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Re: We Need To Stop Glorifying Nurses | Thought Catalog

Amanda Rae — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 23:07:51 -0000

You seem bitter? Maybe you have a similar circumstance or worse, so you are hostile to anyone you perceive to be complaining? I don’t get accolades, but I’m not saying it isn’t fair. Just a bit lonely feeling like an outsider. Unless you sit and talk with me and get to know me, you won’t understand the situation I have in mind. I guess it’s kind of hard trying to paint a picture of where I’m coming from without sounding like I’m complaining. But I also said I chose this, and my decisions and their consequences are my responsibility. My point was, this post doesn’t make sense to me personally, because I think gratitude for each other should be a part of our daily lives, not something to throw accusations or shame for. And if giving thanks for one person, why shun or shame another? I just don’t understand the authors accusation of nurses being glorified. It’s probably that I don’t like blanket statements against certain groups of people, because it is a form of bigotry.

Re: We Need To Stop Glorifying Nurses | Thought Catalog

Amanda Rae — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 03:57:54 -0000

Maybe my life just isn’t one of a level of privilege that most in the USA under similar circumstances have, but I don’t know what glory a nurse has. I have been a nurse 9 years now, with 3years on the med surg floor, 4 years in home health, and 2 years as a school nurse. Due to willful understaffing to save money, I cleaned vomit, blood, and everything else, doing everything from giving baths and drawing blood, to teaching self care and hugging the tears away. It made it harder not having enough help with basic care while I also had to keep my clients medically stable, but it also gave me a heartfelt appreciation for my assistants. I have chronic pain from injuries lifting patients because they needed to be transferred or repositioned in bed, and I had no lifts or assistance to be found. Now I watch secretaries and teachers get gifts and cards for appreciation week, and I don’t get so much as a “happy nurse’s week.” I see “shout-outs” in weekly newsletters to library aides and campus techs, but no matter how many unpaid extra hours I put in or extra work I do, my name is never mentioned. It seems wrong and weird, seeing others get recognition, but is it unfair? I want to make a difference in the lives around me, and I see clear results. I stay up working until past midnight some nights to ensure safety of all those in my care. I want to help others, it is my choice, and I am prepared to keep doing it without a thank you or any mention of the fact I go above and beyond every single day while being cut out of acknowledgements and gatherings. There is no situation I can compare it to, it feels very lonely, but seeing this kind of opinion just doesn’t add up. I suppose it is just as strange seeing anyone complain about being unappreciated as it is not being recognized for your efforts. Maybe this article doesn’t make much sense to me because nursing IS my life, and I am only a phone call away at any hour day or night, to help in any way I can. Maybe I think that if we can thank our waiter for bringing us our food, though it is their job, how much more so should we appreciate someone who manages our healing and our very life? Maybe anyone could be a nurse, but not everyone should. Because I feel like, if you are good at distancing yourself from others, and never sacrifice a piece of your self for someone else, you have turned the art of nursing care into a cold business transaction. But even successful business transactions end with gratitude. So I guess I just don’t get it. I will thank everyone for who they are and what they do whether they are a nurse or otherwise, and pardon me if I believe that is how it should be.

Re: Nintendo Switch could be facing another major manufacturing issue

Amanda Rae — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:52:12 -0000

Mine is very warped after playing only two and a half days, and I work, so that isn't solid hours. Nintendo excelled, imo, at pretty much everything else about the console except the docking mechanism. I knew it was a dubious set up as soon as I fitted it in the dock the very first time. I love the controller mechanism. Zelda is every bit as magical as I thought it would be. I'm ready for more games and ready to shop for amiibos, but please, Nintendo, this is a pretty serious issue, please fix this. May I suggest a dock with an airy clip? I wish I had known of this problem sooner, I would have put my fan full blast on it. You got this guys! ❤ Nintendo

Re: 6 Most Dependable SUVs | Bankrate.com

Amanda Rae — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:37:42 -0000

Chevy equinox on this list made the whole thing a joke. My equinox has given me so much grief, I wish I could slap the person in charge of construction. Engine eating oil, catalytic converter, belts, master cylinder, brake booster, I have spent twice again what this car is worth just to keep it running. Never again. I wouldn't drive a Chevy if somebody paid me to. I choose life and sanity.

Re: Is Google Manipulating Search Results To Help Hillary Clinton?

Amanda Rae — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:28:11 -0000

"It would undermine people's trust in our results and company if we were to change course." Search "Hillary is" on Google, view suggestions, then search "Hillary is" on Yahoo! Compare search suggestions. I typed out the whole word "liar" at the end, and Google still literally had no idea? You are undermining the people's trust and lying about it in one breath, Google. I don't even care about what people think about Hillary, what I find most intriguing are the boldface lies Google is telling, and the fact that Google is, indeed, rigging its search suggestions. I am so curious as to their ultimate agenda.

Re: Why Do Cats Like Laser Pointers So Freakin’ Much?

Amanda Rae — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:26:39 -0000

The laser pointer gets even my laziest, fattest cat up and about! My youngest kitty is overly obsessed, so much so that even hearing the tinkle of the chain, or the click of the button sends her into head swiveling, ear twitching, eye darting high alert. To subdue any anxiety, I am doing sessions of gentle play with it, that consists of shining the laser in one spot, and playing with my fingers in the light gently. She pounces only to find the light shining on her paws and my fingers, and I explain it is only light. I know she can't understand my words, but the act of talking gently and playing softly has it's calming effect, and her overdrive is soothed.

Re: VENOM's Cronos Says HENRY ROLLINS Is "Not A F*cking Musican" and "A Fool"

Amanda Rae — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:17:48 -0000

I didn't hear the podcast, but when you start a sentence with, "Those guys were..." It usually means they have been asked to recall and discuss people from the past. I doubt he just brought it up.

Re: Loved Ones Mourn Family of 5 Found Dead in Utah

Amanda Rae — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:10:13 -0000

So... Are we still waiting for results, or... I've been following this story but absolutely nothing in the news, as if everyone is saying, "okay, they died. Anyways, what's up with sports!" The lack of attention is creepier than the mystery itself.

Re: American nurse with protective gear gets Ebola; how could this happen?

Amanda Rae — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:15:51 -0000

What about her shoes? I've suited up before and I would provide my own surgical booties, because it isn't standard ppe?! Shoes, people! Where do you think crap, spit, blood, vomit falls?! shoes shoes shoes, people!

Re: 18-foot oarfish discovered off southern California coast

Amanda Rae — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:20:10 -0000

FUKUSHIMA, Nuclear leak in Japan, spills freely into our oceans from a disaster they are still struggling to contain. This is TEN TIMES WORSE at least, than the BP oilspill, Exxon spill, etc, radioactive material is not remotely natural! It even now spreads like cancer, slowly, carried on currents throughout the largest ocean in the world.

Re: DragonVale Breeding Guide, List and Database - Rainbow Dragon - Dragons

Amanda Rae — Sat, 04 May 2013 01:27:30 -0000

Century+Bloom, both lvl 10 first try breeding ground not epic island