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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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Glass syringes Red rubber catheters Scultetus binders Cloth lap sheets in the OR Autoclaves to sterilize irrigation fluids we mixed in two-liter glass bottles with salt tablets...
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Hydrocollator! When I was an aide I got to clean those. After a few years of nobody else cleaning them there was a thick tan sludge in the
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I still have my stainless tubex injector somewhere, NOT plastic, AND my set of locked leather restraint
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I remember when the Dial-a-flows came in. They were hot stuff. We had had pumps with little stretchy parts in the IV tubing; a roller squeezed the fluid down the IV but we had to count the...
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Testing urines at bedtime in test tubes with tablets that turned color for different levels. "Blue-negative" was the
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    EKG order

    Hannahbanana replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

    Nonsense. Not one BON I know would give a hoot about this. If you saw what they really have to deal with you'd see why this sort of thing never gets two minutes of their valuable time. It always...
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    Had a seizure during clinicals and kicked out of school

    Hannahbanana replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    She may have been cleared by two physicians, but now they need to be contacted by the school with this new information. It would also be possible that the school requests an eval by other physicians...
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    Good ICU reference book?

    Hannahbanana replied to BigDaddy007's topic in MICU, SICU

    For stuff that I found invaluable as basic background even when working ICU, look into the 5-Minute Consult. They have an app, too (check your App Store). Even when you find yourself deep in the weeds...
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    NYCHHC+ Bellevue, ICU RN salary?

    Hannahbanana replied to lrRN7's topic in General Nursing

    Even in places where they don't post it as a matter of law, you are perfectly within your rights to ask, and the HR people won't hold it against you if you
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    New Grad in ICU - Having Difficulty

    Hannahbanana replied to RN_Lovee's topic in Critical Care

    I've told this story here before. When I had my first ICU job one year out of school, it was in a world-class hot-**** unit, about half open heart and cardiac transplant, and half everything else...
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    ICU and OR experience for CRNA school

    Hannahbanana replied to jasaye's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    All good opinions. Suggest you contact the program(s) you're considering and make an appt to sit down c the admissions folks to get a realistic appraisal of the current newly accepted applicant pool...
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    Stress in ICU

    Hannahbanana replied to Cindycin48's topic in Critical Care

    I always said I would rather work my butt off with two patients in the ICU than waste a minute of precious percentage of my time running up and down halls in med-surg. THAT's stressful. I think...
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    Dangers of open ICU?

    Hannahbanana replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard the term "open ICU" used to describe "does everybody have active malpractice insurance?” If the nursing administration doesn't have representation on the medical staff meetings, s/he...
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    Hates ICU Job

    Hannahbanana replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Short answer to your question: Heck no, all ICUs are not like this. If you are a travel nurse slotted into this lousy job, that tells you they were already short-staffed there, and if this is what...
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    Am I Breaking HIPAA

    Hannahbanana replied to LEMANS's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No, you're not going to get your institution in trouble with the Feds for violating the privacy rule. Note that individuals are not bound as individuals by it, but if an individual violates privacy...
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    Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    Hannahbanana replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    This goes to my nursing experience after I left hospitals. I have retired as a legal nurse consultant and nurse life care planner now, and while I was still working I assisted attorneys to understand...
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    Is it illegal to date a patient's family member (parent)?

    Hannahbanana replied to carti's topic in General Nursing

    It's not illegal, as in, against an actual law, but as you already know by having asked the question, it's unadvisable. Sure you can meet somebody attractive at work — I had a friend who ended up...
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    HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

    There is a difference between paying taxes on earned income and a benefit penalty. I believe it used to be that if you were collecting Social Security and had side gigs paying you money, there was a...
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    HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

    If there is any possible way you can delay taking Social Security, do that. The longer you wait, the higher your monthly benefit will be. Your local SS office will be very happy to help you figure...
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    Pneumonia: 10 Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

    Hannahbanana replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Alas, that is my point. I can't (and won't) "write a care plan" for a patient I have not assessed. It takes time to get new students oriented to the idea of "thinking like a nurse" and not as...
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    Pneumonia: 10 Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

    Hannahbanana replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Please note my usual distaste with seeing, once again, "nursing care plans" headlined as "for [medical diagnosis].” While this article goes to some length to describe possible nursing diagnostic...
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    Ethical Arguments Against Mandatory Vaccination

    Hannahbanana replied to ldhrn73's topic in General Nursing

    From the March 30 issue of Stroke: Stroke After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine: A Nationwide Registry Study. Håkon Ihle-Hansen, Håkon Bøås, German Tapia, Guri Hagberg, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Jacob...
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    Ethical Arguments Against Mandatory Vaccination

    Hannahbanana replied to ldhrn73's topic in General Nursing

    You -- and everybody else-- are quite
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    Ethical Arguments Against Mandatory Vaccination

    Hannahbanana replied to ldhrn73's topic in General Nursing

    So, a little more research was in order here. First, the Pfizer slur. Credit to:...