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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

    Is it justifiable to make it illegal in one's own car? You make it sound like it's so far-fetched! The majority on this thread have been affected by it from those who smoked in their home...it's not...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly my point. I can choose to walk away from it...but a baby in a crib

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    No, I should have the right to NOT...thank

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't want government intrusion in my home either and I don't think it would have to go that far. I think we start with a report from a child, proof you see it and report it, then the person...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    a nose tickle...I WISH! GET

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    It is illegal to smoke in a car with a child in certain states...so what about hitting people with a fine if someone reports them? If they can give you a fine for speeding and littering, how much...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Look...I see all of your points and agree with you on many...our world is going to POT! My niece was on ambien and overdosed with her 5 year old in the car. We took her to the hospital and reported...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    it's not about you...it's about another life that may be

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    If the child can not breathe due to an animal...I would think

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I asked the grandparent if he was smoking around the infant...I could barely breathe! He said yes. His obesity is keeping him inside, so he has no choice but to smoke inside (he told me). I found...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    HOW SAD!!! At least a heroin needle doesn't cut off your airway! I am just making a

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    okay, let me ask you this...is there anything that would cause you to want a child removed from a home? I used to feel like I was suffocating around my dad in the car and our home...where was my free...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Are you kidding me? When smoke is blown in my face, I CANT

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your honesty and respect

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    we have to choose our battles... i realize that...but being a child of a smoking parent, with asthma, not smoking a cigarette a day in my life, is much different then skipping some

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Less government unions...yes...but when it comes to innocent children

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I have never smoked a day in my life, other than my dad smoking for me until I was 6... and the doctor told my mom my dad must smoke outside or it could really continue to harm me. i was...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    so as a nurse, we should just turn the other cheek? I was in a home with a morbidly obese adult (doing a nursing visit). It was a small apartment, doors and windows closed. I went in and could barely...

  19. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    starzrn replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Like I tell my husband...it seems like our health care will be eating healthy and

  20. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    starzrn replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is pretty depressing. What are the

  21. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    starzrn replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I think we are speaking more of the person who can and won't rather than

  22. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    starzrn replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work at a wound clinic. We fired a patient because of his non compliance with weight and not off-loading. He had a diabetic wound that wouldn't heal and had cost the government a million...

  23. How would a government shutdown affect jobs in a nursing home?

    starzrn replied to b0rea1is's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't think there will be changes to entitlement programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, which are huge contributors to overall government spending. I just hope we make sensible reductions in this...

  24. HME/DME "Nursing".....Buyer Beware!

    starzrn replied to Mel in MO's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is an old post and I think we work for the same company... and I share those same concerns. Thank God I have a great group with me now and I speak up! I won't put up with anything...

  25. LOL moments at work

    starzrn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Nursing Humor

    one time I had a pt who got confused at night and started walking the hall. I took him by the hand and said "let's go to bed" and he ran in and said "you get on top"