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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    Would you consider this false advertisement??

    Hannahbanana replied to helloanna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, it’s not a bad sign. It might be a sign they either need a few more folks c L&D experience or some who don’t have any but might like to ease into L&D or could be eased in, as in “new...
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    allnurses doldrums

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sure Davey gets the reference,
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    allnurses doldrums

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I did that one.. go for
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    allnurses doldrums

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    OK, that’s it for now. Any more? We gotta give Davey some
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    allnurses doldrums

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    “I wanted to be hired in mother baby because I love babies and mothers and I’m the oldest of eight and my auntie delivered babies in the mountains of Peru when she was in the Peace Corps but I...
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    allnurses doldrums

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    “I took my NCLEX two days ago and my friends all got their results and I am freaking out totally and I’m afraid I’ll never get a job because the machine cut off at 200 questions and I just know...
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    allnurses doldrums

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    “My coworkers hate me, they didn’t invite me out for pizza after the shift. I’ve worked here for a whole month and I’m really really a great nurse, they’re just old biter
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    It might start there but as children age to adulthood it’s on them to go out into the world and learn to live in
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    Chest Tube LCS

    Hannahbanana replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    As Muno points out, it depends on why the chest tube is in there. This is a tutorial for how to think about that :). Chest tubes, pneumothorax, and tension pneumos made clear This little...
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    First day in pcu/tele!

    Hannahbanana replied to Ladylpn123's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. Don’t peg nursing competence to equipment and tasks (“no experience but a Gtube”). You’ll learn those as you go along. Remember what nurses have that nobody else does— the...
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    Are nurses able to shower after shift?

    Hannahbanana replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    You have made my point. Buffets may “be the worst” but if humans were in gross danger from those exposures we would have public health shutting them down every day for disease clusters. Since that...
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    ::shrug:: Just asking for your sources, is all. Have a nice
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    Are nurses able to shower after shift?

    Hannahbanana replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    This is from my post seven years ago. It may look familiar to some of the other COBs here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
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    Part time gigs for retired nurses

    Hannahbanana replied to debi49's topic in General Nursing

    I help edit other people's written journal submissions, research proposals, theses, dissertations, etc. My kind of
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    What's the source of your information? (I'm reflexively dismissive of "a lot of" and "shallow thinking" language, especially when attached to "institutions of higher learning." Where else would...
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    National Nurses Week Contests are HERE!

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    No choice for "send" ... I'm sending this three different ways and not sure which, if any, AN will deliver, LOL. Still can't do any PMs. Mac OS 11.2.3,
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    National Nurses Week Contests are HERE!

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Can't do it. I can fill out the form but there's nothing to click to send it. Can't do it. I can fill out the form but there's nothing to click to send it. And.... this won't send
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    Since we were discussing nurses, most of whom are adults....
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    National Nurses Week Contests are HERE!

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Thanks... but I didn't submit the article and I don't see any submission under my name in the thread.... I can't send Mary a message, either. And I STILL can't send PMs to anybody. Using Mac OS...
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    Reality Check.

    Hannahbanana replied to VaniCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is more reflective of them than any nurse. Can you say, "Projection"? There isn't a physician on the planet who hasn't missed a serious diagnosis: search and sign up for the excellent Med Mal...
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    The pendulum is beginning to swing back from the "everybody gets a participation trophy" and "everybody's self-esteemy feels are paramount" but there's still a lot of it out
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    ?
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    Trying to PM you but no such link anywhere. Maybe AN doesn't like Firefox or something. We had one nurse per room (two beds or one bed) and a float between two or maybe three rooms for breaks and...
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    Happy Nurse's Week! You ROCK (literally a rock given to RN's for Nurse's Week)!

    Hannahbanana replied to CABGpatch_RN's topic in General Nursing

    And on another note, in my first job out of the hospital after 20 years in critical care, I was working for a company doing workers comp case management. I got a bonus my first month, a hundred dollar...
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    I was there when the old E2B unit split into Medical, Surgical, and (out back) Respiratory, and the North ICU opened for CV and transplants. We had a choice of which one to go to, and I did a lot of...