GrumpyRN NP

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Retired ENP, 35+ years of experience. From Scotland.

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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    GrumpyRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This appeared in my inbox tonight from SNOPES; "Did a ‘Stanford/NIH’ Study Conclude Masks Don’t Work? Really depends on how you define these words: Stanford, NIH, Study,...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    GrumpyRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    https://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=mLNrLI3OBwg
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    GrumpyRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From the article you referenced; "...given the fact that facemasks restrict breathing, causing hypoxemia and hypercapnia and increase the risk for respiratory complications, self-contamination...
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    Power: A Professional Responsibility

    GrumpyRN replied to MBar1's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Did you accidentally paste in an essay? Curious what your reasoning behind writing this
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    Perspective Piece: The Present Moment

    GrumpyRN replied to MBar1's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I think I had that very same conversation in 1972. It was weird then and it is weird
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    Infection after Vaccination?

    GrumpyRN replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Where are you finding this? No-one else is. Covid-19: US reports low rate of new infections in people already vaccinated. (Published 16 April 2021)...
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oooohhhh!! You are going to get such a slapping from amo if they catch up with you Davey.
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    Being sued

    GrumpyRN replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    Who did that? I have not seen evidence of it. Nurses laughing at THE SITUATION yes, but at patients?
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    What are you talking about? Please do not attempt satire. Americans do not do satire well. Sorry
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and I am not pointing fingers as the UK has a problem with so many white Anglo Saxons hating "Johnny foreigner" hence
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Right, because Fox is such a reliable and unbiased
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    Experiment!

    GrumpyRN replied to JKL33's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Looks nice Davey, but not the view from your art room window. Yes, I do pay attention, unless it's from a different direction. Nice to stroll around in any
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We ALL need to be washed? Yeah sure, because that is going to help the Asians who are being quite severely beaten in some cases by putative
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    UK nurses overseas - maintaining NMC registration

    GrumpyRN replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Try to balance it with something positive. (See it's easy if you just say it quick.??) Sorry, I could not resist. But, there must have been something that was good or well done. How about...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Simple answer is yes, some people have private insurance. However this does not mean they don't pay into the NHS. Every person working in the UK pays National Insurance (a percentage of your...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Yes they are. When your children are suffering because of fear of a bill then there is something very, very wrong. Your choices should not affect your or your children's healthcare....
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    But you complained about Europe, specifically that you could not find a Walmart, that you could not get the kind of vehicle you always drive and that food was somehow not as filling....
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Socialism is not Communism! They are two totally different things. You do understand that Swiss cantons and American states are
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It's still socialised healthcare! And this is why most of the world has a socialised
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I had a look at their site, it seems to be very like socialised healthcare.
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I think Curious is overstating it slightly, yes we Brits will "take the p*ss" but I get the feeling from what you said was that your landlord was understating things. As a British person with...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Any body can live and work in rural areas, most choose not to although it depends what you mean by rural? On your own miles from anyone? No. But people live in villages. But what do you get...
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you macawake, that is exactly what I meant, as you say a European thing. I want to make it absolutely clear (and I'm sure macawake is the same), we do thank people for WHAT they have done...
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    "Thank you for your service"

    GrumpyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with macawake, very much an American thing. No-one in the UK would dream of "thanking" someone for their service. As far as we are concerned it is the job they chose to do and they were paid...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    GrumpyRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can Shelby91 or Jack Peace or one of the other one who think this is not real (I forget all the names and can't be bothered reading through 14 pages to find out but you know who you are) please tell...