4-St RN

Our healthcare system is failing us and has been for many years. And before you go pointing fingers to blame anyone, look in the mirror first—YES—we all play a part in the responsibility of the decline. Apathy, lack of knowledge, complacency, unwillingness to initiate and/or participate, laziness, and always looking for the magic pill to fix everything, while you sit on your couch eating bom-boms.
Let someone else do the work; let someone else fix it seems to be the mindset of many. Let someone else PAY for it, i.e. the insurance company. Here’s the reality, the insurance company isn’t paying for S**T! They are making money, hand over fist. Everyone pays a premium and everyone pays a deductible. So the reality of it is, YOU are paying thru the nose, for your family and everyone else’s!
It’s widespread throughout hospitals, doctor’s offices, and pharmacies. In case you haven’t noticed, doctors and companies are putting together “pharmaceutical kits” for us to buy, in case we get sick, because getting in to see a doctor could take weeks or months and urgent care is a joke.
Short story: I have lost a lot of feeling in my legs and arms do to an autoimmune condition. The loss is gradually moving more proximal. Yesterday at 1700 hrs, I texted my NP (Nurse Practitioner) with a photo of 3rd degree burns on my lower back from a heating pad. She immediately called CVS Pharmacy and ordered a prescription cream for burns. Let’s review—a prescription, written by a doctor for something that is obviously wrong!!! Not to kill time because we had nothing better to do, and Rx NEEDED to an injury. Granted the pharmacist didn’t have a diagnosis per se, but he/she knew something was wrong, else why the Rx. Am I right, yeah, I think I am. This morning, at 1000 hrs, I went to CVS to get the cream. I’m, thinking-“they got the script late yesterday, they close at 2000 hrs and open at 0800, so by 1000 hrs, they should have something. Guess what they told me at the window—“You’re Rx is on hold because it’s not covered by insurance.” Of course it’s not, most of my meds aren’t, but here’s the real question—DID YOU THINK IT IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO ME? They have my phone and text me frequently. You’re holding a prescription medication, without contacting the patient to advise them of what is happening??? In what universe does this make any sense?
I strongly advise you get one of those “at home medical kits’. I strongly recommend that you have these items, in your house at all times:
91% alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, witch hazel liquid and wipes, Emetrol, a frozen bags of veggies (corn ex) or a flexible ice bag, activated charcoal, ipecac syrup, cornstarch (stops bleeding), and tea tree oil. These are basic items and I can advise how and when to use, should you ever need help.
Please understand, you are in charge of your health. Stay alert and stay vigilant and be prepared. God Speed.

Dear HCA Hospital,
You keep calling me and I don’t answer the phone; you keep sending me a bill and I ignore them. So now I want to ask you—How does it feel to be ignored? How does it feel to want something and to be ignored?
The bill you sent me is about $2000k and I want to review a few things with you: I was brought to your facility four different times, in less than 5 months, for the exact same issue and symptoms, via ambulance. $700 for each trip and my insurance covered half, leaving me to pay $1400. Now, if your staff had done their job, the first or second time I sought treatment, I would only be out about $700. The way I see it, because you failed, you should pay me the $700 for the third and fourth trip.
Each time I was brought there, a CAT scan was performed—FOUR scans, in less than 5 months, for the exact same issue and symptoms. What do you charge the insurance company for each? If I paid out-of-pocket, I know it would be a lot less, so what is your kickback? What “profit” do you make on each CAT scan? Given that you “used” me for that income, I think I should get a percentage; again, you owe me money.
Now, I’m a registered nurse and my role as a patient, in your facility, included me having “teaching moments” with some of your staff. I think $60/hour is reasonable for me to receive as an instructor. I’ll be conservative and say maybe 10 hours total for the 7 days I was in your facility. $600 to me for teaching/instruction.
Regarding my second visit, where the doctor was grossly incompetent, diagnosing me with a UTI, despite never performing a UA that day and ignoring the negative results from just 36 hours prior, his salary should be docked, and that money should come back to me! Sitting in your ED for 6 hours, writhing in constant pain, because the doctors can’t or didn’t read my current medication list, which includes LDN for chronic pain. They gave me pain meds that were contraindicated with that medication. Did anyone ask me? Did anyone talk to me? NOT ONE—EVER!!
No, HCA, I don’t owe you money—you owe me! A simple diagnosis—which you finally determined after 4 visits and countless repetitive tests to be, as one of your very professional nurses said (yes sarcasm), “it’s just a gallbladder!” I’m trying to wrap my head around all the money, staff, equipment, and medication used to diagnose “just a gallbladder”.
Every time you call my phone and I don’t answer, I want you to think about all the times I called out, rang my call button (when it was made available to me) and begged to be heard and listened to, while I was a patient in your facility. You clearly have ripped off the insurance company and me, with repetitive and yes, expensive tests. Tell me the cost to pay your staff, to care for one woman, over the course of 8 days for something that should have been resolved in less than 24 hours—NOT days. Might I make a small suggestion? Efficiency? Have you ever hear of that? The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Maybe, just maybe, you should try a different tactic? You have all the advanced technology; supposedly your staff has some medical knowledge and this isn’t their first day on the job, correct? 4 abdominal CAT scans in less than 5 months, for the exact same symptoms, and nobody could figure anything out?
Here’s the kicker: you sent me home 3 times, with totally unresolved issues and a bunch of papers, instructing me to return, should my symptoms persist. It’s a total joke and it’s beyond disgusting.

