Surfin USA

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1. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   Right and I do think we all agree on that. Care itself cannot be withheld. But I also think that the OP was not really asking if care should be withheld. Just whether nurses can refuse to...

2. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   And you know, really, I do think this is the real crux of the issue FOR nurses who refuse to administer the vaccine as of right now. Although its currently a great tool for eradicating or slowing the...

3. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n149#:~:text=Doctors in Norway have been,shortly after receiving the

4. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   "At times, yes a nurse has a duty to refuse to give the vaccine. For instance, if a person is medically considered "old-old" I.e. over 85, *and* frail, I.e. exceptionally vulnerable to...

5. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   Then why did you post a link to an article that claims such? Oh, wait. You just didn't read your own article. ...at the expense of a cohesive argument..

6. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   Again with the ad hominems about people with DNRs needing an additional mental health exam. Knock it tf off. Enough, already. And yes, in California, you do have to abide, or pass the patient on...

7. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

   Surfin USA replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   So if a seemingly healthy 25 year old is rolled in with some minor injuries and has a DNR bracelet, in the state of California, and this person stops breathing, you HAVE to adhere to that physicians...

8. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

   Surfin USA replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   Well then I forgive you. Thank you for apologizing. Im still leaving. I just cant find a way to leave this site completely now. Im really frustrated. I feel like I have been...

9. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

   Surfin USA replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   Block me, you may. Baffled as you might be and all. LOL What you may NOT do is to be a total jerk just because you missed the part where Libra Nurse asked me a question. See ya

10. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    Surfin USA replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and I had initially called the agency after 15 minutes of pleading with mr tantrumer to let me give him care, and him refusing for reasons that just defy all understanding. To the point that the...

11. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    Surfin USA replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I deal with home care, so we don't have guards and security cameras and alarm buttons. We also don't have an actual nurse on site to recommend chemical restraints, but my violent one was already...

12. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    Surfin USA replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Wow thats a lot of severe violence! Yikes! How does a caregiver keep their composure during that kind of an episode, I wonder? And are initially violent types ever weaned off of the...

13. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    Surfin USA replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    To Nursel56, and anyone else that seems to be generally LGBTQphobic... FYI Libra Nurse asked me for more information to help them understand the concept of what being gender fluid, aka...

14. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    Surfin USA replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is getting me into that game now too!! It was easy to do last year!! Our little community doesnt get a lot of trick or treaters so I just tell my young mommy friends to come by and...

15. Left patients chart at another patient’s home

    Surfin USA replied to guest1143647's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Its not a HIPAA violation in itself to have someone elses records with you in someone elses home. The violation is failing to make a reasonable effort to protect the other patients privacy....