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The AbroadNurse JUST BREATHE! I write about anything that comes to mind. God lover. U.S. Registered Nurse. Nigeria Nurse-Midwife
Mom.

01/18/2025

Good morning my neighbors!!!
Yes!
Yes!!
Bless you.

01/18/2025

Help me! Help me

Your foodie nurse learnt about this suya place and decided to try it. I bought shawarma also so the kids and I could indulge.

I got held up while gisting with family friends.
I am home now, it's past midnight and everyone has gone to bed.

I have eaten the shawarma to the point of no return.
How do I discipline myself to keep the rest for the kids?

JUST BREATHE

01/17/2025

One of the highlights of my nursing career while in Nigeria was when a guy dropped crisp bills on the table inside the treatment room and walked out, after I had administered malaria injection to him.

The amount was N3,000 . The year was 2005.
Do you know the value of naira then?That amount is what you get when you divide my MONTHLY salary then into 5.
For just injection procedure that lasted possibly 30 seconds?

Most Igbo men know how to appreciate nurses at the hospitals, especially after their wives give birth. This is very common with those men with shops at Idumota. If the baby is a boy then forget it. They would almost shut down the ward with gifts for the staff.

He had tried handing the money to me but I stepped back in refusal. I recall him saying " it's like you are new here".

After that experience, it made sense why the two auxiliary nurses employed by the hospital were always begging to work downstairs.

Who knows how much they were pocketing home monthly from such largese?

JUST BREATHE.

01/17/2025

Shrimp with cabbage and green onions.

Is this Shrimp scampi ?

01/16/2025

Right now it's looking like everything is disorganized.

You have the isolated ideas but how to put them together to make a whole?

You are trying to birth something unique but lost on how to go about it, even when you have started the different stages?

TRUST THE PROCESS.

Continue to throw in the thoughts, the ideas and it will come full circle soon.

JUST BREATHE.

01/16/2025

In a desperate bid to attract views and I guess followership, people now put up all kinds of erotic images on their reels and stories.

Some are images while others are pictures or stuff that has the intent to make you imagine certain things.

Guard your minds people.
Guard your heart.
Guard your mental health.

If my page is stressing you, kindly unfollow because that is what I would if the situation were reversed.

This food stressed me at the movie theater and I abandoned it and the money I paid.

JUST BREATHE.

01/15/2025

People insist I am a strong woman, which I always deny because it makes people not pay attention when you really need support. They always feel you can handle it.

For almost two weeks now I have been trying to make a post on this screenshots and I keep postponing it.

Early January, I made a post where I appreciated fans that sent some money gift to me in response to a casual statement I made on a prior post, asking for financial support.

I told them I will return x5 of the amount they sent to me with instructions on how I would like for them to disburse the money to people that need it around them, which I did.

I also pleaded that nobody should send me money anymore as a result of that post, that I was just joking.

2 people ignored my plea and still sent me money and asked me not to return it to them. One said she had saved my number with intent to send something but got carried away with family demands. She is here in the U.S. so I told her I forgive her🤣.

The other person said I have always been the one giving so I need to also receive, no matter how small. Those were her words. Till date, I haven't responded to her because I have been wondering what to do with the money ( though she said I should buy a drink with it). I know her from facebook but we have had few financial dealings too plus she has been to my place in the village during a visit to Nigeria so she isn't a total stranger.

The other gift that caught me unawares is from this guy👇🏽.
This is someone I helped financially, unsolicited about 3years ago going on 4 now. This chat he dropped for me caused me to go back to our chats during that period.

It broke me down to the point I shed a tear or two.
You see, I sent him money, a HUGE amount during my worst trying moments in life.
I had just become a widow 4months prior and I had just been informed I have cancer one week prior so no right thinking person should be doing something like that.
I have been trying to recall what was going on in my mind during that period that even allowed me do that.

I remember struggling to send that money but the prompting in my spirit was too strong. I had done a business transaction with him in the past so I was able to retrieve his bank account detail from our chat.

He was not expecting the money in any shape or form.
I want to believe he prayed and God answered.
I was just a vessel at the time.
Every year after that, he makes it a point to send me a thank you on the exact day I sent the money. He is the one that made me note the date.
If you see this post , please it's enough o.
Make pride no enter my head. I appreciate that you are grateful and it made a positive impact.

From his facebook posts then, one could see he was a hustler grinding to make a life for himself (I love when people keep trying, no matter the challenges). I guess Nigeria then happened to him but God had his back.

I haven't even responded to this message because I have been trying to take it all in about life and events.

Most times the help you seek is not going to come from that person you keep going to their dm. This doesn't mean you should not ask for help if you need it but don't get offended if the person gives you a no or silence.
I am someone that strongly believes in 'the right person will get the message if I stay on tract with God'. I have been helped by people and I did not have to pressure them to help me. Infact the manner it happened, reinforced my belief in God.

