Careers in Social Justice

[ZyzzFan]

I am really excited to begin a position as a mental health consultant for the civil rights organization the National Rifle Association (NRA) protecting our constitutional rights.  Now that my finances are set for life I am taking a step back from my PMHNP Private practice putting my patient load on 2 new employees I am planning on devoting more time to advocacy.  

[londonflo]

subee said:

Do you remember a new grad psych nurse on AN who was making $250,000 per year doing tele care from a little house at the end of a dirt road in Wyoming (Freedom!)?  Yeah, right.

Was that the nurse who would fly a date on a private jet to a rock concert? 

[ZyzzFan]

subee said:

Do you remember a new grad psych nurse on AN who was making $250,000 per year doing tele care from a little house at the end of a dirt road in Wyoming (Freedom!)?  Yeah, right.

Were they a Psych NP?  That is doable if you don't work for Lifestance or Cerebral and work a ton of extra hours.  You can get $100/hour remote jobs doing med refills online.  I did it some while I built my patient roster.

 

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

FYI for AN's students and non-psych nurses:

Started in 1979, NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.  Their members work to educate, support, advocate, listen and lead to improve the lives of people with mental illness and their loved ones. 

NAMI's website offers factual information on mental illness,  education resources including videos, online discussion groups and fact sheets documenting state-specific mental health statistics that can be used to educate the public and legislators along with Crisis Intervention information.  Site available in Spanish.

Example:   Pennsylvania

NAMI State Legislation Report: Trends in State Mental Health Policy (2022)

Navigating Health Insurance Following a Suicide Attempt: Consumer Protections Under Federal Insurance Law (2021)

[ZyzzFan]

FYI for those who are uneducated regarding the NRA and just want to parrot propaganda outlets libel

https://home.nra.org/about-the-nra/

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NRA

The National Rifle Association is America's longest-standing civil rights organization. Together with our more than five million members, we're proud defenders of history's patriots and diligent protectors of the Second Amendment.

Dismayed by the lack of marksmanship shown by their troops, Union veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate formed the National Rifle Association in 1871. The primary goal of the association would be to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis," according to a magazine editorial written by Church.

After being granted a charter by the state of New York on November 17, 1871, the NRA was founded. Civil War Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who was also the former governor of Rhode Island and a U.S. senator, became the fledgling NRA's first president.

An important facet of the NRA's creation was the development of a practice ground. In 1872, with financial help from New York State, a site on Long Island, the Creed Farm, was purchased for the purpose of building a rifle range. Named Creedmoor, the range opened a year later, and it was there that the first annual matches were held.

Political opposition to the promotion of marksmanship in New York forced the NRA to find a new home for its range. In 1892, Creedmoor was deeded back to the state and NRA's matches moved to Sea Girt, New Jersey.

The NRA's interest in promoting the shooting sports among America's youth began in 1903 when NRA Secretary Albert S. Jones urged the establishment of rifle clubs at all major colleges, universities and military academies. By 1906, NRA's youth program was in full swing with more than 200 boys competing in matches at Sea Girt that Summer. Today, youth programs are still a cornerstone of the NRA, with more than one million youth participating in NRA shooting sports events and affiliated programs with groups such as 4-H, the Boy Scouts of America, the American Legion, Royal Rangers, National High School Rodeo Association and others.

Due to the overwhelming growth of NRA's shooting programs, a new range was needed. Gen. Ammon B. Crichfield, adjutant general of Ohio, had begun construction of a new shooting facility on the shores of Lake Erie, 45 miles east of Toledo, Ohio. Camp Perry became the home of the annual National Matches, which have been the benchmark for excellence in marksmanship ever since. With nearly 6,000 people competing annually in pistol, smallbore and high-power events, the National Matches are one of the biggest sporting events held in the country today.

Through the association's magazine, The American Rifleman, members were kept abreast of new firearms bills, although the lag time in publishing often prevented the necessary information from going out quickly. In response to repeated attacks on the Second Amendment rights, NRA formed the Legislative Affairs Division in 1934. While NRA did not lobby directly at this time, it did mail out legislative facts and analyses to members, whereby they could take action on their own. In 1975, recognizing the critical need for political defense of the Second Amendment, NRA formed the Institute for Legislative Action, or ILA.

Meanwhile, the NRA continued its commitment to training, education and marksmanship. During World War II, the association offered its ranges to the government, developed training materials, encouraged members to serve as plant and home guard members, and developed training materials for industrial security. NRA members even reloaded ammunition for those guarding war plants. Incidentally, the NRA's call to help arm Britain in 1940 resulted in the collection of more than 7,000 firearms for Britain's defense against potential invasion by Germany (Britain had virtually disarmed itself with a series of gun-control laws enacted between World War I and World War II).

