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  1. Why is it that nurses always report other nurses?

    macawake replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, using the word always sounds like a bit of an exaggeration and slightly inflammatory as well. Okay, I don't know you and we only have your side of the story. The way I see it there...

  2. Desperate idea needed

    macawake replied to millal's topic in General Nursing

    Coming up with the subject is actually an important part of the assignment. You need to practise doing database searches and how to identify a topic that is feasible to gather research about and write...

  3. Forced Bath's is this taking away a patients rights?

    macawake replied to Health-Nut's topic in General Nursing

    Again, this thread was started in 2010 by a poster who wished to discuss how CNAs at his/her place of work were "encouraged" to give patients baths against the patients' wishes, or risk facing...

  4. Dog had emergency surgery last night.

    macawake replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, for crying out loud You're a people nurse, not a dog nurse. I'm so glad that your dog seems to be on the mend! Being a dog person myself I know how much of a family member they can be. Don't...

  5. How do you deal with Doctors that insult nurses?

    macawake replied to relusanmi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I might not be the best person to offer advice since I've been known to do what you fear that you might do, i.e. snap at a rude person. You might already be doing this but I'll include it in case you...

  6. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    macawake replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    So you have to be an ER nurse to "get it"? I think that's a too simplistic explanation. I don't think that the lack of ER nursing experience is the only reason why some of the content of OP's post is...

  7. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    macawake replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Are those two my only options.. While I actually agree with you that there are many negative aspects/risks with a profit-driven healthcare system (I'm not in the US, I work in a different system), I...

  8. Forced Bath's is this taking away a patients rights?

    macawake replied to Health-Nut's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree. I see only two possible reasons for including the nonessential judgmental adjective (lazy). Either the poster for some personal reason has a negative view of CNAs which affects...

  9. Forced Bath's is this taking away a patients rights?

    macawake replied to Health-Nut's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is six and a half years old. The OP hasn't posted since January 2010 and is probably not hanging around waiting for answers to her/his post. If you wish to discuss scholastically...

  10. Job Sabotage

    macawake replied to kuroangel1's topic in General Nursing

    There are many different possible reasons why you weren't offered the ICU position and many of them likely have nothing at all to do with you. I very much doubt that a nervously giggling tech was the...

  11. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    macawake replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'm struggling to understand how your opinion of modern healthcare pertains to the 16th-century German theologian Martin Luther? What am I missing? The part I bolded doesn't paint a very...

  12. Incinsiderate Families

    macawake replied to logical0270's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes really morte, hastening the demise of little old ladies is something I do for funsies. I don't think that I have. And I responded by telling you what I thought would happen if the resident was...

  13. Incinsiderate Families

    macawake replied to logical0270's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not sure who the "you" is that you're directing this post at? As former law enforcement I have delivered more death notifications to unsuspecting, unprepared family members than I care to...

  14. How to Be Less Judgmental

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    This might be easier said than done. I think that you need accept the fact that you will not change the world. You can try to educate and support patients when appropriate but try to come to terms...

  15. No more rudeness!

    macawake replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Obnoxious crap people... Oh, well. Seems to me that you took a look at one thread and made a snap judgement regarding several different people who've you've never spent a single minute with in real...

  16. No more rudeness!

    macawake replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're making my head

  17. No more rudeness!

    macawake replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To be fair, it does sound like she included herself when she said that people who don't pass the first time shouldn't be nurses. If she'd said that the "rule" shouldn't apply to her, only to others,...

  18. Accelerated Masters with no Nursing background

    macawake replied to Katie_dogluvr's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    English is my fourth language and it's entirely possible that I miss/misinterpret nuances in a conversation but in this case I have to wonder if your negative bias towards NPs isn't affecting your...

  19. Is money everything in this profession?

    macawake replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I consider the fact that I enjoy my job and constantly learn new things as well as the satisfaction of being able to help patients a definite bonus, but at the end of the day I'm in this for the...

  20. Incinsiderate Families

    macawake replied to logical0270's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I noticed that a few posters think that the OP made the resident's husband's death all about her and that she is being selfish when she expresses being upset by not being notified in advance. I...

  21. How do you handle co-workers who are extremely dramatic and are easily stressed?

    macawake replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd need more details before I could even begin to answer your question. Did she do something or say something to you that made you want to tell her to relax or go home? Having a frown on one's face...

  22. Incinsiderate Families

    macawake replied to logical0270's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Finding out about the death of a loved one is extremely painful. It is hard news to receive even in the cases where the news isn't unexpected, due to advanced age or disease. Shock and showing strong...

  23. Accelerated Masters with no Nursing background

    macawake replied to Katie_dogluvr's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmm... I too would have assumed that BostonFNP was aware of that fact.. I don't think that you're at all alone in feeling that way. I think that the majority of patients would agree with you if...

  24. Four ways you can stay awake while driving!

    macawake replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oops

  25. Four ways you can stay awake while driving!

    macawake replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    I concur. There is plenty of research available that indicates that driving while tired increases your risk of being involved in an accident. It's a danger all of us shift workers face and need to...