moriahcat

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1. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   moriahcat replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Since I have to go by my titer results thanks to lost immunization records (and still had to have a booster MMR to get them up to snuff the last time I changed jobs), I'd be happy to answer...

2. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   moriahcat replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Agreed, but I don't know every hospital's policies. I personally would say "Yes, I am, and our facility has mandated vaccinations, but since I likely won't be their only nurse" and then finish the...

3. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   moriahcat replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Vaccination status may not be a disease, but antibody titers to certain diseases are no laughing matter for nursing (at least in my state, others may differ). I do not think it is illogical for...

4. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

   moriahcat replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

   You're correct, and decoding this President's recent Tweets from his baseline Tweets would be difficult to make (hey, he's not threatening to bomb a foreign nation, and he's come very close to that...

5. Covid wedding... am I the bad guy?

   moriahcat replied to zoidberg's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Have to agree with those who say as much as brotherly love is important, that if the man really wants to get married all he needs there is his fiancee and someone who's legally approved to say the...

6. Not able to be with mother with dementia in hospital due to Covid

   moriahcat replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Oh, sorry. Altered mental status was the best way to describe why we felt admission was absolutely necessary. She was slurring despite no alcohol in 2 weeks, speaking very slowly, lethargic, not...

7. Not able to be with mother with dementia in hospital due to Covid

   moriahcat replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in Disaster Preparation

   My mother just got out of acute care for her first episode of apparent HE (ETOH abstinent -- by her own choice, yay! -- nearly 2 weeks before AMS was apparent so they didn't think it was...

8. Facial coverings effective?

   moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

   This infuriates me for you. I'm so sorry. It shouldn't be like

9. Facial coverings effective?

   moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I'm assuming you work in a medical field/clinic, compared to a retail worker wearing a mask. If I'm making the wrong assumption, please let me know. To address your article.... N95s were never...

10. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If you mean they agree there is no evidence for or against, but that health care grade masks should be saved for HCWs and those dealing with likely COVID-19 cases, not the hopefully well... yes, yes...

11. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And that's an issue. Yes, retail employees are risking their lives, if not in the same way that HCWs are -- and CNAs don't get that much higher of pay in LTC/hospice than the average "manager" (aka a...

12. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And in April 2020, there was a new article that said the general public wearing cloth masks may, along with other preventive measures such as hand hygiene and attempts at social distancing, help...

13. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I probably should have been clearer as well. A few posts had dismissed cloth masks in public as ineffective (due to either poor design or quality, or poor usage) and suggested surgical/procedure...

14. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What I have seen, more than simply dismissing them, has been questions about the effectiveness of cloth masks vs tested ones. Especially since we know nurses have died after being told to wear a...

15. Facial coverings effective?

    moriahcat replied to Thanksforthedonuts's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Agreed wholeheartedly. And even if retrospective studies controlling for mask-wearers using other social distancing strategies/hand hygiene show the masks themselves did little in preventing...