Why Many People Want To Be Nurses Nowadays:True or False?

REASONS WHY PEOPLE RUSH INTO NURSING TODAY

 As we are left this place in November, others were coming in. 

Every year, thousands of candidates are enrolling into the school of nursing. 

This trend was not there before but, recently it seems nursing has become one of the most attractive professions on earth. 

Hundreds of thousand nurses review and pass the board exams, and get licensed annually. Still, more and more are lining up just to get that nursing degree. 

CUCUMBER . CHIDINMA. VIDEO

Have you heard the latest about her story? I guess you may have even heard more than me. And why is it so? Scandalous news and gossip about other people make rounds faster and we seem to love it more. I wonder if all these copy-paste-gossip bloggers and the multitude of followers would have been so energetic and curious to spread her news if was had done some philanthropy or,if she was "caught" in a remote village suffering and assisting the dejected and poorest. Would YOU ,yes YOU that are reading this now would have been so eager to know about her and what good works she was doing? Some porn-hungry folks are seriously searching for the video to watch just to satisfy their desire and they are here condemning

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey tests negative for the virus

We all read in the news about her departure from her comfortable abode to come down to a dreaded ebola infested area to care for the victims.

According to Sky News,Nurse Pauline had tested negative to the virus and there is no fear for her friends or relatives,including coworkers.Her courage courage is amazing.

Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who contracted Ebola in west Africa, has tested negative for the virus.

She was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in an ambulance with a police escort from her home in Cambuslang on Thursday morning.

In a statement the hospital said: "We are pleased to report that tests for the Ebola virus are negative. She remains in a stable condition."

The hospital has stressed that there is no risk to the public. 
Ms Cafferkey, aged 40, was infected with the virus while working in Sierra Leone for Save The Children in 2014.

She has previously been admitted to hospital three times following her return to the UK.
The children's nurse was cleared last month of professional misconduct, after she was accused of concealing her high temperature when she returned from West Africa. 

The Nursing and Midwifery Council had argued that she had "potentially put the public at risk" after being cleared to fly home while in the early stages of Ebola.
And it said she damaged trust in the nursing profession.

Just Because You Are Nurse

                                                                   #Just Because You Are A Nurse

#Just because you are a nurse,almost everyone who knows you feels that you know everything or,that you must know everything about every health concerns of theirs. And most times,they aren't ready to accept a "NO" for an answer. 

This can make some people sometimes to step out of their boundaries because of pressure from the public.But we know that it is pure unethical in the profession to misguide.

#Just because you are a nurse,they don't believe you can be sick; they assume that you should know when some sickness is about to strike and cleverly prevent it.
But they don't know that there are many problems or diseases that do not give any warning,and they can also hit a nurse.

#Just because you are a nurse, they believe you have all the monies and that you must be richer than everyone in your locality.
They don't say it but they they believe it.

#Just because you are a nurse,some easily shift their aggression to you especially in the hospital, and some even deliberately want to make sure you didn't sleep if you are on night duty.

You can add your own thoughts about what people do and say just because you are a nurse.
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Women who work or lift a lot may struggle to get pregnant

Women who work more than 40 hours a week or routinely lift heavy loads may take longer to get pregnant than women who don’t, a US
 study suggests.
Researchers followed 1,739 nurses who were trying to get pregnant and estimated 16 per cent of them failed to achieve this goal within 12 months, and five per cent still hadn’t conceived after two years.

Working more than 40 hours a week was linked with taking 20 per cent longer to get pregnant compared to women who worked 21 to 40 hours.

Is Breastfeeding In Public Really Bad?

Thurman breastfeeds her baby

What really is the big deal about breastfeeding a hungry baby in public?

Celebrities expose bare breats in public and grace front covers of fashion magazines and are paid millions of dollars for such obvious indecent exposure.And this exposure for money isn’t the primary duty of the breasts. 

But,an innocent girl uses her breasts to save the life of an innocent baby and it becomes an offence with some people saying they "cant stand the sight"? 

So goes the argument.You can make your judgement after reading this article and also contribute to the talk.Read on and leave your comment below.

