DO NURSES STRUGGLE WHEN CARING FOR THE ADDICT?
6 Apr 2019
My name is Kate Genovese. I have been a registered nurse for over thirty years in all different areas, mainly hospitals then VNA to case management and school nursing to name a few. I was brought up in a large catholic family west of Boston. My Mom and Dad were very political and there were a number of politicians at my house for parties. As a little girl I was use to seeing alcohol being served, so it seemed normal to me when I got older- people drink. Some are alcoholics others can drink socially. When I went to nursing school in the early 70’s, marijuana and a variety of other drugs were available such as LSD, Quaaludes, heroin and a variety of benzodiazepines’ to…
Getting the Word on Opioid Abuse Out Via Music and the Written Word
20 Feb 2019
The dictionary defines peace as “freedom from disturbance; tranquility,” “a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended.”
To find such a place of “peaceableness, harmony, accord, concord, amity, goodwill, friendship, cordiality,
nonaggression, nonviolence” – the synonyms in the same dictionary – is what good souls and common-sense minded people strive to achieve.
The easiest thing to do is to give up, just let things happen as they do. But that’s not good enough for an enlightened society where John and Yoko preached in 1969 “All we are saying – is give peace a chance.”
How do we do as Lennon instructed in his song? By books, videos, music spreading the positive message of love, peace and happiness, more than just waving a flag, rolling up the shirtsleeves and making it happen.
Addiction and its impact In the news
16 Jan 2019
January 15, 2019 Guest columnist Joe Viglione — National Public Radio published two Opiod epidemic articles on the 13th and 14th of January. 2019 – 1 Dead And 12 Hospitalized After Mass Drug Overdose In California on the 13th and Report: Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road on the 14th. In the 1980s it was said that using heroin was like walking across a crowded highway, that an individual was taking a gamble on living or dying. In 2019 with fentanyl added to the mix, the result is a highly addictive, cheap and deadly combination.So here we are with daily stories on the NPR website. The story on the 13th is about a “ four (people…