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WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET!!! THIS IS CRIMINAL, TO SAY THE LEAST Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

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None of the unvaccinated children observed suffered from these heart inflammation conditions while 27 cases per million were observed in vaccinated kids after the first dose, and 10 cases per million were observed after the second dose, according to the English study published in Epidemiology.

The COVID shot (especially for children) was neither safe nor effective.

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Sometimes it seems like I am talking and no one listens; Sometimes, it seems like I care more about someone’s health and wellbeing, than they care about themselves. I have seen, first hand, the results of people who become poly pharmaceutical junkies. I have seen, first hand, doctors who prescribe medications like they are handing out candy; AND then, the day will come, when you will become so doped up, that you won’t be able to make any decision for yourself, and you will spend the next 5 to 10 years hunched over in a wheelchair, praying that someone—anyone will help you—and no one comes. You’re reduced to nothing more than income in a bed—totally dependent and begging to be heard or seen.
I heard an idea about taking teenagers into jails so they can see what happens when they break the law. I think that every single person should spend just one 8 hour day in an ALF or SNF. See first hand how facilities and our society care for elderly/sick people.
One of my biggest challenges, as a nurse, is caring more about someone than they care about themselves. I have seen the results of “lack of care” and compassion. It’s like watching someone drive a car right over the edge of a canyon, and at that point, it’s too late. Sallie Laurel Blaschik RN Barbara Stewart

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The system is BROKEN! The people who suffer are the children and the foster parents.

Foster parents don’t burn out from the kids.
Let’s just go ahead and say that out loud.

It’s not the tantrums.
Not the trauma flashbacks.
Not the sleepless nights or the hard behaviors.
We knew that part.
We counted that cost before we ever said yes.
We signed up to love kids who’ve been through trauma.
We came ready.
We came trauma informed.

What we weren’t ready for was the system.

The begging for support and being ignored.
The “we hear you” but nothing changes.
The serious concerns dismissed as “emotional.”
The court files nobody has even read.
The last-minute decisions that uproot a child’s whole world… while we just stand there and hold the pieces.
The loving a child like they are your own
and being treated like you don’t matter at all.

We aren’t tired because of the children.
We are tired because of the constant fight for them.
A fight we shouldn’t have to do alone.
A fight that was supposed to be shared.

If you want to know why foster parents are walking away,
look at the system.
Not the child.

We’re not burned out from love.
We are burned out from everything that gets in the way of loving them well.

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NEGLECT IS ABUSE.

I’m saying it out loud and again because too many people dance around it, sugarcoat it, or pretend it’s something else. There’s a world of difference between parents who are struggling, doing their best, trying to provide, and parents who neglect because they put themselves first. Kids can tell the difference. Kids always know.

If a parent is struggling financially, trying to put food on the table, clothes on their back, and still showing love… they are not neglecting. That is hardship. That is poverty. That is life being hard. And yes, poverty is awful. Yes, addiction is a disease. But there is no excuse for choosing a bottle over your baby. Choosing drugs over your child. Choosing your habits over the cries in your own home. That is neglect. That is abuse.

Neglect doesn’t always look like bruises. It doesn’t always leave a mark. But it leaves a scar no one sees. It’s the meals missed. The homework ignored. The cries for attention that fall on deaf ears. The doctor’s appointments skipped. The clothes never clean. The love that is absent. Children notice. Children know. They feel it deep down. And the world needs to stop pretending it’s okay.

Neglect steals more than childhood. It steals trust, safety, dignity, hope, and identity. It tells a child they are not worth showing up for. And that is abuse.

