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  1. Helping patients kill themselves

    annabanana2 replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would like to point out that pain is more than physical, and that just because more can be done doesn't necessarily mean the client wants it to be done. Palliative medicine is excellent (and I know...

  2. Helping patients kill themselves

    annabanana2 replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Medical assistance in dying is now available in Canada and I am starting to have clients interested in it, and one that has taken advantage of it (he died last weekend). There are a number of checks...

  3. Nurses' Health Study 3

    annabanana2 replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for this! I joined too. I love participating in research and it's neat to be a part of something I've read so much

  4. Is this ethical?

    annabanana2 replied to pumpkinspice's topic in General Nursing

    Is it because of that typical dementia day/night reversal? Like if she sleeps during the day she won't sleep at night? I've seen that sometimes. Behaviour and mood change and it's just a mess. Is that...

  5. Jobs in nursing in social justice

    annabanana2 replied to michaelaellie's topic in General Nursing

    The jobs you're looking for totally exist, they just require a little digging. Any hospitals in your area have an "urban medicine" unit? Or maybe a unit that specializes in working with folks with...

  6. Patient expires after you give pain medication

    annabanana2 replied to CoastMedRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I have worked in home hospice for a while now. I have never had a family ask this question, but if they did, I would probably answer honestly and say "there is no way of knowing for sure." I would be...

  7. Husband became a RN

    annabanana2 replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like you put in your years of putting your head down and getting things done. Now your husband has good employment. It's your turn to take some time on YOUR career! Tell him it's his turn to be...

  8. "I work in the medical field"

    annabanana2 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Often when I'm just chatting with someone in a non-work setting and the topic of our occupations comes up I usually just say "I work in health care" if I don't really want to go into great depth about...

  9. Crusty old bat in new RN role..

    annabanana2 replied to TNurse4u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Precepting is a skill just like any other, and when we start out most of us just aren't that good at it. I know I wasn't! But I learned a lot, and the second time around was much better. I'd say give...

  10. Should mean people be allowed to be mean at work?

    annabanana2 replied to jessimee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I first started working at my current job a few years ago I worked with a nurse who was known to have difficulty controlling her anger with coworkers. She was even snippy and rude to clients at...

  11. What now?

    annabanana2 replied to babyrnhlw's topic in General Nursing

    I felt similarly after I finished school. I got a BA before my BSN so I'd been in university for basically seven years and transitioning away from that into full-time work felt almost too relaxing....

  12. Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    annabanana2 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school my idea of luxury was maybe being able to buy cheese that wasn't in the discount bin and maybe a book once in a while. And that totally happened and it was amazing! Now...

  13. Wound VAC

    annabanana2 replied to TaylorLauren's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes that black foam just... welds itself to the wound bed. Sucks for everyone involved especially if it's really painful. In that case I would probably add a non-adherent contact layer like...

  14. Coworker physically abusive to patients

    annabanana2 replied to Depressed_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay, but do you get what "mandated reporter" means? It means that what you are doing right now (witnessing abuse and not reporting it) is illegal. You are breaking the law right now as we speak....

  15. Split on jobs. I need insight. Public Health Position of Medsurg Floor.

    annabanana2 replied to Kandake's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you don't envision yourself working in acute care at any point in the future, why do it now? I think the "mandatory 2 years of med-surg" is an older way of thinking and not fully applicable to the...

  16. Open confrontation with unit attending-advice?

    annabanana2 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Shrug. I would've just laughed and said "well thank goodness you're not my manager

  17. Insight on Dilaudid?

    annabanana2 replied to LifeIsBeachy's topic in Patient Medications

    Interesting fact: a study recently determined that, in folks living with severe heroin addiction, they determined that study participants largely couldn't tell the difference between medical-grade...

  18. Data and charts

    annabanana2 replied to AlphaM's topic in Nursing Humor

    People who believe in this stuff are the same people that believe friendzones exist and that they're nice guys but women only want to date jerks. Strangely they also all seem to look like the...

  19. I'm starting to think this field attracts a lot of crazy people

    annabanana2 replied to swirlies's topic in General Students

    Ha! Exactly what I was thinking! If you run into one jerk, they're likely the problem. Running into many jerks, however, means you're probably the

  20. 4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    annabanana2 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting fact I just learned recently about hemochromatosis: a treatment for it is bloodletting! Usually I think folks would donate that blood assuming they meet the system's

  21. being a home health nurse if you have allergies and asthma?

    annabanana2 replied to hmlawrence0729's topic in Home Health

    Nearly all of my clients smoke. Lots of them are shut-ins and get anxious when people come to visit, and smoke to calm down, so I get smoked on pretty frequently. Some folks I have a strong enough...

  22. Nurses smoking weed?

    annabanana2 replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I live on the west coast of Canada where, while it's not technically legal, I could smoke a joint in front of police officers and as long as I'm not causing a ruckus, nobody would bat an eye. I've...

  23. Friends say they could NEVER take care of kids who die

    annabanana2 replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I am a home health/hospice nurse (where I live we are one and the same). I work with adults, though, not little ones, and my guys are largely mentally ill drug addicts living in marginal housing (or...

  24. Do you always get out of work on time?

    annabanana2 replied to sandiamts's topic in General Nursing

    I get out on time probably 80% of the time. If I'm staying late it's not normally more than 15-30 minutes at the most. Rarely, a few times a year, I will end up staying an hour or two or more late...

  25. Random: best lotion for dry nursing hands!

    annabanana2 replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I use. It absorbs in really fast, doesn't leave any greasiness and even lasts through a couple of hours of handwashing. I haven't found anything I like as