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  1. Stanford Rape

    macawake replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    You were socialized how exactly? Thinking that it's acceptable that someone kisses you, fondles you or penetrates you while you're asleep or unconscious, as long as it's not a stranger? I think that...

  2. Stanford Rape

    macawake replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure that I understand the point you're making. I assume that you got drunk and high of your own free will? If that's the case then agreeing to have sex with someone you normally wouldn't have...

  3. Stanford Rape

    macawake replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    That obsession with purity (of women) is the entire foundation that the mistreatment of females is based on and it is used as justification of the cruel treatment of girls and women that I described...

  4. Stanford Rape

    macawake replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    Me, I'm an equal opportunity flogger. I will challenge any person, male or female, who I perceive contributes to making excuses for rapists and/or shifting the blame towards the victim. I honestly...

  5. Stanford Rape

    macawake replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    Heron, I normally find your observations and analyses very astute, but I think that you've missed the mark completely with this one. Rape has been around since the dawn of mankind. Multimillion dollar...

  6. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    macawake replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I'm not going to get into the whole ADN vs BSN debate. I'm from another country where the Associates' Degree doesn't exist and I'm not knowledgeable enough on what exactly is included and excluded in...

  7. Stanford Rape

    macawake replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the less alcohol part, but I apply it equally to women and men. Being extremely intoxicated makes a person less aware of their surroundings and less likely to be able to identify and...

  8. leaving clinic with Patients still in exam rooms?

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

    This response sounds like it's to a different post than the one you quoted. Is that really what you got out of all that JustBeachyNurse wrote? What exactly is it that you think that she's right about?...

  9. leaving clinic with Patients still in exam rooms?

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

    This is becoming slightly silly. You make it sound like you and the physicians move in completely different orbits in different solar systems. If I were you I'd simply approach the physician at the...

  10. leaving clinic with Patients still in exam rooms?

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

    No, I personally wouldn't. I don't see how that would happen if the patients are left with your coworkers (the physicians). I assume that it's "patient abandonment" that has you worried. I'm not a...

  11. leaving clinic with Patients still in exam rooms?

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

    OP, forgive me if I'm being a bit dense here, but I still don't understand. Do you consider your patients so unstable that you expect a code situation to develop at any moment? Are your patients...

  12. leaving clinic with Patients still in exam rooms?

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

    In my opinion it would have been helpful if you'd have included all the relevant information in your OP instead of adding new information now. Are you saying that the last staff on the premises (the...

  13. leaving clinic with Patients still in exam rooms?

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

    Why do you think that it is unethical? I don't quite understand your concern. It's not as if you're leaving the patients with only the janitor left on the premises. (I'm not disparaging janitors, but...

  14. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    macawake replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    Cute joke ? crappy math Eight is 33.3% more than six ... but ..... six is 25% less than eight. (6 divided by 8 = 0.75). Meaning that ... the BSN nurse takes on a 25% reduced patient load compared to...

  15. Will I become a bad nurse? How should I change?

    macawake replied to blueus's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not about to psychoanalyze you. It's not my specialty at all and even if it had been, the internet isn't a suitable venue. The only reason I included the above quotes is these statements caught my...

  16. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    macawake replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I don't think that asking the question if it's right or not is relevant. It is what it is. If employers require a BSN then that's what they do, no matter what anyone might think about such a...

  17. Unprofessional Statement in Policy Book

    macawake replied to purplegal's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That's absolutely ridiculous. Are you pulling our collective legs? Is that the policy/guidelines in its entirety? No additional instructions?? Is the next shift supposed to notify the deceased...

  18. Entitled Nurses?

    macawake replied to SheriffLauren's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't. (But I don't work in psych). If someone I just met asked me that question I would either simply ignore it and quickly forget about it or ask them (while looking something like this: ) what...

  19. Sleep Rooms

    macawake replied to AlleycatLady's topic in General Nursing

    There are differences between countries regarding workplace culture and what is considered acceptable. Back when I worked med-surg it was common practice for the night nurses to each take a 30 minute-...

  20. Moral character

    macawake replied to beckiand's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think it was obvious that OP had already made her mind up about reporting. To me and I believe to some other posters as well, there's a logical disconnect between her decision to report the nurse...

  21. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    macawake replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm.. I think that our difference of opinion is perhaps due to making different interpretations of the statement "I sacrificed my life, so I could save your life" ? I definitely don't begrudge anyone...

  22. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    macawake replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that particular Tshirt. How ridiculous. When it comes to education I personally don't think that a nursing degree qualifies as one of the more difficult ones....

  23. Resignation in lieu of drug test? Is random testing the answer?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Flu vaccine is a bit off-topic and has been debated ad nauseam in many threads but since you asked how people view the flu vaccine in relation to personal freedom, I'll give you my opinion on the...

  24. Resignation in lieu of drug test? Is random testing the answer?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree. I'm not willing to sacrifice my civil liberties so easily. I don't carry concealed illegal weapons nor do I store large amounts of explosive materials in my home. If I had done any of...

  25. How would you react?

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

    I agree with rpsychnurse. If the error is a serious one, policy might well dictate that management be informed. However the above quote tells me that the errors you made were relatively minor and...