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Posted On: 03/18/2020 2:19:45 PM
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Re: thriftycents #21994
I agree. I have not actually seen any cases yet. The hospitals here (and everywhere else) are setting up tents outside the ER. I have received emails about sign up times to man the tents for 4 hour intervals.
My main fear is the same fear I have every time I go to work, not enough staff and high acuity patients. Our hospital has been offering $200 for every 4 hours worked long before the Coronavirus was known. People rarely pick up that extra time. We all say the money is not worth it. You add isolation patients to the mix and it goes from bad to worse. I've worked in isolation gear with MRSA, C-diff, etc patients and it's a lot more work.
Imagine going to work for 12 hours. In order to see your patient you must mask, gown, glove just to go in and assess your patient. Isolation gear is hot, especially if you're a menopausal woman.
You need to reposition your patient which will require a friend to come in and help. You forget something that you need, a saline flush for the IV or a gauze for a dressing. Then you must carefully unmask, unglove and ungown every time you leave the room. You must be careful not to touch your face and make sure you wash your hands thoroughly. As soon as you step out of the room the ventilator beeps that something is wrong, the blood pressure goes off at 70/50, an IV beeps that it is empty or the patient isn't sedated enough and is trying to pull the tube out of their throat. Now you have to hurry and gown up again and go in the room. Sorry to go off on a tangent.
To answer your question....Yes it makes our job harder. If the cases are more serious and have progressed then there is a lot more work to be done.
C'mon Cytodyn!!
My main fear is the same fear I have every time I go to work, not enough staff and high acuity patients. Our hospital has been offering $200 for every 4 hours worked long before the Coronavirus was known. People rarely pick up that extra time. We all say the money is not worth it. You add isolation patients to the mix and it goes from bad to worse. I've worked in isolation gear with MRSA, C-diff, etc patients and it's a lot more work.
Imagine going to work for 12 hours. In order to see your patient you must mask, gown, glove just to go in and assess your patient. Isolation gear is hot, especially if you're a menopausal woman.
You need to reposition your patient which will require a friend to come in and help. You forget something that you need, a saline flush for the IV or a gauze for a dressing. Then you must carefully unmask, unglove and ungown every time you leave the room. You must be careful not to touch your face and make sure you wash your hands thoroughly. As soon as you step out of the room the ventilator beeps that something is wrong, the blood pressure goes off at 70/50, an IV beeps that it is empty or the patient isn't sedated enough and is trying to pull the tube out of their throat. Now you have to hurry and gown up again and go in the room. Sorry to go off on a tangent. To answer your question....Yes it makes our job harder. If the cases are more serious and have progressed then there is a lot more work to be done.
C'mon Cytodyn!!
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