We need to say it. Out loud. Neglect is abuse. Don’t confuse it with hardship, struggle, or poverty. Don’t hide behind excuses. Kids don’t forget. Kids don’t forgive easily. And those who should protect them…social systems, communities, society… we need to start holding people accountable.

Neglect is not subtle. It is not a lesser evil. It is abuse. And it’s time we stop pretending it’s anything else.

If you go to an urgent care, there’s a 90-95% chance, that the healthcare provider will be “practicing” CYA and not listening to your concerns/issues. If you need to go to an emergency room, there’s also a 95% chance that they are “practicing” CYA—not “healthcare” as it relates to you and your immediate concerns.
This is what our healthcare system has been reduced to: money for the insurance companies, kickbacks, insurance protocols, hospital protocols as they relate to insurance/medicare, and money for Big Pharma. Your concerns/issues are juggled into “boxes” to fit a narrative and more times than not, they miss all the warning signs and the real problem. Listening??? No, they don’t listen anymore. Their faces are buried in computer screens, checking all the boxes, that are applicable in the moment. Critical thinking is long gone; subjective and objective assessments—out the window.
When you seek medical attention, the goal should be your “ass” not theirs! Practicing “CYA” is in direct conflict with a doctor’s oath and moreover, is juxtapose to “health care”. It’s impossible to have both and be effective.
We have been sliding down a healthcare slippery slope for decades. We have all been taught “listen to your doctor”! Do what your doctor says; however, doctors today don’t make decisions like they use to; they don’t assess and examine like they use to and they most definitely don’t make decisions alone to serve you. They follow protocols first and check the boxes. You leave the facility with pages of preprinted documents, outlining care for one or more of the several things they have suggested you may be afflicted with. Calls and texts for follow up appointments that, if you’re lucky, are only 6 months out. Instructions to return should your symptoms continue or reappear. All of it looks promising, on paper, and that’s as far as the good new goes—right there on that paper. Don’t expect for one second that they will arrive at an accurate diagnosis; it’s always two or three possibilities, so let us throw the entire medicine cabinet at you and let’s see what happens next.
We are way past “things will get better” because the truth is, they are getting worse. They don’t have the answers anymore. They aren’t the drivers of healthcare, they are hitched to a wagon, loaded down with crap. We need to learn about our bodies and quit looking for the magic pill. PEOPLE—the magic pill doesn’t exist and unless you want to end up like a vegetable, waiting 10 hours for someone to wipe your butt, you need to get busy working on YOUR body!!! Take responsibility and take action. You had your fun at 15, 20, 30, and even 40 and now you need to wake up and pay attention. The longer you wait, the harder it becomes. Even one year, of lying helpless in a bed, will feel like eternity. 90 days is all it takes to create or eliminate a habit; only if you do it consistently every day. Stop with the excuses and lies—you’re not fooling me or anyone, you’re only trying to convince yourself of something. “I’m trying” is the biggest lie of all—JUST DO IT!
God Speed

These foster parent angels need our prayers and our support. Unfortunately we live in a society where blaming others for our actions , instead of taking responsibility, has become the norm. It has to stop!!!
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If you’re blaming foster parents for “taking” your kids, you’re looking at the wrong people.

We don’t steal children.
We don’t shop for them.
We don’t sit around hoping someone else fails.

We answer a phone call.

A call that comes after hard lines have already been crossed.
A call that comes when a child is no longer safe.
A call that says someone has to show up right now.

Your kids weren’t taken by foster parents.
They were placed because something broke long before we ever entered the picture.

And here’s what people don’t want to talk about.

We are the ones praying you succeed.
Praying you get sober.
Praying you show up.
Praying you finish the classes.
Praying you choose differently this time.
Praying your kids get to go home.

We want reunification.
We want healing.
We want families restored.

But we will not be quiet when you aren’t doing enough.

Because silence doesn’t protect children.
Comfort doesn’t change outcomes.
And blaming foster parents won’t work your case plan.

Stop projecting.
Stop rewriting the story.
Start doing the work.

That work is hard.
It’s uncomfortable.
It requires humility, consistency, and choices that don’t feel good at first.

And listen,
this system is flawed.
It is not fair.
It does not always give people what they deserve.

But your kids are watching.
They are waiting.
And every day matters.

So if no one has said it clearly, let me say it now.

You can do this.
You can break the cycle.
You can choose differently.
You can fight for your kids the way they deserve.

Foster parents aren’t your enemy.
We’re the ones standing in the gap.
Caring for your kids while you do the work.
Praying for the day they get to go home.

But loving your kids means telling the truth.
And the truth is this…

I’m tired of this narrative.
And I believe you’re capable of more.