CampyCamp RN

Mostly a Peds nurse

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    Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    CampyCamp replied to nursej22's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I can barely get my horses to take an entire tube. (Or the entire dose since some are too small for a whole tube) They tell me it's gross. ? I've been wondering what form people are taking then...
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    Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout

    CampyCamp replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I left the hospital in PA. I can't do another covid surge in the ICU. I took care of a lot of entitled people who were absolute jerks to staff last time. With so many of these people consciously...
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    Questions for getting started in this specialty

    CampyCamp replied to quickkarma's topic in Camp

    I work in my own state, usually close to home but I'm lucky to live in Pennsylvania where camps are plentiful. I started at the camp I was planning to send my daughter to and we had our first...
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    C'Mon Now!

    CampyCamp replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Hugs. I'm so glad that I happened to leave school last November for my mom's hospice care. However, last Spring, as cases rose in the hospital where I am hired for perdiem *pediatrics*, I...
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    Covid-19, No Beds, Ugly Stuff

    CampyCamp replied to Ado Annie's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I worked in a small rural hospital for a short period. 25 beds. No vent as such. But there was an OR and the CRNA could come in an intubate in an emergency. Periodically severe trauma patients and...
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    COVID-19: Pneumos

    CampyCamp posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Are other hospitals seeing an increase lately in tension pneumothorax/ pbeumomediastinum? It seems like it's 1 in 4 ICU patients with these complications in the last 2-3 weeks. All ages and...
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    COVID-19: Vaccination Administration Question

    CampyCamp replied to Rosie Cotton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm just going to stick to one part of your question because the rest of the logistics seem tricky. You can give a vaccine that the pharmacist prepared. Nearly everything we give is something a...
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    Jackets for chunky arms

    CampyCamp posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Does anyone have recommendations for warm up jackets for middle aged ladies with thicker arms? XL jackets fit all in the torso but are so tight on the and that I have no room to push them up. They...
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    Floated to ICU with no experience

    CampyCamp replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    In 4 hospitals I've worked in, most intubations have been done by the residents or intensivist or anesthesia if they're unable. Respiratory does them if they need the numbers but in teaching...
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    New Swine Flu?

    CampyCamp replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So do
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    No Scott Toilet Paper?

    CampyCamp replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Backyard pools of any size and bicycles seem impossible to find
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    What is your "favorite" procedure?

    CampyCamp replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    I hate PKUs. That's another thing where I used to be efficient but now I make a mess. I'm happy if I don't get any blood on the front/outside of the card or the baby's nose,
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    Does Trump have Covid?

    CampyCamp replied to Emergent's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You'd think people would know this but it's obvious many people don't. I at least assumed college grads know it. Even those of us who graduated without doing any online research. My 8th grader just...
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    What is your "favorite" procedure?

    CampyCamp replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    I like assisting with any bedside procedures in ICU. I'm always pleased that I good at catheterization and NG/OG tubes from baby to elderly. I actually hate IV and phlebotomy sticks. I used to be...
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    How do you do lab work on patients while maintaining social distancing?

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

    I feel like I don't remember the last time I had a patient interaction without a face
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    Have you floated "to" or "from" your hospital's COVID-19 unit?

    CampyCamp replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I get 3-4 pts in med surg covid, 3 in progressive side of covid ICU and still 2 in the acute side. We have 1:1 only for CVVH. So, for the first time in my career, I don't care if they want me in MS....
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    Peds Nurse Furloughed During Pandemic

    CampyCamp replied to Mickey9700's topic in Pediatric

    My unit has had kids 4 days in April. In the beginning there were some covid19+ kids, now there are none needing admission (hooray!) But there's nothing else either! We're floating to the...
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    Are gowns necessary, especially in home care?

    CampyCamp replied to Kitiger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've always been unworried about the microbes at work. This one has me scrubbing and wiping and everything. Thanks for what you do in the home. My mom is getting a nurse twice a week and I'm so...
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    ... we don't care... about nurses.

    CampyCamp replied to wedontcare's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They can all find another job. Nobody is forcing them to be in a career that is on hold. Their mother is still forced to be their mother but maybe they don't care if they give it to her for her...
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    How to Sanitize N95 Masks for Reuse: NIH Study

    CampyCamp replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    is there any discussion about dealing with the fit? A correctly fit tested mask feels effective at 7 AM but by 7 PM, my glasses are fogging and I can feel leaks at the side because the elastic...
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    Should nurses be getting involved in the Reopen America protests nationwide?

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

    New Zealand has a much better approach. (Obviously their geography helps) People are healthy and happy. Paid and fed. There are many articles about it. I have friends there and their experiences are...
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    Iron Lung vs. Ventilator

    CampyCamp replied to Bill Levinson's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I remember the MA1s and the Bears. I always thought the dials were easier to adjust than the buttons and
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    Iron Lung vs. Ventilator

    CampyCamp replied to Bill Levinson's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There are quite a few negative pressure vents in use. Very few iron lungs (a joke about bringing them out of storage just because residents want to try out all the order sets in the computer went...
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    Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    CampyCamp replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think areas that locked down before it started spreading are doing well. New York closed the barn door after the cows ran away. ...And the cows ran to their vacation home and relatives in PA, NJ,...
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    Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    CampyCamp replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work at a 300 bed rural Pennsylvania hospital. We are being hit. They are floating med surg, OR, and peds staff to ICU to work as helping hands or take the least sick patients (no drips or vents)...