Red Kryptonite

Red Kryptonite

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  1. failed nursing school again

    Red Kryptonite replied to snowybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Say wha?

  2. Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    Red Kryptonite replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    And they never should have been, any more than beer commercials or all those awful prescription drug

  3. Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    Red Kryptonite replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    Childhood obesity is a parenting problem. And no one should be violating the First Amendment to solve a problem with literally dozens of other

  4. Verbally, mentally & emotionally abused by patient where do I turn.

    Red Kryptonite replied to nowdistracted's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Go to the media. Tell them to keep you anonymous, fuzz your face and distort your

  5. Thinking about becoming a nurse...at 40!

    Red Kryptonite replied to margaretann's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've been a CNA for a bit more than 3 years and am almost finished with the first semester of a 2 semester LPN program. I turn 40 this week. Your age only has to mean something if you insist on it....

  6. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know you're not American, so you may not realize that this exact thing has been awry for decades. Fear of liability is a cancer that infects nearly every interaction in this country. To...

  7. Loan forgiveness options? Help!

    Red Kryptonite replied to kaimkaim's topic in General Nursing

    Wowsers

  8. Travel to Abu Dhabi or Dubai?? Any advice?

    Red Kryptonite replied to Ali_Cat's topic in International Nursing

    I can hardly believe this actually has to be

  9. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    brandiep, you suggested earlier in this thread that speech should be criminalized. I don't disagree that verbal abuse, which calling any human being "it" qualifies as, is damaging, but criminalizing...

  10. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How do I not qualify what I said as opinion? Did I not start that sentence you bolded with "I

  11. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So people's right to hold their opinion is only valid when you agree with it? And the other side isn't trying to impose anything on their opponents at all,

  12. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You should understand that many people still consider it one. Many do not accept the thoroughly political process by which it was removed from the DSM. It's obviously not a choice (it might be for a...

  13. How much info can a roommate get?

    Red Kryptonite replied to Rexie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Gosh...why can't we just give people the simple gift of privacy when dealing with major illness? The only people admitted to hospitals these days are extremely ill or in need of major surgery. Why...

  14. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know, I don't think you even really read my posts. Go back and read them, and try not to be blinded by your rage that you can't force everyone into your ideological mold. What I am doing in this...

  15. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And exactly who advocated

  16. Foot in mouth, now a social pariah

    Red Kryptonite replied to arack05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm seriously wondering if OP is the nurse that called the transgender patient "it" from the other

  17. Chamberlain Nursing School... Is it worth it?

    Red Kryptonite replied to MarquieshaH's topic in Chamberlain College

    MarquieshaH, GOOD FOR YOU for thinking about this ahead of time and really evaluating what you'd be doing to your future with that much debt. I wish more young people were like

  18. our sweet elders

    Red Kryptonite replied to mvm2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really?

  19. I hate night shift

    Red Kryptonite replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Nursing

    Wrangler and callie would never make it as military

  20. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Of course it's a psychiatric issue. Could we stop being so PC that words literally lose all meaning? Feeling that the body you have is not the one you should have is a psychiatric issue. I believe...

  21. Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    Red Kryptonite replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    You said: I was refuting the bolded part. No one is kind and respectful at ALL

  22. Relocation to a family friendly livable city with warm climate

    Red Kryptonite replied to wasup's topic in General Nursing

    High taxes, high cost of living, insane state

  23. Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    Red Kryptonite replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    And flying over a rainbow in a tornado takes you to Oz. No one is kind and respectful at ALL times. Human beings have flaws and emotions, and we don't always have them under control. Anyone who...

  24. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Red Kryptonite replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't disagree with that at all, and since I've managed to raise a daughter who's leaving for college this summer to become an aerospace engineer, clearly I'm not chaining my girls to the kitchen....

  25. Why can't we have 12 hour shifts and 8 hours shifts?

    Red Kryptonite replied to ziplag's topic in General Nursing

    Turning 40 next week and I too prefer