NurseSpeedy ADN, LPN, RN

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    If Tulsa becomes a hotzone, I won't be volunteering there

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

    Am I the only person who it totally over this COVID19 BS-everybody keep your distance, wear your masks CORRECTLY, wash your hands, and don’t touch your face. I live in FL. Over 100,000 positives to...
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    I can't believe this - wearing a mask during the test?

    NurseSpeedy replied to guest1059427's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Get used to it- I wear an N95 while running around as a nurse for about 9 hours straight 5 days in a row. Maybe try practicing it at home prior for a few hours each day?-you get over it and if you do...
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    No Scott Toilet Paper?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good idea, I’ll have to check. My husband is very particular to the brand/and being unscented-he hates Febreeze
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    Nurses Refilling Prescriptions

    NurseSpeedy replied to Garden's topic in General Nursing

    I am assuming there is a protocol for the refills. Anything that doesn’t fit the protocol I would run by the physician. I spent the first 17 years of my career in mostly hospitals-I noticed a big...
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    When a Covid 19 vaccine becomes available, will it be absolutely mandatory for healthcare staff?

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

    I agree with the rushed covid vaccine thoughts on waiting until we know more about its safety. I waited on the flu vaccine because it was free from my employer-the got theirs late-I was diagnosed the...
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    When a Covid 19 vaccine becomes available, will it be absolutely mandatory for healthcare staff?

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

    I’m not that old but old enough to remember trials of bringing back the small pox vaccine when we thought it would possibly be used as bioterrorism after 9/11/01. Media showed a few young healthy...
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    Any advice on when to put in 2-wk notice??

    NurseSpeedy replied to SweetBabyJames's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely-I had this letter (and email) to refer to when I was called three weeks later a week into my new job asking me where I was for my shift. What? I delivered letter in person too, had sit down...
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    Will Protests Lead to More COVID Surges?

    NurseSpeedy replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My opinion-it will cause a surge. we just spent months in quarantine for this to just blow up in our faces
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    No Scott Toilet Paper?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here’s one: cat liter-this is gonna get ugly.... and of course the usual TP, sanitizer, masks, cleaning products (except toilet bowl cleaner????), paper towels, Pepcid, Tagamet, Zyrtec, and...
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    Biggest Pain or Problem

    NurseSpeedy replied to tronix304's topic in General Nursing

    Find me (nurse) and my husband (he works in hospitals as a manufacturer rep) proper PPE and waiting for it to arrive, hopefully, from amazon since our employers cannot seem to find any either. I have...
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    ADN vs BSN Nurses' Competency

    NurseSpeedy replied to StudentNurseMNUS's topic in General Nursing

    Both take the same NCLEX RN exam. Employment will depend greatly on the job market and what you want to do. I have seen the job market fluctuate over the past 20 years. Employer’s hire what they can...
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    Age vs Years Nursing

    NurseSpeedy replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    Age:38 I became an LPN 19 years ago and an RN 4 years ago. My licenses renew on opposite years. CEU companies sometimes will not submit my units for both license numbers to CE broker. Good
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    Toon Caption Contest | Nurses Week

    NurseSpeedy replied to Brian S.'s topic in News, Announcements

    “I thought you flat ironed your hair before you left today. It looked so nice.” ”I did. This is the ‘post make your own PPE out of trash bags and wear your own Amazon aquired mask day from...
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    Informed employer I was going to NYC to help with COVID crisis and was threatened to be reported for pt abandonment

    NurseSpeedy replied to Butterflygrl38's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, but not hospitals with 10 plus patient load with rapidly changing status. I have worked both ends of the equation-they are very
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    How to properly inject your lungs with Lysol

    NurseSpeedy replied to eerrmm's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think on of the brands is “train wreck”....looks more like rubbing alcohol than hand sanitizer- one employers answer to hand sanitizer to say they gave their employees safety equipment-oh- and...
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    How to properly inject your lungs with Lysol

    NurseSpeedy replied to eerrmm's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Too late-it’s already being hoarded. That along with Tylenol and thanks to Dr. Oz-Pepcid is flying off the
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    How to properly inject your lungs with Lysol

    NurseSpeedy replied to eerrmm's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All this while lying in a super uv tanning bed with Lysol being administered via an essential oil diffuser! Post treatment Hydration drink will consist of high ph water mixed beverage with patient’s...
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    Advocating for Nurses: Allow Nurses Their Own PPE

    NurseSpeedy replied to AmericanNurseAdvocates's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The problem is the people coming up with these regulations are probably far away from the actual patients that their employees are being exposed to. It would be a lot different if it were them being...
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    Advocating for Nurses: Allow Nurses Their Own PPE

    NurseSpeedy replied to AmericanNurseAdvocates's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sounds like some hospitals don’t want it getting out that their nurses need to buy their own PPE and they have also probably refused to reimburse them for it (such as submitting receipts and having...
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    Just started job and I think I'm getting sick

    NurseSpeedy replied to friendlyskies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You should stay home and get tested. You should not risk infecting everyone else and your patients. Your employer may not agree. Many of them have proven their qualification for the A-hole employer...
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    Hospital Terminating RNs for Travel Nursing

    NurseSpeedy replied to traumaqueen1993's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A lot of these types of hospitals will TRY to make you bend to their terms-a bit harder to enforce-especially if you call them out on it. I worked PRN. worked my own schedule, just had to commit to...
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    Am I a coward for going on FMLA due to COVID?

    NurseSpeedy replied to ML1376's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You can’t help anyone if you’re dead. Given your health history I don’t blame you. I have chronic lung problems and autoimmune disorders. There is no way in hell I would go back to acute care...
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    Sterilize and Reuse Mask

    NurseSpeedy replied to NurseSugar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You would think it would be a pretty straight forward answer-unless they don’t know what they’re doing-which may be nothing but handing back out the
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    Sterilize and Reuse Mask

    NurseSpeedy replied to NurseSugar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How the heck are they sterilizing a disposable paper mask??? Sorry, but your employer sounds like they are feeding you a load of BS. God I hope they are not reusing masks that are not even the right...
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    Really America?

    NurseSpeedy replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just had to by feminine hygiene wipes for my family to wipe themselves with after going to the bathroom. No TP, no baby wipes, no disposable toilet wipes, no paper towels, no Kleenex, but there were...