Posted on 09/23/2021 5:37:08 AM PDT by Faith Presses On
Albert Spence is a pulmonary nurse with 31 years of experience. He recently gave public testimony before the South Carolina State Legislature on "therapeutic options" for COVID-19.
Once again, we are finding that nurses who have been working on the frontlines treating COVID-19 patients are the most informed people in the U.S. right now who truly know what is going on in the hospitals, especially when it comes to COVID-19 protocols, and the experimental COVID-19 "vaccines."
In this public testimony, Mr. Spence relates how he followed all the advice in the beginning of how the medical system wanted him to treat COVID patients, even though so much of it went against his 30+ years of experience in treating patients with respiratory illnesses.
But when the COVID patients started dwindling down in his ward at the beginning of this year, and he found out that the CDC had changed the threshold for PCR tests by reducing the tests from 40 cycles to 28, then he realized what was happening, and it horrified him.
He had been unwittingly assisting in killing his patients by just "doing what I was told."
He has now left the nursing field for good.
I should say, the link is to his testimony which is on Rumble:
Reminds me of a meme I saw.
Doctor is talking to a woman. In scene one he says “I’m being forced to choose between your life and my job.”
In scene 2 he says “I’m sorry. “
Unfortunately he testifies from a perspective of expertise he does not have. I find his testimony stitched from internet conspiracy theories to a frustrated person trying to sound like he is in the know. He is not. He is likely making his 15 minutes of fame and attempting to monetize that. Finally it is unclear what a pulmonary nurse is. There are not specifically pulmonary nurses in the hospital. Certainly there are critical care nurses and med surg but this is mostly garbage.
Hoping to escape the noose at the next round of Nuremberg trials...
Interesting since the FDA had allowed over amplification of Covid pcr beyond reasonable the normal “28” cycles or so because of so many “false” negatives. This guy seems to be saying it was wrong to revert to the normal amplification rates? They are getting rid of the “quick” PCR tests anyway. I doubt the RN in question has committed any real mal-practice. We can only use the tools we have.
I think the Zelenko or East Virginia school of medicine protocols should be used at the moment when Covid is first suspected for any patient deemed positive even though most will get better in a week or so without them. 10 percent may go onto to get sick enough to require some sort of hospitalization; of those hospitalized in our area, 15 percent end up getting so sick that the come to our ICU and then 80 percent of those thus admitted to ICU will die. Their lungs are so damaged that they aren’t coming back. Then there are the blood , kidney and liver issues. Co-morbidities also are a real negative in trying to fight this disease.
All that could be used and tried in the pre ICU phases are not being tried in most cases because of politics. Vaccinations at their best are temporary in their effects but so far we haven’t seen many vaxxed people making it as far as our ICU though about 10 perecnt of our covid general hospital population have been vaxxed.(They have a few intense days in hospital, needing some steroids, extra o2, perhaps some blood thinners if their d-dimers are elevated but then they rapidly get better and leave after a week or so).The vast majority of our ICU covids have been unvaccinated.
I suspect that would be news to these folks ...
Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers
And I just found a bunch of job listings for pulmonary nurses.
Well some big hospitals have exlusively pulmonary floors where stable vents(not on heavy pressors with only light sedation if any). A nurse having worked exclusively on such floors might have taken courses to get special pulmonary certifications and may come to know the vents as well or better than RT’s, and many get their CCRN certs...so I think most tend to “adopt” the name Respiratory or Pulmonary RN. There are a few certification programs in respiratory, particularly for the NP’s Sometimes the hospitals get a little goosy with the titling on the name badges...if you work on the respiratory floor, you might be...John Smith RN/Respiratory and so forth.
It would not surprise me to find someone trying to “cash in on 15 minutes”. But what does surprise me is someone telling a lie that can be debunked in seconds with an internet search.
I wonder how many of these Pfizer shills are even in the medical field.
I didn’t think so. He explained things pretty well and certainly has a pretty high level of expertise, enough to present the observations that he did. For example how Covid patients were being treated differently.
There is no degree or official title, but there is assignment and experience. As a patient I have much experience with different specialties and a bit in the hospital, and many times the experienced nurses are referred to by their specialists that they’ve worked with or department. Gynecological nurse, gastroenterological nurse, etc. of course they could switch to another area, but they tend to be identified when they have so much experience.
