imintrouble BSN, RN

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    RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    imintrouble replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think any nurse or health care provider would argue with the outrage of those posting here. I know I won't. I haven't seen a single post that I don't agree with in some measure. The problem...
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    60 Minutes Interviews Presbyterian Nurses Lessons Caring for Ebola Patient Mr. Duncan

    imintrouble replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm so glad that we've finally heard from the nurses who treated the first Ebola patient. I'm glad they didn't hold out for the book deal, or the movie of the week. What wonderful, inspiring
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    Why do nurses make the worse patients?

    imintrouble replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't consider myself a bad patient. I just require the NP, MD, or nurse, be able to explain why their recommendations are a better idea than
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    Someone help:(

    imintrouble replied to 5555555's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The patient/resident ratio you describe is not unusual where I am. Does every other nurse stay over that much, or is it just because you're
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    imintrouble replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Be Well. Come back. You have been
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    Identifying and differentiating smells

    imintrouble replied to Martial's topic in General Nursing

    I try to never attach an everyday odor to anything in the hospital. For obvious reasons. Recognizing odors as a health care worker, is invaluable. I worked with a 40yr veteran nurse that could smell a...
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    Bread making for stress relief...

    imintrouble replied to bb007rn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I used to bake bread several times a week. I loved everything about it. For some reason I stopped. I'm not sure why. I think I'll buy some yeast and bake some
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    EBOLA- Is this a game changer?

    imintrouble replied to HouTx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm a pretty practical person. The loss of wages when you're quarantined would be a main concern of mine. I honestly don't know if the hospital would pay me, or if I'd have to use up all my sick...
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    Amber Vinson has obtained a high power attorney

    imintrouble replied to chadrn65's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was hoping a nurse from THPH would post. Thank
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    Nina Pham and/or Amber Vinson

    imintrouble replied to logank622's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Am I the only one that finds it curious, that we have nurses condemning nurses, for condemning nurses. But only one set of condemning nurses is
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    Where is the line?

    imintrouble replied to toomuch25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The above posters have given excellent advice. I have little to offer differently. "I really, really want to be good at this". This sentence stuck with me. Just because you don't like bedside...
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    How likely is it?

    imintrouble replied to EricD's topic in Nursing Career

    The CNAs who are nursing students where I work, have a job on graduation if they want it. No matter what dept they work. Of course they have to have a good record, but usually they can expect to move...
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    Legal?

    imintrouble replied to Junebug14's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I gave placebo injections for pain, in a NH as a new nurse. I've never seen placebos ordered since that time. It's not legal. It probably wasn't legal 20 years ago. For sure it wasn't ethical. But it...
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    Fearbola: Irrational Fear Now Sweeping U.S.

    imintrouble replied to mariebailey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not to minimize Ebola and it's seriousness, but discussing Ebola is like rehashing the latest episode of The Walking Dead. It's the "what would you do" attraction. My sister and I discuss Ebola all...
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    Nina Pham condition downgraded to fair

    imintrouble replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was saddened that she might have worsened. I hope as the above poster said it was simply a matter of the facility policy. Unfortunately, day 7-10 of the illness is the worst. It's when the truly...
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    Nina Pham and/or Amber Vinson

    imintrouble replied to logank622's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Threads where everyone agrees with everybody else can get stagnant. The only reason there are more than 45 reponses here, is half are lambasting the opinions of the other half. You can't say "My...
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    Here's How the CDC Director Protects Himself from Ebola (But Not Nurses)

    imintrouble replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am computer illiterate. Somebody put a split picture of the above, next to the picture of the smiling nurse in her inadequate PPE, with her thumb optimistically up. The picture I'm referring to is...
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    Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    imintrouble replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    WE ARE NURSES. Nobody should have to tell us what a temp of 99.? means, following the kind of exposure those Texas nurses experienced. People in Cleveland are now saying she not only had a temp, but...
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    Second ebola nurse "okay'd" to fly

    imintrouble replied to babyNP.'s topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know who to believe. Fox news hasn't run a single word about the nurse calling the CDC. They would run with that bit of information just to make the administration look bad. It's hard for me...
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    Toward a Level 4 Protocol for Ebola

    imintrouble replied to Nathan Frazier's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Don't the suits need hosed down with bleach between uses? How would that be accomplished in an isolation
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    2nd health care worker gets Ebola at TX Hosp

    imintrouble replied to RN2B123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hope AV made that call, and did not simply ignore safety concerns. I also hope she included in that call, that she was in direct contact with the body fluids of a dying Ebola patient. Sometimes what...
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    2nd Ebola Healthcare Worker visited Akron/Cleveland after Exposure

    imintrouble replied to Roman1's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wonder if we're seeing human beings at their worst...and their best. I don't know who or what was so important it needed to risk >100 lives, but nurse # 2 risked them for her own personal...
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    imintrouble replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't want to beat up on a fellow nurse, but why would she do such a
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    Depression is terminal??

    imintrouble replied to Clementia's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Derailment alert!!!!! ShelbyaStar, I'd not seen that particular Nietzche quote. Thanks for
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    Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    imintrouble replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Esme posted this on the 13th. It's even more appropriate