naijanurse

naijanurse has 7 years experience and specializes in heme oncology, critical care.

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1. Nina Pham and/or Amber Vinson

   naijanurse replied to logank622's topic in COVID

   Wishing you both the very best, and THANK YOU and all staff other involved for the care you provided for Thomas Duncan.

2. Nina Pham being transferred to MD

   naijanurse replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in COVID

   Lol, no thanks. But I'm sure the pay would be great. Maybe if I brought my own Hazmat suit.

3. Nina Pham being transferred to MD

   naijanurse replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in COVID

   CNN reports that Texas Health Presbyterian is now short staffed because as many as 70 staff members are in self imposed quarantine. They are also preparing for the potential of more people becoming positive for Ebola Virus. Plus, people in the commun...

4. *rolling my eyes*

   naijanurse replied to OhioCCRN's topic in COVID

   i Feel so bad for this poor nurse getting such backlash for traveling. There should have been CLEAR guidelines set. Was she placed in self imposed quarantine, or was she simply told to monitor her temperature? Was she even in direct contact with Thom...

5. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

   naijanurse replied to rnnina19's topic in COVID

   I remember a few years ago during the H1N1 epidemic, we had a patient on our unit who was suspected to have it. We were provided with PAPRs (Infectious Disease PAPRs >> ILC Dover), and rotated that patient out so that it was fair for all staff ...

6. 2nd health care worker gets Ebola at TX Hosp

   naijanurse replied to RN2B123's topic in COVID

   I am praying for the two nurses affected, and all other staff that were in direct contact with, and cared for Thomas Eric Duncan. These must be scary times for all of them. Meanwhile, if the stories on CNN are true, I really do hope that the nurses ...

7. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

   naijanurse replied to Esme12's topic in COVID

   I rarely ever comment, but I just wanted to clarify, her temperature was 99.5, which is NOT considered a fever. We do not know what her temperature was the previous other times she checked it, or even what her baseline temp was. A better way to self ...

8. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

   naijanurse replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

   I have to work tonight, not looking forward to it. Already packed extra clothes/food in anticipation of having to stay for a few days. The city has been threatening all day that the bridges might shut down if winds get up to 70mph, and if they do, I ...

9. What to do in family emergency situations?

   naijanurse replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

   When my father had to have emergency surgery, I agonized over finishing my shift or leaving. My family tried to downplay how serious the situation was because they knew that if they told me, I would've left right away, and they were concerned about m...

10. Exposed to bodily fluids, what would YOU do?

    naijanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night while taking care of a patient, I was exposed to their bodily fluid. (I won't go into details, because it was kinda gross). I felt it hit my face, on my right cheek. I wasn't sure if it hit my eye or not, but immediately took my contacts o...

11. calling out on christmas...

    naijanurse replied to naijanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your replies. I called my unit to see how things were going and they said that there were discharges so now census is low. So it turns out that if i had gone in tonight, someone would have ended up getting pulled to another uni...

12. calling out on christmas...

    naijanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I already feel horrible because I know that I left my coworkers short staffed. I had all the intentions in the world of working today, but here's what happened: This morning in my sleep deprived state ( I had worked the past 2 nights), I decided it w...

13. Mrs. Doctor, I don't care what he does

    naijanurse replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised at your hospital policy. i also work on BMT and EVERYONE wears isolation gowns (staff, family members, etc).Our unit is a locked unit, and before anyone can be let in, they need to put on an isolation gown. They are also required to scr...

14. Graduate Nurse License????

    naijanurse replied to Jerzy Girl's topic in General Nursing

    I also live in NJ, however i work in Pennsylvania. When I first went for my job interview, I was asked to provide a Graduate Nurse License, which I had no clue what it was. They gave me information on how to go about applying for one. Basically you h...

15. Picc Line- Tpn

    naijanurse replied to epappyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Usually when you draw blood from a PICC line, you need to turn off all other IV fluids running through the PICC. The reason being, is that lab values can end up being inaccurate. The H&H was probably off because it was dilutional due to the fact ...