Not-So-Baby Nurse Chronicles

[tilthat]

TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.

via ift.tt

[squeeful]

Yep.  It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime.  One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility. 

[kurowrites]

“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.

[solarpunkcast]

Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name

[bogleech]

Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”

[prismatic-bell]

Patterson died 5 December 1995.

Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.

[triangleofdog]

Clair Patterson “get the lead out”.

He got the lead out….

Science and care for humanity and standing up for the right thing in opposition to corporate oil profit….

I’d back a 5 December tumblr holiday too…

+1 for @kurowrites @squeeful @solarpunkcast @bogleech and @prismatic-bell for the knowledge and insight share!

[scp-l4-clef-alto-001]

Clair Cameron Patterson is one of my science heroes. A man who, in the process of searching for the age of the Earth, realized that the entire human population of said Earth was being poisoned out of sheer greed, and put all of his power of logic, reasoning, and rhetoric into saving future generations from that poison.

Be like Clair Cameron Patterson.

Clef

[new-york-to-texas-deactivated20]

Reblog if you promise to be there for Medblr/Nurblr/Rescublr

I Promise to be there if:

You’ve had a bad call

Its been a long shift

Your patient has taken a turn for the worse

The day is just not going your way

You feel like you could do better

For anything at all, even if its not work related

And especially for the good news and great days

Feel free to message me and I will be there to talk you through anything at all. Don’t bottle it up, and don’t let it eat you. We all chose this life for one reason or another. We all understand what its like to be at the lowest of lows and the highest highs. If you need a shoulder to lean on, I’ll be here.

[memewhore]

[factualfeminist]

IM FUCKING DYING

[nurseanonymous-blog]

When other nurses ask me why my pockets are so full, I'm like

[multi-fandomfuckboy]

[explore-blog]

“People say the effect is only on the mind. It is no such thing. The effect is on the body, too.”

— 150 years before modern science furnished the measurable proofs, Florence Nightingale – founder of nursing as we know it – drew on a lifetime of experience with patients to insists on the healing power of nature and beauty in recovering from physical illness and mental breakdown. 

[half--agony--half--hope]

[half--agony--half--hope]

I am so fucking sick of people not being able/willing to give a shit about anything beyond themselves.

At my current travel assignment, my desk is in an open office area with the house supervisor. So I get to hear a lot about what is going on all over the hospital.

During a recent shift, a unit called and asked for help because a patient's family member was being belligerent and complaining and wanted both to make a verbal complaint to the HS and file a written grievance.

Was the family upset about the care being provided? Nope. They were upset because they wanted to bring in more visitors than allowed by policy to visit the pt (like multiple more than allowed) and had been told no every time they asked, but they saw a room down the hall that had more visitors than they did, and it wasn't fair.

Staff tried multiple time to explain there are sometimes extenuating circumstances before finally resorting to telling them the truth (thinking surely that would get the family to back down) that the other patient was dying and there were allowances in policy for that.

Did it help, fuck no. Family member literally said they didn't care if someone else was dying, they still deserved to also be allowed extra visitors.

I just can't even fucking imagine being so self-centered that I think I should be given everything everyone else has, no matter the circumstances. To think that your improving nearly ready to discharge family member deserves the same special treatment as someone actively fucking dying. What the hell is wrong with you.

[sheathandshear]

man there’s been a lot of talk about how nurses are acutely suffering during COVID times but almost no one – including and especially hospital administrators – seem to grasp how royally this is going to fuck everyone over after COVID for years and years to come. experienced nurses don’t grow on trees! burnout, depression, compassion fatigue, and trauma are near universal, half the nurses and doctors I know crack jokes about how “it’s not a drinking problem, it’s a drinking habit!”, and the only thing anyone is talking about is “how can we leave here” – travel nursing, retirement, cushy outpatient private practice. why break your soul working inpatient when you could get paid x4 your current rate to inject rich housewives with botox? anyone who’s got the credentials and experience to do so is jumping ship while they still can. like hey, anti-vaxxer, you survived COVID but end up in the CVICU for a massive heart attack five years from now. fantastic, your treatment team will be one divorced veteran nurse with PTSD who hates everyone now and the three junior nurses with borderline alcoholism and chronic workplace back injuries whose nursing skills all come from virtual simulations and preceptors showing them workarounds because no one had time to actually do anything properly. and everyone, including people who are pro-vaxx, who are as sick as I am with our fellow citizens’ bullshit, seems to think that once COVID goes away, the healthcare workforce will snap back to where it was before late 2019, and it won’t!!! you will be seeing the effects of COVID in our healthcare system for decades to come, and they will be bad.

[pathcend]

OP what.is.mental.illness [Instagram]

[vixvaporub]

[im-not-the-one-youre-looking-for]

My life got significantly better after learning from Mythbusters the power of even 20 minute rest periods. It used to stress me out so much when I had to be up early the next morning because what if I can’t sleep? Now I just relax and tell myself that even if I don’t sleep, resting is better than nothing.

[andallshallbewell]

[simplynursing]

Always be proud of the steps forward that your take to your goal. It may be something small but it's another foot forward from where you were yesterday.

[autistickeely]

Common myth: “neurotypicals don’t stim”. This is actually false. Neurotypical people do stim, it’s just usually in a slightly different way. Common stims that you might notice a neurotypical doing include: nail biting, hair twirling, leg bouncing, foot tapping, pen biting, skin picking, knuckle cracking and more. These are stims that go unnoticed most of the time because they are so common. Autistic people’s stims are usually more noticeable. Stims you might see autistic people doing include: hand flapping, rocking, echolalia (repeating words or phrases), head banging, excessive blinking, spinning in circles and more. Stimming is not an exclusive autism trait. It’s the short term for “self-stimulatory behaviours” which every human being does in one way or another. It’s a completely normal way of regulating emotions. I’ve seen some people saying “neurotypicals don’t stim, they fidget” but fidgeting is actually a form of stimming.

