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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
Ayrman replied to Spirit of Humor's topic in Humor
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...
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...
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
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...
Ayrman replied to aquamarineyesRN07's topic in Medications
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....