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  1. Kern County ER Docs C-19

    moriahcat replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's still available on the news page's facebook, as the link in the top of the thread shows. The show was on Fox -- Tucker Carlson. Someone shared out a link. I can't find it on KGET's Youtube...

  2. Due to the Coronavirus, are freed prison inmates going to malinger their way into psychiatric hospitals?

    moriahcat replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's honestly why I thought a discussion among docs and nurses on wards experiencing an issue with extremely combative pts about "chemical restraint" protocol would be a potential option, at least...

  3. Nursing Homes. The bodies are just pilling up.

    moriahcat replied to xanderx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Again, and I hate to be the "mediator" (though it's usually my role).... I believe that what she meant by "mandate" was "mandated coverage for such visits", not that they were going to mandate...

  4. Nursing Homes. The bodies are just pilling up.

    moriahcat replied to xanderx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, it was always going to be optional for the patient, but there was to be mandated coverage of such visits no matter what your insurance was. Self-insuring organizations that erroneously (and...

  5. Due to the Coronavirus, are freed prison inmates going to malinger their way into psychiatric hospitals?

    moriahcat replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was more trying to help you deal with your current pts, and you still haven't answered whether you know for certain the ones that are being so combative are indeed "exploit(ing) the mental health...

  6. Due to the Coronavirus, are freed prison inmates going to malinger their way into psychiatric hospitals?

    moriahcat replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks, reason I asked was that you weren't clear (perhaps purposefully to protect their privacy) if these combative pts were actually released inmates or not. If not released inmates, then I'd...

  7. Due to the Coronavirus, are freed prison inmates going to malinger their way into psychiatric hospitals?

    moriahcat replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Without violating HIPAA, can you confirm if the combative pts you're dealing with actually *were* released from prison? I would imagine that, just like most non-COVID areas of care, psychiatrists...

  8. Why not quarantine McDonald's and ban soda pop?

    moriahcat replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I seriously believe you misinterpreted Daisy4RN's post. She was talking about the attempt to cover a visit for discussing end-of-life options, vs the patient trying to make an Advance Directive on...

  9. Nursing Homes. The bodies are just pilling up.

    moriahcat replied to xanderx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The very good provision proposed in the ACA, to cover a visit for any patient who wanted to discuss their advance directive, was blown out of proportion and then removed thanks to those right-wing...

  10. Nursing Homes. The bodies are just pilling up.

    moriahcat replied to xanderx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree with you that coverage for the "hard conversation" about what a patient would really want should things get bad is a good thing. For example, my grandmother had her Living Will, and it...

  11. Is the Coronavirus beginning the breakdown of our society?

    moriahcat replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I do think there will be "unrest". As in, people getting cabin fever, or protesting, or believing wild conspiracy theories. Remember that Youtube has a ton of disinformation on it, and there are...

  12. Nursing Homes. The bodies are just pilling up.

    moriahcat replied to xanderx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To try to address your point without attacking you for your poor word choice: 1) Many LTC facilities also have rehab wings -- including the very good one my grandmother was at (a decade ago) that...

  13. Should nurses be getting involved in the Reopen America protests nationwide?

    moriahcat replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it should depend on the individual state. States like mine that haven't been hit hard yet but continuously had testing bottlenecks in their attempt to test exposed health care workers and...

  14. Should nurses be getting involved in the Reopen America protests nationwide?

    moriahcat replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would respectfully submit that Dr. Anthony Fauci was {in}famous a long time ago, for his handling of very different virus. He's not in it for 15 minutes of fame or infamy at this late date, at...

  15. What’s the point of testing people who are not sick enough to be hospitalized?

    moriahcat replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My (not-nurse) guess for a reason to get sick-but-not-hospitalized-yet people tested is mainly based on looking at the course of the disease in the WA pt who was hospitalized primarily for isolation...

  16. Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    moriahcat replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    To get back on the lighter side (somewhat) of this thread, has anyone had an IV drug using pt ask to be the one to do their own blood draw, or was my father the only one? Given he was HIV+, it was in...

  17. COVID-19 and lung disease

    moriahcat replied to rebecpar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wish I could answer your question, but I am not licensed in anything. With that, the best recommendation I could make would be to speak with your own doctor, because every person with asthma/COPD...

  18. Psychiatric Advantage Directives in the ER?

    moriahcat posted a topic in Emergency

    While I'm partially asking this question for myself, I'm curious how many of you guys have had patients present with a psychiatric advance directive and how it helped/hindered your ER's ability to...

  19. Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

    moriahcat replied to Charlottemay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    FYI, that's how I would want a family member who had a problem with my care to do -- realize that screaming, threats, and violence (verbal or otherwise) will do nothing to fix things, calm themselves...

  20. Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

    moriahcat replied to Charlottemay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I apologize for seeming to lecture you. The "you" I meant was in general and related to one specific nurse at that hospital, not that anyone on this forum did either (verbally abuse patients or the...

  21. Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

    moriahcat replied to Charlottemay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Right now I am so tempted to be an "abusive family member" it's not funny, and I am bringing my man with me so that he will help diffuse my temper so the conversation doesn't involve raised voices or...

  22. Drug seekers

    moriahcat replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother was afraid of meds, because her family had alcoholics and her husband was dependent on Empirin-4s for spasmodic torticollis pre-botox. When she broke her hip, she thought the PCA after...

  23. Drug seekers

    moriahcat replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Re: ETOH, my neighbor had to have an overnight at the heart hospital in our state, and he jokingly asked a nurse for a beer with dinner. His doctor had already written it into the orders if he...

  24. Drug seekers

    moriahcat replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I'd never wish that disease on anyone, for sure. Even now, when they run out of effective drugs it's just as ugly of a death as it was in the 80s. Noncompliance often makes that happen sooner rather...

  25. Drug seekers

    moriahcat replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my father was lucky. Since his drug of choice was amphetamine, it wasn't something he could "score" easily from physicians. But any addict has a similar rep when it comes to seeking, and for...