macawake

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  1. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    macawake replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, that is incorrect. You need to read the study again. It’s a prospective cohort study involving 3,975 healthcare personnel. Study time period = 17 weeks (December 2020 - April 2021)....

  2. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    macawake replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I haven’t experienced anything similar, probably because more than 98% of my coworkers are fully vaccinated. So, I can’t offer any helpful suggestions. I can definitely understand the...

  3. Are there any nurses that are not vaccinated? How to prepare to be safe at work?

    macawake replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The part about the vaccine affecting women’s fertility is not true. It’s debunked disinformation but unfortunately it has been widely disseminated. Here’s a link that discusses this...

  4. Are there any nurses that are not vaccinated? How to prepare to be safe at work?

    macawake replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The pandemic is not slowing down globally, in fact both cases and deaths are increasing again. I’ve included the following link to statistics from ECDC which is the European equivalent of the CDC....

  5. Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    macawake replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why is it hard to just say; yes I’ve been vaccinated when asked by a friend or coworker? Unless they’re known anti-vaxxers and you can anticipate a barrage of disinformation and recrimination...

  6. Getting the Vaccine: Nurses Lead the Way

    macawake replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I guess that answers my question of whether you think the herd is worth

  7. Tennessee abandons ALL vaccine outreach to minors due to Republican state lawmakers

    macawake replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The politicized pandemic is largely a U.S. phenomenon. There are certainly disagreements on how to best tackle the pandemic in many other countries around the globe, but the degree of acrimony seen in...

  8. Getting the Vaccine: Nurses Lead the Way

    macawake replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There so much to unpack here.. I’ve inserted numbers in your post to try to show what I’m responding to. 1) I’m European and I don’t even know what ”main stream” media is...

  9. Getting the Vaccine: Nurses Lead the Way

    macawake replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The reason I asked was because another poster told me ”to get the facts, start by googling” to which you replied that you disagreed with that part because ”when using the actual Google search...

  10. Tennessee abandons ALL vaccine outreach to minors due to Republican state lawmakers

    macawake replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    10+ years?!? Can you name a single vaccine whose serious side effects took over a decade to manifest? Can you name any vaccine that even took as long as say two, or three years? Do you have a...

  11. Getting the Vaccine: Nurses Lead the Way

    macawake replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I get my statistics on Covid-19 cases and deaths primarily from ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) and Johns Hopkins. Are those the kind of sources that you label ”liberal

  12. Natural Immunity

    macawake replied to IamICU's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don’t know but I wouldn’t be overly surprised if that turns out to be the case. Time will tell as the amount of knowledge/research grows. But I’m not about to go looking for the SARS-CoV-2...

  13. Natural Immunity

    macawake replied to IamICU's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I haven’t read your link or fact-checked your numbers, but that doesn’t matter. For this discussion we can just assume that they are accurate. What kind of protection are we talking about?...

  14. Getting the Vaccine: Nurses Lead the Way

    macawake replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wasn’t really expecting a reply after two months. I read your post but I really don’t understand the point you’re trying to make here. To me, it’s pretzel-shaped logic. Is your point that...

  15. Experienced critical care RN having a hard time dealing with a bully boss. Advice?

    macawake replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Has the manager provided any rational explanation for why you can’t be included on the schedule and given access to the scheduling system? It seems to be a very reasonable request for you to make...

  16. Experienced critical care RN having a hard time dealing with a bully boss. Advice?

    macawake replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, double post

  17. Experienced critical care RN having a hard time dealing with a bully boss. Advice?

    macawake replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I’m not in the U.S. but I suspect the following is a universal truth. Human resource departments protects the employer first. I wouldn’t count on them being there for you. In my experience when...

  18. Are Nurses Superstitious?

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I gave your post a like because I really appreciate you taking the time to reply/explain. But I’m sorry that you and people at work feel beaten down ☹️ Sending some good juju your way JKL!...

  19. Are Nurses Superstitious?

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately not ? We had all the ingredients necessary to whip up the waffle batter and a waffle iron. We also had a tonne of blueberries since one of the nurses had spent the afternoon roaming the...

  20. Are Nurses Superstitious?

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    But that’s the thing…. A lot of the time absolutely nothing happens

  21. Are Nurses Superstitious?

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Gee JKL, I never realized that it might actually annoy someone to say that it’s quiet. Hmm, normally when I or someone else at work says that it’s meant to convey that it’s really nice that...

  22. Are Nurses Superstitious?

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think it’s safe to say that I’m 100% non-superstitious ? I’ve said on plenty a night shift that it’s a quiet night.. Sometimes we’ll be notified that a major trauma is on the way...

  23. COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives

    macawake replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think I’ve already posted what I think of offering junk food as an incentive. Obesity is one risk factor for a serious Covid outcome. I think that researchers of various disciplines will...

  24. COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives

    macawake replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was responding to this. The world population is counted in billions ? But yes, the U.S. numbers aren’t accurate. Close to 600,000 deaths and about 33 million verified cases are the U.S. stats if I...

  25. COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives

    macawake replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How many people do you think live in the U.S.? And in the world? Certainly more than three million sevenhundred and seventyfive thousand and change. But there seems to be something wrong with the...