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  1. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think that some of us will work, but I understand why many will not. No one should ever feel guilty for taking care of family first. I also believe that early education and dialogue will help in...

  2. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Belated Lessons to Be Learned from the 2006 Outbreak in Turkey http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/11/lessons-from-tu.html Govt planners, and those that direct our emergency health response would...

  3. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Another Truth Bites the Dust This information is important: http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/11/another-truth-bites-dust.html This is useful information for now if treating for seasonal flu in...

  4. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What are our colleagues to the north thinking? A drug company has done this survey with a different scenario offered, one in which HCW are protected by antivirals:...

  5. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Saudi Arabia While we were busy watching the UK and Indonesia, H5N1 has reappeared in the Middle East:

  6. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    TPTB, as in the CDC and HHS, fully expect that most of us are not going to work. They are aware that we will not have adequate PPE to get thru even one pandemic wave. They know this beforehand....

  7. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    UK Cull Spreads: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/ Of course, all of the workers and the cullers have been offered

  8. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Swallows Implicated in Death of Muhamad Nabi? http://www.scottmcpherson.net/ My stomach is feeling queasy just reading about this... Yes, people actually do consume the nests as an ingredient in...

  9. Travel Connecticut?

    indigo girl replied to Fancy Face's topic in Travel

    I have run into a few nurses doing travel work in LTC. I believe that they worked for TNN, and NurseNet. I don't think that taxes were taken out, just so you know. Many of these LPNs were from...

  10. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    UK Outbreak Confirmed as Highly Pathogenic H5N1 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=108685&postcount=91 UPDATE More bad news:...

  11. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Bird Flu Returns to the UK http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/11/bird-flu-returns-to-uk.html http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11120701/H5_Norfolk.html The WHO on the 91st Death in Indonesia...

  12. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If I understand your two part question correctly: No, it is usually very effective, and very much so. Lots and lots ofTamiflu being used in Indonesia now. It is so effective, that it is possible...

  13. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    KOMNAS on the death of Muhamad Nabi http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/11/komnas-on-the-d.html KOMNAS is the site for the Indonesian National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic...

  14. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How Much Tamiflu Is Enough? Avian Flu Diary takes on the Tamiflu dosage controversy with very clear commentary on why this is such a problem:...

  15. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    azhiker, I understand your feelings about this. I agree with you. I hope that HHS, CDC, or some govt agency out there, will read this thread, and realize that it really is representative of what many...

  16. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Local Wal-Marts Promote Pandemic Awareness We need to see more of this with local businesses working with hospitals and and health departments helping the public to prepare in the most basic way by...

  17. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    A group of commentaries on the news from Indonesia: That Was the Week That Was: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/11/that-was-the-we.html Indonesia's 91st H5N1 Death Is Confirmed:...

  18. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Riau, Indonesia Links to information on some troubling suspect cases, and the death of a hospital employee that occurred a few days ago. Patients get treated in their local hospitals until bird flu...

  19. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Vietnam, 6th Province Reporting H5N1 http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2007/11/vietnam-6th-province-reports-h5n1.html Nabarro Warns of Zoonotic Threats...

  20. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Utah Pandemic Flu Commercial I am having a hard time believing that they are showing this. A year ago, nothing and now they are finally trying to get thru to people with PSAs like this....

  21. Making the Move to Florida

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks, Tweety. I know it will all work out eventually, and I will be better off once I am out of here. I am doing online searches now to find a home in the area. So many options, my head is...

  22. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Northern Vietnam H5N1 has spread to a 5th province: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/11/bird-flu-kills-.html This next link describes the strange case of a South Korean man who died in...

  23. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I think that this is a hugh undertaking, and many people in govt do want to help, but really do not know what can be done. That is why grassroots movements like the Readymoms is important. They are...

  24. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Updated: Citizen's Guide To Pandemic Preparedness

  25. Making the Move to Florida

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks for the reply, Tweety. LPNs are charge nurses up north also, but most of our roles are interchangeable. There does have to be an RN in the house every shift in most of New England, and that is...