lukegail

agree 100%. I have no problem with travelers whatsoever. I meant that when there's a staffing hole in a pandemic, it will be likely be a traveler who is more risk tolerant when the reward is greater.

This hasn’t happened to me yet, but my hospital has the same policy that you’re describing. If you’re awaiting test results, you need to stay in self quarantine while using up vacation time, and if the test result is positive, then you remain in self quarantine but you can apply for Workmen’s Comp.

Dr fauci just stated that cv is airborne. the article meanders all over the place, and does initially state droplet precautions, but eventually gets around to the point of the article, which is that the definition of droplet precautions has been stretched specifically for this CV situation, and that CV is indeed airborne. According the study below, coughing produces a range of droplet sizes, but 97% of them are small enough to remain airborne, with the majority of them (the mode) being smaller, 0.34 microns –– aerosols able to float freely for ages, diffusing uniformly throughout a room. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331822/

if you get diarrhea and have to skip a shift, are you abandoning your patients? no, because the hospital will replace you with someone else. likewise, if nurses choose not to work in outright hazardous conditions, they will be replaced with travelers who get crisis pay for bearing that risk. this argument about not abandoning patients doesn't actually hold water. the patients will get taken care of, even if not by you.

Dr. Fauci said this coronavirus is airborne on 3/26. Unless anyone can present a body of evidence that is concrete enough to contradict the top CV expert in the country, please stop spreading the misinformation that it's not airborne, or that it's only airborne during aerosol-generating procedures. Coughing produces aerosols. Go to 2:20 to listen to what he said

senate republicans didn't allow language in the stimulus bill that would have OSHA require hospitals to protect their staff. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nations-nurses-united-condemns-congressional-inaction-protecting-nurses-other-health-care this will help hospitals when nurses start suing them for having them work in unsafe conditions and getting sick/dying. https://www.rollcall.com/2020/03/13/hospitals-want-to-kill-a-policy-shielding-nurses-from-covid-19-because-there-arent-enough-masks/

could you link to conclusive evidence supporting the claim that cv can't be airborne? to the contrary, if aerosol-generating procedures require airborne precautions, so should a coughing patient. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/commentary-covid-19-transmission-messages-should-hinge-science

if you walk way, your hospital will just hire a traveler and give them crisis/hazard pay to bear the same risks that you currently are. there will always be people willing to do any work for the right $$$. the hospitals just want to save money.

Question for everyone who says "I am prepared to refuse work / quit on the spot / lose my license if not given appropriate PPE" Where exactly is that line for you? • being denied a fresh N95 for each patient encounter for PUI (rule-out) and confirmed positive covid patients? • being denied an N95 for PUI? • being denied an N95 for positive covid patients unless an aerosol-generating procedure is underway? • being denied an N95 for any positive covid patient? ...and how firm is your resolve? I'm struggling with this and interested in others' thoughts.

I'll be an RN in a couple months and I have a simple question. Is active CPR certification required by BONs (to validate the RN license) or by employers (as a prerequisite to work)? Who knows the story here? Thanks

I'm an LPN who will graduate from an ASN/RN program in early May 2012. I am going on a cross-country bicycle trip from August to December, so I need to find something to do this summer. After the bike trip I'll buckle down and get a real job. I'm trying hard to figure out a way to do this because I figure that once I start working at a good job, it will be harder to take off to do something like this. And a cross-country bike trip is something I will never regret, regardless of how logistically difficult it is. Does anybody have ideas for what I can do in an RN capacity this summer? I know that my self-imposed situation precludes me from my dream jobs for many reasons. I'm just looking for out-of-the-box ideas. A couple nurses I know suggested volunteering in Haiti (they said new grads are welcome). I've also considered taking my NCLEX in the fall, and working at a nursing home as an LPN this summer, which would be a pretty easy hire. Another idea I had is taking some ACLS/PALS/etc courses, but I'm not sure that's such a good idea, for obviou$ reasons. I do have the option of a part-time (16hrs/wk), private-duty job, so I could do something else that supplements that. ***I know it's tempting for the realists(pessimists) out there to give me an earful, but please stay positive/helpful :redpinkhe

I'm an LPN who will graduate from an ASN/RN program in early May 2012. I am going on a cross-country bicycle trip from August to December, so I need to find something to do this summer. After the bike trip I'll buckle down and get a real job. I'm trying hard to figure out a way to do this because I figure that once I start working at a good job, it will be harder to take off to do something like this. And a cross-country bike trip is something I will never regret, regardless of how logistically difficult it is. Does anybody have ideas for what I can do in an RN capacity this summer? I know that my self-imposed situation precludes me from my dream jobs for many reasons. I'm just looking for out-of-the-box ideas. A couple nurses I know suggested volunteering in Haiti (they said new grads are welcome). I've also considered taking my NCLEX in the fall, and working at a nursing home as an LPN this summer, which would be a pretty easy hire. Another idea I had is taking some ACLS/PALS/etc courses, but I'm not sure that's such a good idea, for obviou$ reasons. I do have the option of a part-time (16hrs/wk), private-duty job, so I could do something else that supplements that. ***I know it's tempting for the realists(pessimists) out there to give me an earful, but please stay positive/helpful :redpinkhe