Ayrman

Ayrman

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  1. 10-12??? Are we talking long-term care pts. or actual acutely ill people? LTC is one thing but if this is an actual acute care floor my advise, sincerely offered, is not to walk but run like there is no tomorrow. My hospital has a maximum of 7 pts pe...
  2. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    Mattress tags = "Do not remove this tag under penalty of law except by the consumer." On every new mattress or pillow sold in the US. Ayrman
  3. Minimal response here at my facility. According to Infection Control regular masks are enough. Plenty of folks test negative on the N95 - myself included - and there are NO Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) units in the facility. Regular flu sh...
  4. Valley View Medical Center - Fort Mohave

    I believe their sign on bonuses have fallen dramatically to around $8-10K, same with Western Arizona up the road in Bullhead City. A new hospital opening in Kingman has drained some of the available nursing staff away from the area. You will find re...
  5. Any Croatian Nurses Here?

    Very helpful, and I do thank you sincerely. Very much look forward to another trip to your country sometime in the future, hopefully spending more time there than last. Ayrman
  6. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Interesting if telling tidbit from my current employer. We currently have a patient under isolation who will be with us for a while, and has been for a couple of weeks already. Active TB case, no other co-morbidities. The percentage of nurses who bas...
  7. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Ludicrous in what way? You say that it is impossible yet which is historically valid, i.e. we have seen it before. The current pandemic is little akin to the historical pandemic of the late 19-teens, i.e. people are not dieing in droves and the ove...
  8. What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Officially 7:1 on nocs with an aid for every 11-18 (yes, they staff that tight) patients. Even the Charge may have 7:1, and I have seen 6:1 for 2 nurses with no aid or secretary. This is a CHS facility for anyone who cares. Ayrman
  9. The strangest thing you've ever seen on an x-ray?

    Anti-aircraft shell, 37 mm IIRC. Live round, too. You can look it up on the net. The guy had been using it for years to alleviate a dangling hemmorhoid, when his dog ran in on him and caused him to fall on it. End of story the shell was removed and d...
  10. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Thanks for the article, Al. Interesting to know that our foreign counterparts have the same misgivings and problems that we contemplate here. Ayrman
  11. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Thanks for the article, Al. More food for thought, and it's not just here in the US that staffing may be a problem. Ayrman
  12. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

    140th (?) Case for Indonesia AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (81): INDONESIA, SUSPECTED ************************************************* Date: Wed 17 Dec 2008 Source: Antara News [edited] Suspected birdflu patient dies ------------------------------ A sus...
  13. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

    Crunch, H5N1 was first identified in Hong Kong in "97, and saw a 2/3's mortality rate. That was 11 years ago, and all we are seeing is a slow but determined spread. As cliche as it may seem it remains not a matter of if but instead of when. Ayrman
  14. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

    Not only the teeming numbers but the fact that there is a LOT of migration to/from from there with family vistations, business trips, etc. Much more so than we see even with a commercially up-and-coming Indonesia. Then too the modern, commercial Indo...
  15. Was this a med error?

    You'd have to split the hairs very finely to be able to say that you "could" have given more than the 1 mg ordered. The other responses are correct. You mixed the med in saline and gave half which by all rights should have figured out to a 1 mg dose....