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  1. grey area abuse and a homecare worker

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Like the thread title says, "grey area". Technically no laws have been broken here. But it is bad form to take money from a disabled person like that, it was only few thousand dollars but it was...

  2. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This Doctor Zhong is a real 21st Century

  3. press-ganey when you are the patient

    oramar posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever had a chance to fill out a press-ganey survey when you were the patient? My first impulse was to file it in the waste paper basket. My next thought was to write a bunch of...

  4. press-ganey when you are the patient

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    You are right, many surveys are way to long, not just healthcare related surveys

  5. Swine Flu Can Lead to Encephalitis in Kids

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have read articles about various neuro problems and the 1918 outbreak. I would not be suprised to see these sort of things. Matter of fact there is evidence that clusters of Parkinson's disease...

  6. What can we deny our patients?

    oramar replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    You know I have actually been asked by patients to pick them up a pack of cigs. Naturally my answer was in the negative

  7. Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

    oramar replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Will this stand up in court do you

  8. Buddhist and there practices

    oramar replied to angle71054's topic in General Nursing

    In an accute care setting tying up a bed for 4 hours could on occasion be a problem. It might end up with another patient lying in a hall somewhere and suffering for lack of care. How is that for a...

  9. BNP-question for ED nurse

    oramar posted a topic in Emergency

    Could some one please tell me about a new test for CHF that is supposed to make the diagnosis quick and

  10. I work in a hell hole!!!

    oramar replied to LilNurse2b143's topic in General Nursing

    My experience with management and chain of command scoldings is that they are a tactic used to avoid actually addressing the problem. They have no intention of doing anything about

  11. Anyone Else a Fan of Dr. OZ?

    oramar replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, just so happens that I am. I found the show he did this week about cell phones and radiation quite

  12. Who do you think you are!

    oramar replied to mesa1979's topic in General Nursing

    I know we have medication aides in Pa but I am not really comfortable with the practice. Not comfortable because I feel it puts the nurse that works with them in a bad position. As you can pretty...

  13. News gives little info on what exacly is going on in Pittsburgh Hospitals.

    oramar posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    There are some vague references about ERs being busy on news. They do not address whether these ERs are seeing routine cases or if a significant number of young people are being admitted, perhaps...

  14. News gives little info on what exacly is going on in Pittsburgh Hospitals.

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I remember that flu very well 9 years ago. It hit the usual elderly and frail group and made hospitals busy through out. This is hitting the young much harder and making peds areas and ICUs very...

  15. Frustrated and feel lied to by agency nursing.. Advice!

    oramar replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    This is typical agency behavior. The do not consider themselves to be lying, it is normal business behavior according to them. Usually after you deal with them you build up a tolerance to it and...

  16. News gives little info on what exacly is going on in Pittsburgh Hospitals.

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    http://KDKA.com/health/H1N1.flu.death.2.1316219.html

  17. Swine flu vaccine link to killer nerve disease: Guillian-Barre Syndrome

    oramar replied to H_2_O's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There was an article over on yahoo saying that a youth got GB with in a few HOURS of getting the flu shot. I am puzzling over this because it take more than 18 hours for a large scale immune reaction...

  18. the next flu vaccine scandal

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    The are reporting on CNBC that a bunch of Wall Street companies got H1N1 vaccine in, enough to vaccinate all their employees. I have yet to see a writen news report on the subject yet so I am not...

  19. the next flu vaccine scandal

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://KDKA.com/health/H1N1.vaccine.distribution.2.1299970.html

  20. Multiple workers sick on same shift on same floor...

    oramar replied to Gr8Dane's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My guess is that they have their reasons for not wanting to know. If the identified the problem they might have to report it to health dept. and then the news media might find out. Yeah, from their...

  21. the next flu vaccine scandal

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011886-192.stm

  22. associates in nursing is pointless

    oramar replied to kkia123's topic in General Nursing

    That was exactly my thought. Matter of fact I have seen tight job markets come and go and very soon after a tight labor market returns hospitals are considering ADN grads

  23. the next flu vaccine scandal

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That is nice they are donating. People in Pittsburgh are really upset about the way the vaccine was allocated. It was in no way connected to

  24. Ever hear of Peramirvir?

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://KDKA.com/health/peramirvir.H1N1.flu.2.1258293.html

  25. Should Obama have been one of the first to get the A/H1N1 influenza vaccination?

    oramar replied to wanderlust99's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My understanding is that the girls were given the vaccine about three weeks ago. The news show did not say if it was flu mist or injection. I think he is in a catch 22 situation with the vaccine...