indigo girl

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  1. Struggling keeping nurses in my unit

    indigo girl replied to BellaSRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some of this reminds me of my current unit. The only way out is to leave the hospital. Any nurse that gives any notice to leave can expect at the very least, to be written up for something in the...

  2. Eat Before You Get Here!

    indigo girl replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    As one of the shrinks on our unit would say, "this is not the Ritz Carlton!" I usually ask the demanding ones, "do I look like a waitress?" Since I am wearing a long white lab coat over my street...

  3. scopolamine patches

    indigo girl replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v32/n5/full/1301208a.html

  4. Psych Staff in need of Support post tragedy

    indigo girl replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

    I am so very sorry. My unit has been having quite a bit of education since two patient suicides occurred in July. One fact that I learned was that even our psychiatrists are at risk in this field....

  5. I'm having trouble dealing.....long, sorry

    indigo girl replied to edisongirl25's topic in General Nursing

    Not being able to shield your family from emotional pain has to be tremendously upsetting. You are hurting because you know that your dad is emotionally devastated by loss right now. You are being...

  6. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Update on Personal Protective Equipment http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=197523&postcount=1 I was fitted for the N95 mask last April during my orientation. I have not seen one...

  7. Amish Burn Treatment

    indigo girl replied to country mom's topic in Burn

    This is very interesting. I find herbal medicine to be a fascinating field, and have the utmost respect for those trained healers. There is a long, long history of the successful use of many of...

  8. hospitalists clashing and nurses stuck in the middle

    indigo girl replied to gagirl1124's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Call your Risk Managers, and ask them about

  9. I Contracted HIV

    indigo girl replied to sarahwv's topic in General Nursing

    So much good advice here, Sarah. Right now, you are still in shock and mourning the life that you had before you got stuck. You've been traumatized, and it will take time to adjust to the new norm...

  10. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    Confusion And Silence Surround Jiangsu Outbreak http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/12/confusion-and-silence-surround-jiangsu.html It is nothing new for the Chinese people to be kept in the dark about...

  11. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    India and Bangladesh Borders being sealed, smugglers trying to escape with infected poultry, resistance of the local villagers who depend on poultry as their livelihood, hundreds of wild crows dying...

  12. The House of God

    indigo girl replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in General Nursing

    rotfwl!!!!

  13. The gift that keeps on hurting

    indigo girl replied to mazy's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for the loss of your friend. Suicide profoundly affects us all whether the loss is of a friend, a family member or even one of our patients. We find ourselves literally staggering...

  14. The House of God

    indigo girl replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in General Nursing

    I loved that book. Lost my copy somewhere so maybe I'll order another used one online. Thanks for the reminder of of a really great

  15. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    Jiangsu Province, Eastern China. http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/12/china-reports-h5n1-outbreak-in-poultry.html More on the Jiangsu Outbreak...

  16. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    Situation Update on Assam Lots of birds being culled, human population under surveillance, cullers protected with Tamiflu prophylaxis, and some cases of upper respiratory infections noted that at this...

  17. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    Egyptian girl dies of bird flu http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=196491&postcount=2 Just 16 years old, and Tamiflu did not save her. First Assam now West Bengal, India Battles Bird...

  18. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    Cambodia, India, and Hong Kong Update http://pandemicchronicle.com/2008/12/h5n1---'tis-the-season/ Assam, India The people may just coincidentally have seasonal flu, but birds in the area definitely...

  19. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 3

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

    Hong Kong When a disease like this occurs in Hong Kong, you have to wonder what is going unreported in mainland China as they are so close geographically. Hong Kong is like the canary in the coal...

  20. Mandatory Flu Shots at Providence, Alaska Hospital

    indigo girl posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.adn.com/life/health/story/616617.html Just the employees of the hospital are facing mandatory injections but, if they were truly serious about protecting the patients then they should be...

  21. shingles

    indigo girl replied to grandee3's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1194947372665

  22. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Pregnancy and Pandemic Influenza

  23. Life just sucks sometimes.

    indigo girl replied to Thanet's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, sometimes it sure

  24. No You Can't (Long)

    indigo girl replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Psychiatric

    Ditto the above. Good luck to

  25. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    indigo girl replied to LMonty911's topic in Disaster Preparation

    UK: Researchers Plan `Big Brother' Flu Experiment http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/uk-researchers-plan-big-brother-flu.html How does flu spread? There is still some conjecture about this. This...