I am a nurse....it's my "calling", not a job...
I have some things to share, please pull up a chair and visit a bit.
What I have to say will never hit the newspapers or history books,
but perhaps it will touch a place in your heart and soul.
First of all, I know a great deal about being a patient. I continue to learn more things about being a nurse.
On this page will be links to some great health care sights.
I also hope to put some links about nutrition and information that a patient has a right to know, where to go for answers to questions, or at least a good start.
I would also like to share a few stories about some special patients.
"Thoughts to ponder", if you will.
You should know a little bit more to appreciate some of the stories. First, I became a certified police officer.
I worked in a jail as a matron, correctional officer and a Deputy Sheriff. After finishing nursing school,
I was hired as a nurse in a Prison Unit of a hospital. My patients were also prisoners.
Now, please remember that everyone needs help sometimes
and prisoners are people that have made mistakes.
I never treated an inmate or patient any other way than
I would want to be treated if in their position.
I try to live by the Golden Rule.
No matter what, loosing a patient to death is never
easy!
I now live in Texas and work in a prison as a nurse.
We have 500 men and 500 women and a wonderful staff.
You may wonder, why would you work there?
Well, I believe this is God's calling on my life
I prayed about a job and this is the one He provided.
I will continue doing what I am doing until the Lord
decides otherwise. He has blessed me with a wonderful boss
and some wonderful people to work with and this
is a Blessing for me.
Some Health Links
Mayo Clinic
Prevention's Healthy Ideas
American Medical Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Rare Diseases
Medicine Net
Drug Information
Hippocrates Online
NURSING
Texas site for Gastro diseases
Texas Virtual Clinic, Thanks Julie
Also The Texas Trauma Research Center
Attention Deficite
Some things are up close and personal to me.
I am an adult with Attention Deficite.
I can assure you, I am not mentally handicapped
and can do my job and I really hate the label
as being treated under Behavior Management.
In fact, I dislike labels period!
I have also suffered with Kidney Stones. For the last 10 years
and over 88 stones. I can probably tell you a good many things about
them, so if you suffer from them, email me. We can compare notes. I
found that I had a parathyroid tumor and that was causing some of
the problem. I cannot tell you how many hospitals, doctors and assorted
treatments I have been through. I can tell you that there are many
people in health care that do not know what they are doing. I moved to
Texas to get help and finally did. Below you will find a link to the National
Kidney Foundation. I will be adding more links as time goes by.
National Kidney Foundation
Kidney Stones
Kidney Stones in Adults
Batten's Disease, not commonly known
about but has become quite personal for me.
I have some friends with a child
that has Batten's. If you know
of any other information I can pass
on to them, please email me
or sign my book. Thank you very much.
Battens Disease Support and Research Association
Death and Dying
Please go to these sites and consider their content. Thank you.
Would You Consider Giving the Gift of Life?
Txmnjim 's Page visit my friend's page for a donor card and more info on transplantation.
Lori's Page
Patient Stories
Eddie's Story
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