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

    starzrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you

  2. CNA'S suffer second hand smoke

    starzrn replied to nurseblob's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think the hospital should make the pt buy their own electric cigarettes that have nicotine in them, but that don't harm others around them and insist this is what the patient must use while there....

  3. Exposed to flesh eating bacteria, scared

    starzrn replied to chapsticknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a wound doctor who used to not wash his hands and put his hand on a bloody wound in an HIV pt, without gloves, then picked up the chart and went into the next room to see another patient....

  4. Would you report this?

    starzrn posted a topic in Home Health

    I set up a patient on Oxygen. There are 5 young adults who take care of the "grams" while the daughter works. When I went out there to set up a cpap last Monday, I instructed the family to smoke...

  5. Would you report this?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in Home Health

    Stealing a life seems just as

  6. Leave it to a holistic nurse I know to remove moles naturally...

    starzrn replied to regnurse1995's topic in Holistic

    I think this is the same paste as the itworkspaste which i tried recently and works like they say. it took my non cancerous mole off my arm. The scar is barely there now. great

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a great reminder of how we can educate families about the toxic effects of cig smoke and how to prevent it: http://www.yourhealthdetective.com/2010/06/new-post4.html Third-hand Smoke --...

  8. CNA'S suffer second hand smoke

    starzrn replied to nurseblob's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Have you heard of third-hand-smoke? If they bring it back on their clothing, we are exposed!!! Polonium is a rare, radioactive element and polonium-210 is its most common form. Polonium strongly emits...

  9. CNA'S suffer second hand smoke

    starzrn replied to nurseblob's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If the owner of a facility doesn't want smoke in or near their building, they should have the right to choose that as

  10. needlestick from hep c and HIV + patient

    starzrn replied to Proverbs 16:3's topic in General Nursing

    I am praying for you guys right now who have stuck yourself. The more you talk about it , the better. Please keep us

  11. Do you pay more for health care than you get back?

    starzrn posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When I left my last job, the cobra payment for my family and I would have been $900.00/month. We declined and took our health into our own hands. We started walking everyday, cut out sugar, salt and...

  12. Do you pay more for health care than you get back?

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am so sorry to about your husband and glad it helped. I agree diet isn't a magic bullet, but getting healthier has probably saved me $10,000 because I was on several meds and was having test after...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I was a foster parent for years, but no group home

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry if I did not respond earlier. I really do appreciate your response and when you say report to social work do you mean

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for your honesty. how does it make you feel to know your children don't like the smell and that you are not sure if you are harming them by third hand smoke or

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Really...after all of the "education" I am reading that smoking is on the rise nationwide for high schoolers http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2001749.shtml?cat=565 Let me ask you a couple of...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    I was making a point that both can cause mind

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Me

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    My children hate cigarettes with a passion. They are the apple of my eye...I don't know what your point is, but if it makes you feel better...have at it! I don't think drinking beer equates to...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    The studies would disagree and say that a home or building where there is second hand smoke can cause death too....so I hope that you would seriously reconsider so that you may better educate your...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    someone asked me that. Yes, my husband and I (married 28 years) have two grown children who don't smoke, get drunk, do drugs, and are not obese.:)...thank

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    drinking does the same. i dislike

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's actually the surgeons general warning that thinks a parents second hand smoke can cause death, I didn't come up with that one. I just know I couldn't breath. Again...heck no, I wouldn't want to...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    Let me ask you the same question. Is there anything serious enough you would report? Would you report a child whom you saw getting beat in a window to the point you saw harm? Your example of bleach...

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

    starzrn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

    How did any new law start??? They start with a passion. Mother's against drunk drivers is one example I can think of. Your example of "how do you know they won't..." obviously you can't save the...