MunoRN RN

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  1. "Are you OK with abortion at anytime (in pregnancy)" is a bit like the "do you still beat your wife; yes or no?" question. The premise has been put forth that if someone supports abortion...
  2. I think the problem is we're talking about two different things. The legally established definition of abortion involves a fetus that is not independently viable, the example was brought up...
  3. Are you asking if anyone supports the right to have an abortion despite fetal
  4. I'm all for threatening them with an unenforceable law if it gets them to knock it off, but it's pretty clearly not enforcable. The first issue that it defines the distance you are prohibited...
  5. Or, more commonly, it's discovered in the third trimester that there's a condition where best case scenario they pass away shortly after birth, worst case they have to suffer for days before death...
  6. The last paragraph was referencing those who argue cases before the supreme court, their whole purpose is to try and influence their decisions, so the argument that Justices can't be exposed to...
  7. I don't think it's really productive to claim people who disagree with your view must have no familiarity with the basis of topic, I would bet the SC Justices who didn't side with Alito are familiar...
  8. You would catch a patient in neuro decline by conducting assessments with clinical relevance, NIH assessments don't provide this nor were they ever intended
  9. I agree that there are important discussions to be had about all aspects of immigration, but this sort of disinformation doesn't help that happen. The "illegal immigrants" that the suit and...
  10. I'm not sure why it wouldn't be because of the law, but even if the law didn't exist I would hope it would be because it's pretty sadistic to detain infants and then starve them to death. How has...
  11. Title 42 is part of a law that allows the suspension of processing asylum applicants, which is otherwise legally required. It is only allowed in order to prevent a serious disease from entering the...
  12. I think first it helps to put the clinical usefulness of the NIHSS into context in order to consider the importance of ensuring clinicians are doing it correctly. The NIHSS was designed solely...
  13. Pregnant women are at higher risk of PE and aortic dissection, both which often result in PEA arrest, although the dissection at least wouldn't be fixed with some compressions. This is where an...
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    Telemetry issue Safe and Sound

    So this is a third party program that get's added to your monitoring system? I can't find anything about a "safe and sound" monitoring system, the only thing I find is a vagus nerve stimulator by...
  15. The problem with with someone who identifies with gender characteristics that don't align with what others assume their gender should be is that they need to be taught to be more accepting of the...
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    Should I resign or am I overreacting?

    I don't think you should feel bad about putting your foot down, but it's important to know where you stand after that. I make a point of putting my foot down in toes that deserve it, but it also...
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    Should I resign or am I overreacting?

    From your other
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    Should I resign or am I overreacting?

    I don't disagree that it's best to do what you feel you really need to do in these situations, but your description of this as "a matter of 2 employees having a disagreement and one going home to...
  19. I don't disagree that people who protest outside the private residence of a SC judge are simply horrible people, but generally federal law enforcement agencies refrain from enforcing laws that appear...
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    Should I resign or am I overreacting?

    From your explanation of the situation previously, I would agree that nothing reportable to the BON occurred, but I'd also be surprised if you have a job to resign from at this
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    please explain controlled afib and aflutter

    "Controlled" A-fib or flutter generally refers to whether the ventricular heart rate is controlled, ie whether the rate is not excessively high. What rate might be "uncontrolled" is not standardized,...
  22. How is that going "too far". If a middle schooler doesn't feel comfortable sharing their gender identity with their parents, how is it the school's place to 'out' them? The reasons why a...
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    Healthcare Costs and Unvaccinated Patients

    The suggestion that Covid vaccines cause the vaccinated person to produce virulent Covid is dangerous misinformation, you might keep in mind that a number of states Boards' of Nursing have said that...
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    Best tips for counting respirations ??

    I agree with Macawake and applaud your conscientiousness. I also agree that the difference between 16, 17, or 18 respirations per minute is not a clinically significant difference. But just...
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    Patient Abandonment?

    Best I can tell, you're staying to help with tasks, the nurse on through the night is the primary nurse to start with. In this case it's not abandonment and you're only accountable to the specific...