@Freiheit - CA nope I just changed the bandages this morning it's actually healing up pretty quickly.

Cool

So if anyone is wondering I finally figured out what has been wrong with me, over exposure to mold. What a nightmare it's been. If you think you have mold/mildew around take care of it immediately.

Wow

@RevStench that’s sucks man... I worked with a person who got permanent vocal chord damage from exposure to some type of mold/fungi spores in the air when landscaping... gave him a permanently hoarse/very quiet voice

Wow that's crazy, I have to see a doctor who specializes in environmental hazards, so far when I'm away from it for a few days I get back to normal, so I'm hoping that's a sign that I don't have any permanent damage.

Glad you determined the cause and can now mitigate.

I’ve been told since I started working in healthcare that feeling upset and saddened over the declining condition or death of those in your care is normal and actually a sign that you’re the type of individual that belongs in this field, and this has been the case for me. I’ve bonded with the people I’ve taken care of and felt a great sense of loss when some of them have passed away. Lately however I feel like I’ve been losing this. I’ve recently felt tired, distracted, and at times even jaded and cynical. I feel that many things have contributed to this; being witness to neglect, working with non whites who can barely speak English let alone properly take care of people, getting to know good people who can’t afford the care they need, etc. I don’t want to ramble on endlessly but I would like to ask others in the medical and healthcare field if they’ve ever experienced this as well. Did it pass? If so how’d you get past this? Should I consider seeking another career field based on this? Any advice or opinion is appreciated, thank you. <@&435155893747974155>

My grandpa is in the hospital after surgery and the staff there is anything but empathetic. I think possibly you just become desensitized.

@AidanGillen to be honest dealing with situations like what you just described motivate me to stay in healthcare and be better than that.

It's possibly the headspace I'm in right now, but I'm leaning towards it's the sort of "stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back" you become what you do. Possibly it's per person on how much empathetic connection you can handle before it begins to wither away. Not sure if that makes sense.

Makes total sense

I have the same situation as you, it's a line often said that the empathic should be the people in healthcare, but the truly empathetic don't last long from my experience. You need to establish professional distance with patients, and their families.

It hasn't passed for me, I've just channeled my frustration and dissatisfaction into more productive things. Going to the gym more, taking up journaling, meditation, continuing education, etc.

@JC17-OR this is really great advice, thank you for sharing. After I wrote that rant I hit the gym really hard and felt much better.

Personally, journaling and meditation really help. I've also changed my diet and while mentally it didn't boost me much, physically I feel a lot better.

headspace is a good meditation app.

Cardiac ICU RN checking in

Thanks for the add folks

@ThisIsChris ☝🏻

@Deleted User thanks @JoeDrake now roled

Passed my state CNA exam today gents!

Congratulations!

Thanks! I’ll be looking into finding work at my local hospital

Apparently they offer to pay for nursing school if you work there for a year

Congrats!

Anyone ever dealt with a patient with anosmia?

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I’m working with a client who has it and it’s caused a feeling of “revulsion” as he puts it towards eating. As you can assume he’s lost a ton of weight because of this

First thing that comes to mind is CBD. Second is ginger.

By the way, my second choice for a handle was Nature Boy, if that tells you anything. If you're looking for alternative health info, tag me and chances are I'll know something about whatever it is. Traditional/alternative medicine is vastly superior to allopathic medicine when it comes to chronic conditions. Sorry if I'm hurting anyone's feelings by saying so, but that is the case. Of course there are nuances and special cases, but modern medicine does a great job at turning profits and a terrible job at keeping people healthy.

Regarding what you guys were talking about earlier. There's a few things I can recommend for stress and trauma (which are different degrees of the same thing). 1) TRE trauma release exercise, 2) Hanna somatics, 3) qigong, 4) stabilize your blood sugar, 5) vipassana (www.dhamma.org), 6) self oil massage (I use sesame oil). You can also release a lot of tension in the supine position with a couple heavy sandbags on your belly. Just don't do it after a meal.

I hope I wasn't too brash with my previous comment. Not sure if we're all on the same page, but I'm not a fan of chronic disease care in modern medicine. It's great for emergencies, but when people go through conventional channels for things like back pain, digestive issues and cancer, they get raked over the coals.

@Grossly Incandescent something else that might help : have him keep a thermos of hot filtered water and take a sip every 15 minutes. You can also try making some really strong ginger tea with a little bit of black pepper and have him drink a little bit of that about 15 minutes before each meal.

today I learned that leaving cooked rice outside of the refrigerator is super dangerous

it causes the growth of heat resistant bacteria

rad, I'll be sure to leave mine out

I found out after I threw up all my food today

Multivitamins: good or bad?

I take em

Without soy

Sometimes an vitamin D during winter