Anna Shelton

Emergency Department RN // Mostly just here to lurk

[Robert Arntfield @arntfield]

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Friendly tidbit from an ICU physician with kids in school - to parents and especially the media - set your watch by hospitalizations and deaths, NOT case numbers (which are a function of testing) as your barometer of what's going on with COVID severity.

[White Coat Investor @WCInvestor]

"You're going on another vacation?"

"It's not a vacation, it's a lifestyle. I set my life up this way on purpose."

[Jeffrey Boadi @jeffreyboadi_]

@TheroigneR @EdHutchison @brothermanshaft That's exactly what he is saying my friend - and it's false as far as I'm concerned

[Joel Porter @FOAMedic1]

If you’re going to start a poll, please add a ‘I just want to lurk on the results’ option. We see polls for a specific discipline or training level but sometimes we’re just curious and don’t want to skew results. #medtwitter

[✨✨✨ @nappyamazon]

I’m only 22 and Im in no rush to skip any steps in my career. I want to be working at the bedside. I want to get experience on as many units as I can. I want to be confident in my skills and critical thinking. I want to become a well rounded nurse before I pursue higher edu

[Missy Elliott @MissyElliott]

Good Energy💫

[Cynthia Thurlow, NP @_CynthiaThurlow]

You are told to FEAR:

🌞The Sun
🥩Meat
🧂Salt
🥑Fat

BUT, what you should really fear is:

🐑Being a sheep
🍟Seed oils
🍧Sugar
❌Toxins in your environment
🛑Eating all day long/snacking

What did I miss?

[Cynthia Thurlow, NP @_CynthiaThurlow]

Women who create drama and gossip are the lowest form of women around.....a recent situation reminded me of this. Find a hobby, go back to school, pray, exercise.....anything other than create disharmony in other people’s lives for FUN

[Paul F. Tompkins @PFTompkins]

HE LOVES BEING HANDED THINGS https://t.co/qA1t537kVM

[White Coat Investor @WCInvestor]

Nobody thinks your tweets represent the view of your employer. You don't need to waste space in your profile to say that. You'll still get fired if you tweet something stupid of course, but that statement won't prevent that.

[Aaron Mitchell @TheWonkologist]

“How is this legal?”
I reliably get this reaction when I explain aspects of oncology to friends&family, both medical and non.

In my mind, the fact that current practices run afoul of commonly-held ethical sensibilities is a clear mandate for change.
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[Lisa Shmeesa 🦎🦎🦎 @LisaRieffel]

My kid wrote a song called,
“I Wonder What’s Inside your Butthole” Quite honestly, it slaps.

[Milad Sharifpour, MD @MSharifpourMD]

It is minor epistaxis, they said.

Narrator: It was not minor epistaxis

This is the cast of the esophagus made of blood 😳

[Sabrina McDaniel @Sabrina_McDa]

All the major cruise lines are asking for bailouts from the U.S. Government.

Yet, Disney Cruises sails under the Bahamian flag ... Celebrity Cruises under Liberian/Maltese flags & Carnival Cruises under the Panamanian flag - all to avoid U.S. taxes & employment law

Just sayin'

[Michelle Kittleson MD PhD @MKIttlesonMD]

#TipsForNewDocs

Address the elephant in the room.

When reviewing abnormal results, ask the pt what worries them most and explain your plan to rule it in or out.

Allow pt to voice their greatest fear + make a plan for it = provide comfort in uncertainty.

#kittlesonrules

[Haney Mallemat @CriticalCareNow]

Sometimes I’m guilty of forgetting how busy my nurses are. So, I’m putting out this reminder to everyone who intubates and asks the nurses for meds.

Do you have any other peri-intubation hacks? Let us know in the comments below.

#Foamed #Foamcc

[Anna Shelton @annapls]

Can you please post pictures of your triage room? And/or explain the flow of your process (for triaging an individual patient) and the room. Possibly assisting in rearranging/renovating our current triage room and process

[Ryan Stephens @ryanstephens]

Your attachments are holding you back.

And not just your attachment to possessions, but also:

> Your attachment to things going as planned
> Your need to control other people
> Your need to be right

Let it all fall away.

Embrace reality.

Your freedom depends on it.