#Nursing

What good is a doctor who got an A+ in CHEM110 if they refuse to use best practice guidelines to mitigate the racist beliefs they have about how Māori don’t
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There are lots of great studies into #CulturalSafety. Originated in New Zealand as a way of providing culturally safe care to the indigenous population. However, many countries inc. Canada have
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Dipping into some old @ggreenwald articles has reminded me of a couple elemental truths: 1) The suppression of pro-Palestinian speech is just off the charts. I'm talking state laws, well-organized
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thread #medicaltrauma is pervasive. Yesterday, I had a few tiny cysts injected with lidocaine & cauterized from my lower eyelid - a quick, minimally invasive procedure. As I was
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This administration’s incompetence & dereliction of duty has only exacerbated the chaos & opaqueness concerning vital steps required to keep us safeThe impacts on nursing homes & schools is a
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Nicola Sturgeon starts today’s coronavirus briefing 8,450 confirmed cases of coronavirus (an increase of 263)915 deaths after a positive coronavirus test (Increase of 12) FM says “help is available” for
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As the largest healthcare union in the country, we’re thrilled to see candidates like @PeteButtigieg share their healthcare & long term care plans. We support all plans that move healthcare
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1/ THREADMy BELIEF is that there is worldwide collusion within the media and govt to make you afraid of a killer virus. It is a FAKE pandemic. This thread will
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Things I’ve learned after 4ish days in a pediatric hospital on the pulmonary wing. 1. Not a single medical professional takes much stock in a negative Covid test, especially if
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Are y’all ready to sit with the fact that you have a high attrition rate — especially for Black people — because you are ridiculously antiblack? Release the # the
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A personal on #opioids, #nursinged & #meded, & #chronicillness:the coverage of many topics in my first semester of nursing school worried me - and the rhetoric around the #opioidepidemic
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On this Thanksgiving Eve, I am sharing a deeply personal experience in hopes that it will change some behavior before the upcoming holidays. My father died of #COVID in April
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I'm so sick of Texans rage posting online demanding the economy "reopen" or claiming this is all an overreaction. The worst is yet to come here folks. If we hadn't
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Dr. Anders Tegnell @ Annual meeting KI&Mayo Thread with the most important findings.My own favourites: 3, 9, 11, 18 (schools) 19 and 20.1/x"Experience Sweden vs. USA""Perhaps Covid will be surprising
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My ideas about changes to social worker in the UK:Scrap fast track courses to social work. 2. Extend and deepen university curriculum.3. Obligatory 2 year rotation for NQSW instead of
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The most frustrating thing about Trumps Covid incompetence: if he had JUST seen more than today’s stock charts, if we had done a true, 90 day national lockdown with public
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