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Poll: Do You Smoke
Poll: Do you feel nurses are better role models of health if they don't smoke
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Posted about 2 years ago So, I thought it would be interesting to bring up a controversial subject. Health is a really big topic right now in the United States. I wanted to know what your thoughts are on nurses who smoke. Does this make them a good role model if they smoke? Why or why not? Joyce Harrell, RN, OCN
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| Posted about 2 years ago Having been a pediatric nurse, we always knew to brace for full beds when the weather got cool. The smokers would close their windows in the house and we would have a ward full of kids with asthma or at least bronchitis. I wrote a paper once on second-hand smoke. The EPA put out a book that had almost 2 pages of chemicals from second-hand smoke --- half were carcinogenic. Tom, PhD, MPH, BS(N), RN-C, CHN |
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| Posted about 2 years ago Yes, I had several lung cancer patients whose spouses smoked, but the patient never had. Joyce Harrell, RN, OCN
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| Posted about 2 years ago besides numerous health problems, it's the awful smell of cig that i can't really take. Unsolicited events encumbered the profession that I've always loved. Recently accepted home-based work for http://www.pulseuniform.com to reconnect with the industry. |
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| Posted about 2 years ago " I use to smoke,on occasion,in my early teenage->young adult life.When I graduated from LPN school and acquired my first job, I remember the first patient that had expired when I was on duty suffered from chronic emphysema. Though she lived to see her 90's,just to care for / observe her,"struggle to breathe", thus tell me," Don't smoke,honey", up to the time of death,trully hit home.I gave up the smokes." |
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| Posted about 2 years ago awesome story, ninelives... Joyce Harrell, RN, OCN
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