heron ASN, RN

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  1. heron

    Rules on recapping needles

    heron replied to Bml's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No, it was to prevent accidental needlesticks. The guideline was instituted at the beginning of the AIDS
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    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    OT alert: yes, traumatic ain’t the half of it. We were Covid-free until late last October. Then a particularly irresponsible staffer took a vacation out of state, neglected to test on her return and...
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    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Ummm ... can you say “false equivalence” boys and girls? Run out of tan suits, did you? Really ... FWIW, I mask outside as well if I’m interacting with others. I’m 71 years old, work in...
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    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It ain’t so simple. Schools are not universally open, nor are they necessarily still offering the after-school options that fill in until parents get off work. A school day is not as long as a work...
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    Feels bad for not swabbing a vascular access port

    heron replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    It’s a device. A clysis can be delivered through any needle suitable for subcutaneous injection that can be attached to IV tubing. There are also commercially available clysis sets. Site is prepped...
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    Feels bad for not swabbing a vascular access port

    heron replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Small technical point: a clysis is not a vascular access. The word is short for hypodermoclysis and the access is to subcutaneous tissue, not a blood vessel. It’s an old-time method of giving fluids...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    heron replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Yet, you still post... ETA: my point was that there’s a fine line between holding officers accountable for their actions and scapegoating them for systemic failures and oppression over which...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    heron replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    So, if he had stood back and allowed the other Black teen to be murdered, that would have been OK? I think you’ve picked the wrong hilI to die on. No question that there is a culture of police...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    heron replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    What muno’s screenshot does show is what the cop saw when he got out of his car: a potentially lethal stabbing already in progress. Which Black teen was he supposed to favor? The person with the...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I’m sorry you’re being run off by a Berniebro retread. The same thing happened in reverse 10 years ago when the neocons dominated here. Personally, I use the ignore button for those who are too...
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    Urine sample from incontinent pt with dementia

    heron replied to lottieloo's topic in General Nursing

    Probably the best course. I have also had success with using a condom cath and a foley bag, but the pt may not tolerate it. Plus, it’s a clean catch at best. If you’re not experienced with condom...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    heron replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Never studied statistics, myself. Yet, even I know that doesn’t follow. Try again
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    Communicating with Hard of Hearing Patients

    heron replied to KellyM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Pitch your voice low. Many hearing impairments aquired later in life hit the higher registers more than the lower. Women, especially, tend to have higher-pitched voices and it tends to go higher when...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Sorry - the appointment process for SJC
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I think there are very real questions about the legality of the process ... assertions about suppressed information, for instance. I really hope that someone who knows what they’re doing explores...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    What I’m not getting is how making the court more vulnerable to inappropriate appointments (by vastly increasing the frequency of openings) solves the problem of inappropriate appointments. How...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    How so? Could you explain,
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    But it might escalate others. The point of lifetime appointments is to remove the threat of political retaliation from judicial deliberations, freeing the justices to follow their own judicial...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Perhaps. I question whether it’s smart. ETA: to continue my thought now that I’m home: I get the appeal of packing the court. It might even accomplish what we want, if only for a minute....
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Most of the time your posts make me wonder if I’m accidentally on Gab or SafeChat. Same mindless rhetoric trying to pass as rational argument. The final chapter of Animal Farm springs immediately to...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Sweeping generalizations are the refuge of a lazy
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Re the Supreme Court, I’m arguing that expanding the court might have unforeseen consequences that might be worse than what we have now ... like escalating the politicization of the judiciary to the...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I agree with your first paragraph ... can you say ALEC, boys and girls? Their “model legislation” makes for an interesting read. This is why I am uncomfortable with superficial approaches such as...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    We have been “role modeling” progressive values from the top down for over 60 years. That’s two generations. In that time, we’ve seen the rise of white supremacists to the top offices in the...