Thimbalina

Thimbalina

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  1. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Thimbalina replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I find it ironic that someone who had visited West Africa would throw up on the entrance to the Pentagon. Ok. NOW can we restrict access into our country from these countries? Bam. Take that...

  2. Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    Thimbalina replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Quote from SionainnRN I'll probably get flamed for this but unless you're sick I don't know why you're calling off. Is your husband unable to take the kids to the doctors while you're at work? No one...

  3. allnurses Ebola Preparedness Survey Makes the News.

    Thimbalina replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've worked along side many LPNs/LVNs throughout my career. Yes, they are nurses. I'm sorry you were treated this way. Your voice counts. Keep talking. Most likely they didn't like what you had to say...

  4. NEW EBOLA CSZAR Ron Klain

    Thimbalina replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why hire a doctor when you can get a lawyer????? African standards are now higher than they are in the US of A.

  5. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Thimbalina replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I feel so much better now that we have an ebola Czar. Especially since he has no healthcare experience whatsoever. However he is a Czar so wow that is awesome. (sarcasm) I want to be a Czar when I...

  6. How do you deal with dementia residents?

    Thimbalina replied to godlycreations's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    aw. That was heart warming. :)

  7. True story when I was in high school

    Thimbalina replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in School

    You were a very smart young lady and demonstrated what I would call great discernment and discretion. That shows a great deal of character imo which is rare. The nurse, the secretary and the student...

  8. most gross and sad situation

    Thimbalina replied to jlha's topic in School

    When I was working in ER the doctor came out of the room and randomly announced that there was a cockroach in the kids ear and to please lavage it. He had left the door open though and one of the new...

  9. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Thimbalina replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No offense but you don't know

  10. Dallas Presbyterian Nurse Interview

    Thimbalina replied to annie.rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She was very brave. It is good she had her lawyer. She's gonna need one because she did what needed to be done and what needed to be said. I hope this entire incident will give hospitals pause and...

  11. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    Thimbalina replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am feeling the same sorts of feelings... very conflicted. I think for her to call the CDC she had to be having other symptoms and in her heart of heart she knew. I can't imagine being in her...

  12. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Thimbalina replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    yeah me… eating my words… redirect them all to the CDC (Center of Denial and

  13. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Thimbalina replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Under the circumstances at Emory I would take care of an Ebola pt as well… at the Dallas Hospital? Well, not unless I was suicidal which I am not… Those poor staff have been denied basic equipment...

  14. We need to support our nurses!

    Thimbalina replied to altaylor219's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The general public is completely ignorant about what nurses do and the responsibilities we bear. They have no idea that you can't become a CCRN without a certain amount of hours in ICU or the amount...

  15. Patient Entitlement

    Thimbalina replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    CDC is now being called the ''Center for Denial and Confusion" "Hospitals cannot control the spread of C diff and resistant strains of staph in the hospitals in this country. How can they be expected...

  16. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Thimbalina replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was thinking also about the other people involved indirectly specifically HOUSEKEEPING! How scary for the poor housekeepers who had to clean… Did they use a separate mop? How did they dispose of...

  17. 2nd health care worker gets Ebola at TX Hosp

    Thimbalina replied to RN2B123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think that now that the CDC admits to advising her to fly, it proves she did her due diligence in seeking advice by what we all thought were the 'authorities'. My respect for her went WAY

  18. 2nd health care worker gets Ebola at TX Hosp

    Thimbalina replied to RN2B123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is CRAZY!!! C-R-A-Z-Y!!!!! She called the CDC and ASKED them???? What?????? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I was just watching CNN. The nurse Kady Roemer… (I think that is her name?) She made a very...

  19. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Thimbalina replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    nurses are threatening to walk off the job. thats why the second nurse got

  20. Common sense

    Thimbalina replied to Indigo_Beauty's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's so easy to judge, but think about all the patients that come in every day with vomiting and diarrhea. Are we as a nation going to put a hazmat suit on with each of those patients? or what if...

  21. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Thimbalina replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wrap your neck w Tape?? That would trigger a feeling of strangulation in me… and seriously, how are you supposed to get it off? I can literally see the flecks of the virus spread with the removal of...

  22. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    Thimbalina replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The president has claimed publicly REPEATEDLY how prepared we are as a nation for Ebola. Clearly, CLEARLY we are NOT. The CDC still has the nerve to say 'you can have complete confidence in the CDC'....

  23. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Thimbalina replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The 2nd nurse had 'extensive contact with Duncan'. She flew with a low grade fever and should not have traveled. I don't care what you think of me personally, I think she behaved with disregard for...

  24. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Thimbalina replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read that all of the healthcare workers that took care of Duncan were being 'monitored'. That doesn't sound like 'monitoring' to me if you're free to go off on an airplane. (I'm not blaming her, I'm...

  25. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Thimbalina replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    if it were me I'd want the hazmat suit AND a gown... the gown to protect my front so that it's safe to take off the front opening of the hazmat