Kitiger RN

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    Being asked to come into school during the pandemic

    Kitiger replied to Hazel11's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wasn't the school was closed a month ago? After a month, the virus would be dead anyway. It doesn't replicate outside of a host. What am I missing
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    Am sadly just putting this out there - Overwhelming Covid-19 Death Statistics

    Kitiger replied to amoLucia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You have a wise
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    Am sadly just putting this out there - Overwhelming Covid-19 Death Statistics

    Kitiger replied to amoLucia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Exactly. The numbers are more than I can grasp. With the flu, we have a vaccine. With C19, I feel so
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    Am sadly just putting this out there - Overwhelming Covid-19 Death Statistics

    Kitiger replied to amoLucia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My Mom lived through the polio epidemic. She told me about the fear of crowds, especially in the fall, of being afraid to go to the beach, of school being delayed until after the first frost. Then -...
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    Am sadly just putting this out there - Overwhelming Covid-19 Death Statistics

    Kitiger replied to amoLucia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I do, too. I scold that person (on the TV)! They just refuse to consider that social distancing saves lives! My husband just shakes his head. Yeah, I know they can't hear me, but I just gotta say
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    Am sadly just putting this out there - Overwhelming Covid-19 Death Statistics

    Kitiger replied to amoLucia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Even though I know that grief is not a competition, I sometimes feel that I don't have the right to feel the pain when others are hurt more than me. Feeling guilty for feeling grief is so
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    How to Sanitize N95 Masks for Reuse: NIH Study

    Kitiger replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My husband is thinking about getting me an ultraviolet light sanitizer for small objects, like cell phones. The advertisement shows a procedure mask being
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    Am sadly just putting this out there - Overwhelming Covid-19 Death Statistics

    Kitiger replied to amoLucia's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Perhaps because I'm not frontline, I'm having a hard time getting my arms around all this. The numbers surrounding COVID 19 are so high. It's like a bad dream that I half-remember and don't...
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    Homemade masks

    Kitiger posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read that surgical masks are 3 times more effective than homemade masks. But something is better than nothing, especially when working in the homes, private duty. There are a lot of patterns...
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    How to Sanitize N95 Masks for Reuse: NIH Study

    Kitiger replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Does anyone know how to even partially decontaminate N 95 masks at home? I've been issued one mask, with the understanding that the agency would give me more PPE if my home client gets COVID 19. I...
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    Incorrigible

    Kitiger replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    B! Because Davey IS
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    To be a coward, or to be a fool?

    Kitiger replied to MsJenn_The_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I respect those nurses who chose to come in every day, no matter what. And I respect those nurses who choose to protect themselves and those they love by staying away. It is an individual
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    ER nurse also working Private Duty

    Kitiger replied to Orion81RN's topic in Private Duty

    Some family caregivers have only this one medically fragile person to care for, and - since there are 2 caregivers in the home - they can do 24/7 care. However, some have other children in the home...
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    Are KN 95 masks as good as N 95 masks?

    Kitiger posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think the KN 95 masks are from China. Are they interchangeable with our N 95 masks? My husband says they are made from the same
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    Are KN 95 masks as good as N 95 masks?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ouch. If you ordered some, you wouldn't know until they arrived whether or not they were any good. It could be money well spent or money down the
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    Covid and family members

    Kitiger replied to Elektra6's topic in Private Duty

    Wouldn't you send the patient to ER by
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    Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

    Kitiger replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm confused. Do we or do we not have enough
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    What constitutes an essential employee?

    Kitiger replied to guest1143647's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That agency is
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    Quarantined Nurse’s Scorching Anti-CDC Rant Goes Viral

    Kitiger replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you,
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    What constitutes an essential employee?

    Kitiger replied to guest1143647's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If you took one nurse away from bedside nursing in the hospital, the other nurses would pick up the slack as best they could. If you take one nurse away from private duty nursing, the parents would...
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    Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

    Kitiger replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you,
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    Are those fish bowl helmet things I keep seeing European bipap masks?

    Kitiger replied to Anonymous666's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Maybe it's oxygen under a little pressure: CPAP seems most
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    Really America?

    Kitiger replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Bidet
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Kitiger replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That test artificially kept the particles in the air to see whether they could remain viable while artificially kept in the air. The answer was yes. But when allowed to drop to the ground, they did...
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    Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

    Kitiger replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    He did not say that the virus is 5 microns. He said the definition of aerosol means that the droplet that suspends the virus has to be about 5