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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    Medication Error During A Code

    Hannahbanana replied to Nursethoughts123's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn’t your RRT include a debrief period afterwards, or the next day, or monthly? It sounds as if this would be exactly the kind of thing for which these are standard— a chance to talk about what...
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    Hannahbanana replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW, the members of Congress who passed the ACA (and their families) have the same group plans you do, by law. Suggestion: look into your state’s group plans for self-employed people. I did that...
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    Hannahbanana replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I’m doing that for a good deal more pay, LOL. Good
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    Breathless, Coughing and Run-down: What's Going On? | Case Study

    Hannahbanana replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Do we get a fentanyl lollipop as a prize?
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    Employer refusing to provide even verification

    Hannahbanana replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    OK, attach copies of your W-9 or W-2 that indicates how much the hospital paid you last year (it’s in the file with your income taxes), your license, copies of your certifications, and so forth....
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    Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No matter what, they would still be subject to adhering to the privacy rules, and so would be smart to protect themselves by developing and enforcing policies to keep their institution in compliance....
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    Questions on HIPAA and school

    Hannahbanana replied to peaceful nurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Workers comp (as the insurance plan it is) is subject to the privacy law. However, this applies only to PHI unrelated to the claim. So, for example, your claim for a leg fracture involves certain...
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    Tenet Hosp strike enters eighth week

    Hannahbanana replied to Hannahbanana's topic in Nursing News

    As of this weekend the hospital is considering the union’s latest demand and federal mediators are invited in. At four months, the state’s longest nursing strike
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    Have you ever left a nursing job due to a patient/family member?

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Multiple complaints about your performance from family members is it now? You are not performing well, not coping, and yet you expect people to praise you and encourage you to stay the course...
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    Breathless, Coughing and Run-down: What's Going On? | Case Study

    Hannahbanana replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    It is, but compared to the early days when these guys all died dreadful deaths of fulminating respiratory failure within weeks (or sooner) of dx c PCP, HIV is at least treatable as a chronic disease...
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    LVN to RN Bridge

    Hannahbanana replied to Texasoklahoma1985's topic in General Nursing

    It seems unlikely. The BON would probably take a dim view of somebody working in RN scope and standards who isn’t actually an RN. The hospital would put you at risk if they did that. They can...
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    Will suspended nursing license show up on background check

    Hannahbanana replied to sb_peds_er_rn's topic in General Nursing

    It might. You could pay a few bucks and search your own online,
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    Nurses, invent what you want.

    Hannahbanana replied to x4livin's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and more than one nurse has intuited the great value of an Ativan atomizer for PRN use. I have seen all four of your other suggestions in use already.
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    Nurses, invent what you want.

    Hannahbanana replied to x4livin's topic in General Nursing

    A hunnert or so years ago our big ICU was trialing new monitoring systems. One was really popular, as besides being really good it had individual modules that snapped in and out of slots in the wall...
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    Ventilator basics for new RN

    Hannahbanana replied to newRN109's topic in General Nursing

    If you aren’t really comfortable with ABGs and pulmonary physiology, here’s your chance to get there. When you know the how and why of normal ventilation, you’ll be able to understand how using...
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    New Grad Looking at ICUs with the intention of CRNA School in a few years

    Hannahbanana replied to WSU.Nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Couple of thoughts. Familiarity and comfort are nice, but if you will value yourself better, you’ll see the benefits to taking some risks for the prize of moving up. Re name dropping as a...
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    OOPS, WHOOPS, & POOPS | Share Your OOPS Moments of the Week

    Hannahbanana replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    DaveyDo’s story reminded me of one told by one of the first folks in the ISS, the international space station. Toileting in the absence of gravity was an engineering challenge. One day a wag...
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    It's Not All Bad

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My first new grad job was in a 17-bed PACU in a 700-bed hospital. They hired three of us new grads at the same time: diploma nurse from their hospital school, ASN from another state, and me, BSN from...
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    Paramedic Experience beneficial?

    Hannahbanana replied to Michael Cook's topic in General Nursing

    Your wife is right, you know. EMS is not the glamorous (or even semi-glamorous) helping-people-with-their-emergencies you see on TV. It will also not necessarily be helpful for your long-term goal of...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Hanging with bated breath … will she or won’t she? The suspense is (not) killing
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    Breathless, Coughing and Run-down: What's Going On? | Case Study

    Hannahbanana replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    The pneumocystis and accompanying ABGs are the tip. You don’t want us to post our answers so I won’t, but I gotta say I had this guy pegged at the beginning, seen waaay too many of him before....
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    Seeking advice on which job to take

    Hannahbanana replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don’t think you won’t see “trachs and tubes” in a brain injury unit! People who get hurt bad enough to damage their brains may have had other injuries. But trust me on this, they won’t be...
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    New grad in an Inpatient Rehabilitation facility, is it a dead end?

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

    You will learn a LOT about med/surgical nursing in inpatient rehab, so no worries there; these patients often have more challenging presentations than you'll see in m/s. It is not SNF. Your friends...
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    Scolded For Prioritizing Emergent Situations Over Routine Meetings

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, you lost me there. I was under the impression that the thrust of this entire thread was that (psycho)therapy for the OP would be helpful; it appears she agreed. I don’t think there was any...
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    Scolded For Prioritizing Emergent Situations Over Routine Meetings

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I agree c you. You can sit at the bedside, have somebody make the call (or make it yourself from the bedside phone or your own cell), and they’ll be right there. No need to dilly-dally, if your...