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Ellie, Sorry to hear about your accident. If the worst case does happen and you convert there are some great dual modality therapies (Interferon Alfa 2B and Ribavirin) out there. Unlike most of the population you will be able to start so soon you h...

Sorry to hear about your accident. If the worst case does happen and you convert there are some great dual modality therapies (Interferon Alfa 2B and Ribavirin) out there. Unlike most of the population you will be able to start so soon you have a v...

What industry are you in? I would first review both the Nurse Practice Act and the practice act for Paramedics. In the states I practice in Paramedics cannot do Audiograms or PFT's. I don't have time to look this up - anybody who knows jump in- I ...

I am going to start a new thread to answer you.

I am not aware of tracking vendor reps. Since the reps have no practical risk of transmitting TB or being exposed to TB from patients (they're masked, the rooms are too well ventilated for respiratory transmission, and there is not enough time of exp...

On October 2, 2003 students at Ballou High School in Washington D.C. stole a container of mercury that was in an unsecured high school lab. Below on the article about the spreading contamination in reverse chronological order. Since October 2, the sc...

If a water point is a water fountain I agree with the previous poster that there is no risk. But if a water point is communal bucket of water like it is in some communities. He will need to use his own glass and there should be a serving ladle that...

Liability law is comprised of common law, state and federal regulations, and state and federal case law. Regardless of the subtype, for instance DON, liability law is not located in one area. You would have to research the specific issue and sub-iss...

LA Nursing Board is coordinating with the other state boards for volunteers. You are to contact your local Board of Nursing who will verify your license/certification status per the National Disaster plan and forward a list of Volunteers to LA Board ...

Katia, Don't worry about your grammar. Your skills are much better than mine would be in any second language I would attempt. My background has been the occupational/environmental health of rescuers, safety, relief, law enforcement personnel and c...

Katia, Welcome to the board. It is great to have a nurse from Brazil participating. I have interacted with Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians from Brazil in the past. Are you working in a specific field or industry or cover a variety...

Youknowwho Yes you can have antibodies already but if you don't you will have to pay for it again. Since we know second vaccine titers don't last very long, none of the schools where I have taught Nursing would accept a second vaccine titer level. ...

I see people all the time who continue to work through the pain, ADLs including sports. Decreased ROM is one possible sign of a fracture. Even when I did disaster rescue decreased ROM was rarely a sign of severe fractures even in the field. Step ...

The medical reserve corp. has been around for generations under various names. I had a great aunt who received her LPN as a member back in 1901. Many of these volunteer opportunities have always existed there has just been a lack of interest by healt...

I did have a case like this and it did prove to be only a fracture. The scans supported this. There was no acute or six month uptake to support a systemic infection of any type. We where concerned about an infection seating at the stress fracture ...

I just came from my Torts class. I am studying for my Paralegal Degree to be a Nurse Paralegal. I am looking for some references/citations to cases involving defendants who used PTSD as a defense and where still convicted. I am even more intereste...

If you intend to work in the next few months after applying you will also need to possibly apply for a temporary nursing license which will include fees in addition to the 176.00. DC has a notoriously long response time of more than three months via...

Since this is no longer an infectious disease nursing discussion I am closing this thread. This discussion can be restarted in another area of the board such as General Nursing Discussion.

If the patient is having further deteriorating symptoms, which she must be having since it has resulted in her diagnosis, then she is definitely is still infectious in some form. She will need antibiotic treatment to prevent further deterioration of...

Inform your chain of command that HIPPA does not apply to every health care information situation in the world. It specifically does not apply to the following: Work Place Exposures, Injuries, Hazardous Material Incidents regulated under the communi...

Since the original poster has not been on this bulletin board since a week after posting this message, which was 1/29/2004, I am closing the thread.

InfRn, Thank you for your reporting of events as you experience them. Your updates have been more valuable to me than any news reports since the first 24 hours of the disaster. Your words are an invaluable resource to me, other nurses, and to future...

A quick response is SARS mutated from a specific avian flu and there are thousands of avian influenzas.

The nice thing about Disaster Rescue and Relief is that research and resources are not usually divided by professional group. Disaster care is a very blended community, which I believe is its strong point. To find resources you would need to search...

I am working the disability management field. Are you sure the salary is not the issue? My salary is comparable to specialty care positions in the hospital and I have a M-F 8 to 5 schedule. Of course you have to be able to quickly defend your dec...