ladycody BSN, RN

ladycody has 13 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in CWON.

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1. Lock Downs - Do you think they were necessary?

   ladycody posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   Do you think the lock downs were necessary? I personally do. We were so overwhelmed with patients and that was WITH measures in place to reduce spread. I know people, however, (including some in...

2. Radonda Vaught Trial

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

   She was reckless. Incompetence would indicate she didn't have the skills needed to do the job. She absolutely had the skills and CHOSE not to use them. She, by her own testimony, was not stressed,...

3. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

   ladycody replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Just wanted to offer a little bit of hope in that I've seen two come off the vent and be mostly OK. One wound up with an amp... and I've no idea what other long term issues they'll be dealing...

4. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

   ladycody replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   What is everyone seeing in your hospitalized COVID patients with regard to vaccination status? For hospitalization in general? What about specifically sever disease

5. I'm Done

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

   1). Did you mean your comprehension? 2). The OP was saying he/she was done with the unvaccinated in her life... personal life...as evidenced by the examples given. That does NOT equate to...

6. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   ladycody replied to nursej22's topic in Disaster Preparation

   For as much as ivermectin has not, based on a few recent studies in India and elsewhere, been shown to impact Covid progression, I DO wish people would stop calling it a horse dewormer. It's used on...

7. Doctor refuses to treat the unvaccinated

   ladycody replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

   This is a ridiculous comparison. It doesn't even qualify as a

8. Doctor refuses to treat the unvaccinated

   ladycody replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Cardiac, diabetic, hep, HIVsmokers...none of those patients shut down surgeries, impact patient care and critical care services, and fatigue healthcare workers like Covid does in a surge. They don't...

9. COVID Vaccination Policies and HIPAA

   ladycody posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   HIPAA keeps getting hauled out into conversations revolving around Covid vaccination policies. Can we all....as nurses for whom understanding and agreeing to follow HIPAA is an integral part of...

10. Delta Variant is Spreading Like Wildfire in Florida

    ladycody replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think that there is definitely a group of people that are in doubt...for a number of reasons...and that THAT group is reachable. However I think those that believe the government is out to get them...

11. NY nursing license by endorsement

    ladycody posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone know how long it's taking NY to issue licenses? Applied at the beginning of May....it's been 8 weeks and there's no way to reach out and ask a live person. (I sent one email with no...

12. How long for reciprocal licensure?

    ladycody posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Anyone know how long it's taking NY to issue licenses? Applied at the beginning of May....it's been 8 weeks and there's no way to reach out and ask a live person. (I sent one email with no

13. Question

    ladycody posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    How problematic are esophageal strictures for anesthesia (if at all)? Problem area is higher up...can hear it at throat level...but surgeon (back surgery) says it's fine because it's not the trachea....

14. COVID Misinformation/Ignorance

    ladycody replied to GS ED RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hate typos that make me look like a dope...and posts with errors I can't fix...like this one....rofl. apologies for all of the above ? Tried to just delete and it's not an

15. COVID Misinformation/Ignorance

    ladycody replied to GS ED RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are certainly not alone. I have family and friends that live in the land of BS....and it's at the point where I'm willing to cut ties with many. I'm incredibly disappointed with humanity right...