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  1. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    mak2 replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Well excuse me. I will be happy to read about JAMA's mistake. But I still suspect there is no evidence TT has any thearputic effect. But I will keep and open mind. I really cant go through all...

  2. Doctor oriented hospital

    mak2 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have noticed Doctors are nto too crazy about Magnet hospitals and VA and social medicine

  3. Situation Haunting Me

    mak2 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    yea steel city, I must be missing something here. Maybe the doctor should have been cardioverted. Like the fly in the superbowl commercial. GO

  4. Situation Haunting Me

    mak2 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    O and sorry I keep calling him,

  5. Situation Haunting Me

    mak2 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    O sorry, I did not realize you could run a code without calling one. I am not trying to be funny, I work for the VA and we would call a code. If not the pt would be DNR. Occassionally in the ICU we...

  6. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    mak2 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    hopefully she would still need some hard evidence to "take someone else down" wiht her. If not it is a good job to lose. If you sepnd your life being worried someone might make up lies about you and...

  7. VA Nursing

    mak2 replied to nrsjo's topic in General Nursing

    The Veterans Administration is NOT a military hospital. I have about 15 years in the system. I have worked at other hospitals and have posted on here about it before. Before I start I am a staff...

  8. Situation Haunting Me

    mak2 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Did she call a code and no one came? That is pretty negligent on "their" part isnt it? Why does she feel she needs comforted. I would still be raising #$^* Did I miss something

  9. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    mak2 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Well I usually dont give advice because I have a lot to worry aobut taking of myself, but you asked. Stick with the facts. I personally would not go to my manager about something that important I...

  10. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    mak2 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it necessary for TX to circle the wagons? This is a phenom I have not seen in other fields. A nurse calls a code and no one comes, she feels it is her fault, a nurse is veiwing prono and...

  11. Doctor oriented hospital

    mak2 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    yea probably right. I just felt it was kinda trivial for me to mention it, yet it is a clear symptom of a doctor oriented

  12. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    mak2 replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Dang, I have never convincenced anyone of anything before.

  13. Situation Haunting Me

    mak2 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Did you call and code and noone came. Time to find a new place to work. You should not be the one that is

  14. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    mak2 replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I am not asking for an mode of action, I dont think we know exactly how aspirins work, but to "sell" this therapy to patients there needs to be some evidence that it works, or we might as well be...

  15. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    mak2 replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I am lost, I thought we were discussing the science of nursing wehn we develope nursing diagnosis. There is NO evidence TT has any theraputic value. I am very open minded, but where is the evidnce?...

  16. Doctor oriented hospital

    mak2 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    The point is really not the parking spots, it is the

  17. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    mak2 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    As someone said e couple pages ago, Witch hunt going on here. Why dont you dunk her in the river and if she floats she is a Media freak, if she drowns she wasnt,

  18. Doctor oriented hospital

    mak2 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Come on. It is first last and always the money. Read the literature from social medicine counttries, a completely different world. If the doctors make the hospitals money, they are in charge, they...

  19. Is Nursing a Profession

    mak2 replied to mak2's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the references, I appreciate them and have already found one (thanks NRSKaren) I will add as an antecedent, funny I thought I had done an exhaustive lit search. Anyway there is a lot...

  20. Is Nursing a Profession

    mak2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am working on a 20 page paper for my masters degree in nursing administration. This paper is a concept analysis and the concept I am exploring is profession. The question is not necessarily if...

  21. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    mak2 replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    OK where is the evidence for theraputic touch, or maybe theraputic almost touch. I remeber reading JAMA years ago in which a high school science project was all that was needed to point out the lack...

  22. VA/Govt Nurse Satisfaction

    mak2 replied to Ellen Bobinski's topic in Government, Military

    the intensity of the physical must be a regional thing. I remember taking one, but it was certainly no big deal. I think I had an ekg but did not need a CXR, because the TB test did not

  23. Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    mak2 replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am with you Pawpaw John, there may be some discrimination, but I think it is outweighted by positive discrimination. You guys need to quit trying to be victims and try to enjoy this wonderful...

  24. Will there still be a shortage in the year 2010?

    mak2 replied to studentnurse3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I work in a hospital full time, I am a clinical instructor part time for a major university in our city, and I run a lawn mowing buisness, I make about the same teaching nursing as I pay a college...

  25. How much did you make as a new grad?

    mak2 replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    You have a four year degree and 20 years experience. If you are only making $20.00/h that is on