Darn, was hoping to make it IN...before the “conspiracy theorists” blame.
Thanks for posting.
He gave testimony to the senate of South Carolina and I agree with his presentation.
He is another hero in this battle.
Early treatment and prevention is the key!
The association you are mentioning isn’t for regular RNs to be certified for; those are for PA’s and Nurse Practitioners, people who can do some invasive procedures and write orders for treatments.
Most RN’s who have a particular expertise in Respiratory may take courses particular to their field, have experience with respiratory patients and may have taken vent management courses. Many are CCRN’s(Critical Care RN certified). Many have cross training in Trauma Nursing. I wouldn’t be called a “pulmonary” RN per se but with my critical care experience, I could probably get hired as a “pulmonary” rn. There are some certifications(mainly courses you take to get CEU credit for, but whether an official title of Respiratory RN can be used after such courses is dubious but not often questioned) but the pay scales aren’t any different for the Pulmonary RN’s verses the ICU RNs.
Those are APRNs
This guy is an RN.
What do you call a nurse who works for a pulmonologist?
I know a couple of cardiac nurses, Oncology nurses and I’m married to a bariatric and general surgery nurse.
I assure you, each of them is extremely knowledgeable in their given area.
It may not be an academically assigned specialization but that does not mean that they are less competent for that lack of recognition.
Often the biggest separation between them and the doctor knowledge wise is who does the cutting and sewing and who keeps the blood flowing through the living heart.
Here are his points (if I understood correctly):
- Hospitals always made sure patients with pneumonia sat up and moved around.*
- COVID patients are put in a room, and contact is limited. So, COVID patients are lying in their beds immobile, thus prone to worsening pneumonia.
- COVID patients are given Remdesivir which causes swelling.
- Then those patients are put on a ventilator, and they continue to lie there with no mobility.
- Then the patients are told they are dying, and the palliative team is called in to give “comfort care”: Oxygen is reduced, and patient is loaded up with morphine and Ativan.
* Even if patients didn’t have pneumonia, hospitals always wanted patients mobile so that they wouldn’t get pneumonia.
OMG! Gasbag-dr is BACK!
Telling LIES, attacking everyone that tells the truth about COVID/jabs.
How much are “they” paying you? Don’t answer with MORE lies. Just go away.
“Finally it is unclear what a pulmonary nurse is. There are not specifically pulmonary nurses in the hospital. Certainly there are critical care nurses and med surg but this is mostly garbage.”
REALLY? Maybe you should Google it! Heard of Google have you?
YOUR comments are mostly garbage. See below gasbag.
“A Pulmonary Care or Respiratory Nurse treats patients who are suffering from lung and respiratory conditions.”
https://nursing.jnj.com/specialty/pulmonary-care-nurse
“Pulmonary nursing is a specialty focused on the care and treatment of patients with lung disease or respiratory conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, tuberculosis, and lung cancer.”
https://www.nursingcenter.com/clinical-resources/practice-specialties/pulmonary
“What is a Pulmonary Care Nurse? | Job Description
A pulmonary or respiratory care nurse is a nurse who provides medical care and healthcare advice to patients who are suffering from respiratory issues and diseases such as individuals who have asthma or are dealing with lung cancer, atelectasis, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or tuberculosis.”
https://www.nursetheory.com/pulmonary-care-nurse/
“Pulmonary Nursing
Published Mar 2
Pulmonary (or Respiratory) nurses specialize in caring for people with lung diseases, the most common patient ailments. They are specially trained to manage and treat various lung conditions and educate patients and family members to optimize patient health at various disease stages.”
https://allnurses.com/pulmonary-nursing-t503603/
See above
It’s ok for you to be an idiot if you want
In a hospital setting there is not a specialized pulmonary nurse. It’s the great fame this guy plays representing him as something he is not.
There are critical care nurses, trauma nurses and floor nurses. In the LTAC setting exact same designations. There are RNs. CCRN but not formal recognition for “pulmonary” nurses
One look at the crap you posted demonstrates that there are RNs who May work in a pulmonologist office outpatient but that is the Practice of the physician. Not the nurse
Nice try.
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