Homeland Security Report equates 'abortion opponents' with white supremacists
The frog is being slowly boiled. People don't seem to realize what is happening to this country, but the morals are slowly but surely being squeezed out of it. Now we have an administration that is the most radical, since the Clinton administration, in U.S. history. I'm afraid of what will happen next.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Friday, October 31, 2008
What is at stake in this election?
I don't know what all John McCain stands for. I don't have to. When there is an issue as big as 4,000+ babies being murdered every single day, for the simple crime of being "unwanted", I really don't need to know much more than who is going to allow it, and who is going to fight against it.
Here is the kind of thing that Barak Obama is so cavalier about. He is ready and willing to not only kill babies, but if they are "unwanted" and are born alive, he would have them die, alone, in a cold, dark, soiled linen room.
A soiled linen room is not the most pleasant room to be in, even for an adult. It is a horrible place to spend your first, last, and only moments outside the safety and protection of the womb:
Here is the kind of thing that Barak Obama is so cavalier about. He is ready and willing to not only kill babies, but if they are "unwanted" and are born alive, he would have them die, alone, in a cold, dark, soiled linen room.
A soiled linen room is not the most pleasant room to be in, even for an adult. It is a horrible place to spend your first, last, and only moments outside the safety and protection of the womb:
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Vote soon if you haven't already!
Something that you've got to see before casting your presidential vote:
Jeff's first "week" at work
Last week I went to work at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. It was two days of "here is where the fire extinguisher's are" and "this is how to reach the front desk" and "here is where you can park, and where you can't", etc.
Then new employees hired in nursing had another three days in orientation to specifics of Kadlec. Much of it was review of nursing school, but I imagine that it is tailored to help make sure that nurses who have worked other places, but may not be completely up-to-date might get some of the newest policies.
Anyway, it also covered some Kadlec specific policies, how to use the IV pumps that are used at Kadlec, although it was only about 1/2 hour, and we only got about 5 minute each, hands on, and lots of infection control, emergency procedures, etc.
It was a long week, sitting for some much. I have a stack of binders and paper about 6-8 tall now, most of which I won't probably never have a need to look at again.
Then on Monday I started my orientation on the medical floor. I'll do that for, I think, about 8 weeks. My preceptor is really, really good. It's not like school, for a number of reasons. One of the most obvious is that a) I don't have any homework, but also b) instead of paying to do it, they pay me.
My first week was from Monday to Wednesday. It sounds like a short week, but 12 hour shifts are long. But I had Sunday off, and I have another 3 day break before starting next week, so I'm hoping to find myself rejeuvenated by then.
Then new employees hired in nursing had another three days in orientation to specifics of Kadlec. Much of it was review of nursing school, but I imagine that it is tailored to help make sure that nurses who have worked other places, but may not be completely up-to-date might get some of the newest policies.
Anyway, it also covered some Kadlec specific policies, how to use the IV pumps that are used at Kadlec, although it was only about 1/2 hour, and we only got about 5 minute each, hands on, and lots of infection control, emergency procedures, etc.
It was a long week, sitting for some much. I have a stack of binders and paper about 6-8 tall now, most of which I won't probably never have a need to look at again.
Then on Monday I started my orientation on the medical floor. I'll do that for, I think, about 8 weeks. My preceptor is really, really good. It's not like school, for a number of reasons. One of the most obvious is that a) I don't have any homework, but also b) instead of paying to do it, they pay me.
My first week was from Monday to Wednesday. It sounds like a short week, but 12 hour shifts are long. But I had Sunday off, and I have another 3 day break before starting next week, so I'm hoping to find myself rejeuvenated by then.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Happy Birthday Alden!
Today, Alden turns five years old! He is growing like a bad weed, but in a good way. Stop by and visit if you're in the neighborhood!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Back to the work-a-day world
I finished nursing school on June 13th, took my NCLEX in July, then commenced to try to get on at my hospital of choice, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco. That is where I did my preceptorship. I really enjoyed it, and the people, and thought I would be able to get on there.
But they had a residency program. New graduates have to be part of that to work at Lourdes. I had been into Lourdes HR department three times over the last year, to get an application in. They wouldn't give me one, and said that I had to wait until my last quarter to get into the residency program.
So I went into HR again, the first week of the last quarter, and was told, "Oh, that closed yesterday." After talking to various people in my class, I found out that the only people from our school that got into the residency program, or even knew that the program was open, were people who already worked at Lourdes as secretaries, nurse assistants, etc.
