Trampledunderfoot

I heard someone say it is hard for nurses to get mental health help because it shows on their back ground checks and will cause them to not get hired. Anyone know if this is true? If so, this is really sad, and seems like it would put patients more at risk because nurses would not seek care they need.

I'm going to say upfront that I haven't read this entire thread, so if what I am about to say has been said, forgive me. I wonder if you just need to try working with a different population. Kids just aren't my thing. I would bawl at work daily, which I think the poor kids should be spared from. Maybe try a nursing home, or a clinic before you give up.

If you were right, you might have a point. You are not right, and therefore don't have a valid point.

Don't believe everything you learn in public school. Confederates wanted to succeed from the Union, which was within their rights. The Union did not want them too. Period. Confederates were no more traitors or white supremacists than people in the Union. Northerners had slaves, too. Did you not hear about how a George Washington statue was knocked down because he also had slaves? Civil war had nothing to do with slavery. That is just what they want you to believe. If Confederate lives no longer matter because they aren't still here, then King's life does not matter because he is not here, and George Floyd's life does not matter because he is not here. I don't know about you, but I don't believe this.

I personally, in my town, know of an instance where white police unjustly shot and killed 2 white men. It didn't even make the news past one article in the local paper. I have not managed to finish all the videos about the Atlanta shooting (yet) and therefore refuse to form an opinion until I do. However, I have watched all videos of the George Floyd murder in their entirety. There is no excuse for how he was killed. The officer who did it was wrong, as the officers who stood by and let it happen were wrong. Regardless of whether Floyd was on drugs, or fought the police in the back of the police car. Regardless of whatever might have happened, had he pulled a taser on the police, etc. I work in a prison, and have seen many uses of force. As soon as the offender (black or white) shout's "I'm through" "I'm done" etc, they mean it, and there is no more fighting because they are ready to comply. This statement made by Floyd should not have been ignored. I have also watched numerous videos of protests and murals being painted in honor of George Floyd. If the movements were #Georgefloyd'slifemattered, I can get down with that, because it did matter, and that fact was not taken into account as it should have been. But after watching all of the videos, 2 facts stood out to me. 1. When my dad died, there was not one single worthless mural painted. Not one single sign made. Not one single national proclamation that his life mattered. 2. When a good friend of mine died (who happened to be quite black), again, not a single word regarding the worth of her life to make national news. The realization of these two facts lead me to the conclusion that, in the eyes of the nation, in order for a life to matter, 2 things must both be true: The life has to be a black one, and it has to have been ended at the hands of the police. I do not know what my ancestors were. For all I know, they were abolitionists running the underground railroad. The fact that I am made to believe that I must apologize to all black people because my grandma might have been unkind to their grandma is strange. I have never been unkind to a black person, since their lives matter as much as everyone else, and therefore feel no need to apologize. I agree with beachynurse. I think tearing down the monuments is saying that all the lives that were killed in the confederacy do not matter, though they were childeren, husbands, fathers, fighting for something they believed in. I also like what beachynurse said about Dr. Martin Luther King. If we pretend the past did not happen, then his life did not matter. #Confederatelivesmatter #Dr.MartinLutherKing'slifematters

Right, I forget that 2009 wasn't the first H1N1 outbreak (guess my age is showing ?). So they were well on their way for a vaccine before 2009, and it is not comparable to the COVID-19 timeline at all. Forgive my stupidity, and please don't alert the news. You all come up with good articles, I wish I had more time to read up and do research (why I don't get on this site as often as I'd like?).

I, like every other person (I believe), like to keep my tax dollars in my pocket. However, I believe that defunding the police, along with all the other crazy things I've heard, equals having police officers who do not feel confident, do not feel safe, do not feel that they have the means to effectively do their jobs, and are frankly scared. I know I would be. If we then were to have police who are unable and unwilling to adequately protect me and my family, then the laws should also be changed to allow me to more adequately protect us myself. Will I be able to kill or adequately maim the man who threatens to rape my daughter? No, I will still have to wait for him to do it, and then call the cops. Will I be able to waive a gun to scare off the 15 unruly teens making my back yard their playground and busting my garage windows? No, I will have to call the cops, hope they show up, and pay for new garage windows. Would I be able even to throw rotten tomatoes at said kids to chase them instead of showing a gun? Probably not, because should one of those kids fall and hurt themselves while running away, I would be sued. Will I be able to slit the tires of the guy who slit mine? No, I will have to buy new tires. Don't think that this is another non-empathetic nurse. I care. This is about caring. I am not racist. But I think that #Blacklivesmatter would more accurately read #Onlyblacklivesmatter. I believe in #Alllivesmatter. Black, white, and everything else above, beyond, and between.

It seems like the world is turning into a scary place for the police. I hear that they are trying to "defund" them, and also making it harder for them to win lawsuits against them. It seems like they are setting things up so that no one will want to be a policeman. It seems like it would have been a scary enough job before all of this happening. Makes you wonder what the world will look like 30 years from now at this rate.

That is a good article, askater112. I was young during H1N1, but they came out with a safe vaccine for it pretty quickly, in a year and a half, right? Was this d/t how it was just another flu strain?

How long do you think it will take after a vaccine comes out before we are able to know if it is truly safe?

What are y'all's thoughts on the many COVID-19 vaccines being tested? Safe vs unsafe. Which one do you think will be most effective? Do you think COVID-19 will mutate faster than the vaccines could be made? Any other thoughts. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200610/covid-19-latest-updates

WOW!, I'd never heard of this. This is really cool. More people need to think like you these days, Hillbilly RN! Forgive me for being naive toomuchbaloney, but do they really do this?

You did good. I enjoyed what you had to say, Hillbilly RN. It is sad, but know we are struggling together. You described a lot of what I and my family feel, and our anxieties as well.

Most of us don't feel this way about your life, Hillbilly RN. I appreciate the years of service you gave. I wish we could have been smarter about this from the start and saved the thousands of lives that we possibly could have. I have family members in the same boat as you. I shop for and care for them. They are my top priority. I think we will get a vaccine, my only worry is that it won't be as quick as I like. Don't lose hope. Don't give up. I wish I could see your wild animals. I have neglected mine and the feeders have run out, causing a rebellion from the raccoons that my trash cans tend to see the worst of.

I agree with this post.