Naturally Brilliant BSN, RN

Naturally Brilliant has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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   How do you manage your PPE in a mixed Covid and non-Covid floor?

   Naturally Brilliant replied to Lana717's topic in COVID

   Your unit has a mix of Corona and non-Corona patients?! Wоw.
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   How do you address co workers that are not adhering to social distancing - then coming to work?

   Naturally Brilliant replied to foragreatergood's topic in COVID

   When those doctors Fauci and Birx are on the podium with Trump in the White House Press Briefing Room, are they wearing masks? Are they standing six feet apart from each other? It's do as I say, not as I do. Healthcare workers are people first and fo...
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   Is it wrong to turn down a shift?

   Naturally Brilliant replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in COVID

   You're certainly doing the right thing in prioritizing your child over your job. Family is forever. A job is merely a fiduciary relationship, and your loyalty to your job only extends up to the job description. If I were in your position I would have...
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   Are you considering leaving the nursing profession due to hospital conditions and Covid-19?

   Naturally Brilliant replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in COVID

   Because of the Coronavirus? No. The only thing that would make me quit is marrying Emma Stone and living off her Hollywood earnings.
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   U.S. Now Has the World's Largest Number of COVID Deaths

   Naturally Brilliant replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in COVID

   Because of that. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
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   Nurses caring for Coronavirus patients could get up to $25k from the Feds in Hazard Pay

   Naturally Brilliant posted a topic in COVID

   They're calling it the "COVID-19 Heroes Fund". Read about it here: https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/senate-democrats-propose-hero-fund-offering-essential-workers-up-to-25k-in-hazard-pay/ https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Heroes Fund FIN...
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   Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

   Naturally Brilliant replied to Alnitak7's topic in COVID

   I've worked in healthcare for nearly a decade and I almost always shook hands with people I newly met. And no, handshaking is part of our etiquette. Things will go back to normal once the Coronavirus crisis is over.
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   New to the field and feeling guilty

   Naturally Brilliant replied to telephone2468's topic in COVID

   You shouldn't feel guilty over your feelings. This is a sentiment I'm sure that most nurses will agree with me on, and something you'll probably accept in your healthcare career: Management and administration will inevitably screw you over and try t...
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   My Ultimate Warning based on personal Experience with COVID+ patients and co-workers.

   Naturally Brilliant replied to theoneandonly's topic in COVID

   1) Most of us don't work in the ICU. 2) The OP was being overly dramatic about Coronavirus in general. It is not a fifty-fifty chance at a death sentence if you take care of someone with Coronavirus, ICU or no ICU.
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    My Ultimate Warning based on personal Experience with COVID+ patients and co-workers.

    Naturally Brilliant replied to theoneandonly's topic in COVID

    Okay then, quit. You're right, nursing isn't the military. Nobody is forcing you to care for patients afflicted by Coronavirus or any other pathological condition. Nobody is going to court-martial you for desertion or even strip you of your nursing l...
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    My Ultimate Warning based on personal Experience with COVID+ patients and co-workers.

    Naturally Brilliant replied to theoneandonly's topic in COVID

    So the real mortality rate would be even lower because there's plenty of people who are asymptomatic or have such mild symptoms they're not going to bother getting tested (whether due to availability of the tests or personal choice).
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    My Ultimate Warning based on personal Experience with COVID+ patients and co-workers.

    Naturally Brilliant replied to theoneandonly's topic in COVID

    No disrespect, but I think there's some self-selection bias in play here. The sickest Coronavirus sufferers are the ones who are going to be the hospitalized patients. For every patient in the hospital with Coronavirus, there's probably about ten ti...
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    COVID-19 NJ/NY State of Affairs and Future Predictions

    Naturally Brilliant replied to theoneandonly's topic in COVID

    I live in Houston and think we in Texas really dodged a bullet with this Coronavirus thing. We are natural social distancers, with lots of urban and suburban sprawl. Here, there are no subways, and the car is king in Texas. Our housing arrangements...
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    COVID-19 Job Abandonment News Story - They didn't show up for 2 days

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Mergirlc's topic in COVID

    The reason's incredibly obvious. A nursing home isn't going to have the level of protection for staff and policies to protect residents the way a major hospital would. Even without Coronavirus, turnover among staff at nursing homes is ridiculously h...
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    COVID-19 Job Abandonment News Story - They didn't show up for 2 days

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Mergirlc's topic in COVID

    I feel nothing but schadenfreude. Those nursing homes are already notorious for low-paid and physically draining labor, especially for nursing assistants. And when you're not going to give PPE to the workers, why should they risk their lives for an e...