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This isn't funny but... one morning a WWII vet with Navy tattoos told the 7-3 nurse in ICU the night nurses were "saucy".... we literally made an old sailor blush! It seems to be once somebody starts referring to V Tach as "*****" and asystole as "****" that becomes the new name for "Call a Code". It helps tremendously to turn the volume down somehow. Our unit got so loud, you could hardly hear the IV machines beeping, monitors, telephones, patient buzzers. The foul mouth comes from sensory overload. I have read about units starting quiet zone policies to keep the noise down. I re-read your post. The language in the ER of every place I have worked could melt the paint off the walls. If you pray, say a Hail Mary to yourself every time you curse, or put a quarter in a jar every time you curse, if you want to cut down on your habit.

OK- Who is going to be the one to get involved with the Uniform Requirements for Licensure efforts by National Council State Boards of Nursing et all? Do we want a recommendation that all applicants being treated for any chronic condition bring a letter from their doctor? If everyone needed a letter about bad backs, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, migraines and other, the letters about depression, bipolar I & II, other psych disorders would just another part of the pile. Nursing Boards should be subject to the Americans with Disability Act. Some mental disorders cause disability. The vast majority do not. Nurses who are not disabled should be encouraged to work to their ability. Nobody should be afraid of being "outed". What should the requirements for a nursing license be?