Cheyenne RN,BSHS

"In a country that highly values privacy, they didn’t see it as their business." My jaw dropped reading that line in the article. I was raised in Germany in the 50's and 60's. It was that very attitude that closed the German peoples eyes and allowed the atrocities that occurred in WW2. It is that attitude that allows people to get killed here in the U.S.A. People don't want to get involved. That might be okay to a point but I imagine this whistleblower nurse has suffered more than we can imagine. They are the hero here, stopping this murderer by exposing him. But I still drop my jaw thinking that surely if anyone learned anything in WW2 it should be Europe. Please everyone, it could be your life or loved one next time. "If you see something, say something."

This is exactly why the belief "nurses eat their young" and "there is too much horizontal bullying" continues in nursing IMO.

I am just relieved that it is finally over for the child. Her body has been put through so much and I pray she is at peace. I am not sure that her mother will ever let it go. She seemed to have vested herself in a "cause" when Jahi was initially pronounced deceased so many years ago. I am sure the hospital and staff knew what a legal nightmare the entire case has been from the start and decided it was safer ethically and legally to just do the surgery and treat the symptoms. Again I am sorry for the family and trust Jahi is at peace.

In my opinion no one should want pictures of intimate moments or sensual things of a personal nature made. If you do ever make those kind of pictures - for God's sake don't keep them on a phone that can be lost or stolen. Karma seems to be biting them both in the butt because neither one was using their best judgement IMHO. What the nurse did was flat out wrong. What the patient did was a poor lapse of good common sense.

Well I am proud of you. It is h-a-r-d to get through nursing let alone do so while working and keep making A's and B's. You have done a fantastic job and done so on your own. Not many have that determination, stability, let alone confidence. You have done great, you really have. ((((HUGS))))

Done, would love to see the final thesis. Good luck and make an A.

OMG so YES, been there and done that!!!!!!!

Ummm, what part of the hubby was unresponsive or did she clarify? Sorry.....that was my first thought.

Welcome to AN. A great many of us out here in cyber-land that never had anxiety issues before certainly developed full blown panic attacks that started in nursing school. LOL.

Wow the comments to his articles by his peers are awesome and putting him in his place.

Try this link,I had to click on the cached page. If You Go to the Hospital, Get Ready… | Psychology Today He also has an article comment about his piece being pulled because it struck a raw nerve. Touching a (Very) Raw Nerve | Psychology Today

One noise solution that I use are soft foam earplugs. They block out the noises that seem to keep me awake or wake me during sleep such as the AC cutting on and off or whatever. I am an extremely light sleeper. I would recommend a therapist to get through the rough time. A therapist can be obtained through your hospitals EAP program. (employee assistance program. If you have insurance EAP can refer you to a professionally licensed counselor after you use the free visits they offer). The therapist might have some alternative ideas that you being in the situation cannot see right now. I am sure that you are probably under treatment for the migraines however you may want to revisit a neurology doctor again. There are so many newer advances in prevention of migraines that it is all that helps keep me sane most days when mine hit. Good luck hang in there.

Cola89, I do understand the frustration that you are having. I used to feel that way all the time. I would suggest to you what was told to me. Make things better by working your way through the system and becoming the type of manager you would want to have. I guarantee it will change your perspective 110%. I went into management with all the hopes and dreams of making things better for my nurses and my patients. It took a few years of beating my brains against the wall until I learned middle management is a candle burning at both ends and you cannot ever accomplish what you dreamed could be done "if only" you could change things. To higher administration you are not team-minded enough...they want you to push an agenda that you know will only hurt the staff and patients and your insides won't allow it. Staff, on the other hand, think you are one of "the higher ups" and" forgot what it was like to be a real nurse at the bedside...if you ever were." I can only say 2 things. 1. I will never ever go into a management position again after the chaos and inner he*l it caused me and 2. The only way it will ever change is if strong and caring people go into those positions and can create effective change.

I cannot imagine being sick and in pain and having to share a hospital room. Having to share a sick room with someone loud with tons of family or a demented screamer would make me jump off the roof. I would rather just go ahead and die. I am an introvert, and when I am really sick, I just want to be left alone. It isn't really rocket science to realize private rooms allow mental health and reduce the spread of infection.

SouthernBelle85 I haven't heard any cases to where the flu vaccine has caused harm to anybody, I'm sure it has but can't be a huge percentage. I don't understand why people are so against it on this forum. SouthernBelle85, I am not so sure that people are as much against the vaccine as they are against the fact it is mandated. Administrators state the vaccine is not forced on anyone because they are given a choice between the flu shot or a mask...but the idea has evolved into now being part of the hiring process at my facility. Then the choice is between having a job or not having one, which few are rich enough to do that. I think that it would not bother me so much where I work as long as it is the same treatment and fairness across all disciplines. Right now half the doctors ignore the need for vaccines or compliance. When you ask administration about this double standard they are quick to remind you that the physicians are the ones that bring in the money and that they can only ask them to comply. By the way, thanks to all who had input on the article. I loved having the different points of view and to anyone thinking it is a school type question, at my age school is the last thing I want to be doing. LOL.