Gooselady BSN, RN

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    Fired and Devastated

    Gooselady replied to SweenyG's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever considered you may have adult ADHD? I haven't read through all the posts, so if someone's already brought it up . . . When I graduated from school, I had a HELLUVA time in the clinical...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I can just see the anaerobic bacteria moseying up the umbilical cord and into the circulation of the newborn. Isn't the (ostensible) 'moseying' of . . . whatever they think it is . . . up the...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    Gooselady replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's not clear Duncan knew the pregnant woman he helped into a car had Ebola. Whether he was clear, or suspected, or it never crossed his mind, we'll never know. It's difficult to believe he was...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    My thoughts, too. The premise of the family against the hospital is that she bled for five hours before 'anyone did anything about it'. That is how they saw and interpreted the situation, which is...
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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

    Gooselady replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting that you said the above 'tongue in cheek' :) This is just a matter of interpersonal boundaries, where you end and I begin. It's not a matter of assigning 'who's to...
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    huge moral problem - need help!

    Gooselady replied to shaken-stirred's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think those of us who've been in nursing for a while forget that the OP's dilemma is not that uncommon, and some people really are just 'that' open to invitations of friendship and connection. When...
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    Will this affect my license.

    Gooselady replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Oh CRAP!!!! I'm so sorry this happened! In my 23 years of nursing I've done this (in some form) several times. Mostly I've left them in the med room, unlabeled, out of the package lol, but I have...
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    Wow. Just wow

    Gooselady replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! That takes balls! But I can totally see how this would work just fine with long term staff with long term trusting relationships. Several of our oncologists gave us tacit 'permission' to use...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I only hear that bit about comparing a scientist's evidence with a religious faith or belief. Scientists don't BELIEVE in their research and theories in the same way a religious person BELIEVES in a...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    Gooselady replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wasn't aware of the CDC guidelines on PPE dealing with Ebola infections until I started reading this thread (I took the whole summer off nursing). You need a skilled/trained OBSERVER when you don...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Very good point about the 'us versus them'. If I'm gonna use that distinction to make a point, I need to remember that it is a relative distinction, that at a deeper level is not true. I appreciate...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    Gooselady replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know what to think, I can see more than one totally obvious side. Mostly, I'm glad for the attention being drawn to the plight of nurses trying to do their jobs in spite of corporation...
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    more issues with report

    Gooselady replied to Beatlefan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, she's bold to ask you to back her up. It probably wasn't easy to NOT agree with her right away lest she lay into you. In my previous hospital job, we had a two or three nurses who seemed to...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Ah, I see what you're saying ? There are a couple of scientists, one a neuroscientist, who wrote a book about 'spirituality' and he is a staunch atheist (Sam Harris), so yes, they aren't incompatible....
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    Advice opinions please

    Gooselady replied to mommynurse25's topic in General Nursing

    Working in an unfamiliar environment is hell. The job is hard enough when you know where everything is, how to call certain doctors, etc etc. It scares the crap out of newer nurses and is an endless...
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    Workplace Cowardice

    Gooselady replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've worked on floors/units where the team felt safe and welcome to speak directly to each other, and units where the first you heard of an issue is from the manager. The former team felt a lot more...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Einstein was not religious in the slightest, but he did use Christian based metaphors, a lot, like we all do because religion is still very common. This is a well balanced article about Einstein's...
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    Since I can't see myself as how others see me...

    Gooselady replied to MPKH's topic in General Nursing

    Your thread really affirms that seemingly rude or insensitive people have NO idea that is how they come across. I figure if more than one or two persons say the same thing about you, there is an issue...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What can we do about this? Just as citizens of the human race. This kind of 'research protocol' where anecdote trumps epidemiology is just a symptom of a society that doesn't discern between what...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No you don't. This 'group of people' have always been agitating around the porch light like a bunch of moths, and don't get any 'bigger' or any more validated than they ever did. There is nothing...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You reach dangerous and sometimes BIZARRE conclusions. Science, medicine and epidemiology in general are not beliefs at all. Beliefs are for church or politics, not for healthcare. It's part of...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think the 'psychological issue' here is about personal expectations (which all of us have), and the biases that result from those unexamined expectations. If you (the generic you) expect Merck and...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I clicked on this article and it affirms Godwin's Law once again: . . . which indicates this article intends to snatch you up with hyperbole, and once your amygdala and adrenal glands are pumping...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Gooselady replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not surprised that you were crunchy, I explored a lot of that stuff myself in my exuberant youth, when I realized the 'authorities' weren't any more with it than I probably was. Trying ideas 'on' and...
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    Ebola survivor Dr. Craig Spencer speaks out

    Gooselady replied to Semolina's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From Dr. Spencer's article in the New England Journal of Medicine: If (or when) Ebola breaks out again, or some other terrifying contagious disease, I hope our leaders consider this statement right...