Love Me, Love My Monkey (Trees And Things)

MayorBob: Besides ...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:26:06 EST

... here's a bit more information on the training it takes to become a nurse (scroll down to where it's headed Baccalaureate Curriculum).

MayorBob: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:20:09 EST

My wife retired as an RN and part of her nursing degree requirements was making clinical rounds.

thefadd: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:01:07 EST

I really don't think a nurse has to go through an internship like a doctor does, do they?

MayorBob: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:19:54 EST

That's true enough. However, in all cases, in order to become a nurse they have to get a diploma or a degree through a university or a hospital nursing school. Thus they would have other nursing students in their classes with them. Also, in ord

songofthepogo: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:47:02 EST

i hadn't considered that, but you are correct. thanks.

thefadd: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:49:24 EST

Plenty of nurses work in home environments with a very limited number of people, like one person or a family, as opposed to hospitals with lots of patient turn over.

thefadd: Re: Love Me, Love My Monkey

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:44:56 EST

Maybe the solution would be just that...a tiny person.

songofthepogo: Re: Love Me, Love My Monkey

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:09:01 EST

Really, the whole thing is dependent on the fact that most of us doubt that "social anxiety disorder" is a disability in the same way that blindness or not being able to walk is.

i think i'm willing to concede that such a disorder can be a

songofthepogo: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:54:35 EST

In short, they believe she's putting the whole thing on.

well, that actually does make a whole lot more sense than someone with a crippling social anxiety disorder actively seeking out close human interaction. it stil

T Slothrop: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:58:41 EST

That's what the monkey if for. Oh look! Here comes Bonzo with the rectal thermometer.

And still nobody seems to be paying extra for that kind of action...

Come on, now: A nurse, a monkey, backdoor a

Lou: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:47:09 EST

touching people

That's what the monkey if for. Oh look! Here comes Bonzo with the rectal thermometer.

MayorBob: Re: still trying to figure out why ...

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:56:57 EST

"...something doesn't add up."
br>Boy Howdy did you hit the nail on the head with that post and wrap up. It does seem odd but I'll point you in the direction of some of the comments in the main link. It seems that, in the middle of

songofthepogo: still trying to figure out why ...

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:28:33 EST

i'm confused as to why someone who suffers from social anxiety disorder, and to such an extent that a service animal is required, would chose to purse coursework in nursing - a field which, unless i'm very much mistaken, involves a whole lot of social inte

port1080: Re: Love Me, Love My Monkey

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:15 EST

If the monkey were helping a person in a wheelchair, we probably wouldn't be having this discussion.

If another, more suitable animal was available I would strongly favor the more suitable animal. I feel much the same in this case. Wh

MayorBob: As p0157 Said In The Subqueue:

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:45:13 EST

"... or, flinging poo at other customers who are trying to reach the last sale item on the rack."

"Usually you have to pay extra for that type of action."

Lou: Re: Love Me, Love My Monkey

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:23 EST

I just had a mental image of a monkey fetching a can or box from a grocery store shelf for a person in a wheelchair...or, flinging poo at other customers who are trying to reach the last sale item on the rack.

arromdee: Re: Love Me, Love My Monkey

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:56:44 EST

If the monkey were helping a person in a wheelchair, we probably wouldn't be having this discussion.

Really, the whole thing is dependent on the fact that most of us doubt that "social anxiety disorder" is a disability in the same way that blindness or

port1080: A little nuance...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:29:54 EST

It seems to me that cases like this probably need to be decided, unfortunately, on a case by case basis. In the case the good Mayor wrote about on Plastic a few years ago, having a service animal in an apartment isn't really a big deal. Not a t

Lou: Just be thankful

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:52:27 EST

At least her companion is a macaque and not a rare African Raping Gorilla (Ruffius Mccainus).

joshv: Friggin hate monkeys

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:19:19 EST

Ross's damned monkey made an entire season of "Friends" unwatchable (well, more unwatchable that it would have been). Perhaps if she replaced the monkey with a tow-headed cousin named Oliver...

T Slothrop: Re: Love Me, Love My Monkey

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:02:05 EST

pO157, please repost your sub-q comment so I can give it the mod love it so richly deserves.

gerrymander: monkey on your back

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:22:58 EST

I'm all for service animals is they provide some use which ordinary medical treatments can't. But. There's nothing Rose's monkey provides which couldn't also be obtained from cheap, common medication, like Prozac. Or Bushmills.