#Nursing

A lot of people have been complaining about how AB shouldn't be "at capacity" yet. I don't know who needs to hear this, but we were at capacity BEFORE Covid.
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I got a call at lunch yesterday afternoon, from an unknown number. Imagining it to be a nursing staff calling about a patient, I picked up. Instead it was a
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[Thread] So why does ventilation matter so much in #Covid19 suppression? Covid-19 is a disease caught by inhaling virus particles in the air 1/ the closer you are to an
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So WHO just called for an independent inquiry in the global covid response. I've written about its IHR review committee here: https://duckofminerva.com/2020/05/the-world-health-organization-already-has-a-review-mechanism-heres-how-it-wo
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(thread) This is what someone looks like when they have a 4-6 week old baby. Exhausted, hadn't slept more than 2 hours a night in weeks. Bloated. Sore from my
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1. I am listening to #ACIP again today & will tweet about the discussion today about who should be next in line for vaccine after health care workers & nursing
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1\ I don't yet know what's driving the uptick in COVID-19 hostpitalizations in the border statesAnd not because there are too few theories, but because there are too manyOne theory
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1. After I published my Op Ed, yesterday, I've started to hear from seniors denied Medicare coverage they were promised because of the COVID-19 emergency. They've asked who to call
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Every week it's something new for people to direct their anger at. Politicians, foreigners, tourists, meat plants, teenagers.One thing that rarely gets any blame at all is Covid19.There's 19.4 million
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Today is Labour Day, but one unlike any other in awhile. The pandemic shined a light on some really important things related to work. I’d like to invite you to
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this is the worst kind of revisionist apologia from USA todaysweden's strategy DID workit worked wellgathering up the sour grapes of the "experts" who advocated swedish panic and fermenting it
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The ongoing attacks on Ron DeSantis by no-nothing onanastic dumbasses are just jaw dropping Here is @daxe attacking DeSantis for doing exactly what Washington is doing and prioritizing health care
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May as well start posting these here too. 1950 - 2020. Chicago, corner of Ashland Ave and Jackson Blvd. This stretch flipped from 1880s mansions to boarding houses (mostly for
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Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck starts the hearing by acknowledging those elderly Australians who have died from Covid-19 in nursing homes. Sincere condolences, he says. "Every death is an absolute
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I'm an ER Nurse in Seattle. Last night @SeattlePD officers came to the ER to obtain a statement from an assault patient. One officer, Eric Whitehead, blatantly refused to put
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Hey #medtwitter, let's talk about physostigmine.Suppose you have some patient come in with a reported history of diphenhydramine ingestion. They're agitated, picking at things, mumbling, trying to get out of
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