I have also been rejected help by people I approached and it was fine.

JUST BREATHE.

01/15/2025

Should we talk about those of us that answer unknown numbers but we are waiting for the person that called to say something first?

What manner of etiquette is that? If you are afraid then don't answer. If I call you and you pick your call but stay silent, I end the call.

I lot of times I call someone in Nigeria they pick and all you hear is heavy breathing on their end.
How do I know if I have the right person on the phone?

You are supposed to answer and identify yourself.
If your liver no carry to answer, then don't answer.

You can't be bragging that you answer unknown numbers but it's your silence and breathing that answer the calls.

If you don't answer unknown numbers because of fear, then something is wrong o.

What are you afraid of?

I don't pick because it is annoying to me based on the outcome when I did from past experiences. Not one of such calls turned out being anything worth the attempt made to call me.

Again, do what works for you o. Do you and your environment. I am doing me in my environment, even though I was also like that while in Nigeria. We all are different.

Someone had the nerve to call me mad in my last post? Because I posted something I clearly stated is my opinion? I am not desperate for followers. Unless I don't see such responses, I block immediately.

I don't even like a comment section that agrees with everything I post when you have a different opinion.
I am very open to healthy dissents and diverse opinions but we must all respect one another while disagreeing, irrespective of age and class.

JUST BREATHE

01/15/2025

Do not get yourself fired from your job just because you want to sit down.

Sometimes we encounter patients who are a danger to themselves either because they are always falling down and sustaining injuries, they keep pulling out medical devices/gadgets like IV, oxygen, life support or they have threatened or attempted to commit su***de.

The solution by most healthcare facilities is to place such patients on what is called 1: 1 watch.
This means a staff member is constantly sitting by that one patient to keep an eye on them.

The staff member can be a CNA, PCT/PCA, Sitter/watcher. Some places even use RNs if the ancillary staff aren't enough and RNs are overstaffed.

It is a very easy job to have. Imagine your colleagues working with 5-13 patients, cleaning, giving medications, answering call lights etc depending on their roles while you just sit down and watch one patient?

Well for me, I always turn down the offer whenever they offer it to RNs. Why?
I can lose my job. I work nights. Most times I go to work without enough sleep. So now instead of keeping myself awake by being busy, I have an assignment that is sedentary.

If the administrator walks in and finds you asleep, it is instant firing in most hospitals. This is because there have been lawsuits because a patient got hurt after the person watching them fell asleep.
Or some patient have been known to video the staff and post on social media, giving the hospital bad reputation.

So rather than take that easy assignment and lose my license, I would grind it out with more patient demands.

JUST BREATHE

01/15/2025

I belong to the group of people who don't answer calls from unknown numbers.
Yes. Call me whatever you desire in your mind.

Few weeks ago, this topic trended because of some guy they said his family was in danger and neighbors called him 33 times or something and he didn't pick. All kinds of words were used against people who don't pick calls from unknown numbers.

Well I greet you specially who picks calls from unknown numbers.

Why would you call someone 33 times repeatedly when they are not responding, in an emergency ?
What happened to text messages, WhatsApp chats, voice notes ?

If there is true emergency and you try to reach someone through a call and no answer, the reasonable thing I would do is to leave you messages on regular text and WhatsApp summarizing what the issue is or I will just say "this is your neighbor trying to reach you. It's about your family and it is URGENT. Please call back".

People were even saying that is how we would lose job and business opportunities because of that. If that happens, then you live in an unstructured society.

There is a reason why phone companies have voicemails here to use when a call is not picked by the recipient. There is also a reason why email exists for jobs and business opportunities to send messages across.

Any business that is trusting I answer their call before they offer me what they determined I deserve isn't big enough for me.

Remember, this opinion is about ME. Please do you.

The job I currently work in which I really sought after, their offer came via email at 2 a.m. During the interview phase, the few times their calls came, they had to leave voicemails.

Just because someone's principles do not align with yours does not make them a fool.
You don't know the experiences that determined their decision.

Strings of calls back to back is a big red flag for me. No sane person should do it. If it is a life threatening emergency, pause and try another way to send the message across, give it some time and then try to call again.

I actually relaxed my rules a bit two years ago because I had to deal with police departments, coroner's office, all kinds of things.

Today, this number from Pakistan kept interrupting my sleep.
I would open my eyes sleepily and move the phone away. I just now looked at my call logs and chats and saw this message.

So this is what I would have halted my sweep sleep for?

JUST BREATHE

01/14/2025

Drama everywhere.

