emtb2rn BSN, RN, EMT-B

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    Nursing Profession Reputation

    emtb2rn replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You are actually doing fine. I assume you’re thinking in arabic & translating to english in your head as you type. Keep at it, you will get better &
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    Nursing Profession Reputation

    emtb2rn replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest that those laws are more likely in place to continue a cultural subjugation of
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    emtb2rn replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We’re ramping up again. My area has a pretty good vaccination rate but we’re still seeing a surprising number of people who aren’t
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    ED vs ICU vs floor

    emtb2rn replied to jazzyB's topic in Emergency

    Here’s a handy guide to choosing your
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    Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    emtb2rn replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And now back to the original thread... “A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that all of its staff be vaccinated against...
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    Advice for new EM nurses

    emtb2rn replied to MD married to RN's topic in Emergency

    Great post. Should be a sticky. And I can’t overemphasize the importance of using order sets to get things rolling. Get those labs processing. Also be sure to get a previous ekg for the chest pain...
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    Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    emtb2rn replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And there’s also the popcorn/puffy clouds which are visible on a cxr with a rocking covid
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    Nurses Begin Trauma Recovery from COVID: 5 Ways to Cope

    emtb2rn replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We have soft rubber probes that fit snugly & are very accurate but I prefer the sticky ones for tenacity. I have seen quite a few spo2 readings in the 40’s. Readings in the high 60’s are...
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    Nurses Begin Trauma Recovery from COVID: 5 Ways to Cope

    emtb2rn replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My area got crushed last Spring and we’re getting swamped again. Doing a lot of high flow nasal cannula. For those who didn’t see much of covid, good for you. We opened a 2nd covid unit last week....
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    Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    emtb2rn replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    AR10’s” as in plural? Why would you need multiple battle rifles? Seriously, why? If for home defense, nowhere near as good a choice as a shotgun. If for hunting, I guess they work if you need to...
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    Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    emtb2rn replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The report you cited completely refutes your argument. Did you not read the opening statement? And how did you get that triple comment as it makes no sense whatsoever? Facts matter “Handguns...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    emtb2rn replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not sure where you work or where you get your information but in my massive hospital system, our rapid covid pcr includes testing for influenza. Flu deaths are down because social distancing and...
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    Congress counting the votes - what to drink?

    emtb2rn posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Off today after a series of brutal shifts. Plan on watching congress count the votes. While it starts at 1pm est (which happens to be my time zone), I will consider it to be after 5pm. So, what...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    emtb2rn replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Bad, northeast, inundated with not only covid but all the usual er complaints, ICU is full, starting to hold in the er which also means an rrt which requires a transfer to the unit will come to us....
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    emtb2rn replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Got it Monday morning. Delt hurt same as after flu shot, so not enough to take anything for it. Pain gone today. No other effects. And I am anaphylactic to bees. Did that stop me from getting...
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    Emergency Nursing Areas

    emtb2rn replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

    Those are pretty general & vague questions which are easily answered by reading the posts in this sub-forum. What is your real
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    Oxygen requirements & level of care

    emtb2rn replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not for nothing but comparing dewine to hitler simply shows a complete lack of historical knowledge as well the inability to make a valid analogy. And are you implying that jesus would have...
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    A Few Words from Dr. Anthony Fauci

    emtb2rn replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So wait a minute, you use an article that knocks fauci for knocking chloroquine when it turns out that fauci was correct? Did I miss something there? Not sure I understand how that argument works....
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    A Few Words from Dr. Anthony Fauci

    emtb2rn replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The conspiracy theories are running deep. Remember this from “Shooter”? “Mr. Rate: Whoever took that shot's probably dead now. That's how conspiracy works. Them boys on the grassy knoll,...
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    President Trump was likely largest driver of COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic” per Cornell University study

    emtb2rn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You’re a family practice NP in taos nm. Assume you don’t have any experience on the pointy end of the covid spear. You used your real name on an interwebs forum?
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    Hope is not a strategy

    emtb2rn posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    “In a potential preview of what their messaging will be during next week’s convention, the Republican presidential ticket is again insisting that the coronavirus will go away by a “miracle.”...
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    Speaking of draining....

    emtb2rn posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    After reading this story about the refurbished rose garden, I remembered this exchange from the fabulous furry freak brothers: Fat Freddy: “I’m gonna poach a deer.” Phineas: “Poach a...
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    Trump releases new list of potential Supreme Court nominees; Senators Cotton, Cruz additions

    emtb2rn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    He also described slavery as “a necessary evil” as well as proposing sending in the military to cities where there has been rioting in order to “overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain...
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    CDC states only 10,000 patients died DIRECTLY from Covid

    emtb2rn replied to guest416560's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    That claim you posted from drugawareness got a pants-on-fire rating from politifact. And politifact gets a “least biased” rating itself. Facts matter....
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    Dark shadows....

    emtb2rn posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Gobsmacked. Yes, that’s the appropriate word to describe my reaction to this story. If I had a pt who spoke like this in my ED, I’d be thinking a taste of haldol, geodon or zyprexa might be...