myoglobin

myoglobin ASN, BSN, MSN

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  1. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think most would object to mandatory vaccines for nursing home workers once it is no longer available under an "emergency use provision". However, to require the vaccine to the wider...

  2. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

  3. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wow, that is about as valid as me saying" Nope much of the pro totalitarian government, sentiment and refusal to evaluate data that suggests vaccination have important risks as well as benefits...

  4. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would argue that it is an ad hominem attack to denigrate someone that you disagree with as being "less or more poorly educated" simply because they have a different

  5. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC estimates 480,000 die each year in the United States alone of smoking related illness...

  6. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes and more than 1000,00 probably died from smoking related causes, but no one is even proposing banning smoking. Meanwhile I have had two clients commit suicide in the last month in part from THC...

  7. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I believe the vaccine to likely be safe and effective but to say there have not likely been at least some deaths attributed is not very reasonable. Consider the following data from the CDC's webpage:...

  8. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You single out those who oppose for political reasons but don't address the fact that black health care workers are declining at an even greater rate (around 50%). Also those with less education (or...

  9. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I remember everyone assuring me several months ago that there was "little if any" concern over mandatory vaccination with these vaccines as they were being authorized under "emergency provisions"...

  10. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The disparate impact argument under Title VII need only prove that a protected class is more negatively affected by an employer decision (such as not being able to work if not vaccinated) than non...

  11. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The same survey found that black individuals (who as a whole are less conservative) declined vaccination at an even greater rate (50%) than conservatives. Thus, it isn't only political leaning that...

  12. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They would have to show several elements: a. That the person who declined vaccination didn't' have natural immunity (usually it is difficult to demonstrate any one person transmitted). b....

  13. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If the 30% or so of healthcare workers that feel the same as me and "stand strong" to our convictions of not taking an experimental forced vaccine we will at the the very least turn a "borderline"...

  14. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Also as to my skill set mainly what I do is prescribe medications, offer complementary and alternative approaches and lifestyle interventions. Although I do add billing codes for "supportive therapy"...

  15. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    My credit score is 630 and my SO's is around 750. We keep our finances separate and I have only been "self employed" for about a year (I pay her about $4500.00 per month to help with bills). I take...

  16. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    myoglobin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Bottom line it's my body and I will weigh the risks and benefits for myself and not take it unless it is at the barrel of a gun if it is forced. There are about 30% of Americans who feel more or less...

  17. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is that you are doing better than me. Between my SO and myself we will gross (before taxes) around 500K this year and we are no where near being able to afford a home. We also have no...

  18. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Also if you are really interested you can do to the local Accessors office and do a detailed title and ownership search (and actually see the mortgage documents in most cases). As a former "title...

  19. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You may be correct about individual accuracy (lacking). However, with regard to estimates of "market value" Zillow is usually quite good. I also find Trulia quite helpful. Also keep in mind that you...

  20. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You definitely should wait to consider buying. Who knows your best job opportunity might come in Plattsburg New York or Fort Collins Colorado, or Flaggstaff Arizona (I ended up taking a job in Seattle...

  21. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Your ex "may" be getting his new SO a house because they "require it" and or he/she is in a better situation to do so. Also, condo's do have some disadvantages verses homes including: a....

  22. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Zillow is a good site for looking up home sales data along with Realtor.com MLS system. Also, if you are willing to pay you can get almost anything on someone with their name and DOB including their...

  23. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Everything aside it is an almost indisputable fact that owning a home takes a relatively larger percentage of one's paycheck today than it did say in 1950. Homes are becoming relatively less...

  24. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about condos or even homes in "planned communities" is that you cannot have a garden or even plant a flower. I just wanted to plant some wildflowers (since this is something I often advise...

  25. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    myoglobin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    We see all of our patients online and will go once per month to Washington State once the Ryan Haight Act goes back in to effect after Covid (it requires a face to face for schedule II medications)....