Archive for the ‘Mental Health’ Category

• Are Nursing Ethics Old School

  Friday, April 10th, 2009

  Having retired from a profession I loved after 40 plus years, I miss it. But I wonder if I had a chance to work again, would my work ethics be too old school for today’s world? This is also echoed by others in other professions who are around the same age as me.   I [...]

• Who is Really at Fault?

  Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

  Most of my years in nursing were spent in the mental health field so I am familiar with the problems of caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Upon hearing that a wrestling legend had killed his roommate, my heart went out to the families and to a man who can’t be held responsible for what [...]

• Tis the season to be Jolly or bah humbug

  Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

  The Christmas season is in full swing bringing feelings of joy and good will to some and a time of dread and depression to others. What can make this time period such a downer is not hard to explain. Stress from a higher level of physical exhaustion, financial drain on an already tight budget, and [...]

• Cancer – This Nurse’s Nightmare P2

  Saturday, September 13th, 2008

  Most patients hate being in the hospital but nurses hate it even more. Yea!!! After 5 days I was going home. No more hospital food. No more hearing patients call out through my medically induced sleep and trying to answer them. I went home with my right arm anchored to my body by a very [...]

• An unavoidable tragedy

  Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

  What the hell is it going to take for us to realize that the metal health system as it is, has not worked? There was a shooting in Alger, Washington where six people were killed and two injured. The person was well known by the local police to have mental health problems. This young man’s mother stated he was [...]