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Top stories for Susan   As an emergency room doctor, what was the fastest deterioration you've witnessed in a seemingly healthy patient? JO ANN SIMMONS • Answered September 7 Not an ER doc, but I was an ER nurse for >30 years. RN BSN CEN. Former Navy Nurse, OIC at 2 overseas duty stations. Keep in mind this doesn't explain everything that was be... Read more » 1.2K 48   I heard that completely paying your house mortgage is unwise. Is it true? If it is, why? Kathleen G, Ph.D. Marketing, Emerita Associate Professor • Answered July 10, 2024 I'm 73, my husband is 77. He quit his job at 62 and announced to me "I guess I'm retired." The only problem was he had 0 in a retirement account. He was always self-employe... Read more » 5.7K 725   Why do steaks from restaurants taste so much better than the steaks I make at home? Daniel Hughes, former Chef • Updated July 24 As a former chef i have some insight for you. The breakdown between stores and restaurants goes like this: I can't speak for every restuarant, but over my career most establi... Read more » 558 44   What are the symptoms of cancer we can't ignore? Sanctus Exitium, I Count Nails • Updated June 4 One of the scariest symptoms of cancer that no one should ignore is no symptoms at all. At 67 I had no pain, no blood in my stool, no blockage in my colon yet I had a nearl... Read more » 4.3K 324   How political is the Google work environment? I've heard that it is an intensely political place to work (ie. deception, sabotage). What incidents have happened to suggest that? Jeff Nelson, Invented Chromebook, Former Googler • Updated July 1, 2024 Telling that the answers are falling into two camps, former Googlers are suggesting it's political and current Googlers are saying it's not. I hate just following the crowd,... Read more » 249 4   For teachers, what is one thing that a student did that completely changed how you saw them? Sara Riano, M.A Masters in Education and Professional Studies, Montessori (2016) • Answered February 5 As a Special Education Teacher, I was told I would be teaching 15 Severely Emotionally Impaired students. Before school started for the students, it was my job to read thro... Read more » 2.1K 81   Mabel Jay • Posted Jan 6 My Dad passed away without our knowledge (3 siblings from first marriage). We found out 4 months after as he is buried beside our Mom. My Dad had a will drawn up for all of us to inherit a portion o... Read more » 5.1K 735   What do nurses on night duty do when the patients in the ward are sleeping? Do they sleep during that period too or what else can they do apart from just waiting for any emergency call? Marlene Waechter, Midwife, Doula, homebirth mom of 7,cradle Catholic at Self-Employment (1973-pres... • Answered January 2, 2024 SLEEP?!? Are you kidding? We have twice as many patients to care for as day shift We still have to do a complete head to toe assessment on every patient. just like day shift…... Read more » 397 43   Can a city legally refuse to accept hundreds of pennies in payment of a traffic ticket? Enrique Cerdo., former Bike Messenger at Roadrunner Couriers Houston (1992-2000) • Answered August 27 A business can. But most government offices cannot. They are required to take payment in legal tender. BUT, I have actually seen people do this and, let me tell you, it is no... Read more » 933 82   I retired two years ago and I'm going nuts. What should I do? Wayne Gay, former Retired IT Director • Updated August 8 I retired at 56 after 36 years in IT. My wife had passed from breast cancer. I met a wonderful woman and relocated from North Carolina to Mobile Alabama. I reunited with my... Read more » 2.8K 135   I did CPR on a crash victim until paramedics arrived. They said I saved her life. I am now being sued by her for breaking a rib. What do I do? Roddie Toney • Answered November 29, 2024 Ler them sue. They will lose. I stayed with a kid that hit a pole and broke his neck. I held his head so he could breathe and kept him talking. Every time I turned loose he... Read more » 11.6K 1.6K   Have you ever seen an employer fire someone without realizing what a crucial role the employee played? Anna Ewers, lives in California • Updated January 12 Yes, yes I have! A large company you have heard of needed to lay some people off. There was this one guy who always came in, went to his office, did who knows what all day, ... Read more » 1.2K 25 Read more in your feed

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