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  1. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    rzyzzy replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You really don’t need to “imagine” being ill if you don’t have ppe, infectious disease being what it is, you will be

  2. "The Calm Before The Storm" Laying Nurses Off To Prepare For A Pandemic Surge

    rzyzzy replied to NurseB.MN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If anyone is billing for your services, volunteering isn’t appropriate or

  3. Can I Refuse to Work If My Facility Does Not Have Proper Personal Protective Equipment?

    rzyzzy replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Quitting is the only viable option for employees who are placed in unhealthy conditions by their employers when government has abdicated responsibility for worker safety. We’ve got a hundred years...

  4. Can I Refuse to Work If My Facility Does Not Have Proper Personal Protective Equipment?

    rzyzzy replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Disaster Preparation

    “Patient abandonment” is and has always been a thing with nursing boards, and the line has been quite clear - to the point that many boards won’t even accept “complaints” regarding licensees...

  5. Here's The Way It Should Be: Hooray, Home Depot

    rzyzzy replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A next step might include condoning off the paint department.. My state has a “life sustaining” travel ban in place, the only reason the depot is allowed to stay open is to allow sales of...

  6. Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    rzyzzy replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ah, so without any actual knowledge of the wages or working conditions offered in my country, you're somehow qualified to condemn those who demand better? A bit pompous of you. "It seems to me that...

  7. Unreasonable Risks are not part of the job

    rzyzzy replied to ReflectiveRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nothing to fight about here, just pointing out that ANA doesn’t consider me to be a “professional” - they didn’t when I got my LPN certificate, and they still don’t with my ADN. They are...

  8. Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    rzyzzy replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You probably should read through the “stimulus” bill that just passed- it’s my understanding that hospital lobbyists pushed through a 15% bump in pay for themselves for treating positive covid...

  9. Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    rzyzzy replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    PPE only works if you’re screening properly and aggressively. With a virus where initially not everyone even runs a fever, and testing isn’t actually available - PPE is worthless. as for...

  10. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    rzyzzy replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’ve never been “fitted” for an n95, we have fit kits and n95’s hidden and locked away right now - our first presumptive positive patient runs tomorrow. Because there are still no tests in...

  11. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    rzyzzy replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah- wrapping themselves in a flag of deniability, with the weasel-words of “evidence based”, when the government keeps moving the goalposts to prevent panic.. I’m not in this particular...

  12. Unreasonable Risks are not part of the job

    rzyzzy replied to ReflectiveRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This one is pretty easy - according to ANA, unless you’ve got at least a bachelor’s degree, you’re not a “professional” nurse anyway - so, presumably they should have no problems if the...

  13. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    rzyzzy replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Pretty much every “state” worker in my state is sitting inside an office that’s not open to the public, not being coughed on by presumptive positive patients. despite the double-speak, every...

  14. Suture removal

    rzyzzy replied to JTT's topic in General Nursing

    I frequently get the honor of removing sutures after interventions involving the dialysis access in my patients- they’re usually in the arm & often extremely tight as well. As far as tips,...

  15. Well, At Least They Tell You Up Front

    rzyzzy replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    This field (dialysis) is experiencing some weird side-effects of duopoly domination & capitalism running wild....

  16. Scab nursing?

    rzyzzy replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Actually, management’s willingness to bring in scabs at an excessive cost is proof that there’s more money available - and they’d prefer to divide it up amongst themselves - rather than share...

  17. Room Temperature

    rzyzzy replied to Mother Goose's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Fwiw, you’ll catch more flies with honey - nurses and techs don’t run Davita or Fresenius - they’re both for-profit companies that make lots of money by exploiting and shortchanging the people...

  18. Nurses Eat Their Young

    rzyzzy replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

    Life experience? as a male who spent many years in male-dominated industry before becoming a nurse, I’ve seen lots of bullying in nursing - much more than in my previous career. I’ve been a...

  19. Quitting HCA after 5 months

    rzyzzy replied to Mlrkc21's topic in General Nursing

    Do your own research with regards to the $4k - just know when an employee “owes” a former employer money, its often a violation of state laws to seize part of a paycheck & kinda pointless to...

  20. RN worth it?

    rzyzzy replied to Schoolnurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    My community college lpn-rn “bridge” program wasn’t even $5k including some ridiculously Overpriced e-book packages. (Pretty certain the books cost more than the tuition). If there’s no...

  21. Discussing salary with co workers

    rzyzzy replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    Don’t forget, the other side has been known to use dirty pool to suppress wages..

  22. Discussing salary with co workers

    rzyzzy replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    You’re advocating for a rigged game - employers know what competitors pay based on data from job applications - rank and file employees often don’t know unless a pay scale is posted, and many...

  23. Discussing salary with co workers

    rzyzzy replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    If they’re lazy, sloppy and have a bad attitude- they shouldn’t be on the team. That’s a management issue, not a team issue. Yeah, it’s “hard”.. that’s why managers are paid more...

  24. Discussing salary with co workers

    rzyzzy replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    Sucking up overtime with a straw because there’s a nurse out on temporary disability.. prolly gone when she gets back..

  25. Job Flip-Flopping: When Will I Find My Place?

    rzyzzy replied to tinyRN72's topic in General Nursing

    I really don’t see “job hopping” in nursing as a negative.. It’s experience & a form of learning that can’t be gained from a book. You can be a “specialized” nurse, but I would...