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1. Morgellon's Disease

   worknurse replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

   My former tag "chopstix" dropped cuz I forgot who I was LOLOL! My comments to this mysterious skin dz. . .think: global warming, proliferation of people, saavy insects (ticks,mosquitoes), bacteria,...

2. New grad! Small town or Portland? HELP!!

   worknurse replied to jaimenicole's topic in Oregon Nursing

   You have to start somewhere! My first job as a graduate RN (from Oregon) was at the largest hospital in the US. USC/LAC County (General Hospital) almost 30 years ago. It was a blast but I had great...

3. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   worknurse replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

   GREAT that you do this but I suggest eliminating the chemical tx's altogethe OTC and permethrins /pyrethrins are neurotoxic agents which the buggers just laugh at anyway having developed resistance...

4. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   worknurse replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

   lisalau- I like your soapbox, very similar to mine! We forget that antibiotics are poisons, just as they do good they do harm (MRSA) and like pesticides we are creating more virulent strains of...

5. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   worknurse replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

   lisalau- I like your soapbox, very similar to

6. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   worknurse replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

   At our internal medicine clinic we've been recommending bufferred hypertonic sinus irrigations for sinus infection/congestion of less than 10d without fever. 3tsp sea salt +1tsp of sodium bicarb in...

7. Morgellon's Disease

   worknurse replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

   As far as skin biopsies on nerves. . . I'm not sure our hospital pathologists will know what to look for. A new discovery of a virus or bacteria will take some time to discover what "it" is and most...

8. Morgellon's Disease

   worknurse replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

   The frightening issue is a lot of nurses and teachers are coming down with this! Altho we knew what we were getting into when we became nurses, didn't

9. Morgellon's Disease

   worknurse replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

   Yup, most everybody's out to exploit other people's suffering! This woman's site is interesting, great credentials. Some of it may be tongue in cheek (the crop designs hoax or no hoax? )but she did...

10. Morgellon's Disease

    worknurse replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

    New to this service. I've been a working nurse for close to 30 years and I'm still alive! Eek! There IS some strange skin condition going on and not just the eczema or psoriasis (who knows what...