azhiker96 BSN, RN

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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If the protocol is new, I agree with you. When I checked the CDC guidelines it just looks like standard droplet protection PPE like we've used for decades. Nothing special or new....
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would just like to see the CDC take off their bio suits and demonstrate their recommended precautions with actual Ebola
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is a problem with using Ro to compare the contagiousness of Ebola to less lethal viruses. Ro is affected by control measures that are taken. For example, when someone comes down with the flu, we...
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The first case contracted outside of Africa, a Spanish nurse. I pray for her recovery and that they are able to figure out how she contracted the virus. Nurse In Spain Gets Ebola, Officials Say 'We...
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Firestone has a model that seems to be working. Firestone Did What Governments Have Not: Stopped Ebola In Its Tracks : Goats and Soda :
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The incubation period is reported to be from 2 - 21 days. So his exposure happened within the 3 weeks preceding his illness. I'd like to know if he was just running the camera from afar or helping...
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC is just playing politics now. They say they took a 5% hit from the sequester cuts. Did they really only need to apply 5% more resources to stop/prevent this Ebola outbreak? I think that is...
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Dallas Hospital Changes Its Story The hospital has changed it's story once again. IMO their first response was to throw the nurse under the bus. Then, they blamed the software but that actually lays...
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Comparing transmission to HIV seems disengenuous at best. We don't isolate or consider at risk people who have had casual contact with a HIV+ person. Also, we don't wear biohazard suits to escort...
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    Ebola in Texas

    azhiker96 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is one thing I've noticed that seems incongruent. On the CDC website, health professionals are advised to use standard contact and droplet protection. In my area that would consist of a blue...
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    Fake call outs irritate me

    azhiker96 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've worked places where it was a "me versus them" atmosphere. I didn't really care for that much. Where I work now it is a small, cohesive, supportive environment. Our manager spends a lot of time...
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    September 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    azhiker96 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Do either of you know what happened to the missing batteries from the supply
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    September 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    azhiker96 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I guess it's just your word against hers as to who has been dripping hydraulic fluid in the
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    July 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    azhiker96 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "The news just reported Justin Bieber was admitted to her clinical
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    TMI at Dinner

    azhiker96 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I was out at dinner with my stepdaughter and her fellow medical students. They started talking about things they'd done and seen during the week. Then one looked at me an apologized for the gross...
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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    azhiker96 replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    In today's world we have to know our scope of practice and hospital policies and procedures. In the Army, part of my medic training included making an emergency surgical airway. However, I would never...
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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    azhiker96 replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    Not all doctors should intubate. If they have the training and practice that's fine but whoever intubates should be someone who practices and is proficient with that skill. Consider the death of a...
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    wasting of narcs in pacu

    azhiker96 replied to Jaesim's topic in PACU

    I don't see a problem as long as the med is under control of the RN and out of reach of the patient/family. There is space by my computer where I can place drawn/labeled meds. I am right next to it...
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    Is this the norm in PACU? Have I been spoiled before????

    azhiker96 replied to MomRNof2's topic in PACU

    I've worked in two different PACUs and would say the anesthesia provider makes a big difference. My current job is at a level 1 facility with a burn center. The burn patients can take a lot of...
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    Did you ever have one of those moments...

    azhiker96 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    My wife (also an RN) and I have stopped and rendered aid at three different MVAs over the past 10 years. In fact, we carry kits in the cars so we'll have some basic supplies handy. I worked for a year...
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    April 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    azhiker96 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Four coffees on separate checks
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    Lap Chole Bundle

    azhiker96 replied to emain86's topic in PACU

    You might consider borrowing or buying the current ASPAN standards. You can evaluate a patient's risk for PONV and then determine how many interventions/meds should be given for prophylaxis. For...
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    December 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    azhiker96 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    The secret is support hose and comfortable
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    Propofol gtt in PACU?

    azhiker96 replied to Syhuggins's topic in PACU

    Yes, but only on vented patients with titration orders. The propofol is only for comfort since most people would not tolerate an ETT when they are awake. The vent is the prevent the most obvious...
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    I've hit the wall--suggestions?

    azhiker96 replied to wannabecnl's topic in PACU

    All of the suggestions are excellent. More shifts will help because more experience helps things stick. I've worked in three PACUs; a mixed turned adult PACU that may do up to 100 cases a day, a...