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Post by egadsto on Oct 13, 2014 15:10:41 GMT -6
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Post by Ginger on Oct 13, 2014 15:45:40 GMT -6
Keep it in the Ebola thread.
Yes I'm worried. My hospital sent out a message today about it telling everyone not to panic and worry. Yeah.
In the 80's when AIDS was an unknown and they were putting patients in isolation, I was working at U of I hospitals and there were people that were afraid to go in with those patients that were severely ill. For some reason I was not. (The ignorance of youth?) Bodily fluid transmission. Since then, everyone is supposed to follow Universal precautions...which basically means you treat EVERYONE LIKE THEY GOT AIDS! Healthcare workers are people too, and people get lazy and sloppy, especially with this stuff. They are terrible about washing their hands even with alcohol gels all over the place they can use. The stories I could tell...
A lot of it is poor education by their employers. "Here watch this video and take this 5 question quiz" and that counts for your annual education about communicable diseases.
Many healthcare workers have been complaining about how unprepared their worksites are and it's true. They really aren't prepared for a mass scale epidemic. There is talk that the CDC may determine that only certain hospitals take infected patients and that the pool of workers that interact with these patients is very limited. As it should be.
The last I heard the nurse involved with Erik Duncan's care could not remember a particular breach of the isolation rules so it will be interesting to figure out what happened. That hospital screwed up big time anyway. Unless I misread a story, they had also failed to isolate him for two days after he was diagnosed when he came back the second time.
I live in a town where there are a lot of world travelers coming here because of Mayo. Miinnesota has a higher percentage of Africans living here compared to other states and it can be assumed that they have family come and visit. Maybe they can be ill.
I was pretty careful when I worked with patients but even then, I was sick a lot. People cough, burp, vomit and shit on you. Since I've been in my little office job, I've hardly been sick at all with any colds or flu like illness.
We'll see how it goes.
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Post by Stan's Field on Oct 13, 2014 16:09:59 GMT -6
All.
Gonna.
Die.
In all seriousness.
What can anyone do to make things any better?
Stop all travel to and from hot zones?
Fine by me.
Assume the CDC is lying about it all?
Give me a fucking break.
Have faith in humans to not fuck something up?
Yeah, like that will happen.
People make sofaking many mistakes. I saw where the nurse who supposedly did everything she was supposed to yet still contracted it, had inconsistencies in her story.
It's scary shit. I think that kinda amplifies the mistake factor, at least for the laborers(nurses/techs). You know, the ones who do the work and give doctors advice.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 13, 2014 16:13:35 GMT -6
Wash your damn dick hands!
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Post by Stan's Field on Oct 13, 2014 16:56:09 GMT -6
Wash your damm.......uhhh.....mouth out.
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Post by LansingHawk on Oct 13, 2014 18:25:05 GMT -6
Keep it in the Ebola thread. Yes I'm worried. My hospital sent out a message today about it telling everyone not to panic and worry. Yeah. In the 80's when AIDS was an unknown and they were putting patients in isolation, I was working at U of I hospitals and there were people that were afraid to go in with those patients that were severely ill. For some reason I was not. (The ignorance of youth?) Bodily fluid transmission. Since then, everyone is supposed to follow Universal precautions...which basically means you treat EVERYONE LIKE THEY GOT AIDS! Healthcare workers are people too, and people get lazy and sloppy, especially with this stuff. They are terrible about washing their hands even with alcohol gels all over the place they can use. The stories I could tell... A lot of it is poor education by their employers. "Here watch this video and take this 5 question quiz" and that counts for your annual education about communicable diseases. Many healthcare workers have been complaining about how unprepared their worksites are and it's true. They really aren't prepared for a mass scale epidemic. There is talk that the CDC may determine that only certain hospitals take infected patients and that the pool of workers that interact with these patients is very limited. As it should be. The last I heard the nurse involved with Erik Duncan's care could not remember a particular breach of the isolation rules so it will be interesting to figure out what happened. That hospital screwed up big time anyway. Unless I misread a story, they had also failed to isolate him for two days after he was diagnosed when he came back the second time. I live in a town where there are a lot of world travelers coming here because of Mayo. Miinnesota has a higher percentage of Africans living here compared to other states and it can be assumed that they have family come and visit. Maybe they can be ill. I was pretty careful when I worked with patients but even then, I was sick a lot. People cough, burp, vomit and shit on you. Since I've been in my little office job, I've hardly been sick at all with any colds or flu like illness. We'll see how it goes. Sorry, but this bothers me. There is only 1 "i" in Minnesota. |
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Post by livingintheusa on Oct 13, 2014 19:20:00 GMT -6
I don't like hospital's. People die in them.
