Truth66

Truth66

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  1. Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Truth66 replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well said about the serenity

  2. Nurse awarded over 1 Million in damages

    Truth66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was shocked to read this news article here in Canada today where a judge awarded a Nurse Manager $1.3 Million in damages after she and another nurse was attacked back in 2019....

  3. Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Truth66 replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your kind words. I have seen numerous other examples of where even highly experienced doctors were and continue to be ignored. I think part of my frustration is that the vast majority...

  4. Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Truth66 replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been posting comments after various news articles and videos pertaining to COVID 19 since the Pandemic began. For the most part, it has been a complete waste of time. The level of...

  5. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    Truth66 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure almost every frontline Nurse could write a proverbial book on this. It's interesting that most regulatory bodies for Nurses, preach the importance of infection control, ethics, etc. Yet,...

  6. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is completely true with regards to male Nurses having to be very careful with touch. I remember when I was in the Nursing Program back in the mid 90's (how time flies) and we watched a film on...

  7. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It's been commented with regards to female patients not being comfortable with male nurses, especially if it involves very personal assessments. The same holds true with male patients not being...

  8. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I firmly believe that one of the biggest reasons why Nurses experience such abuse in their professions is because it's a female dominated profession. Do I agree with this, absolutely not. But the...

  9. Quality Care and Patient Safety: Medication Errors in Long-Term Care

    Truth66 replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    It's obvious that these different research studies are funded by health care organizations to back/justify their unsafe staffing practices. When ever a nurse argues these situations, the health care...

  10. Quality Care and Patient Safety: Medication Errors in Long-Term Care

    Truth66 replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Long Term Care for well over a decade and I can completely agree that Nurses are rushed in order to get out their medications to numerous residents is such a short period of time. The...

  11. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    Truth66 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure that most Nurses could write a book on this subject alone, myself included. Several years ago I was in an attendance management meeting as I had missed sereral shifts. The reason being is...

  12. Preventing another Nurse Serial Killer!!

    Truth66 posted a topic in Nursing News

    July 31, 2019 was a huge day in Nursing in the Province of Ontario here in Canada. The long awaited report and recommendations from the Ontario Long Term Care Homes Public Inquiry was released. The...

  13. Preventing another Nurse Serial Killer!!

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in Nursing News

    I worked in Long Term Care for over 15 years as a Nurse. Again a big part of the Inquiry was with regards to Prevention. If we're going to prevent deaths of these seniors of overdosing of...

  14. Preventing another Nurse Serial Killer!!

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in Nursing News

    You are correct that Alcoholism and drug dependency is not a work injury. If a person has a significant work injury and is taking various medications to treat that injury which would create...

  15. Preventing another Nurse Serial Killer!!

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in Nursing News

    WOW!!! I have just gone through a section of Volume 2 of the Inquiry reports. Starting on page 615, there are numerous pages with regards to Wettlaufers Mental Incapacity which included her...

  16. Preventing another Nurse Serial Killer!!

    Truth66 replied to Truth66's topic in Nursing News

    My submission to the Inquiry was with regards to overdose's of medication. If a Nurse is impaired there's a risk of overdosing someone when giving medications. Wettlaufer Intentionally killed these...

  17. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    Truth66 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    I'm pleased to read that Worker's Comp had actually helped you in your case. Unfortunately there are far too many horror stories out there where people with legitimate claims have been so financially...

  18. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    Truth66 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    I completely agree that this woman needs a lawyer. I for one would contribute to some kind of fund to help her pay for that lawyer. It has been mentioned here with regards to her also applying for...

  19. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    With absolutely no disrespect intended, education does play a huge role in this case. Yes we are talking about poor choices of ONE Nurse. However, what is the educational training of that ONE Nurse....

  20. Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    Truth66 replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've spoken out against bullying in the workplace and schools for years. I just got an e-mail which included the following article on bullying in Nursing....

  21. Why don't we talk much about these scenarios?

    Truth66 replied to Persephone Paige's topic in General Nursing

    The unfortunate reality is that Nurses are not respected at all. Whether it be their employers, patients, family members, unions, government officials, etc. Nurses who are assaulted are often blamed...

  22. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your input. I agree with much of what you indicate. However, I will clarify a couple of things. Regarding the antiviral medication: I worked on a dementia care unit with 30 plus...

  23. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I know that I have been periodically ridiculed by various supervisors when I intervened in different situations in order to safe guard the patients under my care. One case in particular was during an...

  24. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I often wonder the same thing with regards to how many nurses have left the profession and have moved on to minmum wage type jobs. I have never encountered such an abusive, rediculed, descriminated...

  25. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Truth66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This case has hit too close to home, but for the wrong reasons. Several years ago I badly injured my back and was put on various medications which created impairement. These were Percocett, Flexeril...