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  1. CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    macawake replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I'd argue that male circumcision was originally intended to control sexuality too. Why should a man have to settle for a "relatively" healthy sex life when he instead could have had full sensation in...

  2. CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    macawake replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    What other healthy parts of an infant's body would we find it acceptable for parents to decide to have surgically removed? I personally find the practice barbaric If a man grown-up man wants to...

  3. Can you solve this mcg to mg conversion?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Medications

    The more I think about this, the more annoyed I get. Eventhough every nurse should be able to convert milligrams to micrograms and vice versa, mixing different units like that is just a mistake...

  4. Can you solve this mcg to mg conversion?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, I've been awake for more than twenty-four hours giving patients Fentanyl and other stuff so I probably shouldn't be attempting any calculations at this point in time... Stupid order in my...

  5. Pushing flush too slow?

    macawake replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Medications

    You may well have had success with using the smaller diameter syringes (perhaps because they generate a higher pressure). The only thing I commented on is that it's inaccurate to say that it generates...

  6. Pushing flush too slow?

    macawake replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Medications

    Absolutely. I was being sloppy/lazy in how I worded my reply simply because all 20 cc syringes I've used had a larger diameter than the 1cc ones :) but I could have been more clear. Anyway, it's...

  7. Pushing flush too slow?

    macawake replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Medications

    Unless I'm mistaken, smaller syringes generate higher injection pressure than larger syringes do. OP, I've never heard that pushing too slow can blow a vein/cause infiltration. It just sounds like the...

  8. new Ebola patient

    macawake replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As I understand it Dr Salia was first symptomatic on November 6 and arrived to Nebraska Medical Center on Saturday November 16. At that time he was critically ill, in kidney and respiratory failure....

  9. new Ebola patient

    macawake replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Your post sums up my opinion on this matter perfectly. I simply can't understand why some people insist on being afraid of something that has NEVER HAPPENED. If we were to apply that approach to all...

  10. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    macawake replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, that's his choice and he's certainly free to make it. What's important to me is that people aren't forced to quarantine when there's no scientific rationale that supports such a decision. The...

  11. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    macawake replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think that many members of the general public do have a negative opinion of Kaci Hickox. I think that the media forms people's opinions by portraying her a certain way. I wish that people would be...

  12. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    macawake replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Don't give them any bright

  13. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    macawake replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This reminded me of something that has been bothering me for a while. There seem to be some people here and elsewhere who don’t think that returning healthcare workers can be trusted to self-monitor...

  14. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    macawake replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would, and I wouldn’t feel the least bit afraid to do so. I believe in science, both online and in real life. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with a group of people at work over a cup...

  15. Maine Med Assn calls Kaci a hero

    macawake replied to FLAlleycat's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What do you mean by saying that it’s mutating? It’s a RNA virus, so mutations are pretty much par for the course. Do you support depriving people of their freedom for any other what ifs,...

  16. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The accusations (by a sensationalist online tabloid publication) against the New York doctor, turned out to be untrue. Dr. Spencer didn't lie. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102132467 To those of you who...

  17. Support Kaci Hickox

    macawake replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The outbreak has spread farther and infected more people because the virus has changed? Hogwash. Please provide a link to the study that you claimed has shown causation between the changes in the...

  18. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It doesn't seem the least bit reasonable to me. Actually, I think that it's the antithesis of reasonable. Honestly, your (il)logical somersaults has my head spinning. Buckling your seatbelt and...

  19. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, she probably does indeed know more about EVD than the vast majority of the population. I actually admire her for her guts, she does have the courage of her convictions. Is her rebellion...

  20. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    macawake replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You're a nurse. You shouldn't educate yourself by reading on an anonymous message board anyway, so it's inconsequential to me whether you believe anyone here. Now go hit PubMed!

  21. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are absolutely correct. It is hysteria. Also, let’s not forget of the Nigerian index patient who flew from Monrovia, Liberia to Lagos, Nigeria on July 20. He was visibly ill at the departure...

  22. Ebola- Quarantine/Quasi quarantine Yes or No?

    macawake replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hardly surprising, the crud published in the sensationalist tabloid turned out to be untrue. Dr. Spencer didn’t lie. "Asked about the report, Health Department spokeswoman Veronica Lewin said:...

  23. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But don’t you see it? She isn’t ignorant. She actually knows this disease. That’s why she can confidently say that she poses no threat to another person’s health when she’s asymptomatic. I...

  24. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So you don’t accept that an asymptomatic person isn’t infectious but have no trouble believing that the maximum incubation period is in fact 21 days? Do you have some kind of system for picking...

  25. Help me bring this into the public!

    macawake replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm seriously considering starting a petition to have the licenses revoked for every nurse who bases his or her professional decisions on personal opinions and beliefs, rather than on...