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  1. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    macawake replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There’s a whole wide world outside the U.S. borders. We’re also vaccinating over here you know... And we’re seeing fewer people die despite a third wave hitting us hard. You think the entire...

  2. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    macawake replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It’s nice that you’re respectful of your patients. What I’m asking of you is to also be respectful of science. I think that most would agree with me that they couldn’t care less if the...

  3. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    macawake replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why on earth would it be a good thing to listen to someone who’s already been fact-checked and found to be wrong? I haven’t read your link because I’ve previously read about this man....

  4. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I support the right of individuals to make the decision on whether they want to be DNR. But reading your post about only God having the right to choose when the ”privilege of life” ends, how do...

  5. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Side effects like fatigue, muscle aches, fever etc. aren’t ”health issues”. They’re a sign that a person’s immune system is responding to the vaccine. So you feel a bit under the weather for...

  6. Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Now I know how window wizard has managed to remain undetected.. The poor residents are probably collectively deaf as a post after all that heavy metal ??? ? blaring in the dining room

  7. Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    ? I always sleep with an open window, even when it’s -20C (-4F) but darn, I hate mosquitos. Thankfully they’ve invented window ? nets so that I can get my fix of fresh air ?...

  8. Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa, Davey Do! What’s up? The following is just my perception and others may not agree. When I read these posts of yours, you sound so defensive of SilverBells that you almost come off as...

  9. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

    macawake replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t think I managed to make my point very clearly. I wasn’t asking if I should be allowed to use my professional judgment. Of course I, and all other nurses, should be allowed that. But the...

  10. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

    macawake replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I can’t think of a valid reason to be ”philosophically” opposed to saving lives. That’s what Covid-19 vaccines do. If I understand you correctly, your student’s refusal is a blanket one....

  11. Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I’m Scandinavian and we have inclement weather for the better part of the year. It’s no reason to not let in some fresh air. That must be quite the window ninja you have there... ? Have...

  12. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

    macawake replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I have also put off giving an ordered medication and instead contacted the prescribing physician first to ask questions/make my point. Usually because the person who ordered the medication appeared to...

  13. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I actually almost included a link to the Happiness Index in my reply to Myoglobin but decided not to. I didn’t because I felt that it might be perceived as ”rubbing it in” considering all the...

  14. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You can speak for me on this subject ? We are in complete agreement. The United States is one of the richest countries on earth and as you pointed out has excellent healthcare, but can’t...

  15. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    This is in my opinion sad. How can anyone be in favor of a healthcare system that makes a parent choose to not take their child to a hospital after they had an accident? I simply don’t understand...

  16. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Don’t apologize! I’d much rather talk about CTs than AR-15s... I’m not surprised that you couldn’t find a clear description of the opacities.. Sorry about that, I have a weird sense of...

  17. Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

    macawake replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit I don’t understand this line of thinking. First of all, is it an educated decision to be more fearful of the vaccine than a Covid infection? I dislike paternalistic medicine....

  18. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    But why? This thread is 23 pages long and has meandered all over the place, but it’s polite conversation. I think banishment seems a bit drastic

  19. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It just takes some time to get to know a Swede. Or a Finn or Norwegian. We’re quite reserved and like our private space. Danes are a different breed (if I’m allowed to generalize a bit). A bit...

  20. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Actually here buying property/land in the cities is a lot more expensive than in a smaller town or rural area. I’m curious, in what way don’t you think I can live free and independently? How...

  21. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    We’d love to have you

  22. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Myoglobin ? Doesn’t sound like your European holiday was much of a success... I’ll start by admitting that most Gibraltarians probably don’t have the opportunity to live in rural areas. I...

  23. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That’s a pretty sad state of affairs... Thankfully your anecdotal n= is tiny, and hopefully not generalizable to the larger nursing

  24. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It seems that you have about 100,000 migrant apprehensions (not necessarily the same as 100,000 unique individuals) per month on your southern border....

  25. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    macawake replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    ?? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2121643/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_spontaneous_circulation (After CPR) <— what I assume hhern was referring...