After the war, the NRA concentrated its efforts on another much-needed arena for education and training: the hunting community. In 1949, the NRA, in conjunction with the state of New York, established the first hunter education program. Hunter Education courses are now taught by state fish and game departments across the country and Canada and have helped make hunting one of the safest sports in existence. Due to increasing interest in hunting, NRA launched a new magazine in 1973, The American Hunter, dedicated solely to hunting issues year-round. NRA continues its leadership role in hunting today with the Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), a program that allows young huners to build on the skills they learned in basic hunter education courses. YHECs are now held in 43 states and three Canadian provinces, involving an estimated 40,000 young hunters.

The American Hunter and The American Rifleman were the mainstays of NRA publications until the debut of The American Guardian in 1997. The Guardian was created to cater to a more mainstream audience, with less emphasis on the technicalities of firearms and a more general focus on self-defense and recreational use of firearms. The Guardian was renamed America's 1st Freedom in June of 2000.

Law enforcement training was next on the priority list for program development. Although a special police school had been reinstated at Camp Perry in 1956, NRA became the only national trainer of law enforcement officers with the introduction of its NRA Police Firearms Instructor certification program in 1960. Today, there are more than 13,000 NRA-certified police and security firearms instructors. Additionally, top law enforcement shooters compete each year in eight different pistol and shotgun matches at the National Police Shooting Championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In civilian training, the NRA continues to be the leader in firearms education. Over 125,000 certified instructors now train about 1,000,000 gun owners a year. Courses are available in basic rifle, pistol, shotgun, muzzleloading firearms, personal protection, even ammunition reloading. Additionally, nearly 7,000 certified coaches are specially trained to work with young competitive shooters. Since the establishment of the lifesaving Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program in 1988, more than 28 million pre-kindergarten to fourth grade children have learned that if they see a firearm in an unsupervised situation, they should "STOP. DON'T TOUCH. RUN AWAY. TELL A GROWNUP." Over the past seven years, Refuse To Be A Victim® seminars have helped more than 100,000 men and women develop their own personal safety plan using common sense strategies.

In 1990, NRA made a dramatic move to ensure that the financial support for firearms-related activities would be available now and for future generations. Establishing the NRA Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization, provided a means to raise millions of dollars to fund gun safety and educational projects of benefit to the general public. Contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible and benefit a variety of American constituencies including youth, women, hunters, competitive shooters, gun collectors, law enforcement agents and persons with physical disabilities.

While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world. But our successes would not be possible without the tireless efforts and countless hours of service our nearly five million members have given to champion Second Amendment rights and support NRA programs. As former Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos said, "Let me make one small vote for the NRA. They're good citizens. They call their congressmen. They write. They vote. They contribute. And they get what they want over time."

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

My household has zero guns locked in it. And I feel safe. Neither my father nor my grandfather had guns. My father told me he tried hunting once, got shot at, and never hunted again. He served in WWII and had his fill of shooting then. My husband refused to accept either of his father's two guns (a rifle and a shotgun) when he died. 

I still don't understand what the NRA is doing about mental health. I looked at their website and see nothing there about mental health. 

[ZyzzFan]

nursej22 said:

My household has zero guns locked in it. And I feel safe. Neither my father nor my grandfather had guns. My father told me he tried hunting once, got shot at, and never hunted again. He served in WWII and had his fill of shooting then. My husband refused to accept either of his father's two guns (a rifle and a shotgun) when he died. 

I still don't understand what the NRA is doing about mental health. I looked at their website and see nothing there about mental health. 

Just because your household feels safe without firearms doesn't mean that other households feel the same.  The founders of this nation had a clear goal with our second amendment right.  We must have the capability to protect ourselves from an oppressive government.  

As for mass shootings the majority of them occur from handguns in places where guns are illegal.  Your anecdotal quote here doesn't represent hard data.  There have now been 13 or so mass school shootings in the last 50 years. While tragic this is hardly an epidemic, your rhetoric is dangerous and literally places hundreds of millions of lives in danger for the sake of a few and is obviously agenda driven as your political ideology creeps further and further towards full blown authoritarianism,

As for the NRA they have made their stance on mental health awareness clear.  This NAMI organization or whatever grassroots nonsense you are linking is clearly a political organization with a clear motive.  Most people haven't heard of this radical org while the NRA has been around for 150 years with many Presidents being card carrying members.  

https:://www.businessinsider.com/nra-statement-backing-trump-el-paso-dayton-shootings-mental-illness-2019-8

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nra-backed-bill-aims-keep-guns-mentally-ill-2

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Huh, do I need a gun to protect myself from an oppressive government or from bad guys in urban areas that are hundreds of miles away? Did the country founders foresee these "gun-free urban areas" and thus assure that militias would have access to muskets? 

