andrea booth
@andreabooth7
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Novice nurse advocate for Nurse Safety. Includes better pay, better working conditions i.e pt nurse ratios, working hours, work-life balance (personal views)
Joined June 2010
Right! Time to name and shame! What the fuck! Going to the farm? Put your damn seatbelt on! Just because you’re driving around on the farm does not mean you won’t roll your damn car! This company should be fucking illegal! #seatbeltssavelives
#icurn #ecnursing
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Hmmmm although this is a funny post it’s pretty scary #CPR is supposed to save lives but it’s still #sexist! 🙈 It makes me very #sad
#ICURN #patientsafety
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I recently had to help with #IPC at work I am learning so much So much more than just #bugs
#basics remain the basics through You can isolate all you want but don’t forget to #washyourhands
ICU ID Secrets: S. aureus (SA) bacteremia is a common cause of bloodstream infection. It is associated w mortality rate > 20-30% (for comparison: 30-day mortality from an acute myocardial infarction is ~ 10%) In every case of SA bacteremia, all these steps need to be taken:
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Dearest @YolandaWalsh and @ellenleroux You guys are amazing Well done on this achievement & I can’t wait to celebrate you! #Masters #completed
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So glad to be associated with such a prestigious school! And the amazing lecturers! @cunningham_char @Clint_EM @WayneSmithSA
UCT Emergency Medicine is proud to share the recent announcement of the HPCSA Professional Board for Emergency Care releasing the Clinical Practice Guidelines for prehospital providers in South Africa. @DeptFCE @UCT_EM @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci
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RT @SAJCritCare: Latest edition of SAJCC is published online at includes abstracts presents at @crit_sa Congress 20…
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RT @MalcolmMiller6: Final session of our ‘Moving forward’ symposium! Engaging talks from every speaker! @Crit_Care @IvanJoubert @brendam161…
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What an amazing weekend spent with #ICU colleagues & #friends #learning Also I got to tick off an #careerbucketlist presenting #psychologicalsafety #MPhil #UCT
#CritCareSA
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And yet they still happen Various factors affect this The biggest I have identified is that staffing does not allow for a dedicated distraction free medication round Thus putting #patientsafety & #nursesafety at risk #ICURN #medicationerrors Oh & of course #ignorance
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@TheLeeMcLaren Both! Theoretical knowledge cemented with practical training. All #SouthAfrican health qualifications work like this.
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#WorldRestartAHeart Teach them young and teach them why and teach them properly #CPRSavesLives
#Anna #SouthAfricanScoutAssociation
#volunteer
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The are no words to explain how awesome this week of #learning has been #UCT #MPhil #emergencymedicine @WayneSmithSA and his team really put a lot of effort to make it great #THANKYOU #disastermedicine #ICURN
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#ICS #Mphildisaster #UCT I quite like these universal approaches to things. I do wish everyone would put their egos aside and hop onto the same page so that more patient safety can take place
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As my mentor and friend quoted @bronespen ‘It’s like scratching open a raw wound’ The sad thing is, NOTHING has changed in nursing. After this 2 year crisis it all went back to old habits #COVIDSUCKS #ICURN #PTSD #anxietysucks
Prof @Kevin_Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.
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I recently wrote a blurb on #complexhumaniterian #emergencies for my #Mphil #UCT I described my #COVID19 #ICURN experience OH MY WORD I thought I had #healed but alas, I was #triggered
Trigger warning: COVID-19 trauma Testimony yesterday at the COVID-19 Inquiry was harrowing, but it's critical that this evidence is heard & lessons are learnt. Read Rose Gallagher's blog with the latest from the inquiry & our role as core participant:
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