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Post by Presidential Immunity Cock on Oct 14, 2014 7:49:26 GMT -6
I don't like hospital's. People die in them. I'm bemused by the thought of sleep study centers in hospitals. Show up at a large, multi-story institutional type building, allow a technician to attach monitoring wires all over your head and body, climb into a hospital bed and try to get any semblance of a normal night's sleep as toilets flush, other patients call out, shifts change, nurses and housekeepers pad around the halls talking loudly, banging cabinet doors shut, dropping items. Yeah, makes sense. I had a sleep study at a hospital several years ago to diagnose my sleep apnea. Yea, you won't get a good nights sleep by any means with all the wires on you. However, I didn't hear any other noises other than the nurse who would check on me from time to time and at one point put on a sleep apnea mask/machine on me when they had the data they needed to confirm it and to see how it improved with the mask on. It wasn't a good nights sleep by any means, but in the long term I sleep so much better now with it than I do without. I heard no toilets, no other patients calling out or even the shift change. Now, will it ever go away for me? Maybe, but I'm sure to get to that point I'll have to lose more weight or possibly have a surgical procedure that would correct it. |
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Post by NotMyKid on Oct 14, 2014 8:09:59 GMT -6
I had a sleep study at a hospital several years ago to diagnose my sleep apnea. Yea, you won't get a good nights sleep by any means with all the wires on you. However, I didn't hear any other noises other than the nurse who would check on me from time to time and at one point put on a sleep apnea mask/machine on me when they had the data they needed to confirm it and to see how it improved with the mask on. It wasn't a good nights sleep by any means, but in the long term I sleep so much better now with it than I do without. I heard no toilets, no other patients calling out or even the shift change. Now, will it ever go away for me? Maybe, but I'm sure to get to that point I'll have to lose more weight or possibly have a surgical procedure that would correct it. A few years ago after surgery, on their own the nurses started doing things not ordered by the doctor, such as attaching those annoying leg compresses, supposedly to keep blood circulating in the legs to avoid blood clots. I was already annoyed by the temperature checks and blood tests every hour and a half or so (why can't they coordinate those so they wake you up instead of twice?), and told them I didn't want the leg presses. They insisted and put them on. I called them back in and told them to take the effing things off. They said they'd have to check with my doctor and come back. After they left, I slid them off myself and shut down the machine. Nothing further was said and the doctor later told them he hadn't ordered it and it wasn't necessary. You hit the nail on the head with your first statement. Nurses just love to do shit to patients just for the fuck of it, I mean I am sure they would much rather be screwing with patients then anything else. As for the leg compresses I don't know I would guess making sure that one doesn't get a blood clot in their leg that could travel to their lungs and kill them would be worth being uncomfortable for a bit but what do I know. |
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Post by Earl Slick on Oct 14, 2014 8:34:28 GMT -6
I like the leg compresses, it's kinda like a massage. Speaking of massages while in the hospital, I had a beautiful young nurse that would come to my room at 3 a.m. and give me sponge baths that I will always remember. Best hospital stay ever.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 9:53:53 GMT -6
I like the leg compresses, it's kinda like a massage. Speaking of massages while in the hospital, I had a beautiful young nurse that would come to my room at 3 a.m. and give me sponge baths that I will always remember. Best hospital stay ever. so your daughter is a nurse? |
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Post by thunderhawk on Oct 14, 2014 10:28:55 GMT -6
FUCK YOU GINGER  |
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Post by Earl Slick on Oct 14, 2014 10:57:29 GMT -6
I like the leg compresses, it's kinda like a massage. Speaking of massages while in the hospital, I had a beautiful young nurse that would come to my room at 3 a.m. and give me sponge baths that I will always remember. Best hospital stay ever. so your daughter is a nurse? You know how I know she wasn't yo' mama? She was beautiful. |
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Post by Ginger on Oct 14, 2014 11:38:50 GMT -6
I don't think I'm a very good patient. A few years ago after surgery, on their own the nurses started doing things not ordered by the doctor, such as attaching those annoying leg compresses, supposedly to keep blood circulating in the legs to avoid blood clots. I was already annoyed by the temperature checks and blood tests every hour and a half or so (why can't they coordinate those so they wake you up instead of twice?), and told them I didn't want the leg presses. They insisted and put them on. I called them back in and told them to take the effing things off. They said they'd have to check with my doctor and come back. After they left, I slid them off myself and shut down the machine. Nothing further was said and the doctor later told them he hadn't ordered it and it wasn't necessary. You hit the nail on the head with your first statement. Nurses just love to do shit to patients just for the fuck of it, I mean I am sure they would much rather be screwing with patients then anything else. As for the leg compresses I don't know I would guess making sure that one doesn't get a blood clot in their leg that could travel to their lungs and kill them would be worth being uncomfortable for a bit but what do I know. Geesh! THIS, tweeter. The doctor probably didn't go out of his way to order it but there are probably "standing orders" based on the reason you're in the hospital, that the nurses follow. The doctors probably aren't aware of these orders anymore. |
