SandyB

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  1. Originally I planned to do these after hubby and I both retired. I think nurses could easily write childrens books that explains diseases in ways children will understand. A kindly neighbor nurse in...
  2. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    I think it may be a very good public teaching moment if the media does it right. She is not a danger to anyone at this time. The public needs to understand that so they panic
  3. MrChicagoRN, I'm asking cuz I'm betting the public panic wins out. It already put one RN in a tent. If they are gonna flip out then I hope we here at AN might contribute to making sure what they do is...
  4. If there is to be a quarantine that is monitored, like they tried with the tent, what would be the best set up...assuming a few folks did turn up with ebola, like the doctor in NY did? Cabins...
  5. I think we need to ask Doctors without Borders to come handle this. They know what they are
  6. PPE for Ebola?

    Sue Ellen Kovack, 56 Australian Red Cross nurse, Kenema, Sierra Leone At the start of the day, I check my hands for any cuts or scrapes that will bar me from donning PPE. Entering the centre, I must...
  7. Nurses, are You Prepared for Ebola?

    I've watched the vids from Africa and then see pics of what our nurses wear and we are not doing it right. IMHO. This is
  8. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Ebola Outbreak | FRONTLINE | PBS awesome documentary and you get to see how they take off the PPE...the doc DOES use bleach ON the GLOVE. Watch for it. A tear jerker too by the way so be aware, it's...
  9. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    And that needs to change right
  10. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    From bbc article what JOURNALISTS wear.
  11. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Nice theory but with ebola? I don't want any of them on my hands. I've heard it can take ONE viron to infect a human. So I take off my gloves and touch the gown or mask or booties and get it on my...
  12. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Then do you put on clean gloves? How do you prevent the virus from touching your fingers if you touch anything else with bare hands
  13. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    The problem is, the right PPE should have meant she couldn't easily touch her face with a glove. BBC News - How not to catch Ebola Are nurses as well protected as
  14. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Avigan produced by Japanese firm Toyama Chemical was used on the French nurse. Anyone know how it's made, how fast it can be made and what side effects to worry about? It might be quicker than
  15. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    I wonder if lack of insurance played any role in not keeping him to test him the first time. Would not be the first time that thought came in to play in an ER for an uninsured
  16. My dad is not on hospice, yet. He recently went home with a foley cath and is saying if he is found unconscious, he doesn't want treatment. He believes he will feel no pain and wants to be allowed to...
  17. nursing career without touching people

    Need further school but nursing home
  18. What have you done without a Dr. order?

    Wasn't there some hospital in FL where a lot of old time nurses got in trouble for doing stuff without orders even though it is how the docs wanted it? I often wish there was a way to get the orders...
  19. Should tell 'em I am leaving in person, or email?

    The same hospital? I'd call the manager. Maybe HR too so they know of movement from one dept to
  20. Help me!

    Any position? Not as a nurse but transporter? Housekeeping? Maybe in food service? I don't see why you can't apply for non-nursing jobs. Go in and talk to human resources and even nurse
  21. Hospitals? Nursing homes? At least once you are in the door volunteering you meet the nurses and managers and it's much easier to talk to them about what you want and they think of you when they do...
  22. career question

    If you can get into a psych unit where the hospital is more than just psych...like county can be, you can move to ER or anywhere once you get hired and put in a few months or a year in the unit you...
  23. Risk for dx have NOT happened so they can not be number one if there is anything that is actually happening. Pain is
  24. This...... Each person has to decide for themselves if it is worth the risk. Good