But I continued to try to lobby to get in. Between July and this month, October, I had worked different angles. I had talked to different doctors and nurses who worked there, and in the end three different doctors had either talk to HR or written letters, I later came to learn.
It wasn't until the CEO of Lourdes walked in and talked to HR directly, that I got a phonecall from them. In a nutshell, they said that they have their system, and I didn't get my paperwork into it, and they weren't going to make me any offers.
So, I put my application in to Kadlec Medical Center, got an interview there and I start on Monday, October 20th. It will be good experience, as they handle more complicated cases than Lourdes does, anyway.
Working at Kadlec will be a solid foundation for my nursing career--a foundation that I would have gotten at Lourdes as well, but not to the extent that I will at Kadlec. It's a solid career move. It just doesn't have the strong faith based component that I liked.
I will have a week of hospital training and orientation, then another week of floor orientation to the unit I'll be working in, then I'll get a work schedule. Like most new grads, I'll get all of the shifts that nobody wants. In the beginning I'll be working the same schedule as whoever is my preceptor. But eventually I'll be working mostly night shift, which has it's plusses and minuses. I've always been kind of a night person, but don't know how this night shift work will go over, trying to sleep in the day with four kids under age seven.
But we're excited to move forward in this adventure. Will keep you posted!
But they had a residency program. New graduates have to be part of that to work at Lourdes. I had been into Lourdes HR department three times over the last year, to get an application in. They wouldn't give me one, and said that I had to wait until my last quarter to get into the residency program.
So I went into HR again, the first week of the last quarter, and was told, "Oh, that closed yesterday." After talking to various people in my class, I found out that the only people from our school that got into the residency program, or even knew that the program was open, were people who already worked at Lourdes as secretaries, nurse assistants, etc.
But I continued to try to lobby to get in. Between July and this month, October, I had worked different angles. I had talked to different doctors and nurses who worked there, and in the end three different doctors had either talk to HR or written letters, I later came to learn.
It wasn't until the CEO of Lourdes walked in and talked to HR directly, that I got a phonecall from them. In a nutshell, they said that they have their system, and I didn't get my paperwork into it, and they weren't going to make me any offers.
So, I put my application in to Kadlec Medical Center, got an interview there and I start on Monday, October 20th. It will be good experience, as they handle more complicated cases than Lourdes does, anyway.
Working at Kadlec will be a solid foundation for my nursing career--a foundation that I would have gotten at Lourdes as well, but not to the extent that I will at Kadlec. It's a solid career move. It just doesn't have the strong faith based component that I liked.
I will have a week of hospital training and orientation, then another week of floor orientation to the unit I'll be working in, then I'll get a work schedule. Like most new grads, I'll get all of the shifts that nobody wants. In the beginning I'll be working the same schedule as whoever is my preceptor. But eventually I'll be working mostly night shift, which has it's plusses and minuses. I've always been kind of a night person, but don't know how this night shift work will go over, trying to sleep in the day with four kids under age seven.
But we're excited to move forward in this adventure. Will keep you posted!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tin Whistles
Our family has started to get into playing the Appalachian mountain dulcimer for fun and for homeschool. Kind of a cultural development thing for the kids. That's actually a good excuse for doing something that we all find to be a lot of fun. One of those things that as homeschoolers, we can do, just because we want to.
One of the people in the dulcimer group that we go to a couple times a month also plays the tin whistle, so we are thinking of getting one or more of those as well. So I was online looking around and came across this great little video. It's pretty amazing. In case you're confused, both boys are playing tin whistles, they are playing the same song, so both of their hands are playing the same exact notes, but they just traded hands for half of the whistle. That is, one hand is on his own whistle, the other hand is on the brother's whistle (I think they're brothers), and vice versa:
One of the people in the dulcimer group that we go to a couple times a month also plays the tin whistle, so we are thinking of getting one or more of those as well. So I was online looking around and came across this great little video. It's pretty amazing. In case you're confused, both boys are playing tin whistles, they are playing the same song, so both of their hands are playing the same exact notes, but they just traded hands for half of the whistle. That is, one hand is on his own whistle, the other hand is on the brother's whistle (I think they're brothers), and vice versa:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Chrissy in Pink and Alden Scooting
Here are a few pictures that Imelda and Mariana apparently took today. They are the very latest pictures of Chrissy. Also below there is a picture of Alden on his scooter. I'm not sure who took that one.
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