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  1. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    And if you were one of the unlucky parents who smoked in the same home and caused SIDS to your child I wonder if you would re-word your last

  2. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Beating a child rarely causes death, but we would report it. SUDDEN Infant death syndrome sounds a little more serious than a "fat

  3. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    so you would call the police on a beating but not if you saw a smoking parent smoke around a baby? this is why i bring this up. we all know to call the police for a beating, and i would too, but why...

  4. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    If that cheeseburger cut off an airway, I would hope someone would do

  5. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I have a scenario for you nursel56 . You are in a patients home (as a private duty nurse) and your elderly COPD patient does not smoke, but her daughter, son in law, and grandson smoke whom she is...

  6. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    So, we would only report it if they are gasping for air? When I go into a home where they are smoking, I don't begin gasping for air, but I feel like part of my airway is cut off, and many of my non...

  7. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe you are serious, but okay, I am happy to consider an honest answer if you help clarify a couple of questions for me. First of all, let me ask this: Do you think second hand smoke or...

  8. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    You're

  9. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    laughing RN...we can't all save the world...that is obvious...but I don't believe bringing a baby out until a cigarette is put out would have destroyed your life. I don't think you get it... so let me...

  10. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    For those children who feel like they have a plastic bag over their head when a parent smokes... Nurse says: Dear parent, right now I see your child suffocating from your cigarette smoke. Were you...

  11. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    yup:confused:

  12. Getting hit on at work?

    starzrn replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    i had a patient once with sundowners. He was walking in the hall and I said "come on, let's go to bed" and he ran to his room, lifted the covers and said "YOU GET ON TOP" and I laughed and said "I...

  13. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your honesty. By all means, quit for yourself too...but in the meantime...can you smoke outside if you have children in the

  14. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Education...absolutely!! I totally agree that this is part of it. If I saw a parent drunk and then hop in the car with a child, I would feel the same way! Would i want to report it? Yes. You can't...

  15. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    What the link shows is that my first thought of wondering if it should be illegal is not so far-fetched as some may think. Do you hear what you are saying? If my kid wanted me more than...

  16. Lincare Advice

    starzrn replied to angeloublue22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was just wondering if you ever went to the interview and got the

  17. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    For the person who asked for proof that secondhand smoke is harmful.

  18. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I gave that link to show that it's not impossible to inforce a law for children and

  19. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate our country too...but not clear on what you mean by "the majority should not be

  20. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    "The right to privacy is an important tenet of the American way of life. But certainly, when others, especially children that are wards of the State, are harmed by an activity, to the point where...

  21. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    please don't speak for me. My father and I have a very close relationship and he quit smoking many years ago...I have forgiven him for the harm he caused. I have been in 3 homes this past month where...

  22. Fired because of Facebook???

    starzrn replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

    Next you'll be fired if someone sees you at a rated R movie on your own time. Must be scared of

  23. Night vs Day shift

    starzrn replied to swaffy's topic in General Nursing

    i used to work night shift for 3 years. i felt like crap and gained weight...health went downhill. since going back to days years ago, i have energy, not overweight and have a

  24. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    yes. 2 grown boys. I have been married for 28 years to a wonderful

  25. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    The majority who lived with parents who