Kitiger RN

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    How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    Kitiger replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Red Cross required appointments, masks (of coorifice), we were very well spaced out, and - at my end of the day appointment - there were only 2 donors, myself included. I felt much safer there...
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    Standard COVID Precautions

    Kitiger replied to rooftop-yawp's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why not simply wash the plastic on the face shield with soap & water? Soap kills the virus and water washes it away. And neither will fog up the shield. Am I missing something here? Perhaps...
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    How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    Kitiger replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I haven't been tested either. But I have been tested (negative) for antibodies twice since April because Red Cross automatically tests when we donate
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    Defunding the Police: Win /Win Situation Or Recipe for Disaster?

    Kitiger replied to simba and mufasa's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Fewer sent to prison has to
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    Acronym - WEOD

    Kitiger replied to ReOxyS's topic in General Nursing

    Week end only
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    Defunding the Police: Win /Win Situation Or Recipe for Disaster?

    Kitiger replied to simba and mufasa's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    How do we go about rectifying the family structure in Black communities? What are your
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    Defunding the Police: Win /Win Situation Or Recipe for Disaster?

    Kitiger replied to simba and mufasa's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Three ways to poverty: drop out of high school, have no marketable skills (so no job), and become a single parent. Often, these are from poor choices, but sometimes it just happens, as when the...
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    Defunding the Police: Win /Win Situation Or Recipe for Disaster?

    Kitiger replied to simba and mufasa's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Understanding that Black lives matter is not the same thing as supporting the organization "Black Lives Matter"
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    Reading oxygen flowmeters

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in Private Duty

    I decided that the reason the worker insisted on reading the bottom of the bubble is because he read it while standing up and looking down. I always read it with my face in the same plane, not looking...
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    Charting help

    Kitiger replied to Beastmom0911's topic in Private Duty

    Below are some ideas for charting. The trick is to chart more fully on a different topic each day. Bolus Mikey feed: Tolerated well? Asleep? Playing with ______. "Feed tolerance is...
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    Why do you think it is beneficial to have a second nurse available during a catheterization?

    Kitiger replied to Rainha_portuguesa's topic in General Nursing

    I've had several clients who required straight caths every 4 to 6 hours. As a private duty home health nurse, I didn't have anyone available to assist. And as far as I know, they didn't end up...
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    Report from parents.

    Kitiger replied to Beastmom0911's topic in Private Duty

    I usually ask them if there is "anything new or exciting". Has he been to the doctor? Are there any new orders? Did anything unusual happen since I last saw him? Be sure to chart these things. I...
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    I'm a NURSE!

    Kitiger replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I went charging through the house, yelling "I got it! I got
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    Why doesn't any job seem to fit?? (AKA what is wrong with me?)

    Kitiger replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in General Nursing

    I am truly happy and satisfied with my job doing private duty home care. Have you considered private
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    How do I trust my judgement after this? First Patient Death

    Kitiger replied to nurse54361's topic in General Nursing

    I remember my first death when I was floating to ICU. It happened so fast, and I didn't have a clue what went wrong. I was distraught. Several of the other nurses talked to me after the shift. They...
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    When your partner doesn't get it

    Kitiger replied to Zippy83's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I wish I had advice for you. I don't. But I do get it. It's like you spend 80% of your energy on work and 20% of your energy on family. After that, you may have time, but your energy is used up....
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    KN95 mask?

    Kitiger replied to guest1143647's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is a huge difference between an N95 and a KN95. The KN95 allows air to come in around the mask; a properly fitted N95 mask does not allow this. When you wear a KN95, do your glasses fog up?...
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    PA Ballot woes

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

    We voted by mail in the primary, checked the box for a mail-in ballot for the general election, and received our ballots for the general election about three weeks ago. Yesterday, I dropped off my...
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    Have you ever received an award for nursing?

    Kitiger replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, those promotional photos will brand you to that hospital. Not a good thing, in my view. Cyberbullies can more easily dox you and pressure your hospital to fire you. My friends know I'm a nurse,...
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    Starting on Night Shift

    Kitiger replied to ToHealTheSick's topic in General Nursing

    No coffee after 3am. Eat a light breakfast when you get home. I was one of those who switched back & forth with my sleep routine. I set the alarm for a 4-hr nap just before going in to...
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    Starting on Night Shift

    Kitiger replied to ToHealTheSick's topic in General Nursing

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    Has anybody else switched from an RN job to a CNA job?

    Kitiger replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    On 9/28/2020 at 3:08 PM, dragonheart said: In accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, you cannot perform duties below your level current licensure. All of it falls within the nurses...
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    Have you ever received an award for nursing?

    Kitiger replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I was awarded Employee of the Month, and thought it was nice that they noticed that I was doing a good job. Then, the next month, I saw who was awarded the honor. It was a nurse who regularly did the...
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    Not a "bubbly" nurse

    Kitiger replied to lizet4455RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I, too, have been accused of ignoring people when I didn't recognize them, or when I didn't realize that they were talking to me. My vision - with the glasses that I always wear - is good enough close...
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    Reading oxygen flowmeters

    Kitiger posted a topic in General Nursing

    When you read an oxygen flowmeter, do you read at the top of the bubble, the middle of the bubble, or the bottom of the bubble? I was taught to read the middle of the bubble. And that is what I'm...