The reasons why a neurotypical stims is usually different to why an autistic person does, however, the reasons can be the same. Stimming can help in stressful situations where anxiety levels are high. You’re more likely to notice a neurotypical person stimming when they are particularly anxious, for example in an exam or a job interview. Autistic people stim as a way of expressing emotions, for example we will stim when we are happy or excited, not just when we are anxious. Autistic people frequently experience sensory overloads and stimming helps to calm us down.

I find it ironic and hypocritical when neurotypicals make fun of autistics for stimming when they literally stim too. My parents will comment on my stimming when my mum is sat there biting her nails and my dad is bouncing his leg and picking his skin. How are my stims wrong and their stims right? Before you judge an autistic person for stimming take a look at yourself because I can guarantee you stim in one way or another. Let’s normalise and embrace stimming because not only is it beautiful, it’s incredibly important. Suppressing stims can be detrimental to our mental health.

Embrace the stim! No matter how big or small! All stims are valid!! 🤗🤗🤗

[autism-fucking-rocks]

I've always thought that if neurotypicals just tried hand flapping, they'd like it but noooo, they've gotta insist that stimming is weird even though they do it too.

[sweetdreamspootypie]

Related angry rant: (ablism tw)

I hate it when people mock or berate neurodivergent people for being ‘too expressive’ or whatever.

Like a lot of ND people have heightened senses of taste and texture, and our brains often process sensory stimulation in different - and much more intense - ways.

And for a lot of people that comes out as having a lot of issues with sensations - more food is actively disgusting for one thing - and when disgust hits that nerve when your brain registers the food as an active threat to your safety that’s not something you can ignore!

So yeah! Autistic people pull faces of disgust! Autistic people spit food out! Autistic people are ‘fussy’ and refuse to eat or smell the foods that they know they do badly with! because unpleasant sensory experiences hit the ‘pain’ part of the brain and also the reflex of ‘this will actually kill me if I touch it I know it’s just yoghurt but literally it feels the same as asking me to eat poison and that is a very distressing thing to ask me to do’

Or they flinch or get upset by or put their hands over their ears when there’s a distressing sound!

And People. Are. So. Rude. about it.

They say “stop overreacting” “stop complaining” “stop being so dramatic” “ugh just let us enjoy the meal”

But as soon as a neurotypical experiences something?

then it’s “lol it was so gross I pulled a face just like [autistic person I know]”

Because that isn’t an “Autistic thing”

it’s a HUMAN THING

Disgust is universal! and the sensations experienced by autistic / neurodivergent people are real!

You’re pulling the same face as them because THAT’S THE NORMAL HUMAN RESPONSE

it just gets triggered so much more often for people with sensory processing issues!

Relatedly

I went and got my neurotypical friend some painkillers the other day. I knew he hadn’t taken them and I knew he needed them. How? Because he was huched over in the chair rocking backwards and forwards.

That is - he was instinctively doing the movements that ALL HUMANS (and other animals) do to self soothe.

There is almost no such thing as a human experience or behaviour that is unique to a particular diagnosis.

because humans are just humans

the behaviours of neurodivergent people are normal human behaviours - we’re just experiencing the world differently than neurotypicals so there are different patterns of behaviour

stimming is normal - ND people just need to do it more to regulate themselves because of how their sensory and emotional neurotype is set up

different facial expressions are normal - ND people just have different experiences to express than neurotypical people

[simplynursing]

Hey everybody, I've been dealing with IIH for 2 and a half years, on meds, had MRIs and a lumbar puncture.

Recently I've been noticing that I will get dizzy sitting down and doing absolutely nothing or doing something simple like putting my hair in a pony tail. It's so weird and I have to like steady myself. The room doesn't spin but I feel like everything is rushing fluid and my head feels "top heavy" of that makes any sense.

Has anyone else dealt with something like this and if so what helped you?

[thoradvice]

25% is better than 0%. trying a little is better than not trying at all. eating a protein bar is better than nothing. using dry shampoo is better than not showering. cleaning one section of your room or house is better than not cleaning any of it. writing a paragraph of your essay is better than not starting it. whatever you can manage today is okay. you can try again tomorrow. little steps are to be proud of.

[hakuteeth]

Not to offer advice nobody asked for but fixing ur sleep schedule is life changing

[hakuteeth]

Things that actually work if u try at them:

Drinking water

No longer making self deprecating jokes

Making sure to take time out of the day to relax and take a breather

Lighting candles

Counting ur breaths in and out if ur having a panic attack

Getting up and trying to do one thing even if u can’t do everything maybe brushing ur teeth but not having the energy to shower

[justummsomeguy]

Taking a shower if you can, putting clean clothes on if you can’t, even just a clean set of pjs. Washing your face.

[o-lanterns]

A couple weeks ago I was in a major depressive slump and was feeling really detached from reality. I was trying so hard to fight it but nothing I tried worked until I realized I hadn’t listened to any happy music in almost a week.

I didn’t feel like listening to anything at all but I put on my favorite playlist anyway. Take On Me started and I finger stimmed to the keyboard riff and hummed along and by the end of the song I was smiling. A few more songs and I was fully singing along and feeling more present than I had in days.

Even if it seems small and trivial, like putting on your favorite socks or looking up pictures of kittens, it might be something you need. Of course the music didn’t solve any of the problems I was upset about, but it did help me feel like I was a person again.

[drtief]

This isn’t one of those “must be good to be neurotypical” posts btw, these are small and accessible steps that can really help.