Top Nursing Topics from 2007

[Brian, ASN, RN]

here are the topics with the most read and most active topics from 2007, enjoy and happy new year!

general nursing topics

1. pandemic news/awareness., and pandemic news/awareness - thread 2
   
2. medical terminology & abbrevations game :)
   
3. retire by 30, thanks nursing!
   
4. nurses are pathetic!!
   
5. do nurses support physician assisted suicide?
   
6. calling yourself a "nurse"
   
7. it's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?
   
8. patients on medicaid
   
9. disaster/pandemic preparedness
   
10. gay boomers and nursing attitudes
    
11. shabbos/religious observances
    
12. i was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse
    
13. could not believe what i heard!!!! (malpractice insurance)
    
14. morphine and dying patients
    
15. say what??????!!!!!!!!!! (funny)
    
16. "customer service" and nursing
    
17. what makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?
    
18. things you'd love to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.
    
19. religion in the workplace
    
20. whats to enjoy about nursing?

most discussed nursing news of 2007

1. cleveland clinic will not hire smokers
   
2. foreign nurses charged for walking off job
   
3. patient died from 8gms of dilantin
   
4. hillary clinton draws attention to shortage of nurses
   
5. turning single parents into nurses
   
6. poverty is hazardous to your health
   
7. fired nurses protest at mesquite hospital-icu ratio debated
   
8. baxter (makers of heparin) being sued.
   
9. medicare won't pay!
   
10. nurses confront violence on the job

most discussed nursing humor post in 2007

1. song lyrics that remind you of nursing...
   
2. er- help: dumbest reason people go to er
   
3. worst visitors ever
   
4. things you would rather not hear during surgery
   
5. the little things make you go uh ok
   
6. funny doctor situations
   
7. what's the funniest thing your patient has been scared of before?
   
8. a phantom poo
   
9. the dumber than dumb prize... any nominations?
   
10. nurses' christmas

most discussed general nursing student topics in 2007

1. age you will/were graduated?
   
2. rules for nursing school
   
3. who's doing nursing school with a kid?
   
4. what is the passing test grade at your school?
   
5. how much does your tution cost?????
   
6. walking on eggshells at clinicals
   
7. eww white uniforms??
   
8. weird habits you've picked up since starting nursing school
   
9. january/spring '08 starters...check in!
   
10. will i be too old for nursing school?

just added:

top threads from all sections of allnurses.com

1. controversial michael moore flick 'sicko' will compare u.s. health care with cuba's (social & health care coverage activism)

   
   

2. true or false game (the break room)

   
   

   
   

3. this or that? game (the break room)

   
   

   
   

   
   

4. nov test takers (nclex discussion forum)

   
   

   
   

   
   

5. the neverending movie game (the break room)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

6. anyone else studying for ccrn exam? (ccu - (coronary/cardiac))

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

7. political cartoon of the day (current events)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

8. immigration news and updates (international nursing)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

9. nln results.... (pre-nursing student forum)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

10. healthier living thread part v (health and stress management 101)

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

happy new year!

[Brian, ASN, RN]

Feel free to post your favorite threads from 2007! There are plenty more great threads that did not make the list!