I cannot find your business insider article, and the PBS article is 7 years old. What is the NRA doing currently? And if they feel so strongly about it, why isn't it on their website? 

Oh, please, tell me more about my political ideology and authoritarianism, and my dangerous rhetoric. I feel so powerful putting hundreds of millions of lives in danger for the sake of dog know who. 

I still don't think I need a gun, nor do I want one. Is that dangerous? 

 

[londonflo]

ZyzzFan said:

Dismayed by the lack of marksmanship shown by their troops, Union veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate formed the National Rifle Association in 1871. The primary goal of the association would be to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis," according to a magazine editorial written by Church

I don't want to read your full article on the joys of gun ownership. But please tell me the "scientific" basis of rifle shooting.

 

ZyzzFan said:

There have now been 13 or so mass school shootings in the last 50 years. While tragic this is hardly an epidemic, your rhetoric is dangerous and literally places hundreds of millions of lives in danger for the sake of a few

A few children died???? A few??? What if it was your child, grandchild, niece or nephew?

With US citizens like you, we don't need any external enemies. 

[heron, ASN, RN]

londonflo said:

I don't want to read your full article on the joys of gun ownership. But please tell me the "scientific" basis of rifle shooting.

 

A few children died???? A few??? What if it was your child, grandchild, niece or nephew?

With US citizens like you, we don't need any external enemies. 

Correction: should read “The poster you quoted here has an Interesting take for someone so protective of human fetuses that he’s willing to force unwilling women to bear children against their will. Maybe he just needs them for target practice.”

[ZyzzFan]

londonflo said:

I don't want to read your full article on the joys of gun ownership. But please tell me the "scientific" basis of rifle shooting.

 

A few children died???? A few??? What if it was your child, grandchild, niece or nephew?

With US citizens like you, we don't need any external enemies. 

What if your daughter had an abortion and killed your grandchild?  What if Kyle Rittenhouse hadn't been open carrying the night of the black supremacist attack?  What if that nice St Louis Lawyer couple hadn't been armed when their neighborhood was being terrorized?   Do these lives not matter to you?  We won't stand by and let oppression reign supreme in America.  We will fight

As for "scientific" basis of rifle shooting, yes its a scientific sport.  You obviously don't know anything about marksmanship, wind direction, etc.  You also obviously operate and feelings rather than facts, you don't value science so stop pretending you do.

 

heron said:

Interesting take from someone so concerned about human fetuses that he’s willing to force unwilling women to bear children against their will. Maybe he just needs them for target practice.

Unwilling women?  The vast majority of fetus murders are done by women who voluntarily had intercourse.....

 

[toomuchbaloney]

ZyzzFan said:

What if your daughter had an abortion and killed your grandchild?  What if Kyle Rittenhouse hadn't been open carrying the night of the black supremacist attack?  What if that nice St Louis Lawyer couple hadn't been armed when their neighborhood was being terrorized?   

 

Unwilling women?  The vast majority of fetus murders are done by women who voluntarily had intercourse.....

 

Comment edited.

My daughter did have an abortion.  I still love her and she's doing just fine with her two other children. 

If Rittenhouse hadn't been open carrying a weapon that he was carrying illegally two people would have lived through the night and another wouldn't have been shot in the arm. Kyle Rittenhouse would have a much different life.  That seems self evident. 

Fetus murder reads like a juvenile attempt to stir up emotions.  Yes, women forced to carry to term an unwanted pregnancy are UNWILLING participants in that process.  I'm certain that your nursing education explained the difference between intercourse and pregnancy. Your comments seem to imply that you don't have very high regard for the judgment of women of childbearing age.  It sounds like you think maybe their reproductive lives need more order and purpose as decided by their local government.

[ZyzzFan]

toomuchbaloney said:

Comment edited.

My daughter did have an abortion.  I still love her and she's doing just fine with her two other children. 

If Rittenhouse hadn't been open carrying a weapon that he was carrying illegally two people would have lived through the night and another wouldn't have been shot in the arm. Kyle Rittenhouse would have a much different life.  That seems self evident. 

Fetus murder reads like a juvenile attempt to stir up emotions.  Yes, women forced to carry to term an unwanted pregnancy are UNWILLING participants in that process.  I'm certain that your nursing education explained the difference between intercourse and pregnancy. Your comments seem to imply that you don't have very high regard for the judgment of women of childbearing age.  It sounds like you think maybe their reproductive lives need more order and purpose as decided by their local government.

What about brave Kyle?  He would have been murdered by the ANTIFA black supremacist sympathizers.  He would have also been possibly raped as one of them was convicted of raping 5 and 9 year old boys.

Elective abortions are fetus murder plain and simple, for ectopics and other dangerous pregnancies that is a completely different topic.  As for your daughter her choices just come from poor upbringing.  When you are raised an environment that doesn't' value life then you will likely not value life.