angelberry

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1. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   angelberry replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Kudos to you hiddenangels for leaving that job! I agree that we are spreading disease caring for people without some type of barrier. What is the point of social distancing if the medical facilities...

2. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   angelberry replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Yep. And I'll bet the people who removed them spend zero time at the

3. What's Happening at the VA Hospitals?

   angelberry replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

   At the Portland VA's CLC (located across the water in Vancouver WA) a Veteran with open sores on his legs developed a maggot infestation and died. I tried to report it, but the whole thing was swept...

4. Suggestions for ways an unemployed new grad nurse can volunteer medical services to help out during the Covid-19?

   angelberry replied to short cake's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Check out the county/local department of health websites. Many have posts calling for workers. You can also call or email local healthcare staffing

5. Considering Quitting my Job

   angelberry replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I recommend submitting these stories o to your local paper/news station (name withheld of course). Tucker Carlson read some letters from nurses on television and it was very compelling. The diaper...

6. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   angelberry replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Yep. It's always about the money. And when one staff person falls they just fill the hole with another. That's exactly why they are graduating nursing students early if they agree to work the front...

7. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   angelberry replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Juan I hope that your administrators will help you identify some better area of service that enables you to take care of your daughter and work from home during this time. Your situation seems so...

8. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   angelberry replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The enforced and proper use of full PPE virtually eliminated infection of nurses caring for Covid-19 patients in China. Before a "PPE Taskforce" was put in place over 3,000 nurses there contracted...

9. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   angelberry replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I fully support anyone who elects to resign in order to protect family. Hospital administrators cut corners in every way possible and won't look out for us should we or our loved ones fall ill. I...

10. COVID-19, Nursing shortage, and Nursing Students

    angelberry replied to Reggie445's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Washington state has a call for healthcare providers who are not necessarily licensed in WA. They need people to help in many different aspects of nursing. There may be opportunity to do a from...

11. Advice please - PPE's for a patient who is a contact of Covid 19

    angelberry replied to haveyourbowelsmoved's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work at the VA in patient rehab, and we have never been provided with any type of eye protection. Several patients are coughing and sneezing but have not been tested for Covid-19. Because "we have...