So I saw this video of the CHAIRman. I don't know if it is a movie clip or a real incident.
Apparently the fight had something to do with chair at a party.
This man pushed a lady aside . I am assuming she is the one that he has the issue with about chair. He then pulled the chair up and took it with him , even as people tried to talk sense into him.

A grown human.

I went to the comment section and read diverse opinions on his actions.
Some poured accolades on him for not allowing himself to be cheated.
Some faulted his actions.
Some blamed others for faulting him.

My thing is, someone who reacts like this in public would react in what manner in private?

You need to watch the video to understand the level of aggression displayed.

How can you not have respect for the host of the event to the point that you mess up their day of celebration with such a show of shame?

Do you realize the power of social media these days?
Embassies/consulates now use social media to decide immigration cases.
Business opportunities, especially foreign ones will see this and take their business elsewhere.

Who wants a violent human in their space (irrespective of what caused the violence)?

Everyone these days has their phone ready to capture anything and post online.
Be mindful out there.

JUST BREATHE

01/14/2025

Please if you own a dog or you are a dog walker make sure you have them on a leash when walking them.

I grew up training myself not to exhibit obvious fear in the face of danger and this includes when approached by animals such as dogs.

While walking to get my kids from their school bus, a Pitbull decided to test the waters.

The grandma walking it did not have the dog on a leash.

She was focused on her grandchild in a stroller when her dog walked away from her and towards me.

I stood frozen on the spot and the world would have ended and started all over without me knowing it.

She kept calling the dog to retreat but it was more interested in sniffing me 360°.

While imagining myself about to be torn to pieces by the bull, I scolded the woman for not leashing her dog. She apologized and tried to explain it away as the closeness of their house was the reason she didn't leash the dog.
How does that excuse the carelessness?

Eventually, heaven heard my inner cry and dog turned around and went back to the woman as I quickly crossed to the other side of the road, very upset.

I have seen and heard too many cases of situations like this that didn't end well for the victim.

LEASH YOUR DOGS please.

JUST BREATHE

01/14/2025

Early stages of labor pain- simulation by Kilishi.

I have always wondered what my labor pain experience would have been like. Being a 3 times C section mom ( the last two scheduled), I did not experience labor.

The first time was not planned. 2nd time I failed trial of vaginal birth so the 3rd was a given.
I didn't have a choice in the matter. I needed to be alive and my babies needed to be safe as well.

Anyway, this Kilishi has helped me see myself in an early stages of labor-delivery situation.

You may think this is content but I was suffering here for real.
I almost cried, yet I did not drop the meat.

I already have kilishi PTSD just thinking about the remaining meat to be consumed.

Is there a different way to eat this and not feel the hotness of the pepper?

JUST BREATHE O.

01/13/2025

Today was one of those days!!!
I finished my 12hrs night shift and drove home ( almost an hr drive by toll road).
I got home and just as I made to take off my scrubs, I realized I had forgotten this bag at work on the computer I used overnight.

I wanted to cry.

If it was any other item, I would have left it till my next shift at that location which is Wednesday. My concern wasn't the safety. It was the fact that I needed the Information in that bag. It contained writings from chats and calls concerning something very important I am planning.

I also didn't want anyone prying and reading the things in that book. Nothing serious but very personal nonetheless.

I got back into my car and drove almost an hour back to work. Thankfully, the rush hour was over.
I picked up the bag and headed back home.

It was almost 1pm by the time I got home finally.

I need pamper, massage, everything to calm my soul because what is this.
Thank God I love driving so it made this experience bearable.

How is your day going or how did your day go?

JUST BREATHE

01/13/2025

As a new nurse in the United States, please be careful not to lose your license due to cutting corners.

Yes the work can be very demanding and overwhelming. Trust me when I say this profession isn't for the faint hearted, especially in developed nations.
If you work in a place that has fully embraced technology, be very careful because it can get you in trouble.

In some hospitals, the patients may even see their lab results on their phone app before clinicians ( while still on the sick bed).

Patients can log in and see the notes being written in their charts.

If your hospital uses the barcode system where you must scan a patient's ID band to identify them before drug administration, please utilize it and follow due process for that particular hospital.

Scan your medications before you administer them. Don't assume it is the correct pill and just open to give the patient. The pharmacy sections are manned by humans with everyday issues that can distract their focus also.

You will be surprised how much human errors there exist.

At the end of the day when a case of error arises, it will fall back on the nurse who is always the direct contact with the patient and they will ask you why you didn't catch the error.

I guess nurses are super humans.

JUST BREATHE

Throwback pic.

01/11/2025

Let's make today's content about spiritual stuff.
sure we have heard people say the reason we pray a lot in Nigeria is because we lack so many things that make life easier so our people use "religion" as an escape.

Some people will ask why many people in diaspora don't pray as much.

