Ayrman

10-12??? Are we talking long-term care pts. or actual acutely ill people? LTC is one thing but if this is an actual acute care floor my advise, sincerely offered, is not to walk but run like there is no tomorrow. My hospital has a maximum of 7 pts pe...

Mattress tags = "Do not remove this tag under penalty of law except by the consumer." On every new mattress or pillow sold in the US. Ayrman

Minimal response here at my facility. According to Infection Control regular masks are enough. Plenty of folks test negative on the N95 - myself included - and there are NO Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) units in the facility. Regular flu sh...

I believe their sign on bonuses have fallen dramatically to around $8-10K, same with Western Arizona up the road in Bullhead City. A new hospital opening in Kingman has drained some of the available nursing staff away from the area. You will find re...

Very helpful, and I do thank you sincerely. Very much look forward to another trip to your country sometime in the future, hopefully spending more time there than last. Ayrman

Just wondering if there are any nurses from Croatia who read the forums. My wife has relatives there near Dubrovnik. We spent a few days there in December last year, loved every minute of it. Ayrman

Interesting if telling tidbit from my current employer. We currently have a patient under isolation who will be with us for a while, and has been for a couple of weeks already. Active TB case, no other co-morbidities. The percentage of nurses who bas...

Ludicrous in what way? You say that it is impossible yet which is historically valid, i.e. we have seen it before. The current pandemic is little akin to the historical pandemic of the late 19-teens, i.e. people are not dieing in droves and the ove...

Officially 7:1 on nocs with an aid for every 11-18 (yes, they staff that tight) patients. Even the Charge may have 7:1, and I have seen 6:1 for 2 nurses with no aid or secretary. This is a CHS facility for anyone who cares. Ayrman

Anti-aircraft shell, 37 mm IIRC. Live round, too. You can look it up on the net. The guy had been using it for years to alleviate a dangling hemmorhoid, when his dog ran in on him and caused him to fall on it. End of story the shell was removed and d...

Thanks for the article, Al. Interesting to know that our foreign counterparts have the same misgivings and problems that we contemplate here. Ayrman

Thanks for the article, Al. More food for thought, and it's not just here in the US that staffing may be a problem. Ayrman

140th (?) Case for Indonesia AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (81): INDONESIA, SUSPECTED ************************************************* Date: Wed 17 Dec 2008 Source: Antara News [edited] Suspected birdflu patient dies ------------------------------ A sus...

Crunch, H5N1 was first identified in Hong Kong in "97, and saw a 2/3's mortality rate. That was 11 years ago, and all we are seeing is a slow but determined spread. As cliche as it may seem it remains not a matter of if but instead of when. Ayrman

Not only the teeming numbers but the fact that there is a LOT of migration to/from from there with family vistations, business trips, etc. Much more so than we see even with a commercially up-and-coming Indonesia. Then too the modern, commercial Indo...

You'd have to split the hairs very finely to be able to say that you "could" have given more than the 1 mg ordered. The other responses are correct. You mixed the med in saline and gave half which by all rights should have figured out to a 1 mg dose....

I heartily agree. Considering the time delay these days with regards confirmation kudos are indeed called for. The citation of the SARS incident is an excellent cae-in-point. Ayrman

My attention is going to be focused on the 73 complainants rather than the hospitalized cases. Granted 13 possible infections is no small sum, especially given that they believe the 3 dead - who are in addition to the 13 - represents a VERY large clu...

How many hospitals use acuity-based staffing for their "general" floors such as medical-surgical, etc? I know that most states have mandated maximum patient to nurse ratios for ICU, CCU, etc, but how many have staffing ratios for other areas? And how...

As you yourself said "I know nothing at all about medicine. Social science? Bring it on... In any event my first class starts in a month.. A & P. Time to get 1000 3 x 5's I guess." https://allnurses.com/forums/f224/if-i-can-t-handle-medical-am-i-...

Sure you could supply your own PPE but do you have any idea of the cost? I keep PPE here at the house equivalent to haz-mat Level B protection - strictly emergency get-outa-Dodge use because we are talking a cost of around $120/person for a max. 8 ho...

The ball is indeed, as they say, in our court. My wife suffers from an innumo-compromised condition that has the past few months caused her health problems. Looking ahead to what may lay in the future we've begun to stockpile her medications in earne...

Flygirl, not questioning your veracity but this is news to me and I am certain others as well. In the past all I personally have seen were general reports of HCW's becoming infected, with no long-term reports such as this. Interesting news indeed. Ay...

Someone asked what I do with all the food, etc the lovely bride and I have stored when a few years passes and we haven't used all of it. No secret there, after a time we can do less grocery shopping and use what we have stored and bring the older sto...

Norovirus has broken out in my hospital, apparently brought in by a patient admitted for an non-related complaint. Since then the virus has spread to other areas of the hospital and all staff have been strongly advised to stay away from work for a mi...