#Nursing

I’d like to tell you a story of a crisis in critical care beds. When patients were being shipped across the country, and crucial operations cancelled. Its not a tale
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It's been a few days since I came home from hospital, so a good time to reflect on what it's like inside an Ontario Hospital during COVID-19. The nurses put
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1/ Very impressive press conference Tuesday from Florida @govrondesantis, where he explained in depth why no one should panic over the state’s increase in positive tests. Notably: the median age
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1/ New series: Meet Those Nerdy Girls! First up, co-founder Dr. Alison Buttenheim. @abuttenheim is an Associate Professor at Penn School of Nursing, where she teaches & studies human behavior
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I've reported on the ground from many epidemics, but this is the first one I'm really living through. A of memories to follow...For me, this got real when I
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In celebration of #breastfeedingweek, a thread on ways the labour movement could support women who want and choose to breastfeed: 1. Financial support and essential supplies on the NHS: Breast
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THREADIn March, California started allowing medical facilities to temporarily waive nurse-to-patient ratio rules to help hospitals deal with staffing issues stemming from the #COVID19 pandemic.https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/healt
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"we're all in this together" has been regularly used by ivory tower academics and elitist rich celebrities. They tweet from their personal tennis courts or million dollar mansions, and they
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A new NCPA/@ASCPharm survey finds that a large majority of pharmacists specializing in long-term care worry that CVS and Walgreens don't understand the nursing home environment and are not prepared
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COVID Update September 2: Lets say we were in a war. A war where we are attacked at home and hundreds of thousands of people died. We would have a
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1/ Someone replied, "Say more please" so here's a quick thread on the thesis: "Most multiple choice exams are trash: a play in 6 acts"*Note: Education researchers have been doing
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I loved college. Before I could even apply, i already knew I was going to @LifeAtPurdue because my sister graduated from the school of nursing during the Drew Breese era
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ATROCIOUS story of Trump’s OSHA dereliction: So Roger Liddell, 64, asked for an N95- his work brought him into the same room as #COVID-positive ICU patients. But the hospital denied
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What I know about COVID vaccine: it has been in the works for 3 years, initially for SARS and MERS, first RNA vaccine of its kind. In the initial animal
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Imagine a room with a wash basin. Upon entering, you find water pouring out of an open tap, the outlets in the sink blocked, the sink overflowing and a mess
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Promised: THREADhere’s a thread on just how intertwined disability issues are to Black issues and how, even if you’re not disabled, you as a Black or brown person NEED TO
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