MP RN RN

MP RN has 20 years experience as a RN and specializes in Perioperative.

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1. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

   Ah, yes. I can't do that obviously. Did you ? They didn't lay out their own rationale to the staff impacted by this it looks like.

2. Unprofessional Conduct Online

   MP RN replied to Anon4thispost's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know what the standards are in the state/province you live, but with mine, before you "report" somebody to management b/c of an issue you see or have with them, you are supposed to attempt to resolve the conflict yourself with that person dir...

3. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

   ???

4. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

   So your OR has the typical 20 air exchanges/hr then. Guidelines reveal at that rate of air exchange, it would take 14 minutes for the air to be considered 99% "clean" of airborne pathogen such as Covid. 21 minutes for 99.9%. Curious how your workpla...

5. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

   Also, consider that there are studies that suggest the false negative rate on Covid swabs are estimated to be between 20-30%- that lends even more credence to this use of PPE.

6. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

   There is Covid in the communities here, and a few long term care facilities have had staff and Pt outbreaks. When you consider the insidiousness of Covid- that many people can carry it with no outward symptoms at all (up to 30% !!) and be shedding vi...

7. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

   What is absurd about it? You didn't support this with anything. Your CRNA is the only person wearing N95 during aerosolyzing procedure? What has the assistant been wearing during intubation? And then what- everyone else comes in shortly after? Aero...

8. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

   MP RN posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hey everyone, Hope everyone is doing well and keeping safe. Just wanted to compare/contrast what everyone's OR's are doing through the COVID pandemic? My hospital is relatively small, with 4 OR theaters. We do a decent variety of cases normally- OB/...

9. On call requirement-help needed

   MP RN replied to VeraT's topic in Operating Room

   As alluded to, the whole point of the 30 minute window is to be ready to respond to high acuity/emerging cases. If your drive already estimates 30-32 minutes, and there are times and instances you are worried you won't be able to make it, you should ...

10. Screwed over?

    MP RN replied to MP RN's topic in International

    In response to: a) I have zero interest in working labour and delivery. There are a lot of, shall we say, rural and/or mennonite families who start having kids at 15 years old. Not my cup of tea... and up until the last few minutes before delivery, ...

11. Screwed over?

    MP RN posted a topic in International

    So, I am a male RN, have been nursing for a little over 6 years now. My fiance I met in school, and she is an RN as well. I consolidated in, and continued to work on a surgical floor after graduating, and after 2 years of getting our feet wet, we dec...