misswoosie

misswoosie

ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH

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  1. More Vaccine News

    misswoosie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The vaccine will be tested in about 4,500 people. That is far too few to pick up subtle side effects, but the virus strain in the vaccine is close enough to one strain in seasonal shots so that side...

  2. China-Made Swine Flu Vaccine Protects After One Shot (Update1)

    misswoosie replied to nurse2009's topic in Disaster Preparation

    China has been doing dodgy, unregistered clinical trials on humans for years-it is a common fact. They joined the WHO clinical trials registry in 2007, but many trials remain unregistered. They also...

  3. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    misswoosie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    the exact cause of her death has yet to be established but madelynne had been diagnosed as having swine flu by southampton doctors and had been prescribed the drug tamiflu. heavens-they aren't saying...

  4. China-Made Swine Flu Vaccine Protects After One Shot (Update1)

    misswoosie replied to nurse2009's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Me neither-they don't have the best track record for human rights plus it is very vague-not many good old facts and figures there. They are preliminary results. "The reported results of the Sinovac...

  5. Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    misswoosie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No I don't, but what I do know is that pregnant women and high risk groups will be excluded from clinical trials-they always are.That is why we are very reluctant to give preg women meds unless the...

  6. More Vaccine News

    misswoosie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Also interesting to look at the current clinical trials for the vaccines http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=H1N1 Seems they are all phase 2 studies-so they are measuring safety and efficacy...

  7. Strange Stories Coming Out of Brazil

    misswoosie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is a risk benefit analysis we need.I need to know the risk of dying from swine flu, the risks of the vaccine (which I doubt there is enogh data on) and the risk of dying or bring severely disabled...

  8. Coumadin vs. Lovenox after joint replacement

    misswoosie replied to natkat2816's topic in Orthopedic

    I find this scary that there are ortho surgeons out there "doing their own thing" I know that the evidence points to LMWH, not aspirin or coumadin. Here is a link to the draft guidelines issued by the...

  9. Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    misswoosie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here is something else to consider when thinking of the numbers of US fatalities. The CDC tells us that probably a million people were infected, in the US, and this was well over a month ago. Yet,...

  10. Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    misswoosie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All NHS employees received an email from the chief exec of the NHS recently, saying that the vaccine will be available from Sept. Urges all staff who have direct patient contact to have it. They have...

  11. RCN has adopted a neutral stance on assisted suicide...

    misswoosie replied to scared'o'needles!'s topic in International Nursing

    Sometimes best way with the RCN! BTW I have PMd

  12. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    misswoosie replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you know for a fact that there will be no co-pays? Costs may be lowered, but I would be preapred to lower your expectations too if you have been used to private healthcare. It is a huge task to...

  13. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    misswoosie replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi I work as a Clinical lecturer practioner/ research nurse in acute stroke. So I co-ordinate 6 clinical trials, teach junior docs and qualified nurses from across the region which covers about 4,000...

  14. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    misswoosie replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How much do they pay towards UHC in Australia, and who

  15. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    misswoosie replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Mmmm why does this ring true with me? Maybe because I work in the NHS in England. We ar expected to provide "customer driven" care also, and have to deal with angry relatives.It doesn't help to say...

  16. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    misswoosie replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    Beware dodgy agencies and attorneys. My husband worked with someone from Korea recently. He was in the US on H1B, and was changing employers so needed to change his H1B over.But you are allowed to...

  17. RN Pay Rates in NC

    misswoosie replied to tracyprn's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    It's all about supply and demand.Don't think you can compare NC and SC as places to live. Lower cost of living is lower cost of living,wherever you are from.If people complain so much about the wages...

  18. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    misswoosie replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Don't feel adequately rewarded, appreciated or looked after now, so why would it be any different in this scenario? Nurses will be the last people on the govs agenda.They will be too busy making sure...

  19. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    misswoosie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep, you are correct. As is very usual our minister got it wrong-which doesn't give confidence. I went to the WHO site yesterday evening and this is the latest...

  20. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    misswoosie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We have had 17 deaths in the UK related to swine flu, but up till a week ago they were all in people who had underlying chronic illnesses. In the last week a GP (well I think up until contracted...

  21. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    misswoosie replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration Advice

    I don't understand

  22. low-literacy med handout for coumadin

    misswoosie replied to KateRN1's topic in Patient Education

    omg- we don't get those in the uk and have to admit that i haven't seen them in the us. we only get ones saying "had an injury at work" or "injured in a car accident that wasn't your fault" then "we...

  23. low-literacy med handout for coumadin

    misswoosie replied to KateRN1's topic in Patient Education

    errr-what's an ambulance chaser

  24. Jehovah Witness and Blood Transfusion

    misswoosie replied to stillwant2banurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in cardio OR we had a 10 year old who needed open heart surgery. It was a life saving op but parents were JW and refused togive consent for her to have a blood transfusion. The hospital...

  25. VS parameters and antihypertensive meds

    misswoosie replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't have said it better! Need to consider Current condition that lead to hospitilisation- I would not be too happy with a SBP of 100 in someone with acute stroke. The med The aim of the med...