand where posters are coming from" and it doesn't sound to me that you think...

  11. Scheduled to Work A Holiday Not Assigned

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    (my bold) Purplegal, your entire decision making process can be summarized as; on one hand, on the other hand, on one hand, on the other hand. If you're looking for the "perfect" answer, you're...

  12. Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    (quotes from several posters) I see that some of you are criticizing some of the replies in this thread. Since neither of you chose to identify which specific posts you were reacting to, the targets...

  13. Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, because being healthy is such a drag... Are you seriously telling me that you'd rather be sick than able-bodied? You'd enjoy being dependent on others? Is this really how you feel or are you...

  14. Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, now we know how your mom feels about your relationship. More importantly, how do you feel? I'm asking myself if the opinions that have been shared and the advice you've received for these past six...

  15. Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'll be upfront with you. At first I wasn't even going to reply because I felt slightly annoyed, or frustrated perhaps, after reading your posts in this thread. I'm not even sure why, but I think...

  16. Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    macawake replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    How often do you need her to cover a shift for you compared to how often (every week) she asks you to cover one of hers? When you do need to swap shifts, is she the only available option or do you...

  17. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Naw, what's unprofessional in my opinion to treat your patients like they're idiots. Such as being deceptive and trying to create the false illusion that they have 1:1 nursing care. Most adults can...

  18. Should Female Muslim Psychiatric Patients Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in Psychiatric

    You're "happy to"? Given the nature of my hypothetical scenario, this comment sounds deliberately inflammatory. I've placed many individuals under arrest who enjoyed the heck out of traumatizing and...

  19. Should Female Muslim Psychiatric Patients Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in Psychiatric

    I guess I would be one of those people. While I do believe that in certain cases we might be forced to take far-reaching steps to ensure the patient's safety and the safety of other patients and...

  20. Should Female Muslim Psychiatric Patients Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in Psychiatric

    As a side note, this is why I never wear my stethoscope around my neck when I'm around conscious patients I understand the point you're making. But I think what's most important is that a unit is...

  21. Should Female Muslim Psychiatric Patients Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in Psychiatric

    When you say that your hospitals bans all items that can be used in a suicide does that mean that none of the psychiatric patients are allowed anything made of cloth/fabric? No bed linen, blankets,...

  22. Does she look in pain?

    macawake replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    What I was responding to was the possible reason for why the on call doc might have been reluctant/unwilling to prescribe more analgesics for OP's patient. I wasn't making any assumptions whatsoever...

  23. Does she look in pain?

    macawake replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, do you think that's an acceptable excuse for denying a terminally ill patient adequate pain relief? I don't care how jaded or burnt out you are, if you reach the point where you can let a...

  24. Does she look in pain?

    macawake replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    You had a stage 4 cancer patient who didn't get adequate pain relief. I fail to see the fun in that. It doesn't bother you that no new orders were put in? Your terminally ill patient had pain that...

  25. Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    macawake replied to ModernRN's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't really make a difference whether you specifically asked for opinions, or not. More often than not, it's just what naturally follows when you decide to make a post on a discussion board....