eroc

eroc has 2 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Medications to hold before a cardiac stress test and cath

   eroc replied to Sweetmelissa304's topic in Cardiac

   Hold beta blockers for exercise stress, not much of anything else for a nuclear, including giving beta-blockers. Depends on the cardiologist. Sure people may argue, but the cardiologists is the BC...

2. Males considering nursing?

   eroc replied to gaits72's topic in Men in Nursing

   Sorry, your not an intellectual. Good luck trying to achieve a more difficult degree than the one you have

3. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

   eroc replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have those issues where I work (that the author suggests). I did at my last job….I

4. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   In the world of fairy tales and pixy dust, no one has anything to gain. Everything is free. It amazes me the amount of trust in our government. And even more comical that people think the billions...

5. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   There's no billion dollar support for that type of thing. So research will not be plenty, if any. Now cancer treatment that is extremely profitable….. Very sad people don't understand how...

6. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   I do support some use of vaccines, but I don't blindly buy into misdirection. But I love the the comeback from the anti-vaxxers, "[h=1]"Why are you worried about my unvaccinated kids if you're so sure...

7. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   I found it she was right it has been 47-60% over the five years before this year, but was much less in years before. So it did have a good run at roughly 50% of preventing people from getting "flu...

8. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   Just to broaden your outlook. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the Community and the

9. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   Please post your claims of 47-62% consistently… I am not going to manipulate data to back my claims….or justify my line of support. But I have stated pure data, not "what if" speculation....

10. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    The CDC Website. Definitely not a 2010 article citing 2015 stats. CDC Presents Updated Estimates of Flu Vaccine ... And I want to people to understand the "estimate" is based on wording that can be...

11. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    eroc replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    From the CDC website: These updated estimates were derived from data collected from the U.S. Flu VE Network from November 10, 2014, through January 30, 2015, and include an additional four weeks of...

12. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

    eroc replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    Lot of bad advice in this thread, even from people who have "experience." Listen to your attorney/friend….people acting like you are in some kinda

13. Are too many certifications a bad thing?

    eroc replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It is the amount of hours…not years…of bedside care. The year criteria is so that you can show you are actively working as a bedside nurse. Initial Eligibility Requirements And good...

14. Why don't you just read the chart?

    eroc replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually it is not, because either way you have to assess your patient when he hits the floor, and you should immediately see the gauge when you look at them. It's not a secret code that only I can...

15. Help with a school assignment

    eroc replied to napolis1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Does it blow your mind that this site promotes this type of thing? And you are incorrect in your