Help For Domestic Violence: Resources For Women And Teens #Octoberawareness #domesticviolence

Do you know someone that is in an abusive relationship right now, or is that person You!  Here are some resources that can help. Please report abuse, who else will speak up for her?

Domestic Violence Resources For Women: 

National Domestic Violence Hotline:Toll Free: (800) 799-SAFE (7233)
Toll Free: (800) 787-3224 (TTY)
www.thehotline.org

National Network to End Domestic ViolencePhone: (202) 543-5566
www.nnedv.org

American Psychiatric Association (APA)Toll Free: (888) 35-PSYCH (77924)
Phone: (703) 907-7300
www.healthyminds.org

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Phone: (303) 839-1852
Phone: (202) 745-1211 ext. 143
www.ncadv.org

The National Center for Victims of CrimePhone: (202) 467-8700
www.ncvc.org

Futures without Violence
Phone: (415) 678-5500
www.futureswithoutviolence.org

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Toll Free: (800) 537-2238
www.nrcdv.org

The Battered Women’s Justice Project
Toll Free: (800) 903-0111 ext. 1
Phone: (612) 824-8768
www.bwjp.org

National Battered Women’s Law Project 
Phone: (212) 741-9480

WomensHealth.govToll Free: (800) 994-9662
www.womenshealth.gov

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental HealthPhone: (312) 726-7020
www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Toll Free: (866) 331-9474
www.loveisrespect.org

Safe Place
Phone: (512) 267-SAFE (7233)
www.safeplace.org

Break the CyclePhone: (310) 286-3383
www.breakthecycle.org

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)Toll Free: (800) 656-HOPE (4673)
www.rainn.org

Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Toll Free: (800) 313-1310
www.futureswithoutviolence.org/content/features/detail/790/

A Women’s Guide to Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation
Toll Free: (800) 993-3869
www.recoveryconnection.org/alcohol-drug-rehab-for-women

Teen Domestic Violence Resources 

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Toll Free: (866) 331-9474
www.loveisrespect.org

Break the Cycle
Toll Free: (888) 988-TEEN
www.breakthecycle.org

Love is Not Abusewww.loveisnotabuse.com

Teen Outreach ProgramToll Free: (800) 300-1080
www.teenrelationships.org

Maryland’s Peoples Law Library
www.peoples-law.org 

Safe YouthToll Free: (866) 723-3968

KidsHealthwww.kidshealth.org 

SeeItAndStopIt.Orgwww.seeitandstopit.org

WomensLaw.Orgwww.womenslaw.org

Another page with some great resources : Here 

Warning Signs if you think you or a loved one is in an unhealthy relationship 

Please, Please seek help before you are just a statistic on a page or another name on a toe tag, don't fool yourself thinking it will end or he will stop................he will not! Call today and get some help, even presenting to a local Emergency room and telling the nurse you are being abused will start the process to get you the help you need. Call 911 if you are in danger now, keep yourself and your children safe, you deserve better, it is NOT your fault!!

Food Safety- Good Food- Gone Bad, Protect Yourself

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What do Nurses Do? and don't do!

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A Work of My Heart~ what makes me tick

This video made me cry as I sit here late at night unable to sleep once again, tired from another long weekend working my 12 hours shifts in the ED. Somedays I just don't know if I can keep going, I am exhausted and get so tired of the constant complaining of patients that come into the ED for stupid crap that they should have gone to their primary care doctors for. They whine and fuss about the wait, the doctor, the staff blah blah blah, but then I have the pleasure of taking care of some absolutely fabulous people that are so nice. They can be so sick but still say thank you for the care I gave them, they can still smile at me and make my day, they can still make me feel like I do make a difference in somebody's life. Emergency medicine is a hard and fast environment, changing all the time, being prepared with your adrenaline in standby mode continuously  takes it's toll on a body, I can feel my heart racing up and down pumping excitement and energy to keep my brain cells clicking and my feet moving. My blood pressure I am sure does the same.
Yes I am an adrenaline Type A junkie I guess, I thrive on that excitement or even just the thoughts of a potential excitement.
Why do I do what I do? simply because I like it, love it! I like going the extra mile to just be the nurse that cares. The nurse that makes sure you have that warm blanket, socks on your feet, ice chips, ginger ale or crackers if you want them, makes sure your kids have that coloring book, stickers ,stuffed animal or some distraction to make their visit to the ER a positive one too. I am that nurse that focus's on care as a whole, you and your family/visitors, they are an important link in the chain of your survival when you leave, whether it is going home or being transferred out.
Nursing is not glamorous and the smells are not happy ones, if you know what I mean. The pay is good, but not nearly enough for the battle you will fight and the war wounds you will display. So nurses that stay in nursing for a number of years are usually in it for their undying love for the profession, not the cute shoes, uniforms or certainly not the hot doctors (they are all married or assholes).
Enough of my disertation....... time to watch this video that actually made me cry....enjoy! #Nurse On and #NurseUp your fellow nurses, they are all here with you for the long run! Show them some love too!
Watch this video and you will see why I have totally loved being in the nursing field since I started out as a junior volunteer(candy striper)  at age 15.

Sugar Baby its Killing You!

The standard American diet is filled with sugar, we all know that sugar is sweet, but this will leave a bad taste in your mouth! Sugar is addictive and releases an opiate- like substance that activates the brain's reward system and thus we want more and more! So think about all those sodas you drink everyday when you read what the consumption of excessive sugar is linked to, I know I am in shock now. Gotta cut back myself.

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Helping Others, don't hurt them...

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This picture speaks to your heart, if not, you have a little problem...... think about it!~

Some Shocking Facts about Nursing Around the World

Next time I ,as a nurse in America, complain about my job, I will remember some of my nursing sisters around the world. We are blessed to have so many resources available to us, supplies, technology, shifts of our choice, gloves.......we are spoiled compared to nurses in Mexico and Vietnam etc.

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Friday Funny: Momma visits the doctor

What's so funny when momma goes to the doctor? And do you think that nurses ever take their kids to the doctor? If you ask my kids, they will tell you the same thing in the funny below.

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