First Do No Harm

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday as far back as I could remember. It was a special day that my dad and I always spent together. In this episode I bring none other than my dad, Johnnie Jackson to share with you many of the stories I heard growing up of what he learned through the years of the actions and activities a full moon seems to cause. 

In light of my favorite holiday this episode contains a contest and THE WINNER will receive a $25 Amazon giftcard. What's the catch? You must be kind. Throughout the show I give 5 activities that will spread kindness from YOU to a Stranger. You must do 3 out of the 5 and submit a picture for each to get your name in the running. Do you REALLY want that giftcard? I will also let you increase your chances. For each additional act of kindness you will get your name put in the drawing an extra time. You have the potential to have your name in 3 times. Pictures and stories (if you want to share) are due November 14 where I will be drawing live at 6pm (est). 

Case Study:

A woman presents to the hospital with a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Simply put a vessel in her head started leaking blood, likely from a ruptured aneurysm. This lady is rushed to interventional radiology (IR) to have a procedure known as a coiling performed that will stop the bleeding in her head. In order to perform the procedure a neurosurgeon must go in through the artery in her groin in order to reach the aneurysm in her brain. Once the procedure is successfully complete a nurse in the IR must hold pressure at the groin site up to 10 minutes so the patient does not "bleed out" and die. Once the patient is transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) and the patient is alone with her new nurse, she discloses that while the nurse in IR was holding pressure, he sexually assaulted her.

David, a Neurological Intensive Care Unit nurse joins the show to express the routes that should be taken and helps expose common mentalities throughout coworkers and what to do with the doubt that arises when others blow off the patient's recollection of the assault.

Ultimately, what would you do if this woman was your mother, sister, or wife?

What would you do if you overheard the staff calling your loved one a liar and crazy?

If after the investigation they determined the nurse was innocent?

Before listening to today’s episode, it is important that you first reflect back to a time in which you or a family member were sick and required medical attention whether it be in the setting of a Hospital or Dr’s office. What were the expectations you had surrounding your care? Where would you draw the line as unacceptable behavior from a provider? 

Unfortunately, healthcare providers experience all of these and must continue to care and provide for the individuals who express such views and degrade them.

Three guests were interviewed. A patient care technician, registered nurse, and physician all weighed in on their personal experiences and what they believe to be the causation to such treatment.

(3:14)  Interview of Mr. Oswald (Patient Care Technician).

(4:30) Warning: Profanity is used when quoting a patient’s verbage when speaking to Oswald.

(9:07) Stories from Anonymous (Registered Nurse)

(11:09) Interview of Dr. Sendil Krishnan (Hospitalist)

(29:09) Nurses have been ranked the most trusted profession in 2017 on honesty and ethical standards. They have actually been #1 on the list of 22 professions for the past 16 years. 

Click Here to read the article of the most trusted professions.

I am a registered nurse who works primarily in Neurological Intensive Care Units across the country (Yes, travel nurse).

This podcast came about because I was really struggling in life. I would go to work and return home and lie in bed with a broken heart. I was grieving what seems to be a lack of humanity, and respect that we human beings have for each other. I needed to find a way to open the minds of us all so that maybe, just maybe we aren’t so trapped in what we think is right, but look at the world through a new set of eyes and find education and love in the midst!