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Labs: CMP; Liver panel; amylase & lipase; CBC Vital Signs? Any urinary symptoms? Any aggravating factors such as fatty foods?

If you look at the photo, they have proper PPE gowns underneath the garbage bags. Maybe the bags just serve to extend the life of the PPE? Like wearing a surgical mask over an N95. They look pretty safely garbed

That mortality rate is inaccurate because it is based on CONFIRMED cases. We cannot know the true mortality rate without knowing the true infection rate. and https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-take...

The patients have got to feel lonely and isolated with no visitors allowed. I could see a role for volunteers to visit and provide company and comfort. to those who want it. I expect the hospital would want them to sign a liability release waiver.

Jerri Jorgensen age 65 had the virus and had a few hours of symptoms- otherwise felt fine. https://video.foxnews.com/v/6139308142001 Keep in mind that at least 80% of cases are mild to moderate. (And that percent may be far higher because we don't k...

If you are under age 44, the death rate is minimal. NYC is finally publishing age data: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page Under age 44- only 4 deaths per hundred thousand.

Yes, LIFE INSURANCE, and a Veteran's benefit style health and disability insurance for disease related complications. Double Ditto and I'll raise: When they give you "occurrences" for calling in sick, double "occurrences" if it is on the weekend or ...

Lesson learned: We should become less reliant on disposable PPE and come up with reusable options. Perhaps each nurse could aquire our own reusable mask -much like we do our stethoscope- but from a list of "approved" models. I know of a hospital whic...

I know of a hospital which is using reusable N99 masks on the COVID floors. In between patients, the nurse wipes the exposed part of the mask down with purple top wipes. At the end of the shift, the nurse washes the mask with soap and water in prepar...

You can get a doctor's note. The doctor will not refuse. Send an email through their contact portal listing your risk factors- that way your request is documented. My doctor called back immediately and insisted that I accept a note excusing me from...

Of patients age 0-44 there have been 3 deaths per 100,000 people in NYC. That is a 0.003% death rate.

On the highly publicized deaths of the exceedingly rare younger patient "with no known risk factor" Even though there is no KNOWN risk factor, there could be undiagnosed or undocumented risk factors. CDC collects data "on presence or absence of under...

This is the data from NYC. They are finally publishing the rates by age. It will be reassuring for those of you under age 44. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

California: On March 30, 2020 Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-39-20, authorizing the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to waive any of the professional licensing requirements relating to healing arts licensees in Division ...

Your doctor will write a work waiver for you. I'm not sure how that would works out financially but your life is the priority right now. If you qualify for FLMA, you can use to preserve the job option.

Your insulting of people who reply is trollish. Stanford Professor: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eci.13222

Your statistics are wrong. Maybe watching too much MSM? Fatality rate of people who have symptoms is 1.4% at worst https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/lower-coronavirus-death-rate-estimates/ and there are many people who were infected and asymptomat...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 2,813,503 registered deaths in the United States in 2017. That comes to 54,000 deaths per week (from all causes). So far, in the USA, 4089 people have died from COVID-19 si...

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615379/antibody-test-how-widespread-coronavirus-covid-19-really-is/

Are there still grad nurse jobs out there that are not residencies? I graduated 2012 and I don't remember applying for any residencies. The hospitals all hired new grads- mainly med-surg night shift to start. We had orientation for several weeks (12?...

Age discrimination happens but I'd wager that research would support that people over 55 do not job hop nearly as much and will never be out for extended maternity leave. And perhaps even do not call in sick as much??? (I have left multiple jobs with...

If there are any hospital bills associated with this, you should not have to pay them (nor your insurance company). Take it up the ladder for that concession at least. They need to cover all medical expenses for their error.

Smokers make health and life insurance premiums higher. If the employer is paying for these, I can see why they would screen. (Though I think some of the hospitals that screen may do so for religious reasons. I applied to an Adventist hospital and t...

1:3 ratio is a nice ideal but is it reality? The ratio can be 1:4 on a PCU even in California. The California ratio law apparently does not apply to PCU's but to a "stepdown unit". The large hospital where I work does not have a single "stepdown unit...

My first job was at a rural hospital. Apply at rural hospitals and commute. Stay for at least a year. I stayed 3 years and future jobs were very impressed with that- they like hiring someone who has a track record of staying in a job. Apparently it ...