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  1. The Real Brian Short - Words from a Friend

    macawake replied to allnurses Admin Team's topic in General Nursing

    Dear AN staff and members, I'm so very sorry for your loss. My heartfelt condolences to the familes and friends of Karen, Cole, Madison, Brooklyn and Brian

  2. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    My previous reply still applies. Even if you were to combine for example only organic fuits and vegetables, laetrile, shark's cartilage, massive intravenous doses of ascorbic acid and homeopathy there...

  3. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    I'm relieved that you realize and acknowledge that much. I wonder if you understand that pretty much every healthcare professional would be overjoyed if a safe, few side effects cure for...

  4. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Granted, this is wikipedia but I'm curious to know if you think that they got their facts wrong or if this is actually a correct description of this "information source" you're recommending that we...

  5. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your post FlyingScot! 10^6 likes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...

  6. 16 years ago, a doctor published a study, and it made us all sick

    macawake replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What that man has done is in my opinion disgraceful and his fraudulent research has done long-lasting damage to public health and sadly continues to do so. I get very frustrated when I read...

  7. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Oh elkpark, you are soooo naive. Surely you understand that a secret list of all the food products containing GMO'S has been distributed to all people in power, so that they know what foods to avoid....

  8. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed, that and the two books that she's promoting on her

  9. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    When I asked you to describe the mechanism of action on cancer cells of a holistic method (any method, your choice) that you claim can cure cancer I meant on a cellular level. Vague and...

  10. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Moderators and fellow AN members :), I apologize for veering a bit off course but some statements are so dangerous that I feel that they need to be challenged. Concerned lady, I would never "poo poo"...

  11. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    You're probably going to think that I'm an elitist snob but I can't take reports about infectious diseases posted right next to articles titled "15 Celebs Who Are Anti-Gay And Proud Of It" and...

  12. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Could you please provide a link to the research that proves this (in my opinion) very unlikely claim? (Preferably not Mercola

  13. why do so many nurses post that they love the med scanners

    macawake replied to the nites's topic in General Nursing

    I seriously doubt that my or anyone else's last thoughts will be about.. med scanners... Before reading your post I don't think I've spent more than a few minutes thinking about them at all. Why the...

  14. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    You say that you are a manager. Is this in a medical facility of some sort? What's your educational background? The reason I ask is because I've read the plethora of research regarding influenza...

  15. Moving to Italy

    macawake replied to krizia1988's topic in International Nursing

    I assume that you speak Italian since you've lived sixteen years in Italy? I think that your best chance of finding the answer to your question is through the relevant Italian nursing...

  16. Patient safety and narcotics

    macawake replied to jay082's topic in General Nursing

    (partial quote) Personally I'd think long and hard before requesting a lowered analgesics dose for a patient with intractable pain. Did this patient have a diagnosis, was the etiology of the pain...

  17. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    macawake replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Metoclopramide (Reglan) is one of those drugs that I have tremendous respect for. I always administer it super slow. I remember reading research back in nursing school (~10 years ago) that two-minute...

  18. Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    macawake replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    (my bold) Yes and no. Yes, the mistakes you listed are individual nursing errors but the individual's errors can sometimes (often) be hard to separate distinctly from system errors (or suboptimal...

  19. A Nurse Who Prays For You

    macawake replied to nursebri15's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Of course. Respecting the patient's religious (and other) beliefs is a part of nursing. I assume that jadelpn meant that nurses as a general rule should be careful not to impose their own views on...

  20. Elephant in the China Shop

    macawake replied to hcworker's topic in General Nursing

    This OP isn't about male nurses who are uncomfortable about cathing females. Unless my detective skills have completely abandoned me, it's about something else. It's about male modesty, predatory or...

  21. Elephant in the China Shop

    macawake replied to hcworker's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say that you are 100% correct. I agree, patient's modesty is an important subject and it's kind of sad when an important issue gets sullied by some rather strange posts. Have you all noticed...

  22. Elephant in the China Shop

    macawake replied to hcworker's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know.. It's focused more on male modesty than female and also implies that some female nurses have rather err.. different triggers for sexual arousal than the "norm". I'm sceptical as to this...

  23. Elephant in the China Shop

    macawake replied to hcworker's topic in General Nursing

    I'm already comfortable doing these nursing tasks. So are my patients. If they for whatever reason wouldn't be comfortable with me as their nurse, I'll ask the patient if they would prefer that...

  24. Nursing Rant: Am I wrong?

    macawake replied to Gurlonthesun's topic in Rehabilitation

    I think that it's a common misconception that managers need to be at least as good at the specific practical skills as the staff that they oversee. I've seen excellent floor nurses promoted to...

  25. Taboo: 10 Things Nurses Should NEVER Say!

    macawake replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Spidey's mom, good article. Actually mosquitos have been known to drive me slightly nutty.. Probably doesn't have much to do with gravitational pull though... but with their rather pesky...