Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can I suggest that those who want to express how they prefer not having to take the patient's family members/significant others - the patient's support system, into consideration at the patient's...

  2. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This thread is about the Covid-19 Visitor Restrictions. Are you aware of the current situation? Have you read the rest of the thread? Did you read the linked article? If you aren't interested in...

  3. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you for this very pertinent example. To be admitted to hospital today, patients usually have to be very sick. Additionally, many patients have multiple co-morbidities, extensive, complicated,...

  4. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Apart from the need to accomplish prevention of disease transmission/infection control for Covid-19, health care businesses are also concerned with retaining the public's confidence that they can...

  5. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Your contribution is welcome, valued, and much appreciated, and I hope you will continue to participate; however you and I clearly hold different views in some

  6. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think everyone understands the need for visitor limitations as there is the need to accomplish infection control/prevention of disease transmission for Covid-19, but it seems to me that there are...

  7. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The situation we are dealing with is Covid-19; the need is for infection control methods to prevent transmission of the disease. All of us know that errors in care happen and that patients are very...

  8. Covid 19 visitor restrictions

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm very sorry about your parents situation and for what you are going through. To my knowledge these restrictions are resulting in huge pain and stress for many people. I would expect that many of...

  9. What happens if narcan doesn't work?

    Susie2310 replied to FutureFNP99's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the hypothetical patient could be in cardiac arrest with agonal

  10. What happens if narcan doesn't work?

    Susie2310 replied to FutureFNP99's topic in General Nursing

    We don't know the dose of opiates that was administered and whether this was an appropriate dose for this patient, or how soon after receiving the opiates the patient's respirations dropped to 3/min,...

  11. Would you "adopt" a nurse or allow yourself to be "adopted" (For Nurses' Week)?

    Susie2310 replied to Sour Lemon's topic in General Nursing

    The ANA Nurses' Code of Ethics can be found on the internet. The section is titled "Professional

  12. Would you "adopt" a nurse or allow yourself to be "adopted" (For Nurses' Week)?

    Susie2310 replied to Sour Lemon's topic in General Nursing

    If I remember correctly, our ANA Nurses' Code of Ethics addresses

  13. Would you "adopt" a nurse or allow yourself to be "adopted" (For Nurses' Week)?

    Susie2310 replied to Sour Lemon's topic in General Nursing

    In my view, being a "hero" and being a "volunteer" have a number of things in common. One can pay a huge personal price for being either. Heroism is often acknowledged after the situation is...

  14. Kern County ER Docs C-19

    Susie2310 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NYC is not the whole country, but, given the current situation, as I see it, ending the state lockdowns too soon, or ending them at the local level too soon, means that more states and even the whole...

  15. Kern County ER Docs C-19

    Susie2310 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Saying that an entire state (any state) is justified in relaxing the lockdowns because there are some counties/cities within the state that are not as badly affected, makes no sense in my opinion....

  16. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    Susie2310 replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Are you suggesting that the general public are responsible for the world wide PPE

  17. 50% of fatalities in nursing homes in some States

    Susie2310 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It sounds as though you believe your only responsibility is to yourself and to your own pursuit of whatever you call happiness; that you have no responsibilities towards others, even to your family,...

  18. This is just like flu

    Susie2310 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My understanding is that in the case of Covid-19 it is not known by experts how long immunity continues for once a person makes antibodies, so far in excess of 80% of the population would need to be...

  19. This is just like flu

    Susie2310 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    People with chronic illnesses and elderly people with chronic illnesses are definitely more vulnerable to Covid-19. While these groups are disproportionately affected, I have read of cases and deaths...

  20. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    Susie2310 replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree with this. I think that people considering nursing as a career would be wise to reflect carefully on the fact that the majority of nurses are bedside nurses providing hands on patient care to...

  21. Advice please - PPE's for a patient who is a contact of Covid 19

    Susie2310 replied to haveyourbowelsmoved's topic in Disaster Preparation

    On the CDC web site, for Coronavirus (COVID-19) there is "Information for Healthcare Professionals" which gives information on Infection Control, PPE,

  22. Single Father

    Susie2310 replied to Sotrue1's topic in General Nursing

    This is great news. Best wishes to

  23. Coronavirus questions for home care

    Susie2310 replied to Kitiger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kitiger, I found good information for health care professionals on the CDC website regarding the Coronavirus and

  24. Coronavirus-Are we ready to talk about rationing care?

    Susie2310 replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Utilizing nurses from the community to provide basic care is a very good idea, as is the idea of floating staff upwards to their highest level of acuity. But if a situation arises where there is a...

  25. Quarantined Nurse’s Scorching Anti-CDC Rant Goes Viral

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I said that it is important that health care workers who become sick when taking care of patients who are suspected to be infected with the Coronavirus are tested