pixierose BSN, RN

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About pixierose

pixierose has 7 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ED, psych.


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  1. Yes, I just achieved it. It wasn’t easy, but wasn’t impossible either. I wouldn’t bother with expensive test prep. This books helps: https://www.nursingworld.org/nurses-books/psychiatric-mental-health-nursing-review-and-resource-manual--5th-edition/?...
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    How Does This End?

    So dainty, some Texans. A piece of cloth to emit such hostility ... Here, children of the US - take your bullet proof backpacks through your locked doors and practice those shooter drills without complaint ... and ladies, it’s alright that we have ta...
  3. You’re right. You’re absolutely, totally right. I miss the old AN. Yes, there were quite a few threads that had themes of hostility interwoven... but there was logic on both sides. You stepped away and learned from a different perspective. Might not ...
  4. And that’s the problem: “we don’t have the join you.” I worked on my COVID unit at the height of the peak here in the NE until late June (when it closed). I actually felt quite safe working there. I’m afraid of people with your mindset, not “scared ...
  5. Sure, whatever. Does it matter to Boston’s response? It’s truly, truly simple. Easy, really. Wear a mask. Apparently that causes one to question ones freedom. A fight from tyranny! We are better than this. Why, WHY at this point people are *still* a...
  6. Fascinating thing, perspective. The 10th commandment, for one: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people" It is up to state govern...
  7. There’s more to reproductive rights then abortion. No government official has a right to my (hypothetical) birth control, education, access to reproductive health care, etc. Yet, here we are.
  8. You clearly didn’t read any of the articles I posted, as the Surgeon General’s quote is non applicable at this point in time. It’s a tired argument. A few odd things about your post: Eating unhealthy food is not equivalent to a communicable disease; ...
  9. Prizing individual autonomy over social responsibility is what has contributed to driving the the U.S. death rate so high as compared to other countries. Such a bunch of snowflakes. And, yes, the death rate has decreased - however, COVID presents wit...
  10. It’s not so much a view of death and suffering so much as the recklessness of it - many of these people didn’t have to die. However, I’m curious- what is your data, your sources RE: such futility? You (and AHWTL) appear to have an either/or approach...
  11. *No one* who has worked in a COVID unit would ever say what you are saying now. Being in the NE, working on a COVID unit from March-June ... those experiences will forever color my view of this virus. ... A free country doesn’t equate a lack of resp...
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    Fact or Fiction? Masking and CO2 Dangers

    Was she the one ranting and raving at Trader Joe’s? For the duration she was screaming, if she wore the dang mask, she would’ve been in and out of there. Plus, her lungs sure did give her no issue while she was yelling. These people give me a headach...
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    Patients testing Covid positive AFTER admission

    I’ve seen this - patients test negative in the ED, but test positive a few days later before their procedure. Meanwhile, nurses/CNA’s/transport/the meal lady/etc have been in their with surgical mask only. Scary. I just did my antibody test last week...
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    Which states leads the U.S in mask-wearing

    Agreed. I’m in CT, where it’s been mandatory by law to wear a mask since late April. People have been incredible about wearing them, and it’s rare that I’ve seen people not wear one. I think it’s largely due to this that CT is one of two states that ...
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    Farewell Esme - In Loving Memory

    Oh, Esme. This hurts to read. She was a guiding force on these boards, one of the first to respond and a welcoming presence. Wherever she is, she’ll be a guiding force there too.