Well from experience I can tell you that people here pray. It may not be as forceful or whatever but they pray.
The street where my Church is located has about 10 churches within a 2 mile radius.
When I first came into this country, the Baptist Church I joined had meetings almost day of the week and members were constantly presently.
We had two services and it was always packed.

That's why I laugh when people say abroad people aren't spiritual.
May be that's the situation where you are but not kine.
Even back in the Bronx, NY, churches were littered around the areas I narrated. English speaking, Spanish Church, Baptist, Pentecostal, Catholic Lutheran, Methodist etc.

So yes . Inspite of the good roads constant light, job opportunities, working government( with their lapses), people still pray, they still worship, they still attend Church.

That you have lost your spirituality does not mean everyone has.

Due to the work environments that exist here and labor obligations, the time invested in hosting and attending such events varies greatly.

Where do you guys think those great TV evangelists reside?
You just choose the flavor that works for you.

JUST BREATHE

01/11/2025

NOISE can dampen your spiritual giftings.

Noise can be from overworking yourself,
exhaustion from life matters or feeding our minds with other things which details us from our spiritual convictions.

The things of the spirit need an available vessel for expression whether good or evil.

This is why you will hear many say since they left Nigeria, they no longer experience this gift or that.
Why?
In Nigeria or their former base, there was enough focus on things that enabled that expression.

In diaspora, pressure akaria ( too much).
Bills , childcare worries, relationship issues, exhaustion from overwork and so many other things are culprit, the pursuit of wealth etc.

I experienced this personally.

The time frame my late husband was said to have had the car accident was the time frame I was on break at work.
While on break, I found myself in what appeared to be a trance or something. I was exhausted from working so much that period so even when I jumped out of that trance ( I am not sure what to call it) deeply troubled by what I had been shown, I didn't understand because I couldn't recall clear details when I opened my eyes.

I thought it was about patient so I finished my break and walked back to the unit. Only for me to drive home and receive the news.

Till date, that is my biggest regret. I don't know if the message came before the accident or after. I don't know if prayer at that moment had I been clear on what I saw, could have made a difference.

NOICE will dampen your giftings.

JUST BREATHE

01/11/2025

On the early morning of December 26th 2024, a revelation came to me in the dream about planned armed robbery in my neighborhood. Few minutes later, it happened.

You will rarely find me arguing spiritual matters on someone's space. I didn't say never.
I said rarely. It all depends on how the matter was presented. I may chip in one or two in the comment section if it is a healthy conversation. Otherwise, I stay away.

My philosophy is, when it comes to spiritual matters, experience is the best teacher.
If you believe there is no God, I can't force you to believe. My experience is that GOD IS.

If you believe there are no evil forces, I cannot force you to believe but my experience is otherwise. What I won't allow is for the thought of their existence to consume me. I have a greater power inside of me.

If you believe Church is fake and all pastors are fake, I can't force you to believe otherwise. Bad apples doing terrible stuff shouldn't negate the truth.

Few days ago, Tyler Perry shared about the loss of a dear friend. A woman with the title of Prophetess. He narrated how a phone call came one day when he was at his lowest financially etc. He was reluctant to engage her until she started speaking things that baffled him. Things he said no other human on earth should know. The full story is on his page.

That's his experience.

Back to my story.
I was in a dream and saw my neighborhood about to be attacked by armed robbers. If you know where I live, you will understand how rare of an occurrence this should be.

In that dream, the attackers were eliminated and I woke up ( the details are long). I don't usually recall my dream but that night, a strange phone call came in on my phone that woke me up from the dream. As soon as I woke up, I recalled the dream and had the strong prompt to voice record my dream. Very odd behavior which I had never done before. I sleepily did so and even dozed off during the voice recording as I was casting and binding (praying).

The day broke, I went about my normal activities, not remembering the activities of overnight.
It wasn't until I was going through our neighborhood app and saw a news alert by the community police department that they had apprehended people on the street next to mine with equipments and stuff which showed they were about to raid the neighborhood.

This physical event happened about AN HOUR after my dream. Yes, the police stated the time they noticed the suspicious car and stopped it to search the occupants.

What police was doing at that time of night patrolling, I don't know.
Why I had to have that dream, I don't know.
Why that phone call came in which woke me up snd hekped me rememberthe dream, I don't know.

I can go on and on about past similar stuff both from my personal experience and that of friends very close to me. So many examples.

The DHL guy that delivered my immigration interview package was revealed to me while I was on a trip to portharcourt to visit t my niece.

I am making this post because I just saw a debate about spiritual matters and I smiled to myself.

That we don't understand certain things does not make it entirely false.
At the same time, don't make yourself gullible to everything.

JUST BREATHE.

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