tshores

tshores

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  1. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    tshores replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To Laidback Al: Then why are you including only the sugarcoated Conclusions/Interpretations instead of the Results and Findings in those studies? Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Results:...

  2. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    tshores replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A study published in the October 2008 issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that vaccinating young children against the flu had no impact on flu-related hospitalizations...

  3. pay for new RN in Arkansas

    tshores replied to ladyhot's topic in General Nursing

    You can call the hospital's HR department and ask what the starting pay is for a new grad

  4. Flu shot issue

    tshores replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Maybe some people have the tin foil over their eyes...maybe they haven't read about how the CDC, FDA, WHO and the pharmaceutical companies are all interrelated, largely because of the financial ties...

  5. Flu shot issue

    tshores replied to coolpeach's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Many studies funded by pharmaceutical companies selling vaccines have "proved" that influenza vaccine is safe and effective. But independent reviews of those studies have found the opposite is true....

  6. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    tshores replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Chest hair is no more "nasty" than head or arm hair or any other hair. Who decided that it is? Where did this all come from anyhow? They're MEN, not women. And they shouldn't have to cover up any...

  7. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    tshores replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Proof of present-day use of aluminum-based adjuvants in vaccines just so you know: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17201666 http://www.reeis.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/195042.html...

  8. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    tshores replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not taking a vaccination has absolutely nothing to do with washing hands and changing gloves and paraplegic firemen. I did NOT say the government was making the vaccine mandatory; I was making...

  9. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    tshores replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I DO understand the reasons for taking the flu vaccinations; I just don't think they should make them mandatory because there are just as many good reasons not to take them. They could make them...

  10. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    tshores replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But I don't blindly trust the pharmaceutical companies nor their regulating agencies--they've had to recall too many medications they said were "safe"; usually after a lot of people died. There are...

  11. Eight or Twelve Hour Shifts

    tshores replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 54 and work 7 12-hr shifts in a row and get 7 days off in a row; 29 years in so far. I wouldn't have tried it with young children, but now as long as I can get a couple of hours in the evenings...

  12. Clogs while nursing

    tshores replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    Still, there's more risk in sticking yourself somewhere else--hands, fingers, etc. and they don't make you wear leather gloves. I think it has more to do with tradition and appearance rather than...

  13. Clogs while nursing

    tshores replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the safety issues with the holes in the shoes. Most of us get more spills/splatters of everything on our scrub pants and tops, and that's just a thin piece of material covering...

  14. Ccrn

    tshores replied to PammyRN,CEN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm supposed to attend a 4-day CCRN review in Little Rock next month. Do you think the Gasparis tapes/CD's helped you a lot? All this stuff is so expensive (and we don't get a salary differential...

  15. allnurses mentioned in AJN and it ain't flattering

    tshores replied to actioncat's topic in General Nursing

    Bit ridiculous, isn't it. So maybe it's time for all the doctors' and nurses' associations and boards to do some

  16. Boneheaded Nursing: A Cautionary Tale

    tshores replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I've probably posted this before, but it's always with me so bear with me, please. If you straight-line someone from pushing Verapamil (and push very slow with the elderly, don't slam it in even if...

  17. allnurses mentioned in AJN and it ain't flattering

    tshores replied to actioncat's topic in General Nursing

    Aw, well. Who reads AJN? Nurses. And we know our senses of humor are off the wall sometimes; it's how we let off steam, live with stuff we see every day, etc., etc. The dramatic point the author...

  18. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    tshores replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are so funny. Guys wear the same type v-neck scrub tops most of us wear with about the same amount of skin showing (yeah, some of those v-necks run pretty low on some of us females, too)....

  19. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

    tshores replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Probably a lot depends on how closely you work with doctors. In SICU, you work with a lot of surgeons and just about every other specialty--and some of them are extremely arrogant. Yes, once in a...

  20. Med Errors

    tshores replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    In a post CABG patient, Tridil turned off in a peripheral line--then a few minutes later, pt. was bolused with NS in the same line. Of course, there was still Tridil in the tubing and the BP...

  21. Care Plans an Exercise in FUTILITY??????

    tshores replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know much about LTC, but in ICU's I've worked in (for 25+ years), most nurses record patient-specific information in a kardex or sheet of paper (or even half-sheet of paper) left on a...

  22. What was your secret weapon for surviving nursing school??

    tshores replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    And when you're really overwhelmed and want to drop, just go again and do what you need to today. You can make yourself make it through one more day...each 'today' at a

  23. Lunch breaks

    tshores replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Everyone should get off the unit when they can take a break, smoker or not. Go to the lounge and put your feet up, go for a walk somewhere, to the gift shop, wherever. Gives you a chance to settle...

  24. Let's play I Remember When.....

    tshores replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, remember the Emerson bottles and stainless steel bedpans and urinals. I also remember ducking a few thrown by patients in DT's. I went to school in California and moved to Arkansas in the...