Dogen

Dogen

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  1. Getting Bored!!!!!

    Dogen replied to nurseclh's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Tone it down. Moving away from your friends at age 14 would be "very harmful?" I moved every year or two from the ages of 8 to 15. No harm done. I even stopped wetting the bed last year....

  2. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    You're all about the facts, though, right? My intent wasn't to "tell you off." I provided you with peer-reviewed research demonstrating that the idea that a person who is suicidal will necessarily...

  3. Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

    Dogen replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how reasonable this is. I went to nursing school, then graduate school, to gain my knowledge of pharmacology. The argument has been made that from a philosophical perspective it's...

  4. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    We're conflating issues here. One issue is whether gun ownership is a valid health screening question. A separate issue is what one does with the information. BTDT brought up specifically what a...

  5. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I've seen that before but have reason to question its validity. Also, we seem to be wandering far afield of the topic at hand, which isn't gun control at all. It's health screening, if I...

  6. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Are we legally required to report patients who are felons that own guns? We don't report drug use or immigration status. Why would we report it? Under what

  7. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh... well Switzerland, Israel, and the Netherlands maybe (depending how you define permissiveness... although they outright ban a wide swath of weapons)... but Australia, Germany, Japan, South...

  8. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    What happens when someone comes in high on illegal drugs, or tells us that they use drugs illegally, or find that they're an undocumented immigrant? I don't know what happens in your ER, but in mine...

  9. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a red herring. People with mental illness are far more likely to be victims than to harm anyone. In fact, the focus on mental illness in the wake of gun crime is merely a way to deflect away...

  10. Has Being a Male Benefited you MORE or LESS

    Dogen replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I never had an experience that made me think there was a quota. I think being male led them to look a little more favorably on my application, but once I was in there was no overt difference that I...

  11. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what you mean. Can you tell me what's narcissistic in this conversation? RN: Do your kids wear safety belts when riding in the car? BTDT: Yes. RN: If you own a gun, is it stored in a safe...

  12. Disrespectful ad against nurses on Craigslist

    Dogen replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    If my pediatrician asks if I'm enjoying the weather I'm switching providers. It's none of their business, and I'm not going to stand for

  13. Disrespectful ad against nurses on Craigslist

    Dogen replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I checked urban dictionary and found two interesting definitions, but they both seem to be directed at men. One is for "bussing" and it's the opposite of a wingman, it's a guy who prevents you from...

  14. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, in states where lawmakers think your pediatrician is coming for your gun they've passed laws preventing them from inquiring about that particular health

  15. Med Fillers, Stabilizers, Dyes

    Dogen replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    There was a pretty big instance of problems around a Wellbutrin XL generic. This case was interesting because it involved several oddities, one of which was that the 150mg tablet was tested but the...

  16. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    If guns are a potential hazard to the health of a child... and my job is to provide for the health of my patients... how is asking about potential hazards none of my business? I don't care if you have...

  17. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    This kind of rhetoric is counterproductive. Just being asked if you own a gun is enough to make you think about verbal aggression and violence? It makes you seem emotionally fragile, reinforcing the...

  18. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Part of it is socialization. Men and boys are significantly more likely to die by firearm or hanging, and women and girls by overdose or carbon monoxide poisoning. It was traditionally thought that...

  19. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't actually true. Suicide is a complicated topic that you're summing up here rather broadly. There are a lot of factors that go into suicide, but in general we know that restricting access...

  20. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    Dogen replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I ask all my outpatients if they have guns in their home... but I work psych, so it's usually in the context of asking if there's someone who could hold onto them for the patient until we get suicidal...

  21. Will my diabetes affect my future in nursing?

    Dogen replied to amb25315's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a T1DM, on an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor. I was diagnosed at 10. It's no big deal, except you will hear the words, "Are you supposed to eat that?" every time you look at...

  22. ADHD patient teaching

    Dogen replied to Tammy Reideler's topic in General Nursing

    While popular, the data supporting drug holidays is pretty contradictory, with a couple exceptions. As ixchel mentioned some medications (Kapvay, Strattera, Intuniv, etc - long acting medications that...

  23. Talk about turkeys? - Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Stories

    Dogen replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Ahaha... that was

  24. Time b/w BG check and insulin administration?

    Dogen replied to Michelle King's topic in General Nursing

    CBGs change over time (obviously, right?), so insulin should be given as close to the CBG as possible. For instance, a rate of change of 1-3mg/ml per minute isn't uncommon, and if your patient's CBG...

  25. Narcan for School Nurses?

    Dogen replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Oregon expanded the use of naloxone to non-medical people in 2013. They take a 15-minute training course in order to be eligible to receive a kit for either the IM or intranasal versions, so it's an...