Meerkat

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  1. How Did We Survive?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    LOL glad I'm not the only one whose parents threw caution to the wind. I forgot all about the seatbelt things. I remember in the seventies the seatbelts had these big heavy metal buckles and we...

  2. Foreign Travel?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Travel

    I have seen many ads for agencies that travel within the US. Does anyone know of any that do travel abroad? I would like to go to

  3. Have you traveled with your child/ren?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the responses...I am looking to do travel nursing with my 2 year old girl at some point....wondered if anyone had done it.

  4. How many pregnancies are too many?

    Meerkat replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi--I'm not taking it as flames. :) You are right...there ARE varying estimates regarding the Earth's max capacity. And there are many variables to consider as well... -non renewable resources,...

  5. How many pregnancies are too many?

    Meerkat replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At the risk of being flamed, I'll toss in my two cents. It's not meant to offend anyone, so please do not take it that way. In fact I will describe it in relation only to myself. I have one baby. I...

  6. 800lbs plus man

    Meerkat replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    That's very well put. I totally agree with your reasoning, and super-obesity is nothing for people to be entertained by. For that matter, overweight in any degree is nothing to be entertained by....

  7. How Do You Make It Thru Your Workday When You Feel Sick/Tired?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Any good tips? I cannot do coffee, but I have been so tired

  8. Malpractice Insurance

    Meerkat replied to AngelsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the same thing! I don't carry my own

  9. How would you have answered this interview question?

    Meerkat replied to supernova004's topic in General Nursing

    Good answers! I would also check around the ORIF for signs of compartment

  10. Advice for new Psych RN please!

    Meerkat replied to finallyanRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Don't forget to add if any precautions have changed! (Such as Suicide Precaution I, II or Assault Precautions

  11. How Do You Make It Thru Your Workday When You Feel Sick/Tired?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thanks, I will try it

  12. Do Any of Your Psych Units Use Yoga for Therapy?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Just

  13. Do Any of Your Psych Units Use Yoga for Therapy?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks Charlie. Couldn't they get reimbursed for yoga by putting it under 'recreational

  14. What's causing my eyes and lips to burn?!!

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...it seems to have rezolved. I don't if it was the sunchokes or not. The burning occurred on my forearms as well, and they actually turned pink and blotchy...never felt anything like that...

  15. What's causing my eyes and lips to burn?!!

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Tonight I was watching AI and rubbed my eye, and it started burning immediately. I mean stinging burning, #8 on the pain scale. Not just the eyeball but the skin all around the orbit. I flushed with...

  16. Are nurses treated badly?

    Meerkat replied to -alice-'s topic in General Nursing

    I find that nurses treat other nurses worse than anyone

  17. Anyone with knowledge of Hoodia?

    Meerkat replied to ETNGuy's topic in General Nursing

    I have two bottles of hoodia, two different companies. I did feel I had less appetite for about three days, and then I wanted ice cream again. Didn't work too much for me. Good

  18. Newborn death

    Meerkat replied to lpn1217's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm so sorry! I am certain that you are indeed or will indeed go through the stages of grieving. This baby was important to you. You cared for him/her not just as a professional, but as family...

  19. Mommie Dearest

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I just saw the old movie about Joan Crawford, 'Mommie Dearest'. If the portrayal is accurate, it seems to me that this woman had some kind of mental illness. If you have seen it, what do you think?...

  20. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  21. Can You Detain a Patient Just For Being Manic?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a pt who is not homocidal, not suicidal does not self mutilate. He is simply manic. He has filed a Right to Apply for Discharge and the discharge has been refused, so the doctor keeps Baker...

  22. Can You Detain a Patient Just For Being Manic?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome link! Thank you so much. You are very sweet. Everytime I read one of your kind messages, my eyes well

  23. what are the happiest and saddest things you've seen?

    Meerkat replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    Happiest: Getting to sign 'RN' after my name for the first time! But as for patients, happiest was seeing a very depressed, hopeless, kid who had been horribly bullied in school bury his head in the...

  24. Can You Detain a Patient Just For Being Manic?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to add, that a part of my concern does stem from my own experience with involuntary commitment several years ago. What I do remember was terrifying. But I was kept sedated around the...

  25. Can You Detain a Patient Just For Being Manic?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    And just how do you measure loss of self? There's no categorical definition! And I wasn't comparing MI to going to McDonald's. I was talking about poor judgement. If poor judgement means 'loss of...