We all can still recall how just about one year ago,Karlesha Thurman was heavily criticized for breastfeeding her baby at her graduation ceremony and posting the photo online.Many people were outraged by her action and they did not hide their disapproval at all.

Thurman was at her graduation ceremony with Aaliyah, her then three-month-old daughter, when she opened the top of her gown and started breastfeeding her daughter. One of her former classmates who was sitting in front of her asked if he could take a picture of her and she agreed.

The social media was agog with diverse views about what she did.While some didn’t see anything wrong with her actions,others were lit rally 'offended' by what she did and voiced their emotions.

Ivette Ivens, is a mother of two sons, who she breastfed. One even until age

three!  She is a Chicago resident and feels public breastfeeding should be considered normal. Many years ago, breastfeeding was the only way for a mother to feed her child. Why are so many people offended to see this natural process?

She decided to do a breastfeeding photo shoot to try and remind everyone that breastfeeding is ok.

Ivette says, “I nursed them both anywhere I wanted. From church to parties, from the farmers market to high-end designer stores. I believe that mothers should nurse their little ones whenever they want to,” states Ivette. 

She is also an activist for extended breastfeed stating children know when it is time to stop and move on.

She is releasing her photobook called Breastfeeding Goddess, later this year. She also recently held an exhibit in her town titled “I breastfeed my toddler”. Ivette also enjoys family photography and specializes in it.

In a recent development  according to  ABC NEWS,a young mom who was breastfeeding her baby in a restaurant has been seriously outraged when a stranger took her pictures and posted on social media "to shame her" for breastfeeding in public.

This is what 20 year old Connor Kendall told ABC NEWS about how she felt on seeing her picture trending on social media in such a manner,

“Shock. That was my initial response.I turned away from everybody because we were in a corner," she said. "I really didn’t feel like I was that exposed.” 

Young Kendall was however very unlike the man who snapped her and wanted to shame her.She wrote a very touching and lenghty facebook post on her page in response to what happened. You wouldn’t want to miss the post.

Kendall wouldn’t reveal the name of the man out of respect for his privacy, but in her post she said she wrote to him directly in a private message, telling him that she did nothing wrong and explaining that she didn’t use a cover while feeding her son because he “fights them, screams, and doesn’t eat at all while under them. 

“If he had been screaming because he was hungry then I would be a bad mom for not feeding my hungry child. I did not pump before leaving home, A-because my son does not like to take a bottle and B-because it is my right to feed him any way I see fit wherever I see fit. I wanted to thank you for showing the public your ignorance and for shedding light on a topic that is near and dear to my heart,” she continued, adding that the man had shown his “true colors to many and you've exposed others who are likewise simple-minded.” 

Kendall told ABC News: “I let him know that it was not OK to make me feel bad for feeding my child. I showed less than ... you see every day walking down the street.” 

Kendall’s post garnered a flood of support, with one poster writing: “Good for you Mama. Way to turn a bad situation in to a positive one!” while another wrote: “Way to stick up for yourself and all of us breast feeding mamas!!” 

Kendall said the man later apologized to her in a private message.

Feeding a baby "on demand" is the rule and the advice given even by health professionals.The demand could happen in an awkward situation where it isn’t convenient to fully cover yourself or even where it couldd be totally impossible to do so.
What then happens in such a situation just like what Kendall and many other women experience daily as they nurse their babies?

Some have argued that its no offence at all to breastfeed a baby anywhere once the baby needs food.Celebrities do more than just expose breast.They expose their bare tummies,butt and vagina in some cases and are applauded as "sexy,cute and beautiful". But ffeeding a baby isn’t sexy or beautiful to behold?

What is your take on this?
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Nigerian Nurse Docked For Murder of Disabled Baby in New York

A 54-year-old Nigerian nurse practicing in New York, USA, Oluyemisi Adebayo, has been arrested and charged for the murder of a disabled 23-month-old baby, Naomi Mondesire, by submerging her in scalding bath water for about 30 second, reports Daily Mail.

Adebayo who almost escaped to Nigeria, was nabbed on Wednesday April 28th in Queens, New York, as she was about boarding a flight that would have taken her out of the country.

