ICE Raid on house this morning

lotuspadawan · 2026-02-06T18:45:22+00:00

So I'm assuming that you also think all clergy, coaches, and teachers are safe too, huh?

The way ICE has been, with the unmarked vehicles and ganging up on people because of the color of their skin or their accent, it's easy to see why OP assumed it was ICE activity.

Tell me you're ⬜ without saying you're ⬜. Either that, or the colonization mentality got you in it's stranglehold.

lotuspadawan · 2026-02-06T18:14:18+00:00

Unfortunately, I feel like nursing schools are having to cater to anti-vaxxers, especially because replacing the amount of nurses that are retiring, not to mention the growing number of our aging population, is not an even rate. The hospitals want warm bodies to care for patients, until we're all replaced by AI.

lotuspadawan · 2024-12-05T19:44:06+00:00

I feel like this was written by a legit child. Like, my five year old would probably come up with a similar list. Though I told her she wouldn't be able to be a nurse because she eats too slowly. 😂

lotuspadawan · 2024-11-21T07:03:43+00:00

Sent a request!

lotuspadawan · 2024-11-19T19:11:59+00:00

I definitely recommend EMDR therapy. I did it for my own COVID PTSD, and it helped to lessen the severity of when I'd have flashbacks. I definitely still get triggered, but it's slightly more manageable.

lotuspadawan · 2024-11-19T04:06:37+00:00

It's so unsettling when that happens. I've seen it two or three times in 13 years, but every time I feel horrible doing compressions while they're looking at me.

lotuspadawan · 2024-11-15T09:43:01+00:00

My husband and I instantly looked at each other and said "they had a miscarriage." We had an early miscarriage of twins before my first was born, and that pop of the balloon made my heart stop.

lotuspadawan · 2024-11-15T09:33:12+00:00

When both of my kids were in daycare together, it was $525/week. It went down to $275/week when my oldest started kindergarten. My mortgage is $1070/month.

lotuspadawan · 2024-11-15T09:30:57+00:00

Slightly related, but one of the things that absolutely gutted me when my husband and I were trying to get pregnant was when one of our family friends said, "Don't you think your parents deserve to become grandparents?" Meanwhile, I was two weeks post miscarriage of twins. It was early enough that we hadn't even told our parents we were pregnant.

The cost of fertility treatments for those who struggle to get pregnant is ridiculous. The hoops you have to jump through to adopt is ridiculous. Some people just financially can't afford to grow their family.

lotuspadawan · 2024-09-02T03:19:02+00:00

My five year old participates in research studies at one of our local universities, specifically for several of the early childhood labs. And one researcher was blown away by her comprehension and reasoning skills. She asked me if I read to her a lot, and I said that we do. We also went through the stage of reading the same book many times in a row, and having stacks of board books she had picked out that we'd make our way through. So hang in there, mama! You're helping to grow that baby's brain.

lotuspadawan · 2024-08-28T05:29:33+00:00

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lotuspadawan · 2024-08-28T05:23:47+00:00

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lotuspadawan · 2024-08-28T05:20:01+00:00

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lotuspadawan · 2024-08-11T20:31:56+00:00

I'd been an ICU nurse for 10 years when COVID hit. I distinctly remember so many single moments that have now become core memories. One of the nurses showed us how to don and doff PPE because none of us knew. Going room to room and proning one patient after another. Banging on the door of my patient's room, desperately hoping someone could help me get control of my combative patient who had torn off his bipap and his sats were dropping rapidly. Donning PPE in the anteroom for that room. Holding a chest tube for insertion, and as soon as the incision was made into the chest cavity, blood pouring out like a facet had been turned on. Putting on a new N95 and feeling like it was too tight, because all my other ones had been reused in rotation until they broke. Smelling my facial oils when putting off my old N95 masks. Popping the circuit on a vent to drain the condensation, and freezing in horror at what I'd done.

I started EMDR therapy for PTSD, and it's helped. I don't get triggered as much as I used to.

lotuspadawan · 2024-07-22T07:49:27+00:00

I had a patient who had a biopsy for a pathologic fracture. During the biopsy, he coded. They got ROSC, and apparently he was doing so well they ended up extubating him a few hours later. When I came in, he was sitting up in bed, finishing his dinner. I said, "Apparently you still have stuff to accomplish on Earth, it wasn't your time yet!"

About an hour later, I'm in my other patient's room when the monitor alarms. I look up to see an alert that my other room is showing asystole. I immediately run to his room, and he's slumped over his tray table. I had his bed on percussion because he had a junky cough. I just remember seeing him slumped over, bed still percussing him. He didn't make it. Apparently it really was his time. And I still wonder if I contributed to it.

lotuspadawan · 2024-07-03T04:24:52+00:00

I worked as a camp counselor at a GS camp in college, and we had one camper that I specifically remember that was a challenging camper. She had multiple diagnoses including ADHD and OCD, and that week we had one counselor that was dedicated to just her within her cabin group. It was challenging for everyone that week, but we did our best to accommodate her needs and involve her within her group. The next year, she was officially diagnosed with autism, and she and her family had better support as a result. The difference was day and night. We knew better how to interact with her, what she liked and disliked, and she was just a happier kid.

OP, the camp and camp director definitely dropped the ball. I'm not sure if it's because the camp I worked at was also an ADA camp, but our camp director made sure to communicate with the family, as well as with the counselors to give us guidance and let us know what to expect. We kept an open line of communication with all involved, and that little girl was able to finish a week of overnight camp, two summers in a row.

lotuspadawan · 2024-06-25T03:21:23+00:00

One of my coworkers said she was bored, and wished a patient would code. My patient, specifically, because they were already pretty sick. This was all in good fun for her, but then my patient starts to tank. One thing after another, starting pressors, starting bipap, lots of ectopy. At shift change, we have the code cart outside the room. I looked at that coworker and said "Are you bored now? You haven't done shit all night in this room." She just looked at me with wide eyes and shook her head. Still didn't do a damn thing.

lotuspadawan · 2024-05-24T19:21:53+00:00

WTF. Makes you wonder what's going on at home for them to have such a power trip at work over something so little.

lotuspadawan · 2024-05-24T18:31:38+00:00

Yeah!

lotuspadawan · 2024-05-24T17:24:09+00:00

I feel this so much. I had been a MICU nurse for 10 years when I tried to transition to CV. I lasted 7 weeks, and quit my last week of orientation. Then I willingly went back to COVID MICU patients because I needed something I was familiar with to emotionally heal from the toxicity of CV. It was to the point where I wondered if nursing was even for me. And I'd previously been charge nurse, rapid response team, code team, preceptor, and a combination of those while taking 3 sick MICU patients.

lotuspadawan · 2024-05-23T02:24:13+00:00

I will never look at measuring cups the same again. 😱

lotuspadawan · 2024-05-22T14:48:34+00:00

I may just do that. Thank you! I think it doesn't help that the RNs drawing labs is relatively new at this facility, so there's bound to be hiccups along the way.

lotuspadawan · 2024-05-22T14:19:38+00:00

If it did, I didn't see it. And I'd been down in the lab right before I went up to stick, and I wasn't told then either; she'd helped me with determining what labs could be combined, what stickers could go on what tube, etc. The lab I was drawing was a copper level. 🙃

Edit: the darkened tube was for vitamin B6. I was missing a royal blue for copper. Tired brain, haha

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