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A Nurse’s Story

Donna Cardillo

The summer before my senior year of RN nursing school, I worked as an LPN (we were allowed to take LPN boards then after 2 years of RN education) in a county-run long-term chronic psychiatric facility. Most of the patients had been there for years and years long ago abandoned by their families. It was … A Nurse’s Story Read More » The post A Nurse’s Story first appeared on Donna Cardillo, RN.

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Suicide Risk Assessment: How to Talk About Suicidal Ideation

Relias

Job loss, financial insecurity, loneliness, grief and social loss, increased symptoms of depression and anxiety, and lack of food security and other necessary resources are all contributing social risk factors for death by suicide. Combine that with a deadly pandemic and widespread uncertainty about the future for many Americans, and the healthcare workforce is faced with a climate that provides all the components to increase suicide rates across the U.S.

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Lunch ?

Teresa Chinn

Nurses …. it’s about time we talked about lunch ! Not what’s in your lunch box, or your sandwich preference but actually taking a lunch break. I don’t mean grabbing a salad at your desk or eating whilst writing notes … I mean a real actual lunch break! What’s stopping us? Why is it that a failure to take a lunch break is a badge of honour amongst some nurses?

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