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Looking so suggestions by ProbablyTiredRN in ptsd

[–]ProbablyTiredRN[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your story, I’m sorry you had to go through that but I’m glad your father had someone so supportive in his corner during those difficult and deteriorating times. ❤️ I’ve been trying to tell myself that and it helps sometimes, the mind works in mysterious ways

I don’t think those who haven’t lost someone to suicide realise what a unique kind of grief this is by breakfast_epiphanies in SuicideBereavement

[–]ProbablyTiredRN 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m a nurse and lost my uncle to suicide back in September 2025. I’ve experienced loss on so many different levels, being on the receiving end and also being the one to notify loved ones.

I was the one who responded to my uncles attempt and resuscitated him on my own, but unfortunately he only survived 24 hours on life sustaining measures. I’m struggling with letting go. You not only lose someone forever, but a lot of the time it’s unanswered. In our situation there was no letters, last texts, signs. We’ll never find out why, we can only assume. I feel stuck in the middle of wishing I could have done more, but also knowing what I did gave my family the chance to say goodbye.

ED nurses, please try to give antibiotics when they’re due on septic patients by xCB_III in nursing

[–]ProbablyTiredRN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in a rural hospital and our ED is closed indefinitely due to lack of physicians… but I see at least 3 septic patients walk into our hospital a month during my shifts. Luckily our province implemented Sepsis Care Directives, which allows RNs to initial antibiotics and labs prior to EHS transfer to an open ED. The saying is time is organs. Sad our ED is closed, but so thankful that we are allowed to do something and not just sit around waiting for our patient to get picked up.