Cedar Hill Police: Nursing home Worker Arrested After Being Found In Resident’s Bed With His Pants Down

A staff member at a Cedar Hill senior living center was arrested on an aggravated sexual assault charge Thursday after he was found in a 76-year-old resident’s bed with his pants down, police said.

Ryan Otey, 27, was being held in the Dallas County Jail Friday.
Cedar Hill police said they were dispatched to the Crescent Place Assisted Living Center on 225 West Pleasant Run Road on Thursday.

5 Nursing Students Killed in Georgia Interstate Wreck

Five nursing students died Wednesday in a chain-reaction crash that began when a tractor-trailer failed to slow down and smashed into stop-and-go traffic, Georgia authorities said.
The tractor-trailer plowed into an SUV and then rolled over a small passenger car that burst into flames, Sgt. 1^st Class Chris Nease of the Georgia State Patrol said. The big truck came to a halt after ramming the back of a tanker. Those killed were traveling on Interstate 16 near Savannah in two passenger vehicles. The cars were mangled by the crash.
All five of the victims were nursing students at Georgia Southern University. St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System said the students were commuting to the hospital for their last clinical training of the year.
"The loss of any student, especially in a tragic way, is particularly painful," Brooks Keel, president of Georgia Southern, said in a statement. "Losing five students is almost incomprehensible."

50 Nursing Jobs For Filipinos In Ireland

The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in London reports a 'need in Ireland for suitably qualified nurses to fill up vacancies in Health Service Executive and care homes'
MANILA, Philippines – Fifty jobs in an Ireland nursing home are available to Filipino nurses, the Philippine labor department said. 

Two Ireland-based recruitment agencies hiring nurses for the European country's Health Service Executive (HSE) are also looking for local partners.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Monday, March 23, said a foreign placement agency in Ireland confirmed to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in London it will hire 50 Filipino nurses for its client Ardmore Care Home Group Limited. 

"Our POLO in London has verified the 50 job orders of Triopharm Ltd for nursing positions. It has tied up with Serviecon International Corporation, a licensed Philippine recruitment agency, which is conducting sourcing and selection of qualified candidates," said Baldoz.
Applicants for the jobs in Ardmore must be licensed or registered nurses in the Philippines with minimum two years relevant working experience and must have an overall score of 6.5 in the International English Language Testing System.

How Ghana Changed The Exodus Of Nurses

Ghana's government has scrapped a controversial ban on newly qualified nurses traveling to find more lucrative employment abroad.

They introduced it 10 years ago when the West African country was suffering from a shortfall of nurses as many headed off for better opportunities in the West.

It began a scheme funding the education of nurses who then had to agree to work for the next five years in Ghana.

But now the government says it has enough nurses and it is no longer useful to keep them under bond.

"There are now more private schools churning out nurses and some of them can't even find jobs," Dr Kwesi Abir, the health ministry's deputy director of human resources, told the BBC. 

Nursing Assistant Teaches Teenager How To Take Her Life!

Nursing assistant Sharon Bradley has been suspended while Stobill Hospital investigates allegations she sent a picture showing how to commit suicide to a vulnerable in-patient at psychiatric unit.

A hospital is investigating allegations a nursing assistant sent a suicidal teen instructions on how to kill herself.

The unnamed girl was a vulnerable in-patient in a psychiatric support unit at Skye House in the grounds of Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow , when it is alleged Nursing assistant Sharon Bradley, 49, sent her a picture through photo-sharing website Instagram, which explained how someone could end their life

Lagos Doctors Begin Another Indefinite Strike

Medical  doctors in the employment of Lagos State are to commence another indefinite strike today, as their effort to reach a truce with the state government at the weekend was unsuccessful.

Medical Guild, the umbrella body of the doctors serving in the state’s public hospitals, had on March 8 issued a 10-day ultimatum to government to pay all outstanding monies allegedly withheld as a result of previous strikes embarked upon by the doctors.

Daily Independent learnt that the leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) at the weekend, made unsuccessful efforts to meet with Governor Babatunde Fashola to discuss the unhealthy development.

