FLAlleycat

FLAlleycat

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  1. Should urine catheterization hurt?

    FLAlleycat replied to swellnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in L&D for many years, I've done many caths, albeit on young female population! I found that the caths in those C/S kits appeared to be much more uncomfortable than the softer...

  2. Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    FLAlleycat replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Um . . . my point

  3. Can i survive night shift??!

    FLAlleycat replied to buffalo2122's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked night shift for years and agree with everything Klone says! Working three nights in a row, if you can work that out, really helps get you into a pattern. I also used black-out shades to...

  4. Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    FLAlleycat replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Pitocin on our L&D floor for over a week. The OBs were hysterical . . . like a baby can't be born without pitocin and bleeding can't be stopped after delivery of placenta without pitocin? Geeze,...

  5. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    FLAlleycat replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am seeing references to articles picked apart months ago showing up

  6. Maine Med Assn calls Kaci a hero

    FLAlleycat posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I posted this elsewhere but then thought that it really deserved its own headline. State health leaders criticize Maine CDC over Kaci Hickox quarantine - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday...

  7. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was just reading other threads and noticed they had not been infected. I came back here to post that observation and to say I will no longer be posting to this thread. Yes, let the thread die!...

  8. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Exactly why, along with many of her posts, I think she's toying with us. (I think there's an internet word for

  9. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh, you know, stuff like saying "if the virus can remain infectious on surfaces up to 50 days" is sorta freaking out and probably being read and believed by an already hysterical public....

  10. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "OK . . . I'll bite. No, I don't agree. You said: "Or how about that r/o TB patient that we place in a negative pressure room because their X-Ray came back suspect. I bet you don't walk into...

  11. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I understand isolating the pt with CXRs consistent with TB without PPD, but then you do a PPD while they are in isolation as opposed to AFB smears? Thanks,

  12. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    FLAlleycat replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Re the statement by Dr.Bruce Beutler, the Nobel Prize Winner, he says "People may have said that without symptoms you can't transmit Ebola. I'm not sure about that being 100 percent true. There's a...

  13. Ebola- Quarantine/Quasi quarantine Yes or No?

    FLAlleycat replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    (These threads are getting mixed up!) Re quarantine . . . if every HCP who treated some with Ebola were quarantined 21 days, Emory would not have the staff to take another Ebola pt, and pretty soon,...

  14. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    FLAlleycat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not one medical group endorses quarantine, at least not one I can find. I'd really like to know . . . to those who do support quarantine, would it not apply to ALL HCP caring for Ebola patients, not...

  15. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    FLAlleycat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think you and your coworkers will need to reevaluate her career. She is being called a hero by Maine Med Assn and more and more medical associations are applauding her for taking such a

  16. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    FLAlleycat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I imagine, thanks to Kaci, they won't be hijacked at the airport (unless they're symptomatic) and probably won't be quarantined. (Elections will be over

  17. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OMG . . . are you SERIOUS??? You think your getting the flu vaccination is just to protect YOU?? Were you put under mandatory quarantine when you had H1N1? If not, you have absolutely NO ground for...

  18. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And this has been discussed ad nauseam in the early discussions re Ebola. Just do a

  19. Help me bring this into the public!

    FLAlleycat replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

  20. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    FLAlleycat replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm glad you enjoyed the video. R. Maddow's introduction was hysterical (in a good

  21. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    FLAlleycat replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kaci has challenged hysteria and won! Hopefully, this will be somewhat of a landmark case in protecting individuals'/groups' rights in the face of public panic, not to include just HCP but teachers,...

  22. Ebola- Quarantine/Quasi quarantine Yes or No?

    FLAlleycat replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She challenged hysteria and won! Maine judge rejects quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox -

  23. Returning MD from Treating Ebola on Modified Isolation

    FLAlleycat posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is reasonable . . . at least he's allowed out and about.

  24. South Jersey nurse to battle Ebola in Liberia

    FLAlleycat replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I support him 100 percent . . . it is his CHOICE. I anticipate that the quarantine will no longer be mandatory by then anyway. Elections will be

  25. Maine Med Assn calls Kaci a hero

    FLAlleycat replied to FLAlleycat's topic in Disaster Preparation

    BTW, here is the video of the interview of the VP of Maine Med Assoc as well as excellent prelude by Rachel Maddow: Uncowed Kaci Hickox supported by state health leaders |