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  1. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    zahryia -- You seem to be saying, in regard to alternative treatments, that once you believe in them, then you believe they work. I want evidence to believe they work. I generally don't just believe...

  2. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    The marketers of supplements, herbal remedies and the like have no accountability at all because there is a disclaimer on the label that says they are not intended to treat

  3. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I do go crazy for some biscuits straight out of the oven, if that proves

  4. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think scientists or doctors would disagree that hemlock is deadly. In fact, scientists have studied it and isolated the compounds in it that are responsible. Also, we have a nutritionist that...

  5. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I drink tea when I have a cold because I like the taste and I know it makes me feel better. But, I don't expect it to cure my cold. And I don't consider it medicine or alternative medicine. However, I...

  6. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Science shows over and over that placebos "work" (in some sense). That's why they do double blind studies to exclude this

  7. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I can see your point, zahryia. If the ultimate goal is to make a particular patient feel better, then science hardly plays into any of it. Trial and error works and only the patient's experience is...

  8. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    If there's good science behind it, I'm all for it, whatever it is. If it's unproven, I'm skeptical. If there's good science disproving it, it's

  9. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree, zahryia. If you believe there is such a thing as truth or facts, then the scientific method is a proven methodology for getting there. It wasn't created for Western medicine and it...

  10. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    To me it comes down sometimes to belief vs. science. To me, science winds hands down. If someone is frustrated because Western medicine isn't helping, I guess I'm okay with people trying an...

  11. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I am all for doing research into alternatives. What I hate are things like people spending all their money on useless Quackery (including the Quacky parts of Western medicine). Plus it devalues...

  12. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Another good point to be critical of Western Medicine -- medicine is a business, at least in the US. But, the public is now feeling conspiratorial about all of it. For instance, vaccines are one of...

  13. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    The other day the doctor ordered a pt.'s Foley changed out. I didn't feel good about it going in, because the last time the Foley was placed the urologist had to do it. Also, the pt. had been confused...

  14. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, well, I guess I learned my lesson. I'm definitely not doing any more procedures like this with platelets that low. Because it is a heme unit, just about everyone has low platelets and we are...

  15. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I would have hesitated to confront the MD if I felt the order was grossly wrong. This was definitely a gray area (at least in my opinion) and I would have liked to confer with the...

  16. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Things on the unit have been bothering me more late. I am 45 and just had a baby eight months ago. Maybe it is hormonal. PPD or menopause (or both,

  17. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    This was not just bloody urine. It was about a cup of frank bleeding from the urethra. His platelet count was 30 and he was on Amicar already. But we've done Foley's on the unit under these...

  18. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a student. I'm a nurse who has been practicing for three

  19. I cried somewhat over a minor incident with a patient...

    firstyearstudent replied to michelle_d's topic in General Nursing

    Strangely, I never felt very emotional about the patients during clinical or my first two years out. Now in my third year I am getting upset about things and crying. (It's might be menopause, though,...

  20. Pumping and working as RN

    firstyearstudent replied to Summers_Off's topic in General Nursing

    I am pumping right now. I have to pump three or four times a shift. It can be hard to find the time, but I do it. Luckily it only takes me about five minutes and I use the (unused) tub room that has a...

  21. Is everything really the nurses fault?

    firstyearstudent replied to jerrylundergard's topic in General Nursing

    Of course it's always the nurse's fault. The joke is if you had called a doctor and notified them of the sodium level and asked if they wanted to give any orders, the doctor probably would have...

  22. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I feel terrible about this. I know this doesn't excuse anything, but I probably would have discussed this if it had been another doctor, but this particular doctor is always such as a jerk. He really...

  23. Feel traumatized

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I guess my rationale was that a month had passed since the last Foley was placed and the previous problems were probably due to trauma/inflammation from pulling the Foley out. Do you...

  24. How do Doctor's get paid?

    firstyearstudent replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I can tell, they get paid based on how rude they are to the nurses. The rudest doctors get paid the

  25. Will there be a strike at City of Hope, Duarte?

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Today there were traveller's being trained. Does anyone know anything about