FLAlleycat

FLAlleycat

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  1. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is so funny (and informative): The Paranoid Hypochondriac's Guide to the Ebola Outbreak I especially liked these comments: "Freaking out about Ebola in the U.S. while antibiotic resistant...

  2. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh, dear me. I guess I should've said IMPLIED assumptions rather than EXPRESSED, although I'm sure some have been expressed but I haven't the inclination to read through all posts on this and the...

  3. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hi, Brandy . . . I remember it in the US. Quick search from CDC: "The United States now counts 115 cases, up 15 from yesterday, in 29 states, said Dr. James Hughes of the Centers for Disease...

  4. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    FLAlleycat replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

  5. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hope I haven't ridiculed you or anyone for your/their choice NOT to care for an ebola patient. That, to me, is everyone's personal choice. And I, like you, would probably feel more comfortable...

  6. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Huh? Where did he/she do that? Since you did take sociology, then I'm sure you are aware that sociologists emphasize gathering and analysis of evidence about social life in order to develop and...

  7. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I, for one, am truly astounded by the total lack basic understanding of microbiology re eboli, the transmission of eboli and the protection against eboli by some ?professional nurses (as well as the...

  8. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. They could be atheists for all I care. I would still be in favor of bringing them

  9. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

  10. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    FLAlleycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    And, according to Judge Judy, conversate is now in Webster's. (One can still see her cringe when she hears the

  11. Nurses' liability to assess ... and act

    FLAlleycat replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I thought lawyers have always pursued "claims that focus on the nurse as a clinician, responsible for using professional judgment in the course of treatment", even when there really wasn't a claim. I...

  12. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "HIV was.is not airborne (saliva does go airborne, read up on transmission)." No one knew how HIV was spread when it first appeared. More is known about the transmission of ebola than was known about...

  13. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    FLAlleycat replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I believe they were brought back in order to receive health care; however, I also think it's understood by all that they will be experimental subjects as long as they live, and probably for some time...

  14. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I posted this site on the other thread. It is really a fascinating and relative article. Unfortunately, you'll have to cut and paste the link. It gives first-hand interviews of nurses who were...

  15. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    FLAlleycat replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Found this extremely fascinating and applicable to today's situation. (Once you get past the introductory info) [h=2]The AIDS Epidemic in San Francisco: The Response of the...

  16. study habits in nursing school

    FLAlleycat replied to benBAJ234's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, and congratulations!! I hope you will enjoy your future nursing career as much as I have mine! I was a single parent of 2 (ages 1 and 3) when I went to nursing school. It's great that you grasp...

  17. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    FLAlleycat replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    AllNurses has a membership of 836,670 memers. It is not at all unrealistic that the small handful of "anonymous martyrs" posting here HAVE actually taken care of AIDS patients when it was just as...

  18. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    FLAlleycat replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I LOVE that

  19. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, yeah, yeah:shy: At least I got the city

  20. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    While everyone is cracking out "The Hot Zone", please keep this data in mind: Over nearly 40 years, Ebola has infected fewer than 5,000 and killed fewer than 3,000 worldwide. More than 35 million...

  21. Is there a line floating?

    FLAlleycat replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital in which I worked labor and delivery for ten years started having a slump in pts. So, administration, in its infinite wisdom, converted some of our postpartum rooms into orthopedic...

  22. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    BTW, thanks, edmia, for posting the CDC

  23. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    First, IMHO, I think the hazmat suits, in the US, are probably to give the public some "reassurance" that health care workers are going all out to make sure this does not spread when in reality normal...

  24. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    FLAlleycat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is such a myth, at least in right-to-work state FL! Well, maybe *technically* you won't be abandoning a pt but you sure as heck can still get fired, and there's nothing BON can do about that,...

  25. Just got fired-AGAIN!

    FLAlleycat replied to jayebug's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi, Jayebug, Sorry to hear about the job loss. I really don't have much to donate on that but wanted to address your statement: "I haven't been taking them cuz they're just too expensive!" I have an...