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  1. This essay has turned out to be one of the most difficult ones I’ve ever written and, hopefully, will ever have to write. It has been difficult not only because it requires ruminating on the devastation that is the Coronavirus Disease 2019, but also...
  2. Coronavirus mask shortage

    My hospital has resorted to handing out face masks one at a time and you're expected to use the mask for your entire shift unless soiled. If you take it off, you're to put it in a bag and label it with your name to use later. Seems masks are in short...
  3. hppygr8ful

    This just got very real for me!

    So as I mentioned I initially treated the news coming of china and some people's reactions as "Chicken Little" nonsense. I still paid attention as the virus began to pop up in the US. When the recommendation to wear masks came about I dug out an N95 ...
  4. Covid treatment at my area hospitals... Philadelphia Inquirer 10/03/2020 Hospital coronavirus treatment has changed. Here’s what it looks like now in Philadelphia.
  5. 5 Winners - Each will receive a $200 MasterCard or Visa CardAlthough the deadly virus most likely made its way to the U.S. in December, the first U.S. case was confirmed on January 30, 2020. Since then, COVID-19 has spread like a massive wildfire th...
  6. Read this, from BBC News: Millions go back into lockdown around the world Mask mandates in Western countries! Can you believe it? In places like Iran they have "morality police" who harass women wearing clothing deemed too 'un-Islamic' and not coveri...
  7. CDC update of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as of May 25, 2020 (Compared to yesterday's data) This is so surreal. Entirety: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Cases in the U.S.
  8. New grad nurse advice needed

    I recently graduated and passed my NCLEX. I’ve been at home for about 2 months now because of the coronavirus. I’ve gotten used to living this way (sleeping in, having no homework or tests to study for, being with my parents and sisters 24/7, not a l...
  9. I'm curious, with the national PPE shortage, how other hospitals are coping with this? I work in a suburban ED that is part of a larger health system in the Twin Cities MN. Currently we wear surgical masks for all patient care other than COVID pt's, ...
  10. My hospital has one. Obviously he’s on airborne and contact precautions. I was wondering what your hospitals protocol on ruling it out is? I haven’t extensively read my facility’s policy yet but I know that they haven’t actually even tested for the ...
  11. Vent with coronavirus

    Hello all, To all ICU nurse's, my friend is desperate ! Her husband is 42 yrs old and diagnosed with coronavirus, placed on moderate ventilation in their local ICU 3 days ago, she wants to know what questions should she be asking to find out if he'...
  12. Family member being tested?

    I live with my boyfriend. Yesterday he developed a cough which I assumed was just allergies. Told him to take some Claritin didn't think too much of it since he hasn't been out of the house much or anything like that. Overnight he developed a fever a...
  13. Coronavirus impact on NYC vs NY State

    Somebody is asking me about a worst case scenario. Do they stay in the city or is leaving to upstate safer because of much less population density? In the last DiBlasio update he said he thought the shut down of Italy was too extreme and it is going...
  14. My family had a rough Winter after moving to Wisconsin last year; adenovirus, common cold, stomach flu, influenza A & B strains, and now this. About 7 days ago the entire family came down with flu-like symptoms Mixed with cold symptoms. Very weir...
  15. adventure_rn

    Coronavirus and Intubation Question

    I have a question regarding intubation and figured I'd ask you folks, the airway experts. Our hospital policies for COVID-19 isolation have been rolled out, and they repeatedly state that extra precautions need to be taken during "aerosol-generating ...
  16. Washington States Life Care Center has developed into the epicenter of that states Coronavirus outbreak. Elderly admitted to a Skilled Care Facility (SNF) usually have multiple chronic health conditions making them more susceptible to catching this...
  17. January 30 - 5:27 am EST - India declares first case of Wuhan Coronavirus January 30 - 7:00 am EST - To date, the Wuhan Coronavirus has taken the lives of 171 people in China and infected at least 8,248 since it's emergence on December 31, 2019....
  18. 2BS Nurse

    Novel coronavirus

    Are your facilities discussing the novel coronavirus yet? Are you getting any guidelines now that we know it's transmitted person to person?
  19. News hasn't picked up allnurses reports that nurses being furloughed, new grads unable to find work due to decreased surgery's/hospital income, decreased orientation staff??? ABC News 11/02/2020 Hospitals competing for nurses as US corona...
  20. There are conflicting reports. The CDC doesn't say it's airborne yet there was some Chinese research that says it is. Bill DiBlasio in his latest update said that if someone infected is in a room and leaves the virus is not going to be in the air....
  21. So there goes the herd immunity theory......
  22. tnbutterfly - Mary

    Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    The Coronavirus/COVID-19 has been all over the news since its appearance in Wuhan, China in December. Eleven cities in China have been locked down and travel restrictions imposed on tens of millions of people in an attempt to contain the spread of t...
  23. NY Times graph on US spread of COVID19

    Watch How the Coronavirus Spread Across the United States
  24. Check this out: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8235127/Defiant-healthcare-workers-clash-anti-lockdown-protesters-Colorado.html I'm actually broadly sympathetic to the protesters. When you have 22 million Americans unemployed, massive lines ...
  25. Crises Pay

    I am a travel nurse between contracts, thought I'd jump on some of this Crises pay, but be aware That some of the large cities housing is impossible to find but if you happen to find it, it is higher than your pay, so I've been asking who is respond...