SummitRN BSN, RN

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    Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It stayed gone due to the advent of pressurized
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    Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    SARS-CoV, the closest related of the betacoronaviruses to 2019-nCoV, was thought to have limited airborne spread and certainly it couldn't be ruled out. Unfortunately, we just don't have enough...
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    Novel Coronavirus: Month Two

    SummitRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The problem is this: If public health measures succeed, this will kill dozens or hundreds. If public health measures fail and there is a global pandemic, this could kill tens of millions. That is why...
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    Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Aircraft ventilation systems have impressive airflow. The cabin air turnover rate exceeds your average hospital room and is more like an isolation room. The air supply is a combo of (heated) fresh air...
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    Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    1. "Transmission dynamics have yet to be determined." 2. MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV had airborne transmission even if the primary transmission was droplet or fecal-oral. 3. A distressing number of...
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    Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Epic rolled out traveler screening to all Epic clients 5 days ago. I'm nor sure for Cerner or Meditech. Please make sure you have read the latest CDC HAN on nCoV2019:...
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    EDTECH/EMT Challenging BVNPT BOARD??

    SummitRN replied to desdewitt's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I will be shocked if you are allowed to challenge LPN as an EMT. LPN is more than skills and experience. Your EMT training is on the level of a CNA. No offense. Im being honest as an EMT. I'd apply...
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    Is it outside the scope of practice for an RN to tell another RN to call 911?

    SummitRN replied to Guest688994's topic in General Nursing

    Tis within the scope of a 5 year old to call 911. This is a facility policy
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    Nurses and Bullying: 4 Things You Can Do

    SummitRN replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I find that the easiest method is to kick their chair out from under them and then while they are stunned on the floor, pee on them to establish
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    SummitRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. The point of this thread was to discuss gender bias against men. This was an example of bias against men: communicating an expectation that patients accept female students unless they object...
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    SummitRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    We should all be aware of patient rights and the ethics of patient centered care. I am not sure you have appreciated the discriminatory disparity between the line of question for male and female...
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    SummitRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Not to be pointed, but was your takeaway from my post really that I was oblivious to this extremely well known reality and all of the other very common sense realities from your post? Does anyone...
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    TB testing 2020, good riddance?

    SummitRN replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have an extraordinarily high
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    Effect of 12 Hour Shifts on Patient Care and the Nurse: A Need for Change.

    SummitRN replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    8-hour shifts mean 50% more patient handoffs in 50% more nurse is providing care. These are huge sources of communication error and impair situational awareness of the
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    SummitRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    There's quite a bit of talk about gender identity. For the sake of semantics : Sex vs gender Sex is a wholy biologically determined characteristic. It is mostly binary but not purely binary, and...
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    SummitRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I remember in OB clinical the clinical scholar would phrase the student question to the patient very differently. For female nursing students she would say " this is a teaching hospital so you're...
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    What in the world happened to CU Denver's College of Nursing??? Unbelievable...

    SummitRN posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    The stories I've heard from people going there have suddenly become quite appalling! I've always respected CU as a school with very high standards in their nursing program, although the institution...
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    RNs: How much vacation time do you get?

    SummitRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I love vacations. I couldn't find any polls on this and was curious: How many weeks of vacation do you get per year? Include: Vacation, PTO, personal days, guaranteed off holidays. If you work 3 12s...
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    PMHNP- Salary expectations

    SummitRN replied to megank5183's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    https://www.nursingworld.org/~499e5e/globalassets/docs/ancc/2017-certification-data-for-website.pdf 2017 data 9.1% increase in PMH NP/CNS 5.5% increase in primary care NP/CNS 11.1% increase in acute...
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    Treating Dehydration DT Physical Exertion

    SummitRN replied to NurseNurseNurseNurse's topic in General Nursing

    A test question written by the same disconnected academics who think that NANDA and nursing theory are
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    School Shootings

    SummitRN replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    I went with the FBI definition of a mass shooting of 4 or more people killed or injured. You can engage in special pleading to try and twist data... you don't want to count incidents that involved...
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    School Shootings

    SummitRN replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    Australian Mass Shootings since 1996: 1999 Adelaide Massacre 10 casualties 2002 Monash University 7 casualties 2011 Hectorville Massacre 6 casualties 2014 Lockhart Massacre 5 casualties 2014 Sydney...
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    School Shootings

    SummitRN replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    There are about 125K schools. 50 million students. There are about 250K NPs, 4% of which are PMHNPs (of all types), ~10K. So again, where are you going to find and competently train 125K pediatric...
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    School Shootings

    SummitRN replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    Where are you going to come up with another 125,000 PMHNPs and money to pay
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    School Shootings

    SummitRN replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    It is simplistic to blame bullying. It is mistaken to blame mental health. Bullying is terrible and most of us have been targets at some point in life. But most of us don't commit premeditated mass...