BeeSunnyRN

BeeSunnyRN has 12 years experience and specializes in ICU, Recovery, Pre-Op, Cardio & DM.

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1. Inactive RN with Latex Allergy and Rheumatoid Arthritis

   BeeSunnyRN replied to mama_bird's topic in Disabilities

   Try school nursing. If you really are smart & can think on your feet it would be great. It doesn't pay as well due to all the breaks but if you look at the pay per hour it's not that bad. I am latex allergic, never thought about doing pedi but I ...

2. Latex Allergy

   BeeSunnyRN replied to kleinbbc's topic in Operating Room

   Gidgette, You have to learn what you react to and what you are ok with. Some of us can take a little exposure to an allergen but you never know when the 'big one' is going to hit & you bite the old ET-tube. My best advice, in addition to Dragon-...

3. Hospitals supplying latex free gloves

   BeeSunnyRN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

   Latex/Natural Rubber is pretty much EVERYWHERE in our society. both in and out of the hospital. So it is impossible to always avoid it. The best you can do is to limit your exposure. My allergist explained it this way - allergies are like a bucket. Y...

4. Latex allergy.

   BeeSunnyRN replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

   I was a child with a few (non-life-threatening) allergies and the standard hypo-allergic pillow was (maybe still is?) a latex pillow. I loved my latex pillows. Never have found anything as comfortable again! However while in nursing school I was give...

5. latex allergy info question & question on shellfish allergy

   BeeSunnyRN replied to nursebetti2001's topic in Operating Room

   Dear Dragon, It is a most inconvenient allergy isn't it? I used to be part of a web site but kind of dropped off. I'll check out the one you reccomend. I don't know if you are anywhere near Fort Worth TX but I could tell you the name of a hospital th...

6. Latex Allergy

   BeeSunnyRN replied to kleinbbc's topic in Operating Room

   OMG!! I hope to high heaven I am never in the facility that David PA-C is working in. In the past I have not repsonded to a latex Ig-A rast (I was told there are many who do not respond to the test), thankfully all my docs have taken me seriously en...

7. latex allergy info question & question on shellfish allergy

   BeeSunnyRN replied to nursebetti2001's topic in Operating Room

   With all respect to your anesthesia group, as a nurse and sometimes patient with a latex allergy I understand it is difficult to get a straight answer from some patients. I also understand how uncomfortable it can be to try to 'convince' care-givers ...