Fresh Air and Other Joys of an Open Window

Sleeping with the windows open is great!!

The drawback is the crazy neighborhood rooster who crows at 3am, the speedy paper dude who likes to peel out after a stop at a neighbors then tears off down the street at 4am.

Then an assortment of revelers who speed up and down the street and worse yet are those who live close by who want to discuss the nights events with their partners in crime with a thick tongue and poor use of the English language.

The cherry on top is the partier who indulged much too much and the sounds of regurgitation echo thru this otherwise peaceful neighborhood except for the afore mentioned activities.

I still love to sleep with the windows open while I can before the need of the humming of the air conditioner, so I will invest in another pillow for over my head!

High in the Hospital: When Will Medical Personnel Be Held Accountable?

When referring to Nurses in this blog, it is in reference to any medical personnel, including Doctors.

Nurses have a great responsibility to the people they serve. In fact it can be said that lives can hang in the balance of their care.

Is it more responsible for a nurse to step away from his/her career as a nurse when they are on opiates to manage chronic pain or should nurses just go on doing patient care even if that is not the ethically responsible thing to do?

I recently was informed that 1/2 the nurses in one hospital are on narcotics, performing patient care, even managing a floor. I would not ever want to go to that hospital to receive care!!

What sort of danger are we putting our parents, children, spouses  and friends in when we allow this to happen?

Then if  nurses and Doctors can be on opiates, in Arizona, medical marijuana is ok. So, would you rather have your child's Nurse or Doctor work on your child under the influence of marijuana? It is legal if prescribed by a Doctor, just like Percocet is legal to take when prescribed by a Doctor?

There is a large gap on thoughts concerning this ethical dilemma. How many of your relatives and friends are caught and have lost their lives in that stinking cesspool of a gap?

Even  a person under the care of a Doctor and being prescribed opiates...does not make that person safe and able to perform the duties of a nurse. The person under a doctor's care is still addicted to a mind altering chemical in their body.

I think it is a wise, loving Nurse, Doctor, Radiology tech, patient care tech,  who voluntarily steps back from their nursing and either takes time off and away from nursing to get off the medications or steps entirely away from Nursing or practicing medicine.

Too many nurses are more worried about how much $$$ they will lose and could care less about the true care of the patients. Maybe it's a spouse who encourages them or demands them to stick with nursing, once again due to lust of money but in the end who suffers the ramifications of that greed???

I think medical personnel on opiates, marijuana, any mind altering meds should be fired for not voluntarily stepping away until their system is free and clear of any mind altering substances. Nurses that voluntarily step away should be provided with the means to get off the drugs or compensated for stepping away from the medical field entirely.

I want to help people who want the help. Sadly most medical personnel I've talked to think this is not about them after all, their Dr prescribed the opiates for their medical condition yet they have reported that they have made at least one, usually 5-8, medical errors in a 6 month span of time. That is one too many errors for me, how about you?

I believe medical personnel who steal drugs from work should be terminated and not allowed in the medical field again. It is like the child molester or rapist who has to register with the State they live in...the medical personnel will register and provide drug testing regularly. They will report where they work. If they have not voluntarily stepped away from the field, then they need not hold any type of position at a hospital, clinic, Medical office due to the great temptation and access to opiates.


I am sure this sounds very strict and invasive to some. People's lives are at stake. If your 5 year old is in the Hospital being treated for brain cancer, do you want a Doctor overseeing the care who has just taken Morphine for an old tennis injury to their shoulder? Do you think their critical thinking is spot on?

So REPORT WHAT YOU KNOW!  If you don't report and a death happens due to negligence - that blood is on your hands.

I guess that not all medical personnel act with a patient's best interest at heart. The bottom line for some is, how much money can they make...there for a paycheck. Greed does not pay off in the end.