Shamira Aizza

Shamira Aizza

Rotor EMS, Ped's ICU, CT-ICU,

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  1. West Penn school

    Shamira Aizza replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Sorry, I really don't have a personal opinion regarding the best SON in P'burgh...specifically if you prefer a diploma program. If you are looking for a school that will give you the best shot at...

  2. West Penn school

    Shamira Aizza replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    West Penn is really nothing more than a high acuity geriatrics facility that just happens to have a burn center as well. I like the facility for low acuity cardiac services and obstetrics, but that's...

  3. Low income women out of luck?

    Shamira Aizza replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Generalizations are often the foundation of opinion from any position. Not always the most effective, but not necessarily inaccurate. I don't agree with every conservative, but I'm not so naive as to...

  4. Low income women out of luck?

    Shamira Aizza replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I never disagreed with you, so I don't know why you think I missed your point. And protecting people from themselves most certainly does tend to lend itself to a particular persuasion...and it's not...

  5. Health care access by bake sale.....

    Shamira Aizza replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When someone shows evidence that this would be covered under a universal payor, then there might be a point to the criticism. As it stands, socialized systems tend to ration care and deny more...

  6. Low income women out of luck?

    Shamira Aizza replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're right...it makes no sense. We won't protect them in the womb, and we won't protect them from the behaviors that place them at risk, but we will force them to undergo an intervention that they...

  7. Physicians for a National Health Health Program

    Shamira Aizza replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    These physicians are not interested in fair compensation, research/development, incentive, or quality. They also don't realize that even the liberals won't go for this plan because it will reduce the...

  8. High levels of patient dissatisfaction with HSA's

    Shamira Aizza replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Then don't enroll. These are optional plans, and BTW, they originated during the Clinton admin as

  9. Prudhoe Bay camp nurses

    Shamira Aizza replied to BRANDIES's topic in General Nursing

    This person is a physician who contracts NP's to work at PB. She may be able to help you find out who contracts the RN's.

  10. Excela Health

    Shamira Aizza replied to calirn2006's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    If it were me, I would look in Monroeville or Murrysville; this would put your husband reasonably close to Pittsburgh and possibly make the drive into the city more tolerable, while putting you in the...

  11. paramedics in the ER

    Shamira Aizza replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    Actually, no they don't. "Most" suggests that at least more than half, i.e at least 26 states. As it stands, only Oregon requires an associates degree for their paramedics. If you have a link to...

  12. Why don't the big boys understand??

    Shamira Aizza replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting that they wouldn't make that comment when their hospital has a revenue-generating bed available. This referral issue is a problem; if there were a bit of competition for your...

  13. Latrobe, Pittsburg, or Natrona Heights

    Shamira Aizza replied to daniw603's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Since the best way to gauge how "bad" traffic might be, the best thing to do is to compare it to the other major routes going into Pittsburgh, and I would have to say that of all the major routes...

  14. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    Shamira Aizza replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Resuscitated a man on a plane somewhere over western Canada; I was in coach class and assistance was requested for an "ill person" in first class. We were only 20 minutes into the flight, and over 3...

  15. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    Shamira Aizza replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    More than a bit different...a lot different. The saturation for those patients has nothing to do with CO2 driven respiratory drive or lung disease and function, but rather with the fact that the...

  16. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    Shamira Aizza replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good point. I'd also like to say that respect is a two-way street, and having worked as a paramedic before I became an RN, I wouldn't be so gracious to have my clinical decisions addressed...

  17. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    Shamira Aizza replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking somewhere there are some paramedics on an EMS forum talking about this one-lung COPD patient he was called for, and when he arrived, he found the patient saturating at 73%, and some HH...

  18. Ride along

    Shamira Aizza replied to aerorunner80's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    You need to call them and ask them what their policies are regarding dress-code and cameras. BTW, something that never seems to get passed on is that you need to bring some lunch...possible ADD a few...

  19. What is it like living in Pittsburgh?

    Shamira Aizza replied to Soup Turtle's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Disclaimer; Pittsburgh is easy to get around in for LOCALS! Pittsburgh is a downright nightmare for out-of-towners! The convergence of the three rivers does not help. I lived in Pittsburgh for five...

  20. Is it appropriate to check on pts?

    Shamira Aizza replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    I agree that HIPAA was grossly misunderstood and mis-applied in it's infancy, often against the tenets of BASIC common sense. I worked as a paramedic for several years before becoming an RN, and would...

  21. Charting do's and don'ts

    Shamira Aizza replied to willdgate's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I try very hard not to AROUSE my patients!!!!

  22. Charting do's and don'ts

    Shamira Aizza replied to willdgate's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Possibly not. Are you talking in general, or specifically regarding the neuro exam? Also, what unit, what kind of patient (adult, pediatric), and what diagnosis? I.e. a neuro patient requires a more...

  23. New Grad-PICU

    Shamira Aizza replied to googabin02's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Not knowing you, it's hard to say if it was a bad choice. BUT, I believe it's entirely appropriate for a new grad to specialize in something like PICU after graduating. The med-surg idea is a vestigal...

  24. Pittsburgh Hospitals

    Shamira Aizza replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Depends on what you want to do...specifically, what kind of ICU. If you just want adult ICU, you could probably go pretty much anywhere. All of the big hospitals have similary acuity in their general...

  25. Is it appropriate to check on pts?

    Shamira Aizza replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    NOT at HIPAA violation. Reason it's not a HIPAA violation is because you were involved in patient care. The whole purpose of HIPAA is in fact to streamline the transfer of information between sending...