And if you don't have enough to worry about..

Check out this article from the UK on the use of "stripper therapy" for some Huntington's disease patients. Thanks MJ from www.nurseratchedsplace.com for that one.

What a can of worms this would open up here in the US....just a few things to consider...

1. What would our other patients think if they wanted to go along, but didn't have the requisite disease...I see trouble on the unit!

2. Would the rec therapy folks get fired, since all we'd have to do is take the folks to our favorite red light district for "therapy"?

3. Would they start hiring "nurses" from said red light district? And as MJ mentioned, could you imagine the care plans?

And now, since I've finished reading From Silence to Voice, I find it incredibly ironic that the "nurses" arranged this trip. Wouldn't the "nurses" need doctor's orders for the patients to leave the unit for said trip? And do you see the word "doctor" anywhere in this story? No, you don't.

Hmm...and we wonder why people think what they do about nurses.