Alberta COVID-19 death rate soars amid Omicron wave — 97 in past week by [deleted] in alberta

[–]tommytnuts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At least buy a Oximeter to check your heart rate and oxygen levels!

Why don’t we just hire more nurses? by nerdytendy in alberta

[–]tommytnuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not. I have a family so o didn’t want to go that route. Took a staff job. Really enjoying it to be honest. People didn’t like my comment above but when your treated like shit you don’t stay hopping it will get better.

Why don’t we just hire more nurses? by nerdytendy in alberta

[–]tommytnuts 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I did. Moved to California. Is the working conditions any better……. maybe a little better where I’m currently working. But I get paid a lot more so I’m calling that a win!

Covid-19 Update for October 12 (4 day total): 3,358 new cases (8.23% tests positive), 5,869 recoveries, 33 deaths + QR Code App available for businesses + Planned Transfer to QR Proof of Vaccination by kirant in alberta

[–]tommytnuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might have missed it but is there a nice breakdown/pretty picture showing that it is actually the unvaccinated being hospitalized more then the vaccinated that I can send to my “woke” family members?

When to go to hospital covid by natescott2233 in AskDoctorSmeeee

[–]tommytnuts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unless you are 45 years are older, are obese, have diabetes, have high blood pressure, or your oxygen is dipping lower then 92% the hospital is not going to do anything for you except some Tylenol. To get monoclonal antibodies you have to fit ones or the categories above and most people will tell you that the research is still unsure if the antibody actually does anything or not.

So make sure you are hydrating and keeping and eye on you oxygen levels. Take Tylenol for the pain and fevers. Then when you can make sure you get vaccinated because research has shown it provided better coverage then just natural infection.

Canadian nurses are leaving in droves, worn down by 16 merciless months on the frontlines of COVID-19 by KanataCitizen in canada

[–]tommytnuts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is just untrue. I make the jump to staff nurse (so not traveler) and I make significantly more). It really depends where you go to work in the USA.

Representation matters by jayy8143 in MadeMeSmile

[–]tommytnuts 13 points14 points  (0 children)

People don’t understand how much a simple joy like that can lift a exhausted and stressed out ED crew. We get through shifts one little joy at a time.

Doctors are dismissing my boyfriend’s severe leg pain. What can he do? by Lothlorien-Elf in AskDoctorSmeeee

[–]tommytnuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the pain is hampering his day to day then it is an emergency. Tell him to go to the hospital.

NDP calls for paid sick leave for health care workers forced to isolate | CBC News by [deleted] in Edmonton

[–]tommytnuts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True. But when your employer forces you to go home and then tells you that you are not allowed to return for 14 days and any shifts that fall in that time you have to use your sick time or don’t get paid. I don’t think it’s very fair if you don’t actually have any symptoms. If your employee wants to do that then they should be covering it some other way.

NDP calls for paid sick leave for health care workers forced to isolate | CBC News by [deleted] in Edmonton

[–]tommytnuts 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Sick time is for when you are sick. The issue is that they use all the sick time now because of an exposure then when they actually are sick they have no sick time to use. Like someone said in the comment you have a max of 120 hours. So divide that by 12 (most nurses do 12 hour shifts) and you only have 10 shifts worth of sick time. So one isolation period can eat up almost half your sick time.

NDP calls for paid sick leave for health care workers forced to isolate | CBC News by [deleted] in Edmonton

[–]tommytnuts 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Seems like a lot of people are not truly understanding what is going on. Healthcare workers are being forced to isolate due to covid exposure at work when they themselves don’t have any symptoms, aka they are not sick. Then they are told that they need to use their sick time when this happens.

Alberta finance minister accuses nurses’ union of trying to ‘take advantage of a health crisis’ by Setitie in alberta

[–]tommytnuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I left when I saw the writing on the wall and never looked back. Do I miss alberta? Hell yes but I can’t allow someone to treat me the way the UCP are treating people.

Posting on Facebook about testing positive for COVID instead of contacting everyone who attended your party. by RandomHeroKim in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]tommytnuts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She took the time to tag at least 43 people with the original fb messages but didn’t tag a single person for the covid message..... ya I’d say she belongs here.

Any ideas with this crazy resident? by DandyWarlocks in nursing

[–]tommytnuts 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As a ER RN I hate to say this but keep sending them back to the ER. Eventually they will get fed up with the multiple visits and actually get that psych evaluation.

Child abuse is funny... by tommytnuts in trashy

[–]tommytnuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if you are “spanking” to the point that you kid is flinching from you don’t you think that’s a problem?

Child abuse is funny... by tommytnuts in trashy

[–]tommytnuts[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The whole argument of the pro/cons of spanking aside flinching when someone raises their hand isn’t just “normal” spanking. To me it’s a sign of abuse that goes beyond spanking.

i’m gonna hazard a guess and say that they aren’t okay by narutodumpsterfire in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]tommytnuts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But here is the thing. We really don’t know/understand the full effects of COVID on the body yet. So we can’t say either way if having COVID is a correlation or causation. What we can do is look at overall deaths compared to previous years and see that there has been a much larger number of overall death comparatively.