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"I think a lot of the things that are frustrating about nursing are similar to the things that would be frustrating about being a therapist. These include:
1. Watching people make the same mistakes over and over and over again. For example: I'll be..." [
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"Helen Vendler's The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets is, I think, the definitive "close reading" critical work on the subject. She provides an incredibly thorough analysis of the craft of each poem, its key words and phrases, the poems'..." [
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"my lying reflects badly on him because he is accountable in part for the actions of those he associates with
Holy crap, that's insane. This guy's got a long, lonely, and disappointed life ahead of him if he doesn't let go of that idea.
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7 months ago
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"I'm a labor and delivery nurse at a big urban teaching hospital. I've never worked at a non-teaching/community hospital, so someone else will have to weigh in about that environment.
My first response to the question is confusion about the need to..." [
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10 months ago
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"I ask myself this question all the time, mostly in the context of why I want to have a "romantic" relationship with some people and a "friends" / "friends with benefits" relationship with others. I have no idea, despite..." [
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"My father was 17 when the car in which he was riding skidded on a patch of black ice and crashed into a telephone pole. (Alcohol and/or drugs were not involved.) His spinal cord was severely damaged--nearly completely severed--and he became a..." [
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"I'd go so far as to say that if you find a vet willing to declaw your cat, do not let that vet anywhere near the creature. There is absolutely no medical reason to declaw cats, and any vet that performs the procedure is only doing it for the money...." [
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"OK, let me get this straight. Rather than believing that there's a nursing shortage because nurses aren't paid enough, are still seen as doctors' little assistants despite having a distinctly different and equally valuable role in patient care, work..." [
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"(antidepressants are more addictive then any other drug)
I call bullshit. Link, please.
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"I'm a labor and delivery nurse, and I want to echo ikkyu2's sentiments. Your doctors are trying to prepare you for all the possibilities, and induced labor is a very real one.
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Two years ago
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"The idea that you should have a magical bond of instant head-over-heels love for your baby the moment you first lay eyes on her is cruel and seems to serve only to make women feel guilty for normal feelings.
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Two years ago
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"bugbread, the passing-out-while-standing issue is basically orthostatic hypotension in slow motion.
Usually, when we're moving about, the muscles in our legs contract around the veins and help squeeze the blood back up to the heart. When just..." [
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Two years ago
