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  1. Pandemic flu and the economy

    oramar replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I feel for you. I am wondering how nurses are supposed to deal with this when then have employers that are threatening to fire them if they take off during epidemic. At the same time who will take...

  2. The ER is turning into "Swine Flu Damage Control Center"?

    oramar replied to Andy S.'s topic in Disaster Preparation

    Pennsylvania is setting up it's own testing center. Our infection control people want accurate data on what is going on here. I think they are doing it because CDC won't accept anymore

  3. CCAC vs. UPMC Mercy comparison?

    oramar replied to glennmatthew's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    There are people that are better qualified than me to answer this beings it is over 25 years since I graduated from CCAC but I will take a shot. CCAC was and continues to be a very difficult program....

  4. Evil secretaries from hell...Do you know one as well?

    oramar replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority have been wonderful. However, I have run into maybe two that were problems. In both cases they were not very nice people to begin with, they got in real thick and tight with the...

  5. Not letting my kid go to school

    oramar replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This situation could go either way. Shutting down schools could be unnecessary but it could turn out that it was a good thing. Just follow your own gut feelings in this case. Don't feel guilty...

  6. Told i was not working out after 2 weeks...shocked and discouraged

    oramar replied to BmichelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else notice there is a lot of this going on these days? Used to be you would work with someone and get them up to speed. It was expected that anyone new would have strong points and weak...

  7. I don't think my DON likes me very well

    oramar replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You know, in the past I have been in the same spot you are in as far as being to quick to agree to something and finding out it was a mistake. Here is what I learned the hard way from it. After that...

  8. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://news.aol.com/health/article/2-kids-mysteriously-contact-swine-Flu/438580

  9. Health care workers can be drafted during a pandemic

    oramar replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have a idea. Hire all the out of work new grads and anyone else that wants to work right now. Put them thru orientation over the summer and when if the epidemic turns into the pandemic in the fall...

  10. Blind in one eye...can I still be a nurse

    oramar replied to tripleagraham's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help but wonder if the the people who would not let you be an EMT were violating the American's with disability's

  11. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I like

  12. Swine Flu and Emergency Nursing

    oramar replied to nghtfltguy's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am concerned but I am not panicking. What good will panicking do? Panic makes reason go out the window and we need to think clearly in a situation like

  13. what direction should i go?

    oramar replied to sweetness09's topic in General Nursing

    My niece is a pharmacy tech and she loves it. I can't really say it would help with being a nurse

  14. Does night work increase blood pressure?

    oramar replied to PiperLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I know night shift can really mess with your physical as well as your mental health.(I always loved it also) However, it is kind of hard in any particular situation to say if it is the specific cause...

  15. most people do not know that Pittsburgh is MAJOR research center

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Last Friday, an e-mail containing the gene sequence from the Swine Influenza outbreak arrived at the Rangos Research Center in Lawrenceville. It was not the virus itself - but...

  16. employer trying to make me sign contract AFTER training me

    oramar replied to chiquitita49's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Best course of action is hang out and finish first year you agreed to and then get out. Certainly, DO NOT sign anything

  17. hipaa and flu

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well CBS had a picture of the kid on it's news segment this evening. I can't imagine they would do that without the parents permission. So I guess they got

  18. hipaa and flu

    oramar posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I saw a major TV news station give out the name of the patient in Mexico that is considered patient zero. It is a four year old boy. There was an outbreak of this flu in a community next to a pig...

  19. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I remember HK very well, have posted about it. Was a young LPN working then, plus a young mom. It made it's first pass in 1968. I didn't get it that time, even though I was working. It came...

  20. hipaa and flu

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This thread isn't about pig farms. It is about announcing a tyke's name on the news, giving his location and calling him patient zero. I noticed another news station gave similar information but left...

  21. Could this be a sneaky way of discrimination on job application?

    oramar replied to OB6658's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought they were not allowed to ask your age in interview. But when you go for your pre-employment physical they could ask

  22. tired of the abuse

    oramar replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I am totally on your side. Anything you do to save your own life is fine with me. Don't forget, if a pandemic comes it is going to get worse. They will be able to circumvent the nurse patient...

  23. Do you form outside relationships with your patients?

    oramar replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    NO, never, not even

  24. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    On April 10th the WSJ ran an article discussing the dangers of spring break trips to Mexico. Little did we know how ironic the title of the article would be, "How dangerous is it to visit

  25. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    oramar replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Someone posted an article that claimed the President was exposed to a person who died a week later from the flu. MSNBC just addressed this and they say that indeed the person who shook the...