ladycody BSN, RN

I can't explain the mentality...but have come to the conclusion that it is wasted time to try and get reasoned thought from those who are determined to believe that Covid is a farce. They are completely unreachable and will only be swayed when they ...

Sad then...but can still hope

Ugh...just headache inducing.

Can't even waste my breath...there's just too much to address here...but you don't sound like anyone who has worked with covid patients. You aren't licensed...so at least there's at least that offers me a bit of hope. Keep learning...spend some tim...

I am blown away by people in healthcare that just don't get it. For the love of God ....how did they get licensed? For those that mention TB...Covid has killed more than twice as many people in 6 months in the US than TB killed between here 1990 an...

It makes me furious. We had our small surge and it was bad enough. I'm grateful that we werent overrun. People who don't want to wear masks infuriate me...because I don't feel like they have the right to severly impact healthcare workers the way t...

Am sorry...I feel for all of you. I hope you were able to get some travelers. ?

I think that really depends on the hospital. Mine still has us reusing N95 masks despite a relatively low caseload....so no...not good enough...but better than nothing I suppose. I know they are worried about a resurgence...and I get it...but still ...

RI here: very few cases: we don't have much now but were pretty badly hit before. Things are calming down here.

Soooo much more...but I've gotten the need to vent mostly out of my system and am liking my job once again.

Some are glommed onto Plandemic and all of its messages....and I just can NOT wrap my head around it. We...at least those that are nurses....were all taught the value of evidence-based information and yet it seems there are many that just don't both...

This is perfect. We also need to look at the recovery numbers. The recoveries listed don't show how many are seriously worse for wear...like not OK anymore. Flu recoveries are not generally nursing home bound for the long hall the way so many Covi...

I'm just wondering if people are back to normal anywhere with regard to PPE use? We are still using the same N95 for long stretches because of limited stores. While I get the desire to re-open the economy carefully...I haven't heard any considerati...

I cannot believe that there is a policy ANYwhere that allows for doubling of a med order without provider involvement. I worked in a prison system that didn't allow pill splitting but there is NO way a med adjustment would ever have been made without...

She also wrote: "In the end I project this will be somewhere near as bad as that flu season. And yet the flu barely made the news at the time." I read her original post the same way and was going to respond to it but then decided I just c...

I suspect it will be worse by quite a bit. Evwn if the numbers are the same for the year....the impact to the healthcare system has been totally different. Significant covid hits super hard and lasts for weeks...and has hit much more quickly. If t...

I'm so sorry... You'll be kept in my thoughts and prayers.

Also hoping all is well for you now. It's been a little bit so hoping you are safe and out of harms way given your recent health issues and Covid. Stay safe.

^^^this. She may have been a silly ideological and naive teenager at the beginning of this story....but almost killing you and then fabricating a story from that incident to benefit herself, in conjunction with no apparent remorse...is seriously frig...

Thanks for the giggle. There are... literally... HUNDREDS of jobs that require licensure and continuing education outside of nursing. Licensure is a 'protecting the public from incompetence' thing....not a 'giving my life for my job' thing. Also......

I call BS. Even the armed forces...where one actually DOES have a very clear expectation that one's life may be lost ... even THEY have dependency, hardship, and medical discharges that relieve their soldiers from duty, without shame, to prevent unr...

Yep...we did take an oath...but none of us took an oath to do that in any particular wat and none of us to an oath to do so even if it meant risk the lives of our families. Do you know the Nightingale Pledge? Read it lately? Let me help you out: ...

I would look at you without consideration of your quitting yourcurrent job. Just got into a "discussion" about this today. Nurses don't commit to working in a pandemic environment when they go into nursing. Some love med surge, others are educator...

I work at a small hospital (less than 200 beds) in a relatively small state...and it's real. Our overall census is down to about 50% (we don't get the frivolous visits and voluntary surgeries right now)...so 100 pts... and 25% of THOSE are covid or ...

Has anyone used a stryker spr overlay for skin integrity support? Thoughts? Am trying to find a support surface that will be readily available without too much push back. Thanks for any feedback.