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There is no doubt that many, many people don't understand how masks work and often misuse them. That does not negate the fact that when used correctly, masks help. Personally, now that masks mandates in my area are non-existent, I usually carry...

I too have been talking/thinking/reading/watching all things covid-related practically nonstop since the beginning of the pandemic. Mostly because I'm interested and want to know all that I can, and partly also because I'm a healthcare professional a...

I say screw it. Let specific clinics and hospitals cater to the anti-vaxx, pseudo-science crowd and let's study it. Let them open Ivermectin/Hydroxychloroquine clinics, where none of the staff are vaxxed and the docs and can give any drug they feel l...

If she's actually trying to get rid of you, it sounds like she would take this opportunity and not try to bad talk you knowing this could be her chance to get rid of you.

I agree with you, but I think to many people it is more than just a scientific question and more of a philosophical question. The idea of "forcing" anyone to take an injection seems unacceptable, and frankly I would agree with that purely on a philos...

Curious question for you and whoever might have a good idea about this. I'm vaccinated and I support them, but with so many vaccinated currently contracting covid (I actually just got my positive PCR results today unfortunately), is there not a highe...

Um......which one of those examples is transmitted via droplets when in close proximity to someone? My sexual preference does not affect my patients well being. Nothing you do with your patients should come anywhere near risking transmitting ...

no, but it can be an increased risk for a patient. one that could be easily avoided.

Our ER had an "extra plus sized" patient come in for some reason that is beside the point of the story, but the patient had a particularly bad odor. Needless to say, the ER did not get around to cleaning up the patient and sent them on to the ICU, wh...

I hope the OP isn't a nurse, because it makes me sad to know that a nurse is out there practicing who either a) doesn't remember some biology basics, b) is too lazy to research and refresh said biology basics, or c) doesn't believe the science behind...

We had a big drop in numbers around the end of January/beginning of February and then a small rise around the beginning of March and ever since things have been at a kind of equilibrium, fluctuating slightly up and down but no significant changes. Mo...

In general, I don't think most people think of climate change as being directly connected to the nursing job itself. Sure, individual nurses might be concerned about it, but I've never heard a question like this before, nor have I ever really thought...

You do realize your two points literally conflict each other, right? Don't cause any drama.......but be more disagreeable?

Sounds to me like there's a lot more nuance to the story than the OP is sharing. Just randomly offering a ride? Waiting 2 days for a response? Now there's a weird dynamic with everyone at work created because of it? Just doesn't add up.

I have worked primarily in critical care over the last few years, but I'm currently in a float pool and work throughout two different hospitals (as well as PICC team) and have also travel nursed through a few different hospitals and I can say that wh...

Yeah. I've been asked a few times why I think numbers are going back up and I'm surprised it's not obvious to even non-medical people. Mask mandates are being dropped everywhere, business restrictions are being lifted, Spring break just happened, and...

Well, after a couple of pleasant months with a comfortingly low number of covid patients in the hospitals I work at, we are now on the rise again. At one point we had only 16 covid inpatients, and I'm not sure where we're at now but have again design...

I started inserting PICCs last year, and I've been surprised how many nurses really don't understand the difference in various vascular access devices. Frankly, a lot of it is just semantics and how we use certain terms. For example: in the hospital ...

I'm willing to bet that calling another unit nurse to help without notifying your charge is almost definitely not mentioned in any rules or policies of your facility. Your charge nurse was on a power trip, probably rooted in your bad history with her...

I think the individual person giving the injection is the problem, not the facility you got it at. I got my first one at the hospital by an RN and thought it was too high and it was very uncomfortable for the next 24 hours. I asked the nurse giving m...

My first shot felt like it was given way too high on my deltoid. It was so uncomfortable it kept me awake that night, and I'm quite sure it wasn't because of the vaccine itself. My second shot was better (in my other arm) and I felt very minimal disc...

I agree with one previous post that you are not burned out on nursing, just nursing school and specifically your situation. My girlfriend is currently finishing up her last semester of nursing school and is in a similar situation. It is possible that...

Always keep in mind that in life as whole, and particularly in nursing, things are almost always worse in your mind than they are in real life. 99% of the time I'm nervous about a situation, when I look at it in retrospect it wasn't nearly as bad as ...

I too hesitated for a few weeks due to similar reasoning, and then decided to go ahead and get it because I realized I would be waiting a really long time (probably years) if I was actually trying to wait and see all the possible long term effects. ...

Sooooo.......because a precaution doesn't work 100% of the time or is not being rigidly enforced then it is a useless concept? Terrible rationale. We may as well never wear seat belts, or helmets, or gloves in a patient room, or a plethora of other o...