42pines

42pines

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  1. Finding a job with pending accusation

    42pines replied to aspirationpneumonia's topic in General Nursing

    That your complaint is about “Verbal orders” may save you, or break you. I prefer the term VORB (Verbal order, read back). A great read on verbal orders can be found at:...

  2. Age vs Years Nursing

    42pines replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    Age 70, Years as RN: 19. At a sub-specialty dinner I was awarded "Baby Nurse," "...but I'm older than all of you, here." The response: "True, but you're still the baby nurse." Two courses to go for...

  3. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I find it fascinating that this rather ancient post has come back to life, a bit. Frankly, the article which simply suggested that nurses not compare Covid-19 to the flu has run its course. A...

  4. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They didn't require this dumb useless quarantine to healthy people. It's funny how things change as time marches on. As of 4/26/2020 Germany: 157,177 cases. 5,913 deaths. 664 new cases yesterday....

  5. RN Disciplined While Waiting On Covid 19 Result

    42pines replied to INDY RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm union neutral and once worked in a hospital (my first nursing job) where I was in a union and nobody had told me. A supervisor said: "Why are you mopping that floor?" I responded: "I was told to...

  6. RN Disciplined While Waiting On Covid 19 Result

    42pines replied to INDY RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wuzzie, I'm surprised that there aren't 200 thumbs up. Excellent post and IMO mandatory reading for all working nurses. Summary: Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Paid Leave...

  7. RN Disciplined While Waiting On Covid 19 Result

    42pines replied to INDY RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So very easy to

  8. RN Disciplined While Waiting On Covid 19 Result

    42pines replied to INDY RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Harsh realities: State department of health is unlikely to even answer. State BON is unlikely to answer if queried (I wrote (email) to the NH BON with very specific questions about PPE, many days...

  9. Nursing homes and Covid-19. Storms a coming

    42pines replied to xanderx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'd say you are, indeed, sitting on a ticking time bomb. My last job (a temp job) was as Administrator for a small assisted living facility slated to close. (Now closed) Were I still there I'd...

  10. Help I’m allergic to my mask??????

    42pines replied to Kathy Richards's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's more likely than not that you're experiencing mask contact dermatitis. "Mask contact dermatitis. “. A study by Foo et al40 in Singapore showed that 35.5% of healthcare practitioners in their...

  11. For those nurses who are told not to wear PPE (masks) and not to bring private PPE from home: A definitive, must read announcement by The Joint Commission.

    42pines posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    For those nurses who are told not to wear PPE (masks) and not to bring private PPE from home: A definitive, must read announcement by The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission is essentially...

  12. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    42pines replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree with all you say. However, actually, there have been instances when military was sent to the front without weapons. When Germany invaded France at the beginning of WWII each truck had two...

  13. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    42pines replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Uh...just how much "time" do you think you have? As a kid, I'd put my ear to the train track and sure enough you could hear the sound of an oncoming freight train as much as five minutes away (going...

  14. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    42pines replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Or....... the hospital's supply of masks will be exhausted in one single day, when 100+ patients show up in a week or two, every day, day after day. Each coughing... "Triage is the process of...

  15. Thieves! Stealing Supplies During COVID-19 Crisis

    42pines replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is one single problem with the very, very pretty Infogram from zerohedge. That is: It is absurdly meaningless. "Oh, look, down there, is that tiny red dot called the Coronavirus. Why, it is so...

  16. Thieves! Stealing Supplies During COVID-19 Crisis

    42pines replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What really infuriates me is that the entire public health system in America is rabid with both misinformation and an utter LACK of information. Take a look at this: (Map of coronavirus...

  17. Thieves! Stealing Supplies During COVID-19 Crisis

    42pines replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Planning on selling the items. Thieves that are intelligent enough to know where the "goods" are, are smart enough to suspect that hospitals are not good places to visit these

  18. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From the article: “'Don't believe the numbers you see': Johns Hopkins professor says up to 500,000 Americans have coronavirus” and from the article: 'Don't believe the numbers you see': Johns...

  19. Quarantined Nurse’s Scorching Anti-CDC Rant Goes Viral

    42pines replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's a difficult scenario. It sounds as if, indeed, this nurse has Covid-19. She's "currently sick and in quarantine," presumably at home. This indicates that assuming she is Covid-19 + that she...

  20. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Got a link Nurse SMS? I'd like to see

  21. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Myoglobin, I enjoyed your post and you know your history. I’ll only comment that, as most others do, you are not factoring in those cases that are “still out there, with undetermined outcome.”...

  22. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Note: See following post to read Zapor's statement. It's a neat article and I enjoyed it. It had some interesting sections: "Because viral DNA has been isolated from respiratory secretions of exposed...

  23. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Correct, but misleading. Simply stated: A case fatality rate of 3.41% stands only if every single case where the afflicted has not recovered, or died, will recover. In other words, you are assuming...

  24. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This was written eight days ago, submitted, but not posted as an article right away. I did make a more timely post that's the equivalent of this in "News." Any article on this subject becomes...

  25. Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nurse SMS, you are correct in saying "these mortality numbers may be skewed high." This is an important point. There is so much undefined, for instance, cases emerge with no symptoms or little...