Swine flu spreading at 'unbelievable' rate: WHO

OUr hospital is gearing up and expecting nurses to sign up for one weekend and one weekday to be called in extra. You have to sign up for the day your on call. Guess what our on call pay means 2 dollar and hour. However, you have to be called in cancelled and called in again to be on call pay. Hows your hospital gearing up? We also had a article place in our restroom wondering if nurses should be charged for death of patient if we dont get the shot. GESH! I would like to see a few guinea pigs getting the shot before we do . I would like to hear about side effects first. If the nurses are required doctors should be too. Ill be rolling up my arm for the shot I guess. I'm hoping its overblown . BUt if we are overloaded, overworked and stressed guess what . We will be really vulnerable to getting it! I wonder if they will check to see if our immunity to H1N1 vaccine was effective?

Last year my MD recommeded getting the seasonal flu shot as early as possible, then getting a second one in 2-3 months. I never got the second one last year, but I think I will this year just in case. I'm a school nurse and have only seen one febrile illness so far (knock on wood) and it was GI based without resp s/s. I am waiting for the "snot" to hit the fan around here.

do you have a link to the story? where was this? I'd like to read more about it...

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I found out from a friend who's a school nurse; it hasn't hit the papers, and they sent a letter home to the parents saying there had been a swine flu case in the school system, but not saying which school, and not mentioning the fatality. They're trying so hard not to "panic" everyone, they're really not being very helpful -- and they get reimbursement based on numbers of kids in the classroom....everyone goes home, there's another whack to the budget.