The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVM Medical Center) for forcing their pro-life nurses to participate in abortions. Even if a nurse expressed a religious objection to assisting in a sterilization or an abortion, the UVM Medical Center still assigned them to the procedures. However, the Biden Administration then recently withdrew the case and asked that the investigation be terminated. There was no reason given why this … [Read more...]
Do Peer Assistance Programs Support Nursing?
In a recent article on MedPage Today the question is asked, “Are peer assistance programs defective and harmful to nurses”? The article specifically discussed recent issues regarding the recovery and monitoring program (“RAMP”) in New Jersey. RAMP discussed how nurses cannot work during the intake process, which can take up to 90 days, after which a decision is made when a nurse can return to work. It also discussed how costly RAMP is in that those nurses must pay a monitoring fee as … [Read more...]
NURSES’ REFUSAL OF COVID VACCINES
I had great trepidation to write this article because it is so controversial among many nurses. However, in my desire to share with you real world happenings, I chose to go ahead to write about this subject. Houston Methodist Hospital’s Jennifer Bridges, R.N., has worked with COVID patients since the pandemic began. She would assist patients to a window to see family members and at times hold a phone to their faces while family members spoke with them, many for the last time. She suffered … [Read more...]
The Weight Of The World
I am of the opinion that when a person falls ill, it’s a symptom of something else going on in their life. Whether you believe this, you can really heal yourself or not, just thinking that you can heal yourself works like the placebo effect. I love Louise Hay’s book titled, “You Can Hear Your Life,” which, for instance, says shoulders “represent our ability to carry out experiences in life joyously. We make life a burden by our attitude.” Our attitude affects our heath. So if you believe … [Read more...]
The Opioid Crisis
The U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams (coincidentally from Indiana), is recommending that Americans carry Narcan in the event of encountering an opioid-related overdose to reverse the affects of the opiates. It is sad when the Surgeon General needs to recommend to Americans, (the general population) to carry Narcan. Police and Fireman already carry it. However, if my child were addicted to opiates, I would carry one too. Since the demand for Narcan (Naloxone) has increased, so too has the … [Read more...]
