What is the answer to this question??!!

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  • Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner. Has 10 years experience.
  1. In case of a real emergency how many people could you rely on?

    • 3
      0
    • 4
      1 or 2
    • 14
      3 or 4
    • 7
      5 or 6
    • 1
      7 or 8
    • 1
      9 or 10
    • 2
      11 or more

13 members have participated

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Whispera, MSN, RN

3,458 Posts

Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

What's the question?

Lev, MSN, RN, NP

8 Articles; 2,803 Posts

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner. Has 10 years experience.

Oh...It just showed up in the poll.

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VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN

142 Articles; 9,982 Posts

Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych. Has 26 years experience.

I wonder what business is it of the hospital's how many people you can rely on in an emergency? I've seen this question on applications before and didn't appreciate it much.

sjalv

897 Posts

Specializes in CVICU. Has 1 years experience.

Is this not kind of an impossible number to guess? What if your brother is the most reliable person in the world but happens to be in another country during the emergency? What if your mother has always been your partner in crime, but she's on bedrest during the emergency? You get the picture.

Cricket183, BSN, RN

1 Article; 239 Posts

Specializes in Oncology (OCN). Has 20 years experience.

Lev

amoLucia

7,735 Posts

Specializes in retired LTC.

Off the track here, sorry. But a quick question to Viva and Whispera - what's the green ribbon?

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JBudd, MSN

1 Article; 3,836 Posts

Specializes in Trauma, Teaching. Has 42 years experience.

I look at it as, if there is an emergency, can we count on you to be able to come in? Child care or pet care or whatever, can you get it covered and be available to us? Disaster time, we need you, don't tell us you can't come because there is no one else to watch your (fill in the blank).

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VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN

142 Articles; 9,982 Posts

Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych. Has 26 years experience.
Off the track here, sorry. But a quick question to Viva and Whispera - what's the green ribbon?

It's for mental illness awareness. :yes:

Also, September is Suicide Prevention Month.

amoLucia

7,735 Posts

Specializes in retired LTC.

To Viva - TY

Lev, MSN, RN, NP

8 Articles; 2,803 Posts

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner. Has 10 years experience.

Thanks Cricket and Jbudd, this really helped. Now I'm between the third and fourth option. I see how zero doesn't make sense. I can see how 11+ doesn't make sense.

klone, MSN, RN

14,577 Posts

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership. Has 17 years experience.
I look at it as, if there is an emergency, can we count on you to be able to come in? Child care or pet care or whatever, can you get it covered and be available to us? Disaster time, we need you, don't tell us you can't come because there is no one else to watch your (fill in the blank).

It's part of a personality inventory, though. I did one recently and had that same question. I answered 3-4