jeastridge BSN, RN

Faith Community Nurse (FCN)

BSN, RN, Faith Community Nurse

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    Teen Mental Health: Problem Prevention

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your comment. I agree completely--teaching basic coping skills can go a long way to helping kids in crisis and empowering people is a big part of the puzzle of making a difference.
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    Hospice: True Death Sentence?

    jeastridge posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I saw the owner of the small gift shop approaching me as I browsed through the cards. "May I help you find something?" she asked. I told her I was just looking around and asked her about the sign I...
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ed called me to ask if we could have coffee and talk. As his long-term friend and a Faith Community Nurse, I was happy to oblige and we set up a time. When we got together he told me the difficult...
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your comment and your perspective. Sometimes we do seem to get our priorities a little askew, don't we? It continues to be important that we vote, speak with our elected officials and...
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    Church Health Clinic: Making it Work

    jeastridge posted a topic in General Nursing

    "I don't know what I've done in my life to deserve the level of kindness and caring I've received here. Saying thank you is not enough." "My health and well-being matter." "They're at the top of their...
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    Church Health Clinic: Making it Work

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    You might start by exploring their website: Church Health | Medical Clinic, Nutrition Education, Wellness Services. It is a wonderful organization and one that is worthy of imitation! If you are...
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    Church Health Clinic: Making it Work

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing. I have been an FCN for 20+ years and I hear and understand your comments. In fact, when our local group of FCNs gathers each month, we hear this same comment repeated often....
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing. There are no easy answers, are there? I hope that your post and others like it can help us all as we search for creative ways to move forward.
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your comment, especially "As a psychiatrist, I cannot emphasize a holistic approach enough. There's such a mentality of "there's a pill for that" that all parties are guilty of." So true...
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    It is possible that talking about it, writing about it, sharing about it may be a starting point.
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for outlining some of the challenges and proposing some considerations for paths forward. If all of us band together to work toward change, we can make a difference.
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your thoughtful response and for sharing your personal experiences. I hope that your generosity of spirit will encourage others to truly care--the answer to any long term and...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    jeastridge posted a topic in General Nursing

    My friend excused herself after a long meeting. I knew where she was going - to the cold parking deck, to get in her car, to have a cigarette, to still her craving so she could get back to work and...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes! That's just so crazy, isn't it? Hard to believe.
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Having compassion toward others and their struggles--be it smoking or whatever-- is always right and appropriate--being an enabler is not. You make some...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, Thank you for your kind comment. I am so glad that you found the article to be supportive because that is exactly what I hoped for--I know I am not perfect and I sure appreciate...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your kind comment. When we step back, we remember that it is easy to condemn but harder to be constructive and supportive. I hope that we can serve as an encouragement to one another as...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing so personally.
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    Nurses and promoting better rates of vaccination

    jeastridge posted a topic in General Nursing

    Measles outbreak: How a decades old, fraudulent anti-vaccine study still affects public health - National | Globalnews.ca It is disturbing how we are seeing vaccination rates dropping around the...
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    Nurses and promoting better rates of vaccination

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    The potential for side effects is microscopic compared to the benefits for the world's entire population of children. It's another order of magnitude altogether.
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    Annie Needs KIS (Keep It Simple): CPR in Crisis?

    jeastridge posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our small town newspaper's headline screamed the story: "Baby Saved by CPR." Choking and turning blue, the infant had stopped breathing when a neighbor, trained in CPR, was able to appropriately...
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    Annie Needs KIS (Keep It Simple): CPR in Crisis?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    So grateful for the training and for people like you who put it into action!
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    Annie Needs KIS (Keep It Simple): CPR in Crisis?

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct that it is only the heartsaver cards that have gone up so dramatically which is really hard to understand since these are the "community" cards. I'm still puzzled about this.
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    A Pause at the Moment of Death: Your Thoughts

    jeastridge replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    It seems so right that I can't believe we haven't been doing this all along. It's a natural
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    Accidental Pill Pusher

    jeastridge posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the early 80's nursing education about pain management took a turn. Gone were the days of observing the patient for non-verbal signs of pain or of watching the clock to see when the next dose of...