Vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA), 3-4 minute bursts per day, associated with ~40% reduction of all-cause mortality, cancer and cardiovascular mortality https://t.co/BoGmigjqWl @NatureMedicine@ma_hamer@M_Stamatakis
Pregnancy is physically traumatic. If the product wasn’t a baby it would be seen as an extremely aggressive tumour that depletes your bodily resources. You have to be invasively torn apart to remove it. You should only have to go through that VOLUNTARILY.
The "economy" is our material relationship with each other and with the rest of the living world. We have to decide whether we want that relationship to be based on extraction and exploitation, or on reciprocity and care.
The second was #MichelleHeughins , a prison nurse present at the death of an inmate who died after 5 guards restrained him and didn’t allow her to provide medical care. None of the guards were charged, only the nurse. Absolute insanity.
Booker: I am hearing from people, not just black women, who are relating to me their stories about having to come into a room where you’re more qualified than the people who are sitting in judgement of you and having to endure the absurdities of disrespect that we saw…
There’s a ghost on the corner of 3rd and Broadway
I noticed him the other day, as I made a left turn at the light.
He wasn’t there a week ago.
He must be new.
Nobody I recognize, but then again, his face is blurry and indistinct.
I look at him now, and I drive past. 1/
@half_ally 1/2 Nursing is the biggest privilege. To be entrusted to care for someone loved ones, when they are vulnerable and be part of their journey is the biggest honour. Our role is challenging and that can lead to burn out, which is, I am sure, contributing to things you have read
@half_ally Alice my feeling are that nurses are wonderful people that enter into a profession that has the potential to destroy them. When you are able to do it well, it's one of the best & most important jobs. In reality, working conditions are so appalling it becomes impossible to do...
@StephanieHass18 @half_ally Well said Stephanie. Alice, Nursing is so diverse & rewarding. Hope your not deterred. From Public health to Palliative care and across the life-course, where else do you have the chance to use critical thinking intelligent kindness and make a real difference to people's lives?
Tonight each one of the nurses in my ICU have 4 patients. This is the assignment for one of them:
1. pt on the vent / 2 pressors + 2 sedative drips / cardiac arrest
2. pt on face mask / 2 pressors / emergent dialysis - CRRT
3. COVID pt on the vent / fio2 100% - peep 20 / 5 drips
@Mrhornesmith In one German hospital I worked in they took a percentage from your wage to "ensure your job" (using your money for structural plans / building) 😮
How is it to work for a nursing agency? Sophie is a nurse, working for the NHS (public) and Nursing Guild (private). What benefits and tensions did she experience? Listen: https://t.co/aab4JlR6L3 #DnRNursning@nursingguild
Why do we even put people in hospitals? How is person-centred-care / student-centred-learning in tension with sustainability (min 21:00 and min 41:30)? Listen to our new podcast episode on NURSING and SUSTAINABILITY https://t.co/4KwuLwvIXx
Angels with Dirty Faces