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    While we are in the news...

    Orion81RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    So while praises are being sung for nurses in the news right now, how can we, and should we, take the opportunity to get the news to the media as a mass collective and expose the dangers of...
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    ER nurse also working Private Duty

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Private Duty

    I'm going to be honest, I'm a bit put off by this response. My posts on here are not for advice on whether or not I should stay on this case. I'm an adult and can make those decisions myself. I never...
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    ER nurse also working Private Duty

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Private Duty

    Exactly! Thank you! I was going to say the same thing, actually. That her being here defeats the purpose of social distancing if we get
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    ER nurse also working Private Duty

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Private Duty

    Thank you. I agree and have been very curious how other families and nurses have been doing things in this setting. So that is interesting to me. The wife doesn't care. I've posted about her before,...
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    ER nurse also working Private Duty

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Private Duty

    It would be nice to know the other nurses. I would like to know if they are being compliant with social distancing. Confusingly, there is a nurse on this site who recently stated she does not...
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    Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    Orion81RN replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I feel like you are being deliberately obtuse, now. 1) nurses are literally all over the news telling us about the lack of PPE. What more are they supposed to do? They're already stretched to their...
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    Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    Orion81RN replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How is trying to keep your head above water when your spouse is off work, "profiting?" And how about when you are off work to heal bc you inevitably caught the virus DUE to hazardous conditions THEY...
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    Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    Orion81RN replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    WOW!. How incredibly ignorant and insensitive to the healthcare workers who HAVE already died bc of the HAZARDOUS conditions. And there will be more to
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    Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    Orion81RN replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes! I make $28 an hour and soon when my husband's store closes, I am expected to be the sole provider. So while I'm grateful for a job, how ignorant to assume we can all maintain our households on...
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    Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    Orion81RN replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think its rude to not take into account the fact that HCWs are not provided proper PPE and NEVER signed up for that. These working conditions are utterly unacceptable and were completely...
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    How to Operate Hospital Bed

    Orion81RN replied to wsilvernell's topic in General Nursing

    You don't get home nursing
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    RN Disciplined While Waiting On Covid 19 Result

    Orion81RN replied to INDY RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Call the news networks! I am SO sorry. How horrible, yet I completely believe it
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    Coronavirus and Pay

    Orion81RN replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I made a grave error and trusted my husband to get the taxes done in 2018...?‍♀️ Never did. We screwed ourselves so it looks like we won't be getting anything,
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    Coronavirus and Pay

    Orion81RN replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OK...except many are NOT being protected. I'm not trying to be argumentative with you, but I am just so tired of hearing what HCWs signed up for. I will repeat myself, and I'm sure not for the last...
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    "Why Wearing a Face Mask Is Encouraged in Asia, but Shunned in the U.S."

    Orion81RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Interesting. I was listening to a Dr. recently explaining that the masks in ORs are pretty much decoration. That the research doesn't show a higher infection rate post op without masks. I'm wondering...
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    "Why Wearing a Face Mask Is Encouraged in Asia, but Shunned in the U.S."

    Orion81RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The lay person is touching their face more with the masks on and still touching surfaces. Just my thoughts. Not against masks if there were an abundance, but education needs to provided. We still...
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    What happens if you quit?

    Orion81RN replied to ghillbert's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That poster was speaking for
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    Am I being overly cautious? Covid-19

    Orion81RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm curious of my fellow nurse's opinions. My mom, 62 years old, a nurse, "retired" a little over a year ago. (License active.) Before she stopped working, she was doing private duty nursing. The last...
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    Am I being overly cautious? Covid-19

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you! I will. I know she's concerned about going stir crazy. But I hadn't thought that maybe its a little deeper than that. Especially being very newly retired. In part she might be needing to...
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    Minimum Wage????

    Orion81RN replied to PPediRN's topic in Private Duty

    Unfortunately, I really have no choice. Other than it being a matter of choosing the lesser of all the evils out
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    Am I being overly cautious? Covid-19

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Awesome idea! Yes! Both parents are very computer savy. I'll start brainstorming. Heck it would help me, too. My depression was juuust starting to lift a little right before the social distancing...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Orion81RN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree with them. I'd personally still work, but I'd be quite angry and shouting from the rooftops how wrong it is. Our country KNEW we would eventually have another pandemic. Yet they didn't prepare...
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    School Pretty Much Canceled Clinical

    Orion81RN replied to Futurenurse7321's topic in General Students

    While what everyone posted is true, that doesn't make these nursing students' situation suck any less. It's completely normal to feel the way OP is feeling. As long as she is not trying to suggest...
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    Minimum Wage????

    Orion81RN replied to PPediRN's topic in Private Duty

    On top of that, my company only pays once you have worked a full shift with the patient you oriented on. I know many people hate meet and greets, but I miss them with my other company. Now, I'd have...
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    Pt's wife just snapped at me

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in Private Duty

    Crazy. Unfortunately, I've been here 1.5 years and she's just absolutely nuts. She literally just wants her husband to die. She tells us nurses with the biggest huff and nastiest tone, "I don't...