Same. I'm seriously shocked at the level people have gone to trusting everything and verifying nothing.
I get bombarded by a message to sleeve up, and we've all heard the stories said in a condescending tone. But they add to use critical thinking from credible sources and add CDC...well there you have it. Nurses are supposed to trust CDC. Hospice and seeing what goes on 1st hand in the nursing facilities was an eyes wide open and confirmed everything I was told from chem professor.
It's scary how they zombify the NF residents on meds. I've watched resident and after resident come off off their polypharmacy and thrive for a few mos til whatever disease their polypharmacy caused, i.e. kidney disease as an example is the cause of death. Meanwhile people buy into the lie the pills are keeping them alive.
Polypharmacy is a good example of people's blind trust in medicine. I've worked in geriatrics for the most part, and the med pass takes up most of the shift. It's not unusual for the residents to be on up to twenty different medications. The side effects from those meds is what keeps most patients there IMO.
Same. I'm seriously shocked at the level people have gone to trusting everything and verifying nothing.
I get bombarded by a message to sleeve up, and we've all heard the stories said in a condescending tone. But they add to use critical thinking from credible sources and add CDC...well there you have it. Nurses are supposed to trust CDC. Hospice and seeing what goes on 1st hand in the nursing facilities was an eyes wide open and confirmed everything I was told from chem professor.
It's scary how they zombify the NF residents on meds. I've watched resident and after resident come off off their polypharmacy and thrive for a few mos til whatever disease their polypharmacy caused, i.e. kidney disease as an example is the cause of death. Meanwhile people buy into the lie the pills are keeping them alive.
Polypharmacy is a good example of people's blind trust in medicine. I've worked in geriatrics for the most part, and the med pass takes up most of the shift. It's not unusual for the residents to be on up to twenty different medications. The side effects from those meds is what keeps most patients there IMO.