moriahcat

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1. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   moriahcat replied to Delia37's topic in COVID

   Since I have to go by my titer results thanks to lost immunization records (and still had to have a booster MMR to get them up to snuff the last time I changed jobs), I'd be happy to answer information about what vaccines I have, along with telling t...

2. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   moriahcat replied to Delia37's topic in COVID

   Agreed, but I don't know every hospital's policies. I personally would say "Yes, I am, and our facility has mandated vaccinations, but since I likely won't be their only nurse" and then finish the spiel I mentioned -- that I will personally relay to...

3. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   moriahcat replied to Delia37's topic in COVID

   Vaccination status may not be a disease, but antibody titers to certain diseases are no laughing matter for nursing (at least in my state, others may differ). I do not think it is illogical for families to want vaccinated caregivers for their l...

4. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

   moriahcat replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Talk Politics

   You're correct, and decoding this President's recent Tweets from his baseline Tweets would be difficult to make (hey, he's not threatening to bomb a foreign nation, and he's come very close to that when *not* on steroids). Many suggested it was...

5. Covid wedding... am I the bad guy?

   moriahcat replied to zoidberg's topic in COVID

   Have to agree with those who say as much as brotherly love is important, that if the man really wants to get married all he needs there is his fiancee and someone who's legally approved to say the words. I know that he would hate for you to miss hi...

6. Not able to be with mother with dementia in hospital due to Covid

   moriahcat replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in COVID

   Oh, sorry. Altered mental status was the best way to describe why we felt admission was absolutely necessary. She was slurring despite no alcohol in 2 weeks, speaking very slowly, lethargic, not responding to complex questions, the day after some u...

7. Not able to be with mother with dementia in hospital due to Covid

   moriahcat replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in COVID

   My mother just got out of acute care for her first episode of apparent HE (ETOH abstinent -- by her own choice, yay! -- nearly 2 weeks before AMS was apparent so they didn't think it was late-appearing DTs, no nystagmus), and I was using all of my ab...

8. Facial coverings effective?

   moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

   This infuriates me for you. I'm so sorry. It shouldn't be like this.

9. Facial coverings effective?

   moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

   I'm assuming you work in a medical field/clinic, compared to a retail worker wearing a mask. If I'm making the wrong assumption, please let me know. To address your article.... N95s were never designed to be worn all day, to be re-donned after use...

10. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

    If you mean they agree there is no evidence for or against, but that health care grade masks should be saved for HCWs and those dealing with likely COVID-19 cases, not the hopefully well... yes, yes they do. https://www.who.int/publications-detail/a...

11. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

    And that's an issue. Yes, retail employees are risking their lives, if not in the same way that HCWs are -- and CNAs don't get that much higher of pay in LTC/hospice than the average "manager" (aka a senior employee to the person you're dealing with...

12. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

    And in April 2020, there was a new article that said the general public wearing cloth masks may, along with other preventive measures such as hand hygiene and attempts at social distancing, help prevent spread caused by asymptomatic/presymtomatic ind...

13. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

    I probably should have been clearer as well. A few posts had dismissed cloth masks in public as ineffective (due to either poor design or quality, or poor usage) and suggested surgical/procedure masks would have at least been better for public use....

14. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

    What I have seen, more than simply dismissing them, has been questions about the effectiveness of cloth masks vs tested ones. Especially since we know nurses have died after being told to wear a plain (but still laboratory tested and certified for ...

15. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in COVID

    Agreed wholeheartedly. And even if retrospective studies controlling for mask-wearers using other social distancing strategies/hand hygiene show the masks themselves did little in preventing infections of the wearers, one thing the effort of all the...