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Post by twinlaker on Oct 14, 2014 12:00:14 GMT -6
I had a sleep study at a hospital several years ago to diagnose my sleep apnea. Yea, you won't get a good nights sleep by any means with all the wires on you. However, I didn't hear any other noises other than the nurse who would check on me from time to time and at one point put on a sleep apnea mask/machine on me when they had the data they needed to confirm it and to see how it improved with the mask on. It wasn't a good nights sleep by any means, but in the long term I sleep so much better now with it than I do without. I heard no toilets, no other patients calling out or even the shift change. Now, will it ever go away for me? Maybe, but I'm sure to get to that point I'll have to lose more weight or possibly have a surgical procedure that would correct it. I don't think I'm a very good patient. A few years ago after surgery, on their own the nurses started doing things not ordered by the doctor, such as attaching those annoying leg compresses, supposedly to keep blood circulating in the legs to avoid blood clots. I was already annoyed by the temperature checks and blood tests every hour and a half or so (why can't they coordinate those so they wake you up instead of twice?), and told them I didn't want the leg presses. They insisted and put them on. I called them back in and told them to take the effing things off. They said they'd have to check with my doctor and come back. After they left, I slid them off myself and shut down the machine. Nothing further was said and the doctor later told them he hadn't ordered it and it wasn't necessary. C'mon Tweets.....from some of the pictures I've seen lately, you should be used to wearing knee-high stockings/sanitary hose!!  |
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Post by tikibarber on Oct 14, 2014 12:29:27 GMT -6
I had a sleep study at a hospital several years ago to diagnose my sleep apnea. Yea, you won't get a good nights sleep by any means with all the wires on you. However, I didn't hear any other noises other than the nurse who would check on me from time to time and at one point put on a sleep apnea mask/machine on me when they had the data they needed to confirm it and to see how it improved with the mask on. It wasn't a good nights sleep by any means, but in the long term I sleep so much better now with it than I do without. I heard no toilets, no other patients calling out or even the shift change. Now, will it ever go away for me? Maybe, but I'm sure to get to that point I'll have to lose more weight or possibly have a surgical procedure that would correct it. I don't think I'm a very good patient. A few years ago after surgery, on their own the nurses started doing things not ordered by the doctor, such as attaching those annoying leg compresses, supposedly to keep blood circulating in the legs to avoid blood clots. I was already annoyed by the temperature checks and blood tests every hour and a half or so (why can't they coordinate those so they wake you up instead of twice?), and told them I didn't want the leg presses. They insisted and put them on. I called them back in and told them to take the effing things off. They said they'd have to check with my doctor and come back. After they left, I slid them off myself and shut down the machine. Nothing further was said and the doctor later told them he hadn't ordered it and it wasn't necessary. My wife loves patients like you...... |
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Post by A boy named Sioux on Oct 14, 2014 13:13:25 GMT -6
She love them long time?
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Post by NotMyKid on Oct 14, 2014 13:53:07 GMT -6
You hit the nail on the head with your first statement. Nurses just love to do shit to patients just for the fuck of it, I mean I am sure they would much rather be screwing with patients then anything else. As for the leg compresses I don't know I would guess making sure that one doesn't get a blood clot in their leg that could travel to their lungs and kill them would be worth being uncomfortable for a bit but what do I know. Geesh! THIS, tweeter. The doctor probably didn't go out of his way to order it but there are probably "standing orders" based on the reason you're in the hospital, that the nurses follow. The doctors probably aren't aware of these orders anymore. As Ging said the doctors don't know shit other than what they specialize in, they know how to fix the problem and that is about it. Recovery and keeping you out of the hospital again is what nurses do. In fact there will be plenty of times a doctor will tell you one thing and the nurse will tell you something different. In 99% of cases listening to the nurse would be the way to go at least when it comes to recovery. But don't trust me I am just some dude on the internet. |
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Post by egadsto on Oct 14, 2014 14:08:28 GMT -6
Geesh! THIS, tweeter. The doctor probably didn't go out of his way to order it but there are probably "standing orders" based on the reason you're in the hospital, that the nurses follow. The doctors probably aren't aware of these orders anymore. As Ging said the doctors don't know shit other than what they specialize in, they know how to fix the problem and that is about it. Recovery and keeping you out of the hospital again is what nurses do. In fact there will be plenty of times a doctor will tell you one thing and the nurse will tell you something different. In 99% of cases listening to the nurse would be the way to go at least when it comes to recovery. But don't trust me I am just some dude on the internet. Listen to her, not to him.  ![]() |
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