Silver_Rik

Silver_Rik ASN, BSN, RN

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  1. Covid-19 and body donation

    Silver_Rik replied to Silver_Rik's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks. Most of that is on organ donation. Thank you for providing it, though it doesn’t quite answer my specific question. It doesn’t seem clear whether Covid-19 is a rule out for anatomical...

  2. COVID-19: Nurse Shortages

    Silver_Rik replied to LucilleBluth's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All of this is due to (or heavily influenced by) Covid-19. Nursing schools, like all colleges and universities, closed their campuses and graduation ceremonies are postponed or canceled due to social...

  3. The Wage Gap Myth

    Silver_Rik replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    Other than the VA nobody is union near me. We do have a pay scale based on experience, degree, and clinical ladder - I think the other hospitals around here do too. Plus merit raises - but there’s...

  4. Should nurses be getting involved in the Reopen America protests nationwide?

    Silver_Rik replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think you’re missing the

  5. Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    Silver_Rik replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, but if a nurse in Dubuque says they only have 3 Covid-19 patients clearly you’re a

  6. How does the hiring process work? What's is residency?

    Silver_Rik replied to bjensen4's topic in Operating Room

    As far as the hiring process. Again, this will be different depending on where you apply; but how it worked for me I was a December 2019 grad. Through nursing school I worked as a nurse aide at a...

  7. How does the hiring process work? What's is residency?

    Silver_Rik replied to bjensen4's topic in Operating Room

    Interesting. Mine is also a 6 month preceptorship / Periop 101 (2 year commitment), with some service line orientations (CT, Vascular) going longer. All new grads hired into the facility are...

  8. My Ultimate Warning based on personal Experience with COVID+ patients and co-workers.

    Silver_Rik replied to theoneandonly's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think your intentions are in the right place; but this "any death right now is being attributed to Covid-19" and "These are all really sick people who were going to die anyway" isn't true. If you...

  9. The Wage Gap Myth

    Silver_Rik replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    Prager believes that the existence of a gender wage gap is a left-wing

  10. The Wage Gap Myth

    Silver_Rik replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    I’m pretty sure that Dennis Prager agrees with you about the wage

  11. Perioperative 101 during covid

    Silver_Rik replied to rinap's topic in Operating Room

    After 4 days back in the OR we were told today that the Periop nurse interns are all being pulled out of the OR indefinitely. We will work on Periop 101 modules, hospital WBTs, etc for the next week...

  12. April test takers ... anyone else ?? Heads up

    Silver_Rik replied to Astronomical 1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Do you mean for just one location or everywhere. If one location, you might need to select another that isn’t as close to your home. You’ll have more luck in bigger cities. If it’s not...

  13. April test takers ... anyone else ?? Heads up

    Silver_Rik replied to Astronomical 1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I couldn’t reschedule online. The FAQ said we would get a refund or extension. I tried to re-register. It said I had to pay the $200 again but when I tried to submit it said I was already...

  14. April test takers ... anyone else ?? Heads up

    Silver_Rik replied to Astronomical 1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Mine for 4/29 got unscheduled too - 2nd time canceled. Also the first time mine was canceled in March it didn’t charge me to reschedule. Now it’s saying I have to pay $200 again to reschedule....

  15. COVID-19 and extinction of human species

    Silver_Rik replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Disaster Preparation

    - I think it's possible there were no co-morbidities, but also quite possible they were just not known or reported. Un-diagnosed asthma, smoking / vaping / drug use. - we know people in their 20's...

  16. Recruit coronavirus survivors to help health care providers?

    Silver_Rik replied to Bill Levinson's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Even basic patient care tasks require some orientation and training; but nothing a willing and physically able person can’t learn in a couple of weeks. I think the bigger concern is we don’t know...

  17. Floating to Med-Surg Floors due to COVID 19?

    Silver_Rik replied to Monalisa9's topic in Operating Room

    I just looked at this list. I've done almost every item on the list with live patients. I wouldn't feel comfortable or safe just jumping in cold; but with a short orientation I feel confident I...

  18. Considering Quitting my Job

    Silver_Rik replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here is a link to the Georgia NPA https://sos.ga.gov/PLB/acrobat/Forms/38 Reference - Nurse Practice Act.pdf the relevant part starts on page 35. Section 43-26-52 read (a) closely (a) Hospitals,...

  19. Considering Quitting my Job

    Silver_Rik replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It’s possible some states have this rule, but it’s not even true in Georgia where Litepath practices and I will provide the exact wording straight from the GA nurse practice

  20. Afraid of dying

    Silver_Rik replied to haveyourbowelsmoved's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thoughts and prayers and good luck with your recovery. If it makes people more susceptible to secondary infections and they die from that, I'm not sure I see a lot of practical point in saying...

  21. COVID-19: Nurse Shortages

    Silver_Rik replied to LucilleBluth's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Right now we are low census and looking at cutting hours (if not doing it already) and asking people to re-deploy off their home units. On the other hand, in anticipation of a Covid-19 surge we are...

  22. Perioperative 101 during covid

    Silver_Rik replied to rinap's topic in Operating Room

    We are doing the same. The extension of the orientation periods makes sense, but I have a few questions to address to my nurse manager or training coordinator. We aren't allowed to use vacation...

  23. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

    Silver_Rik replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

    We have 36 rooms in major OR, usually keep 32 running each day plus reserved trauma rooms. Also an ambulatory surgery clinic that is currently closed due to Covid-19, and C-Section rooms on...

  24. How is your hospital handling PPE with GA's?

    Silver_Rik replied to MP RN's topic in Operating Room

    From a new (< 2 months in the OR) circulating nurse, isn't it going to be a handful for the CRNA to have to intubate

  25. Kentucky BON

    Silver_Rik replied to xo_futurern_xo's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    They didn't say diversion of drugs, they are talking about pre-trial diversion of the assault 4 charge in 2013. I am not a lawyer, but am familiar with the BON in question. If the diversion...