Colleen Foley

mom of two; wife to @bobertstyle; ER registered nurse; reality TV lover; Frederictonian; I like what I like.

[Susan Holt @susanholt]

Higgs is trying to buy your vote with a tax cut while ignoring the healthcare crisis. The HST cut will cost almost $500 million. That’s half a billion dollars that won’t go to community care clinics, retaining healthcare workers, and giving you reliable access to primary care.

[Liberal Party of NB | Parti Libéral du N.-B. @NBLA_ALNB]

The Higgs government has and will continue to tout this as the largest healthcare budget in history, but the total budget has only increased by $1.6M.

[BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital]

Difference between tech and healthcare:

Me: “Got feedback today that it feels like we have a culture at work of focusing on the misses. We rarely celebrate the wins”

Wife: “Nobody’s said ‘Good Job’ to me even once in the last decade. We just do our jobs. Grow a pair”

[Neeja Bakshi @NeejaB]

And friends, this is where we are today. My colleagues have had to say no. Because it is unsafe. Untenable. Unsustainable.

[Neeja Bakshi @NeejaB]

For the first time in my own career as an internal med doc, I've seen the day where my colleagues can no longer safely admit patients from the ER.

[Robert Oubre, MD | The Doctor of Documentation @Dr_Oubre]

If someone is asking for your help…they want your help.

It’s not the time to decide whether they SHOULD be asking for your help - Do this on the back end in the form of respectful feedback.

[Robert Oubre, MD | The Doctor of Documentation @Dr_Oubre]

If a nurse asks you to see a patient, do it.

Experienced nurses' instincts are invaluable.

And if it's an overcall by a young nurse, your immediate response will have established trust...and you can provide education.

And remember...

[“𝙿𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎” 🥒 @SaintJohnPickle]

Retention of experienced nurses is imperative to the healthcare crisis in New Brunswick.

New hires are being trained by 1-2 year out nurses, over night charge nurses are new grads, LPNs are working outside their scope in many areas

[Brit Mockler @bamcklr]

A little word to the wise on this sunny Saturday: if you're having to over communicate (like two different statements on the same same day...), you've already lost, and damn have you ever lost. 🏳️‍🌈

[Colleen Foley @ColleenKav]

@TristanGinger Same girl, same 😭

[Colleen Foley @ColleenKav]

@ry_guy4life @RayDoesData That’s insane!!!

[Ryan @ry_guy4life]

@RayDoesData In the last 2.5 years in our ED alone, we have lost approx 77 Nurses, 10 MDs and one PA. Zero offered exit interviews. Found out we are are loosing 2 more Nurses this week. 😔

[Colleen Foley @ColleenKav]

@bamcklr 👏🏻 💕

[“𝙿𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎” 🥒 @SaintJohnPickle]

what’s disappointing is you look like your blood pressure is 220/110

https://t.co/WvPxehYDv1

[B.W. Carlin @BaileyCarlin]

White blood cells showing up to help the body fight infection and other disease https://t.co/04QMBUFmBA

[Lis @prkersmile]

i don’t think people realise how much of a cultural reset it was to see Tom Holland, a young male actor to play SPIDER-MAN, doing the umbrella dance? this moment was the biggest fuck you to toxic masculinity. everyone and their gf was OBSESSED

[joey🕷️ @dayascamera]

if Rihanna brings Tom Holland on stage to perform umbrella during halftime i swear i’ll never complain again

[Sara Fung, MN, BSN, RN @saramfung]

-talk to someone, anyone, if you are unable to access mental health services and tell them how you feel
-the world is not better off without you, the world is so much brighter and better with you in it
-no job is worth losing your life over