Kitiger RN

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    Staffing On Covid Unit

    Kitiger replied to RNKPCE's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wearing gowns from one room to the next might be OK when you don't have enough PPE. I don't know. But I am concerned because gowns - unlike masks - are likely to touch the beds. If every patient...
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    When can I get the COVID vaccine?

    Kitiger posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work private duty homecare with clients that do not have COVID (as far as we know.) I believe that makes me Phase 1A Priority Three. I checked with my doctor and with one of my agencies....
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    2020 Covid Pandemic Year: Hard to Believe it has Come to This!

    Kitiger replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A husky standing on the kitchen counter. That beggars the
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    2020 Covid Pandemic Year: Hard to Believe it has Come to This!

    Kitiger replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good
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    I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    Kitiger replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would rather those doses still go to health care - or whichever category is currently getting the
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    Covid Patients on enhanced droplet precautions in a regular room

    Kitiger replied to telenurse2009's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Uhh. . .
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    2020 Covid Pandemic Year: Hard to Believe it has Come to This!

    Kitiger replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Is that a be-nice-to-the-cat dog or is it a go-get-'em kind of
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    Nurses and other staff refusing to Treat COVID patients

    Kitiger replied to Mena2015's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The size of the loading dose counts. If you get a smaller dose, you won't get as sick. You cannot stop a virus, but you can slow it down. Flatten the curve. Give our nurses in the hard-hit...
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    Happy New Year to allnurses!

    Kitiger replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I'll just sneak in quietly, and Don't. Touch.
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    I don't know if I should call out or not r/t snow storm

    Kitiger replied to SoNan's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a first aide kit in the car. In the Winter, I keep warm clothes & extra hats/gloves/socks in the car, along with road salt, pea gravel, and a spade. A snow shovel doesn't easily get under...
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    Happy New Year to allnurses!

    Kitiger replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Smile. Try not to complain. Be kind.
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    2020 Covid Pandemic Year: Hard to Believe it has Come to This!

    Kitiger replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My cat knows how to growl. ? And my other cat barks when he is excited about getting a treat. And that - of course - brings the other cat
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    Fears of spreading Covid

    Kitiger replied to guest1008923's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Your symptoms were vague and mild. You used your PPE correctly and informed those in charge. And when you came up with a clear COVID symptom, you immediately canceled your shifts and got tested....
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    Kitiger replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I had one vaccination - years ago - tingle down my arm, leaving my entire arm and hand completely numb. Feeling started coming back after a few hours and by the next morning I could use it. I...
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    When can I get the COVID vaccine?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Been there, done that. I checked with my agency, my health department, and my physician. I'll wait and see. I certainly don't want to cut in line; I just don't want to get missed in the
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    When can I get the COVID vaccine?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I tried my county health department. They have started giving EMS workers the vaccine. They are not accepting requests for the vaccine or requests to be placed on a wait list. We are instructed to...
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    Find Your Place in the COVID Vaccine Line

    Kitiger replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have "very few" people ahead of me. I have no idea what that means. I am healthcare, but not a front line worker (I don't work with known COVID
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    Now that I've gotten it....

    Kitiger replied to CalicoKitty's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have some family members who got COVID 6 months ago. It was a mild sickness like the colds that get passed around. It ripped through the whole family. Last month, one of them - in her 50s - had...
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    COVID and Winter coats

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I do multiple nebulizer treatments every day, that's why the KN95 mask. The surgical masks gap too much at the
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    COVID and Winter coats

    Kitiger posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm a private duty nurse, home care. I posted this under Specialties/Private Duty, but I think I'll get more traffic here. MODS, is this OK? Right now, I'm working in two homes, neither of which...
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    Nurses and other staff refusing to Treat COVID patients

    Kitiger replied to Mena2015's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Your word choices are
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    Nurses and other staff refusing to Treat COVID patients

    Kitiger replied to Mena2015's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I fear you are right, although instead of "covidiots", I would say, "those who want what they want, and they don't care what anyone else
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    Your Experience in Caring for People Diagnosed With COVID

    Kitiger replied to Newgurl17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So am I. I've had to 'hide' some of my friends on face book. They are want to argue, insisting that COVID has been blown all out of proportion. When I post deaths, hospitalizations, etc., they...
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    COVID Testing and Home Care

    Kitiger replied to caliotter3's topic in Private Duty

    I wear a KN95 mask almost the entire time I am in my client's home, only taking it off 2 or 3 times for 5 minutes (in the kitchen) to drink down a Glucerna. amoLucia, what is your SpO2 while...
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    Now that the Covid 19 vaccine is just around the corner... Will it be mandatory?

    Kitiger replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Cells contains cytoplasm and the nucleus. DNA is in the nucleus of the cell. mRNA never gets into the