MunoRN RN

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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've never thought I would find myself saying this, but I don't think SilverBells is the unreasonable one in this discussion. While SilverBells is no doubt odd, and for all I know may even be...
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    President Biden thread

    MunoRN replied to Beerman's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    A large portion of the 'surge' of unaccompanied minors at the border is due to the accumulation that resulted from Trump's "remain-in-Mexico" policy which left this kids easy targets for human...
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    Osteomyelitis Way Back When

    MunoRN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I think it may be more that the podiatrist's practice is out of date, rather than best practice changing to less aggressive care. It used to be that osteomyelitis was considered incurable, and...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

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

    I'm not sure it's reasonable to insert yourself into a conversation, stir the pot, and they say "but please leave me out of it". Racism is seeing a person or group of people as inferior based...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

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

    Can you more specifically define "small minority"? How is the existence of "special organizations" racist? What "finger pointing" are you referring
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

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

    This topic seems to be as polarizing as any topic gets with only two extreme stances to choose from. I think what moves us forward is recognizing the truth lies somewhere in between. There's...
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    Parental Consent via Telephone in California

    MunoRN replied to Alicia Claire's topic in General Nursing

    The only official guidance I can find is this: https://covid19.ca.gov/vaccines/ It says that "minors' must have a parent or guardian consent, but makes no mention of 16 and 17 year olds, which in...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NCBI is an online library of anything remotely health related, including non-peer reviewed journals like "Medical Hypotheses". Suggesting that an article is the product of, or endorsed by the NIH...
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    Parental Consent via Telephone in California

    MunoRN replied to Alicia Claire's topic in General Nursing

    Does it say "anyone under the age of 18" or "minor"? Everything I can find refers to a "minor" requiring a legal guardian. "Minor" is defined as someone under the age of consent, which in the case...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Respiratory viruses like Covid-19 and other Coronaviruses transmit in respiratory droplets, not all on it's own, they aren't really viable any significant period of time when separate from moisture....
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Covid PCR tests will still show positive following an acute illness because Covid RNA is present because that's what it's designed to do. It doesn't test for acute illness or symptoms, it tests for...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You're right, masks do work great during surgeries for preventing spreading pathogens, primarily bacteria which spread in respiratory secretions, masks do a very good job of blocking the secretions...
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    Parental Consent via Telephone in California

    MunoRN replied to Alicia Claire's topic in General Nursing

    The age of consent for general medical services in California is
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Amplification of viral RNA doesn't produce viral RNA where it doesn't exist, it makes it easier to see when it does exist. The WHO does not advise any specific number of amplification cycles, and did...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It would seem more likely that countering demonstrably false misinformation with facts reveals that it is misinformation that is being fact checked, not "an uncomfortable truth". The problem...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Does your conversation with the Physician get any more specific than that? There's certainly more familiarity with the issues surrounding resuscitation being a nurse, but I'm not sure that alone is...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    MunoRN replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think you're confusing the term "world-renowned" with "infamous" or "notorious". Although he is "renowned" in a way since he recently won an award; The Goldenes Brett which is awarded annually to...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    To refuse to acknowledge a patient's right to refuse a treatment would mean these physicians found you incompetent to make your own medical decisions. People have suggested there is something...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The example they give is of a tattoo on the chest, but it doesn't appear to differentiate based on location. It actually wasn't a huge change when it became 'official', physicians have always had...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    State laws vary somewhat widely about what works as a DNR, who can recognize it as a DNR, and where, but in my state a Tattoo has been added as a legally defined indicator of a POLST, along with DNR...
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    U.S. pauses J+J Covid vaccine due to cerebral blood clots + thrombocytopenia

    MunoRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    An interesting back-and-forth on the subject (between statistician Nate Silver and a prominent Epidemiologist). Nate Silver & CNN's Cecille Gounder Feud on Twitter about J&J Vaccine...
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    Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    MunoRN replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There have been a number of people who have survived free-falls of greater than 10,000 feet, studying their miraculous survival is no doubt fascinating, but completely unnecessary in determining if...
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    Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    MunoRN replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Natural infection provides cellular mediated immunity but primarily B- cell immunity, which is short term immunity and it's effectiveness is highly variable. The Covid vaccines however provide more...
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    Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Putting aside the consistent oddity of your topics, I would agree that at this point the best option might be to put the patient on the other unit, see if they do better, then look at what they did...
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    Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    MunoRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Does the patient return from the hospital in a better condition than before they went? The full library of charting from their hospital stay would be a chore to go through, but did the discharge...