Peggyfaye

Peggyfaye has 32 years experience and specializes in NICU, Peds, ICU/CCU, Cathlb,ER, Flight.

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1. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

   Peggyfaye replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Kinda strange that they don't even have the H1N1 available at work right now. (or anywhere else in town.) Pregnant women should not take the live virus nasal spray vaccine & they can request an...

2. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

   Peggyfaye replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I have 33 yrs. experience as an RN, Lamazeteacher. The swine flu was the 1st epidemic that I dealt with as a new grad in '76. I have worked in the ED for over a decade, front lines when it comes flu...

3. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

   Peggyfaye replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Interesting you can say "definitely" lamazeteacher...you got a crystal ball? Now that's real scientific. Spreading misinformation? You've got some nerve. Do you work OB or

4. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

   Peggyfaye replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The Squire~ Measles, mumps, etc. are proven vaccines~ do some reading on H1N1 before anyone dictates what other nurses do to maintain their health. There are plenty of other options besides getting...

5. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

   Peggyfaye replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

   What century are you working in purple scrubs? Our hospital hasn't done TB tests for years~ not the standard of practice

6. Do male nurses recieve as much respect from patients as female ones do?INPUT IS GREAT

   Peggyfaye replied to david18's topic in Men in Nursing

   . ..."you're blaming men because of human nature." What a leap you take sir. Your other comments, ie: "mad @ God"; 'before you ate that apple...". come off as very strange. It's been...

7. Do male nurses recieve as much respect from patients as female ones do?INPUT IS GREAT

   Peggyfaye replied to david18's topic in Men in Nursing

   " Re: Do male nurses recieve as much respect from patients as female ones do?INPUT IS G LOL..don't worry. You will get confused with the physicians and when I come in the patient will invariably ask...

8. Do male nurses recieve as much respect from patients as female ones do?INPUT IS GREAT

   Peggyfaye replied to david18's topic in Men in Nursing

   What I've witnessed in the last 4 yrs. has been hard to take. We've got a no. of new grad male nurses in our ER. The patients call them doctors, because they're male, & a few of them don't bother...

9. Dangerous nurses

   Peggyfaye replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I still work with a man that I consider a dangerous nurse. (he's in another area of the hospital) We worked together in the ICU/CCU years ago. He was a new nurse & acted like he knew it all ,...

10. TNCC or not

    Peggyfaye replied to anniemm's topic in Emergency

    TNCC is a great review for me every 4 yrs. It can feel tedious, long days sitting, lectures, study, tests. The best part are the scenes, created to practice various trauma-types. It gets the nurses...

11. E/D RN official description of job duties?

    Peggyfaye replied to jackson145's topic in Emergency

    To work in our ED, we have to keep up TNCC, PALs or equivilant, ACLS, BLS. Many of us keep up our Neonate recerts also. That's alot. I want to keep up these certifications, as I want to know how to...

12. New ED nurses who "know it all"

    Peggyfaye replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency

    It takes alot of guts for a new grad to put themselves into a busy ED. I've precepted many of them & have asked to not do this anymore. It's exhausting & most of them leave after a yr., if...

13. er visitors...a funny

    Peggyfaye replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Oh yea, Those hyperemisis pregnant smokers. What hysterics they display. How are they going to handle being

14. Anyone ever been fired before?

    Peggyfaye replied to NurseXtine's topic in General Nursing

    Some excellent nurses have been fired. I agree that alot of school nsg jobs are political. A few parents can be the bane of school employees; you absolutely made the right choice in triaging those 2...

15. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    Peggyfaye replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    In triage a lovely elderly man & his wife. The man states, "I have a woodpecker stuck in my rectum." To which I replied, "Isn't that a bird?" No, it was a wooden carved woodpecker "that has been...