Alnitak7

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    Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In all the years I worked, I only remember one family member who came in the room and reached out to shake my hand. It seems no matter if they liked my work or not, they never expected me to shake...
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    Why is convalescent serum therapy being downplayed on the news?

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    A promising COVID-19 treatment gets fast-tracked Here is the most recent thing I could find on plasma therapy to treat Covid-19. This was more informative than most other reports I've read. With...
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    Why is convalescent serum therapy being downplayed on the news?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can you suggest some good sources of information for those of us who don't know where to look? I have been told to go to CDC and WHO but I would think there are other places I could
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    Is the Covid-19 stay at home order reducing traffic deaths?

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I give up, I can't find any statistics to show me how many people have died in accidents this year. I was could find them for 2018 along with an average number of deaths per year but not for 2020....
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    Is the Covid-19 stay at home order reducing traffic deaths?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've noticed the tailgaters are still out
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    Is the Covid-19 stay at home order reducing traffic deaths?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Although I found this same information, I don't see anything on how many traffic deaths have happened so far in 2020. Someone has already pointed out, they don't publish the numbers until
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    WHO is dissing hot baths?

    Alnitak7 replied to RobbiRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    During this global crisis, not only do I wash my hands many times a day but also tend to take a shower with soap and change into clean clothes after I've been out
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    WHO is dissing hot baths?

    Alnitak7 replied to RobbiRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In the same way that washing your hands with hot water and soap might keep you from getting sick, I would think that a hot shower or hot bath would have similar advantages. The only problem with a...
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    What’s the point of testing people who are not sick enough to be hospitalized?

    Alnitak7 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One reason I can think of is that they're looking for people that might have antibodies that don't know it and could give plasma. Another reason is that they might be contagious and not know it and...
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    How much trouble am I in?

    Alnitak7 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I would have locked the meds. in the med cart and kept my med administration record book completely up to date right down to the last second as I was taught. I would have been mortified if I found...
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    CMA playing "Nurse Manager?" CMA boundaries? NPD?

    Alnitak7 replied to RenaissanceNurse's topic in General Nursing

    If they're thinking about hiring someone, they might think it's useful to have them meet the scheduler since some employers have you in for a meeting and then schedule you immediately. If I was the...
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    CMA playing "Nurse Manager?" CMA boundaries? NPD?

    Alnitak7 replied to RenaissanceNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think too many posters are trying to make a decision for the OP and not giving her a chance to think for herself. I do think she should get to know the CMA and the others before deciding that this...
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    CMA playing "Nurse Manager?" CMA boundaries? NPD?

    Alnitak7 replied to RenaissanceNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really agree with this personal attack since I have seen many CNAs and med techs abuse their power and control when they're not qualified to be the ones in control and the higher-ups look the...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    One time the charge nurse asked me to turn this patient who was comatose and could not close his eyes. He had no curtain and the sun was glaring in. I told her, "I did not turn him because the sun is...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Taping their eyes is not enough. Patients will probably not get pressure ulcers over the twenty or thirty minutes they're left until the sun is out of the window. To answer the question, I would...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I actually went back and re-read my original post trying to figure where I went wrong. This is not that the sun is in their eyes and I'm wondering what I should do. This is that I can't get across...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    It has happened to me now several times since I started this ancient thread that I ended up in a place with hot glaring sun that even when I shut my eyes and had sunglasses and it is intensely...
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    Can cat owners really get schizophrenia from their cats?

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I just came across this article. "Is your cat making you crazy?" from the New York Post. I had never heard of anything like this before....
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    Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    Alnitak7 replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    Even on some jobs where you can get away with watching TV and sitting around, this will be full of interruptions from your patients and you better get used to
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    Received a strange email from a hiring manager... Please Help

    Alnitak7 replied to Ebussman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In most cases when I've applied to a place, they either ignore my application or hire me right away. If I apply and don't hear from them, I might call them and say, "I want some feedback on my...
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    What is wrong with sublingual epinephrine?

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Emergency

    Okay, I give up! It was years ago that I was told about sublingual epinephrine tablets for bee stings. I learned that they're part of any good first aide kit. As I browse the web, I notice an...
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    What is wrong with sublingual epinephrine?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Emergency

    Here is another thing. "Yes, Your Really Can Make Your Own EpiPen for $30" Yes, you really can make your own EpiPen for
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    What is wrong with sublingual epinephrine?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Emergency

    Someone told me that Benadryl works if you don't have epinephrine. I do not know if this this information was valid or
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    Nurse opinions on "Birth Rape"

    Alnitak7 replied to EKUGRAD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What I've been told is that when patients are irrational, then they no longer fall into this category where they have a right to refuse. "You can't reason with someone who is irrational." A...
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    Nurse opinions on "Birth Rape"

    Alnitak7 replied to EKUGRAD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Technically, this sounds right. Just one problem though, when someone is in labor, they can be irrational and not know what they need. There are some mothers who if they had not had an episiotomy,...