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What's a DNR doing in the ICU anyway? You never know what you're walking into. That' s a tough situation though.

My husband and I just moved to Knoxville and we're looking for jobs. I'm noticing that the pay is a little lower than FL for RNs. I've been off since May and am starting to want to go back to work....HOLY CRAP!! what am I saying? It's true though, I miss my work. Nursing is the only job that I haven't dreaded getting up for. Somebody let me know what they think about their places of employment so I can get a feel for the area. I worked ICU in FL, but I'm thinking that a cushy endo gig wouldn't be that bad....HA.

Well, In an effort to answer your question #1 IT IS NOT DIFFRENT from any other case. The public is being drawn into a family feud with money via the gracious black journalism we have come to know and love. It is ignorance to think that this is the first time this scenario has been played out. It was just before; there wasn't the money to be had by the players to take it into the public stage. And now congress is getting involved, OH God please help us when we the public need the government to TELL get involved even more than they are in our personal lives. This is not about Terri but about a struggle over WHO has control over her. #2 How to handle this type of situation with family members? I have to admit it is a gray area with a potential slippery slope; but given REAL information with data from MD's with the backbone to state "the EEG is Flat! " etc. Allows the family permission to let go and come together and grieve together. The general public cannot understand the personal motivations of her husband or her family. I can say he's standing his ground against pushy and unrealistic in-laws. But what does it matter except now the government is getting way to involved into the private matters of personal lives; to answer the basic underlying question "Who IS the POA " the husband or can someone else cause enough stir and confusion in the name of "HUMANITY" to take it away. AS long as there have been medical advances that change and alter the disease process alleviating death, this scenario will continually repeat itself.