#NURSES

My mother turns 91 in two days and lives in Los Angeles by herself. She cannot yet access a COVID-19 vaccine and there is no waiting list. I communicated with
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Let's talk about #WhitePoppies today (thread).They started in the 1930s thanks to the Women Co-op Guild (many were war widows) due to discontent on how the tone of #RemembranceDay
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THREAD: President Biden’s executive order enshrining protections for LGBTQ people isn’t just a mandate — it's a new beginning for many who've faced discrimination. Here’s why. The federal government is
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Last year, before the pandemic, I went to New Jersey and spoke to a woman named Wendy English. Wendy lives with several disabilities in a developmental center -- what some
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Friends, can we start to rethink meaningful action? Our petitions, protests, letters, collective outrage is not working. Our labour is what they value, it is what they need, we need
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ICU availability in Southern California is at 0%! They just detected a novel strain of COVID currently only in CA! They're literally lifting air quality regulations in LA so they
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Good questions!Thread 1/5RE: Staffing/Fair wages:I've talked about how this system reflects the trifecta of racism/sexism/ageism: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/7/7/21300521/canada-covid-19-nursing-homes-long-term-care*We have
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Rena didn't like her neighbour. Old man Giles never smiled, was always in a hurry. She wasn't sad when he died. Her mum made her attend his funeral though. And
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Jimmy slamming DSA and Nurses Union, for organizing for m4a, instead of yelling at AOC and showing up at her house:"we do not need to organize more for Medicare for
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Twitter friends I can't tell you how disorienting it feels now all is well, when it feels like not two minutes I was trudging to work in the dead of
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THREAD: we need start planning for the recovery of NHS staff right now. NHS staff are working beyond their limits – have been for weeks and will continue to for
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I see a lot of questions about when to get tested for covid, when to get retested, and how long does a test last. I’m going to share some of
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A thread about the low carb approach to managing T2D & obesityI'm an NHS GP and I'm keen to share this with other GPs, nurses & dietitians because this approach
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1) In what has been hailed as “V-Day,” nurses in Quebec and Ontario gave the first shots of #COVID19 to long-term care residents and staff Monday. But this vaccination effort
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Last I heard we had a world of very wealthy Silents and Boomers whose advanced age makes them the true targets of COVID, in almost all positions of power.We also
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Ok. We need to talk about this (from the LTC Staffing Report released yesterday).https://www.ontario.ca/page/long-term-care-staffing-study 1. FP LTC homes have the lowest PSW hourly wage ranges (no surprise there...you make profit
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