Sexual Harassment Of Nurses 2 ( VIDEO)

Harassment of nurses happen in the different settings they work.Sometimes it could even be from senior directors but most times,its from the people for which they are in the hospital to care for-the patients.

Sexual Harassment By Patients,Ever Experienced it?

Have you ever had this experience? After reading kindly share your experience below in the comment box to help other nurses know how you handled it.

Many nurses have had to contend with this issue at one time or the other in the course of their practice.

I have personally noted this most times especially in surgical or orthopedic open ward when patients are not necessarily ill but are simply incapacitated because of certain orthopedic impediment.Hence all other parts of the body including the perception and speech are intact.

Nurses have also reported sexual advances in patients private rooms where they had gone to care for such.Nurse are caring and patients sometimes misunderstand this to mean a call reason to advance.

This Woman Will Never Eat Again!

What would it feel like if you were to never eat again?You may have sometimes heard some people say that they wished they had a drug that would keep them filled ever ,never hungry again so that they wouldn't have to stress themselves to get money for food.However, all this is just a joke to keep life going.

But now,we are not joking.Her name is Nichola Nichols.She is just 25 and has a serious problem that paralyzed her stomach muscles.Because of this ,Nichola has not eaten in 7 years and will never eat again!

I know you will be thinking about a miracle now or your mind may be thinking about the possibility of her being healed by the the power of God.Yes.I believe that too.And i8 know that it is very possible for Nichola to get healed like many other people who have been miraculously cured of seemingly irredeemable conditions.

UNN Students Cry Out Over Delayed Licenses

BY FRANCIS IGATA

ENUGU – No fewer than 94 students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka,UNN, have cried out to relevant authorities to intervene in the impasse subsisting between the school management and Medical Rehabilitation Technical Board of Nigeria,MRTBN.

The students who graduated since last year from the Medical Rehabilitation Department, held a peaceful protest, Wednesday, at the Enugu campus said their licences for induction which is long over due, was being delayed over administrative standoff between the school and MRTBN.

Chanting and marching round the Faculty Building,carrying placards with inscriptions that reads:”Our Internship have been denied because we do not have license, UNN and MRTBN,please set us free,We are trapped,stagnated and helpless, After collecting our N5M,no license,no induction,no job” the protesting students alleged that they paid N50,000 each for the license but to avail.

Nurses In Hot Demand In Dubai

Faced with shortage of medical staff, several private hospitals looking to hire nurses

The salary range for nurses in the UAE is between Dh3,500 and Dh16,000, with the average salary being Dh8,500 (that is between N189,000-N864,700)

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By Shuchita Kapur 

Published Monday, March 09, 20

As new medical facilities and hospitals open up in the UAE, nurses are high in demand in the country.

In fact, the demand for medical professionals, which includes nurses, has been consistently going up over the past years and authorities are developing strategies to generate manpower to keep with the growing needs of this sector.

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced in December last year that it recruited 531 nurses from various countries such as India, Philippines and Jordan, in order to increase their numbers in the medical field.

One Billion Young At Risk Of Hearing Loss--WHO

The World Health organization WHO has warned that about one billion young people are at risk of developing hearing loss due to listening to loud music.

More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

 

The WHO estimates that around half of those between the ages of 12 and 35 in middle- and high-income countries are at risk due to unsafe levels of sound on personal audio devices or smartphones.

Another 40 percent are at risk from damaging audio levels at concert venues and night clubs.

“More and more young people are exposed to unsafe levels of sounds. Young people should be aware that once you lose your hearing, it won’t come back,” said Shelley Chadha, a WHO specialist on hearing impairment.

Nurses are so busy and overworked they haven't got time to eat

Most nurses are so overworked because of Government cuts they don’t have time to eat properly at work.
Royal College of Nursing research found 79 per cent failed to get a break long enough for a healthy meal in shifts stretching up to 14 hours. Nearly two thirds questioned said workplace stress led to them snacking from vending machines.
Half said low staff levels caused by cutbacks meant they had no time to get a sit down meal in canteens that were often too far away.
And 75 per cent on nights said machine snacks like crisps were often the only food available during their shifts.