Pfiesty

Pfiesty

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  1. more on glucose monitoring

    Pfiesty replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your wish is my command! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771515/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02669.x/full...

  2. more on glucose monitoring

    Pfiesty replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Encourage your facility management to research the fines which OSHA can issue for violations of the BBP rules passed ten years ago. Safety devices are mandatory and the fines may be very hefty. I...

  3. Are some states really laxed on their surveys?

    Pfiesty replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was not aware that OSHA does routine surveys. I wish they did. I have found that the OSHA investigators that review injuries to HCWs are generalists and could not identify a safety sharp from a...

  4. nursing fiction/nonfiction

    Pfiesty replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    That is such a good and accurate

  5. nursing fiction/nonfiction

    Pfiesty replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Last month, I read a fantastic novel by an RN. It is No Other Medicine by Gail Ghinga Hallas, RN. I downloaded it from Amazonto Kindle on my laptop. She can write and just knows nursing. I hate...

  6. Can a LTC facility do this?

    Pfiesty replied to bckthuzs1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  7. Can a LTC facility do this?

    Pfiesty replied to bckthuzs1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Absolutely!

  8. Can a LTC facility do this?

    Pfiesty replied to bckthuzs1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is a citable regulatory offense. Make a call to your state agency over LTC facilities and they will review all recent patients in similar situations and determine trends and offenses. There are...

  9. Government Investigation of Amedisys

    Pfiesty replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    Does anyone know any outcomes regarding the efficacy of the balance programs? I was told by some of these companies about the specific treatment modalities and the goal of improving balance and...

  10. Fraud and wow...I'm disappointed.

    Pfiesty replied to akRN68's topic in General Nursing

    Colin Powell quote: "Being responsible sometimes means ******* people off." Well said. Nurses are reponsible

  11. Does anyone regret leaving acute care?

    Pfiesty replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nope!

  12. IgG2 defiency and H1N1 severity

    Pfiesty posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Has anybody else heard about the correlations between IgG2 deficiency and H1N1 severity? Some of our docs have been testing our severely ill H1N1 patients for months (and I have seen IgG 2 results...

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

    Pfiesty replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    lamaze teacher wrote "[color=#00bfff]can you think/research any recalled drug that caused many deaths in those taking it, in this country?" des (diethylstilbestrol) comes to mind. des causes...

  14. Who has attended or graduated from Florida Keys Community College?

    Pfiesty replied to Brmi1234's topic in Florida Nursing

    Careful, this school has suffered serious plummeting of national board results in recent years. It is difficult to find some of the articles since one of the responsible parties has paid to have the...

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

    Pfiesty replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    thanks for your thoughts. that same nejm also said, "analysis of full genome sequences of representative influenza a (h1n1) viruses from 17 countries and five continents that were sampled between...

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

    Pfiesty replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yikes Indigo, I forgot to address your question about the vaccine additives as the possible culprit of induction of autoimmune response. Sorry! Here is a quick one - gotta catch my plane! Through a...

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

    Pfiesty replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    jenny, me too. it is horrible. indigo, i did not want to leave without giving you at least a few of the citiations. here they are: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pandemic-payoff...

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

    Pfiesty replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am leaving for out of town on business right now and will pick up when I

  19. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Pfiesty replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you Wingnut. Yes, I read that one in my research. I read the book, The Swine Flu Affair from the Harvard School of Public Health. So, my concerns are great. And there is still a lack of...

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

    Pfiesty replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you Indigo Girl. Your posts are always thought producing! My question to you is: Why do you think this is a different virus? There is NO controversy that those exposed to the limited spread...

  21. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Pfiesty replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you for that link. The GBS incidences are much different than the ones reported by the authoritative sources of the time. And how is it "different?" It just didn't answer the questions and...

  22. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Pfiesty replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Right Wingnut - So, what is the difference between that vaccine and this one? I'm not able to find the differences! Maybe there is

  23. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Pfiesty replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I found it! In the paper, "The Swine Flu Affair" 1978 by: Richard E. Neustadt, Professor of Government John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University and Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D. Assistant...

  24. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Pfiesty replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wingnut, Thank you. I remembered that the '77 vaccine was dead virus, but so far I cannot find a credible source for either fact. Annual vaccines ideally have two strains, rarely 3 and this H1N1...

  25. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Pfiesty replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    dear ozoneranger: thank you! wow! that link you sent from "60 minutes" http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9m...paganda_webcam is fantastic! short version: a 1980 60 minutes interview with a very...