Hannahbanana BSN, MSN

Physiology, CM, consulting, nsg edu, LNC, COB

Knows a thing or two because she’s seen a thing or two.

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    Advice On Appropriate Head Covering For A Transgender Nurse

    Hannahbanana replied to nogoodsirimonthelevel's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who has a collection of wigs and they’re all fabulous, very natural looking and becoming. Good
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    Looking For Advice On A Hospital Job

    Hannahbanana replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn’t seem arithmetically possible to hit 34, though three 12s per week would be 36. I’d show her the relevant parts of the above and ask her where the extra couple of hours would come from. It...
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    Will I have a hard time getting into grad school?

    Hannahbanana replied to phassy21's topic in General Nursing

    What's your big hurry on going to grad school so soon? You're not even close to getting to an expert level of practice in a year and a half. The purpose of grad schol is to educate you further on...
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    Explaining Absence During Colleague's Vacation

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    OK, you have already said you have some advance notice to prepare with him before he goes, plus you have some perfectly good scripts to use when you get asked a question you can't answer. What...
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    Picc I V Length of excess line

    Hannahbanana replied to Mike Picc Pouch's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe the mods can shoot this over to the IV Nursing
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    What unit would prepare me best to become an ICU nurse?

    Hannahbanana replied to smn90's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Without knowing either hospital's individual quirks, I'd guess Pulm/GI/MS->PCU for range. But Tele will give you a jump start on ekg and sicker patients, so there's
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    Considering quitting nursing

    Hannahbanana replied to LouR's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't. I started in a PACU for a year, then got recruited for critical care in the same hospital. But my husband's job moved us, and I appled to a critical care unit there. I was placed in the...
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    I Alone Can Fix It...Trump and the Insurrection

    Hannahbanana replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    They will be released as part of the ongoing investigation. Easy Google search. One member who said she gave the tours was Boebert. Washington, DC — Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11)...
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    Name title

    Hannahbanana replied to madz0212's topic in Patient Education

    I genuinely thought the degree credentials were presented the opposite way - "lowest" to "highest." I cannot find in the article where it specifies, so now I have some research to do! Thanks for...
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    I Alone Can Fix It...Trump and the Insurrection

    Hannahbanana replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007606996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html This should clear it up for you. Most videos are from the insurrectionists’ own phones, and, as...
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    I have a question about COVID Vaccine

    Hannahbanana replied to pecantreechipmunk's topic in Disaster Preparation

    RECENT STUDIES SHOW you can be fully vaccinated and still acquire, carry, and share viral particles even if you don't get sick. This is why even if you are vaccinated you should mask up, to...
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    Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    Hannahbanana replied to RaineyRN7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OK, as of today (8/22/2021), the Pfizer vaccine has been fully approved. Now what excuse will people come up
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    Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    Hannahbanana replied to RaineyRN7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    (couldn't get Quote feature to work" >>> I am unclear how an employer has the LEGAL RIGHT to ask me personal questions about my religious beliefs or medical information (vaccination...
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    Work Opportunities For Unvaccinated Nurses

    Hannahbanana replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is no religion whose doctrine includes vaccine refusal as an obligation. Even Christian Scientists seek regular medical
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    Pfizer Approved by FDA

    Hannahbanana replied to JadedCPN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Looking forward to our boosters in November, 8 months after our first
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    I Alone Can Fix It...Trump and the Insurrection

    Hannahbanana replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Your disengenuousness would be charmingly naive in a teenager, but not so much in an adult. There are logs showing those "tourists" getting tours of behind-the-scenes in the Capitol Building just...
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    Oxygen Therapy

    Hannahbanana replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    Perhaps in your facility. I can assure you that it’s not like that everywhere. Good
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    Have you heard of this type of grading before?

    Hannahbanana replied to Zamzam's topic in General Students

    The advice about keeping track of your grades is reasonable for an adult learner. If you are marginal or have concerns about this issue for yourself, get yourself into office hours every week to keep...
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    What would you do?

    Hannahbanana replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Get refs from other professionals who know about your patient care— social work, staff development, OT, hospice, docs, managers from other floors who took pts in transfer from you… two of those...
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    Oxygen Therapy

    Hannahbanana replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    Oh, no, it’s not. And if is all the time, I suggest seriously that you take it up with the medical staff (Anes, critical care, medicine, surgery) to review that. For the reasons in this
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    Failing out of nursing school at the end

    Hannahbanana replied to itsjustnt's topic in General Students

    Don’t listen to colleagues about this — or us, for that matter. Get your authoritative information from nobody but the BON. This may mean that nsg is not a realistic career pathway for you now....
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    Trump GOP Believes Trump is President

    Hannahbanana replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    There’s a flaw in that, said Watson. If TFG was elected in 2020, then he cannot run again in 2024. Besides, his frontotemporal dementia will be so advanced by then his handlers won’t be able...
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    I Alone Can Fix It...Trump and the Insurrection

    Hannahbanana replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I Alone Can Fix It is a very detailed book, impeccably sourced. But we know that facts are only going to harden the Trumpotic’s dedication to him, so… mic drop. Over and
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    Mask mandates are 'harassment,' Florida Dept. of Education says

    Hannahbanana replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    He has stock in the company. If you think a mask is harassment, wait’ll some nurse suctions your ET tube. But hey. Next time you need surgery, tell the surgeon and nurses in the OR they can...
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    Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell and Mike Flynn pushed pro-Trump conspiracy theories at an event advertised as a celebration of an anti-China movement.

    Hannahbanana replied to nursel56's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    He gave the Taliban a lotta love, as he did c the nutball in North Korea, offered to bring them to Camp David for talks (but not the Afghan government), made a treaty c them that he would withdraw...