HandsOffMySteth

HandsOffMySteth

Quit my job to pursue my passion in nursing.

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  1. Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    HandsOffMySteth replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just a standard hypocrisy check, Boston passed. I don't get the mask thing either. It is really not a big deal to wear one, and I think one should if going into public. Whether one believes masks do...

  2. Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    HandsOffMySteth replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I assume you group the BLM protesters into that as

  3. Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    HandsOffMySteth replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    US COVID deaths = 135,953 US WW1 + WW2 deaths = 521,915 And you are also saying that our mortality rate from COVID is higher than the rest of the

  4. Harming Ourselves and the Planet?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to Dr Georgianna Donadio's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a minimalist for the past 10 years buying only what I need but high quality items ( they last longer). My aunt ,on the other hand, is a hoarder. I can't even visit her home because it is...

  5. Coronavirus Second Wave?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This was a study, not an

  6. New Swine Flu?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The word was "initial". According to the encyclopedia, it had origins in Mexico.

  7. New Swine Flu?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    https://www.MSN.com/en-us/travel/other/a-new-swine-flu-could-become-the-next-pandemic/vi-BB16b5Ag https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-swine-flu-china-researchers-pandemic/...

  8. New Swine Flu?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Many viruses such as the flu and COVID originate in China. These pandemics will never end if China does not adapt safer protocols with farming and meat

  9. Racial Refusals In Nursing

    HandsOffMySteth replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They should adapt a policy that if a pt. refuses care for racial issues they should be

  10. Coronavirus Second Wave?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To summarize, if a person is not exposed to enough of the antigen and therefore does not produce an adequate immune response, they will not have enough antibodies to give long term immunity. The gold...

  11. Coronavirus Second Wave?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The reinfections can be because the so called "gold standard" was not achieved. It does not necessarily mean that immunity does not

  12. Doug Ford's disdain for Ontario Nurses is transparent

    HandsOffMySteth replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Need a subscription to read that article. A one cent raise for anyone is an

  13. Guns at the Bedside

    HandsOffMySteth replied to rnrazzil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Absolutely not! For the same reason you can't carry a gun in the federal building and courts. The hospital should provide all the security that patient needs. I am very pro gun, but with that right...

  14. If Tulsa becomes a hotzone, I won't be volunteering there

    HandsOffMySteth replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No one started a thread "if BLM protesters don't social distance don't count on me", so I think it's safe to make certain assumptions. What other point might the OP be trying to

  15. Plastic clip for badge holder

    HandsOffMySteth replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    here's a weird idea, get some of that velcro with the adhesive back side and stick one piece (the one with the hooks) to the back of the badge holder, and have the other part sewn on your scrubs....

  16. Vanity Plates?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Those guys with all the stickers on their rear window "Vietnam veteran" and the like makes me embarrassed to be a vet. What do they want, people to show gratitude or something? If people find out...

  17. allnurses has Become so Politicized

    HandsOffMySteth replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It requires self discipline. As another person pointed out, you can't change anyone's minds if they are determined not to listen and all they do is talk. All it amounts to is bickering. I have...

  18. allnurses decennary

    HandsOffMySteth replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I've been here since 9:00PM Has the world gone

  19. allnurses has Become so Politicized

    HandsOffMySteth replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    From what I have heard they were started by ANTIFA and not BLM. And if you watch some of those videos there are blacks who do not support the rioting and

  20. allnurses has Become so Politicized

    HandsOffMySteth replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I see all different races rioting and looting. https://www.Youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=dHCKsFviRMo&feature=emb_title https://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=jHbTxKZ72pw...

  21. Coronavirus Second Wave?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Agreed, however, if natural herd immunity does not work, no vaccine will work. Not a nice scenario to

  22. Coronavirus Second Wave?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sorry, typo. That should have been if we can't get this under

  23. Coronavirus Second Wave?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We may have herd immunity as our only option if we can get this under control. But that will be at a

  24. allnurses has Become so Politicized

    HandsOffMySteth replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Anyone who treats another person badly because of their race is

  25. Is Discrimination too strong a word?

    HandsOffMySteth replied to MNRN22's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would check with an attorney. You might have a case if it is documented that those are the reasons for not seeing you. Just because you take care of COVID patients does not automatically mean that...