Comments on: A Lesson Learned the Hard Way http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/a_lesson_learned_the_hard_way.html tales of a nurse (homepage) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rich http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/a_lesson_learned_the_hard_way.html/comment-page-1#comment-1679 rich Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:37:27 +0000 http://s261628773.onlinehome.us/download/wordpress/?p=313#comment-1679 Oh I don't know. I worked in Los Angeles in the early 80's, when GAY Man's Disease became the killer gay men feared the most. I had friends, too many friends, who had nothing but hope and some limited days, never weeks, once they started showing symptoms. I beleive in hope. I might say, I hope you keep the legs, but either way, you'll be ok. It was more than I could say to my friends back then Oh I don’t know. I worked in Los Angeles in the early 80′s, when GAY Man’s Disease became the killer gay men feared the most. I had friends, too many friends, who had nothing but hope and some limited days, never weeks, once they started showing symptoms. I beleive in hope. I might say, I hope you keep the legs, but either way, you’ll be ok.

It was more than I could say to my friends back then

]]> By: gale http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/a_lesson_learned_the_hard_way.html/comment-page-1#comment-1678 gale Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:45:17 +0000 http://s261628773.onlinehome.us/download/wordpress/?p=313#comment-1678 I think hope and denial are valuable coping mechanisms. I think patients figure out their situations pretty well, and when they are ready to receive realistic information, they let you know. It's touchy, it's also related to their relationship with their MDs, but as RNs, I think we walk a tightrope w/r/t medical information. We do the best we can, we are are patients' advocates. G. I think hope and denial are valuable coping mechanisms. I think patients figure out their situations pretty well, and when they are ready to receive realistic information, they let you know. It’s touchy, it’s also related to their relationship with their MDs, but as RNs, I think we walk a tightrope w/r/t medical information. We do the best we can, we are are patients’ advocates.

G.

]]> By: Adam http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/a_lesson_learned_the_hard_way.html/comment-page-1#comment-1677 Adam Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:48:45 +0000 http://s261628773.onlinehome.us/download/wordpress/?p=313#comment-1677 so when you do not know an outcome, is it wrong to bring some hope at the end of the tunnel? Don't we do that every day week and year of our lives? Look to the good at the end of the tunnel. You don't know what lays ahead. But should you be so hard on those that hope? so when you do not know an outcome, is it wrong to bring some hope at the end of the tunnel? Don’t we do that every day week and year of our lives? Look to the good at the end of the tunnel. You don’t know what lays ahead. But should you be so hard on those that hope?

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