herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    herring_RN replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I clearly remember when we decided to stop complaining and do something. The grumpiest of us became our hero because she arranged for us to meet with a union organizer at her
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    What are the police supposed to do if you resist arrest and try to use a police TASER on the cops?

    herring_RN replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    As police confront protesters across the United States, they’re turning to rubber bullets, pepper spray, tear gas and other weapons meant to minimize fatalities. ... Tasers drew fresh attention...
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    What are the police supposed to do if you resist arrest and try to use a police TASER on the cops?

    herring_RN replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    How about not shooting him in the back while he is running
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    WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine Trial

    herring_RN replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The FDA just revoked an emergency OK for the malaria pill hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients, as clinical evidence piles up against the drug US health regulators will no longer allow the...
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    Movement now proposing to require LEOs to be 'licensed' like nurses.

    herring_RN replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    An opinion: Massachusetts needs to require licensing of police officers. Along with three other states, Massachusetts does not license police officers but requires licenses for over 50 other trades...
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    No Scott Toilet Paper?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Once I went to buy fertile eggs from fancy chickens to put under our hens. The people had a goat tied to a long chain around a tree. There was bare dirt on the ground and no bark on the tree where...
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    herring_RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I like the advice a fellow allnurses member posted years ago. He said something like, "If you are debating someone you disagree with begin a sentence with "I". Beginning with "You" is discussing the...
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    Evidence based study shows no systemic racism by police

    herring_RN replied to TomPaine's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Officer characteristics and racial disparities in fatal officer-involved shootings Examination of National Violent Death Reporting System data shows racial differences across types of fatal shootings....
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    Protection During the Resurgence

    herring_RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Study: 100% face mask use could crush second, third COVID-19 wave To ward off resurgences, the reproduction number for the virus (the average number of people who will contract it from one infected...
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    Trump plans 1st COVID-19 era rally next week

    herring_RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Trump picks Tulsa on Juneteenth for return to campaign rallies ... The rally will take place on Juneteenth, the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Tulsa has its own...
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    Trump plans 1st COVID-19 era rally next week

    herring_RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Quite a history regarding Tulsa, OK. I attended public school in Oklahoma and never learned about this there. We learned about it from our priest. Please read this. There are lots of interesting and...
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    herring_RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am not at all certain about this. I don't want the fact of the pandemic to cause us to lose focus on the very real problem of some police officers using their power to kill or hurt others. But I...
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    Sending Supplies Overseas

    herring_RN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I had to look up
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    herring_RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am almost 76 years old. I have many family responsibilities. I only go to the grocery, pharmacy, and drive family member to the doctor. I just drove my a small protest a few blocks from home. It was...
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    Sending Supplies Overseas

    herring_RN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I found this
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    Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    herring_RN replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm so very glad you had excellent care! And are back posting with us. I've written thanks you letters to the wonderful nurses who cared for my husband. I had to use first names because I forgot their...
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    Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    herring_RN replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am so very sad that so many fellow nurses don't work with nurses and other hospital staff where the culture is to provide the finest nursing care possible and treat each other with human respect. I...
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    herring_RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have never lived in a segregated neighborhood. In Oklahoma our interracial (by marriage and adoption) family lived in nice houses with wonderful White neighbors a ways down the road. When I was 12...
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    herring_RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ONLY African American
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    Evidence based study shows no systemic racism by police

    herring_RN replied to TomPaine's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Violent crime rates in United States cities averages in the 300+ per 100,000 residents. To me any violent crime is too much, but in Los Angeles it has been less than 300 a year for a decade. The...
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    Evidence based study shows no systemic racism by police

    herring_RN replied to TomPaine's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    OCT. 8, 2019 LAPD searches blacks and Latinos more. But they’re less likely to have contraband than whites Los Angeles police officers search blacks and Latinos far more often than whites during...
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    Fauci Warns That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Far From Over

    herring_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    YES! I am so very glad that our extended family is mostly staying home. Whether at the beach, a park, or protest I fear more will be infected before we get a vaccine or cure. Hopefully our hospitals...
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    Evidence based study shows no systemic racism by police

    herring_RN replied to TomPaine's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It is WRONG for a person whose job is to "Protect and Serve" to KILL anyone unless to save a life. Why wasn't the killer of John Crawford III arrested? Eric Garner? Akai Gurley? Kajieme Powell? Kelly...
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    Dismantling the Police?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Former Chief Of Reformed Camden, N.J., Force: Police Need ‘Consent Of The People’ Activists across the country are calling for radical reforms to policing in the U.S., including abolishing the...
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    herring_RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am 75 years old. I only go to the grocery store, the pharmacy, and walk with or without a dog for exercise. Where I live everyone wears a mask or pulls it up if passing on the sidewalk. Stores...