Hematocrit13

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  1. COVID-19, Nursing shortage, and Nursing Students

    Apologies if this has been asked and answered, I have yet to read every single reply. Along with some colleagues, I am considering working in a Covid-impacted area, but beyond the state hospitals in...
  2. Has anyone had problems with fraudulent online courses? I started a course recently online and it was going fairly well, there were some problems. The email contact answered one email but did not...
  3. Online Certification Courses

    Thanks. The BBB was unable to help. HI, No, I never found any that were exclusively online. I did find a training that had a large online component with an in-person kind of check off scenario. The...
  4. What's your favorite nursing task?

    Absolutely.
  5. Quitting job after only 8 months

    Yeah, that's right: the times they are not judging you, they really couldn't give a C#*$ about
  6. Can you expand upon
  7. I hate fake call outs.

    This is information that should be collected as a routine matter, preferably by
  8. Nutrition Counseling in Nursing Practice

    But this man died due to poor medical (mal)practice not poor nutritional advice, no? The advice he got regarding nutrition, from the little we have been presented with, seemed pretty good. Added up, I...
  9. Nutrition Counseling in Nursing Practice

    Hi, There's some key missing information here. Nurses should know that not all hypertension is directly weight or diet related. And not all strokes are hypertension-related. What were the BP meds? Did...
  10. In a blow to the makers of losartan, amlodipine, lasix, hctz, Januvia, Novolog, metformin, simvastatin (to name just a few), "[t]wo of the country’s leading medical groups on Monday issued a call to...
  11. How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    The question I have, is that Medicare is not free. It's pretty bare bones on its own and supplemental is all but mandatory. I admit that I don't understand everything about Medicare, but
  12. Seattle is Dying

    Great comments here! I watched the program, and many of the issues and questions raised by the commenters are in fact addressed in the program. The music is maybe overdone and maybe too ominous, but I...
  13. Seattle is Dying

    I'm just getting to the part where they're comparing Seattle to Rhode Island. No doubt this problem has a few factors, but at least initially, I'm skeptical of the comparison if for no other reason...
  14. Seattle is Dying

    Or, we have to work together (pay attention) not to lose it. We're only "providing" it after we've lost it. Yes indeed, follow the money. You got that one
  15. Cardiology tests?

    Hello everyone, I work in a clinic and occasionally, not often, it happens that one or two patients want to meet with me privately. I recently met with a 50 year old female patient who says she...
  16. Unvaccinated Boy in Oregon gets Tetanus

    Thanks, yes, I did and have dug in a bit further. What I was trying to detangle in the part I added in my post above ("ETA") was why we have not been giving the series to an adult who presents to us...
  17. Unvaccinated Boy in Oregon gets Tetanus

    Thanks for that information about the vaccine being a toxoid, that fits the pieces into place. If as you say, "An unvaccinated adult should receive a series of 3 doses of tetorifice toxoid, aka...
  18. Unvaccinated Boy in Oregon gets Tetanus

    (So many comments that I've not quite gotten around to reading yet!) It's interesting to read that immunity is not conferred after acquiring tetorifice. And yet it is from the vaccine. There's no...
  19. Any books for HD?

    I am having a very difficult time finding the recommended The Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid-base Companion for under $2,000. It must be out of print. I would appreciate any updates on availability of...
  20. Top 10 Nursing Apps You Need to Download Today

    Medscape.
  21. Why do you love being a nurse?

    Great post, would love to hear some follow up, and wondering what you might think is different at your institution than at those responders who don't (always) feel the same way. My initial thought...
  22. Why do you love being a nurse?

    Overcome fear by seeing the ridiculous yet the funny side of every experience. -Edgar Cayce Just "discovered" Cayce!
  23. More proof (in case you needed it) that HCA is evil

    Sorry - what is
  24. Woman dies from tap water netipot use

    Distilled or sterile. Does not have to be exclusively sterile. If you choose to make your own saltwater solution, it's important to use bottled water that has been distilled or sterilized. Tap water...