Sloan RN

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  1. "Clipboard Guy": What's wrong with this picture???

    Sloan RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If the patient threw up, Clipboard Guy would only get it if he touched the emesis and then touched his eyes/nose/mouth. Or maybe if the patient ripped her Hazmat suit off and then threw up directly on...

  2. "Clipboard Guy": What's wrong with this picture???

    Sloan RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Which one is the patient? The guy in yellow? I watched a documentary about Ebola in Africa the other day and the Doctors Without Borders people don't wear PPE if they are outside the infectious zone...

  3. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Sloan RN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    16 Doctors Without Borders staff have contracted Ebola during the current outbreak, and that info is coming from the organization itself. There have been 404 cases of Ebola in healthcare workers, and...

  4. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Sloan RN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So here are a few studies about Ebola and similar viruses on surfaces: Sagripanti JL, Rom AM, Holland LE. Persistence in darkness of virulent alphaviruses, Ebola virus, and Lassa virus deposited on...

  5. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Sloan RN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just read the statement from NNU on behalf of the Texas nurses ( Statement by RN’s at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as provided to National Nurses United | National Nurses United ) and it's...

  6. Nursing & Ebola Surveillance

    Sloan RN replied to RNMA15's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think my individual responsibility as a nurse in this Ebola situation is to a) be familiar with my hospital's plans for handling Ebola and b) be well-informed about the disease itself so I can help...

  7. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Sloan RN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Probably won't affect how students are taught too much. As far as triage goes, everyone is being told to ask every patient whether they've had a fever and where they've been traveling in the past...

  8. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Sloan RN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nurses are ethically bound to educate themselves using reliable sources and not media hype or misinformation. Restricting travel would be extraordinarily difficult. Keep in mind you would be...

  9. Texas Ebola case - where are the hazmat suits?

    Sloan RN replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'll just cut and paste what I put in another thread: A word on Hazmat suits. Have you ever used one? Do you have any idea how to use one? My hospital has chosen not to use them if we were to get an...

  10. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Sloan RN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What exactly is awful about the CDC site? I assume you mean the one for healthcare professionals: Information for Health Care Workers | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC Have you read the UpToDate...

  11. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Sloan RN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm disappointed in the lack of general research of some reading this thread. If healthcare professionals like us are getting their information on Ebola from the news, we're all screwed. Everybody...

  12. PPE for Ebola?

    Sloan RN replied to Willow_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think you need to do some more research. If you listened to or read transcripts from the CDC's conference call for healthcare professionals where they had doctors from both Nebraska and Emory (the...

  13. CDC call in presentation 10/14 2pm

    Sloan RN replied to Clovery's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks for taking the time to take notes and post them here! So interesting. I'll be interested to see specifically what they say about dialysis and intubation...I realize those are high-risk...

  14. CDC call in presentation 10/14 2pm

    Sloan RN replied to Clovery's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Take notes and post back here, I'll be at work and unable to listen but would love to know what is said. One of the most interesting things out of Emory is that they tested various surfaces in Ebola...

  15. PPE for Ebola?

    Sloan RN replied to Willow_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ebola is spread by contact, like RSV. The reason you see stuff like Hazmat suits on the news is due to an abundance of caution. At my hospital the recommendation is booties, a surgical gown (they're...

  16. Pressure reduction for ECMO kids

    Sloan RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You don't turn or reposition your ECMO patients? We do. Patients who are big enough go in a KinAir bed if possible, otherwise kids are in our standard PICU bed (which has some pressure-reduction...

  17. Family zone in PICU pt rooms

    Sloan RN replied to bame rn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It's always kinda weird for me to hear other PICU nurses being taken aback by family members sleeping in the rooms because it's always been the norm where I work. There are 3 people allowed in the...

  18. Pediatric Chest Tube Securement Devices

    Sloan RN replied to nterenzoni's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I've used a dressing with a securement component similar to this: Percutaneous Drainage Catheter Fastener and it was awesome. That's not the exact dressing, but it's close. The downside is that the...

  19. Any PICU RNs from CHOP or Boston Children's here?

    Sloan RN posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping that some of you work in the PICU at CHOP and Boston Children's, or knows someone who does. I'm looking for information on their staffing model to compare it to lower-ranked...

  20. Sandy - Burnout

    Sloan RN replied to g8sushma's topic in New York Nursing

    Is your hospital offering to house staff that are pulling extra shifts? I haven't experienced a direct-hit natural disaster like this before, but my hospital has faced a few extraordinary weather...

  21. New PICU nurse with questions!

    Sloan RN replied to shaykdo's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Most common bedside procedures on my unit: intubation, extubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, EVD placement. That's just a short list of the most common...

  22. Feeling down; Received first bad evaluation

    Sloan RN replied to dankat's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Your orientation is only 8 weeks?! I agree with previous posters, that's really short...new grads on my unit are on orientation for 4-6 months. How's the retention of new grad hires on your unit? Do a...

  23. DO I NEED MY BSN?

    Sloan RN replied to combsj25's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Get the BSN. It'll cost more money and more time, but you'll make more money and have much more employment opportunities when you graduate. If you want to work in critical care, don't even consider...

  24. NYU-Langone Hospital Loses Power - Patients Being Evacuated

    Sloan RN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in New York Nursing

    I cannot even imagine what those poor patients and nurses had to deal with. From what I've been able to read it sounds like everyone survived; that alone is a miracle to me. I can't imagine if this...

  25. daily weights in your unit?

    Sloan RN replied to picurn10's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We get weekly weights on our patients (it's a medical PICU; the patients in the cardiac PICU might get daily weights, I don't know). Even then, if our patient is too unstable to be safely weighed, we...