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  1. mom and pop pharmacies cut out of flu vaccine supply chain?

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    good news, my family doc has seasonal flu shots this year, going there later this

  2. mom and pop pharmacies cut out of flu vaccine supply chain?

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have posted about the local pharmacy down the street and how I love dealing with them because they are like family. I have also said how they do flu shots by appointment so it is nice to take my...

  3. H1N1 in Austin and HCWs ill

    oramar replied to HonestRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Totally as we have expected here, not that we are happy about it. My understanding is that the average age in Texas is lower than the national average. The younger the population, the harder you...

  4. RN Nurse VS Pharmacist

    oramar replied to thongvo89's topic in General Nursing

    You might end up rethinking that 1-10 scale. Many, many people who have degrees in everything you can imagine have come here after taking nursing classes to say OMG. I have a 40 year old niece that...

  5. Under Viral Attack

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Everything you mention here has crossed my

  6. Under Viral Attack

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh geeze, I remember you last post when this happened. I know what you fear. One case will become two, two will become four, then once again the entire floor will be

  7. Press Release: Swine Flu / ILI Death & Hospitalization Chart

    oramar replied to The Mountains Voice's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Look at that last column. Do you see the percentages of deaths per hospitalizations have been updated to a little over 10%. That is still

  8. UPMC CEO Romoff's salary hits $4.45 million

    oramar posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09136/970574-28.stm

  9. if you ever leave nursing

    oramar replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    I lived thru the early 70s when we had 18% inflation. A new car loan was about 22%. Back then inflation was caused by the US fighting the Vietnam war with no tax increases to cover the cost. The...

  10. Mandatory Flu Shots Hit Resistance

    oramar replied to twinmommy+2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A very well thought out and written

  11. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There was a network news article on Friday morning that said so many small children were being affected that pharmacies are running out of liquid

  12. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They stopped counting cases months ago. Now, they are merely counting hospitalized cases and

  13. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    oramar replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They announced two local flu deaths in the area(Western Pa) on the TV news this morning. I searched the news paper for more info but couldn't find any. The only thing I could find in local newspaper...

  14. Mandatory Flu Shots Hit Resistance

    oramar replied to twinmommy+2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it is ridiculous to force anyone that does not want one to have one. There isn't going to be enough to go around as it is, save them for those that want

  15. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    oramar replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    You may be to young to remember this but there were a GREAT many paranoid rumors going around when the Hepatitis vaccine first came out. I went to my infection control instructor from nursing...

  16. Please do not let altered old ladies covered in urine sign out AMA

    oramar replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    That is a tricky call, false imprisonment is a pretty heavy charge. It is a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation. In ideal situation you would have an army of mental health workers at...

  17. UPMC Mercy info

    oramar replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    This is not a direct reply to your question but your question did make me think about something. I had a bunch of friends that worked at Divine Providence on North Side that ended up working...

  18. Country wide problems with pediatric care in ERs

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164811.php

  19. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    oramar replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know if this is the case in

  20. things management says

    oramar replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly how most of them think, at least that particular supervisor is being honest. What it means is that their jobs depend on their keeping their clueless, upper level management Gods...

  21. medicare index keeps wages down in Western Pa

    oramar posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09252/996584-28.stm

  22. Mandatory Flu shots

    oramar replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You could say that for every vaccine you have ever taken. Didn't you have to have certain vaccines before you entered nursing school? Does your employer require you to have certain vaccines? Do you...

  23. medicare index keeps wages down in Western Pa

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I am positive they are outsourcing as we speak. There is a lot of it going on. A lot of the outsourcing jobs still goes to locals but they don't have health insurance or other benefits like hospital...

  24. By in large, the majority of children dying from H1N1 have other medical conditions

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/162972.php

  25. By in large, the majority of children dying from H1N1 have other medical conditions

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The most recent data I read said that 67% of the deaths in children were related to preexisting conditions. That means 33% were in healthy children with absolutely no other problems. Both numbers...