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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    HIPAA violation?

    Hannahbanana replied to BSN-to-MSN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Hey, here's a thought: How about we have somebody who shadows nurses and points out ways to "elevate" the nursing experience? Since they don't seem to be listening to actual, like,
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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 deeply regret that I can only "like" this once. (old Stanford CVICU and critical care transport nurse
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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

    Oddly, suicide stats are down over the last 14
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    Worried I made a mistake

    Hannahbanana replied to em3120's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A therapist will help you with the, “Don’t say can’t, say won’t” part of that. Good
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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 pandemic is not over. The new variants bursting out of India are not a mirage. I think the original projection of 2-3 years before we get a reliable handle on lethal coronaviruses is possibly...
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Against my better judgment I dropped by a SB thread to see if there was anything different about it. Nope, same martyrdom, Pepsi, sleep disturbance r/t caffeine intake, and all the rest. Same...
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    Concerned - New Grad from Excelsior

    Hannahbanana replied to Medic6940's topic in General Nursing

    ... but we haven't learned yet how this will pan out when these grads go to work. That's an open question right now. Those of us old enough to remember Mrs. Chase may remember that she wasn't...
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    Concerned - New Grad from Excelsior

    Hannahbanana replied to Medic6940's topic in General Nursing

    But (maybe I'm confused here) Drexel / Louisville is NOT the degree that qualified you for NCLEX. Excelsior is- and that will not get you the MD license you desire. The BON answer is not addressing...
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    New job and not enough hours. What would you do?

    Hannahbanana replied to Calbrunette's topic in General Nursing

    Get it in writing next time, LOL. Meanwhile, ask when you can expect to be scheduled for the 20 hrs/wk they hired you for, because that’s the basis on which you accepted the job, and would have to...
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    Concerned - New Grad from Excelsior

    Hannahbanana replied to Medic6940's topic in General Nursing

    As a brief clarification, and someone can correct me if I’m wrong~~ If a state BON (let’s call it State A) will not give you a State A RN license because your degree came from a program they...
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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

    Part of every clinical rotation is “socialization to the role,” even if it’s not explicit in the syllabus. The problem comes when clinicals become mired in what I’ve always called the “lab...
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    Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    Hannahbanana replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It’s not the least bit odd. There has been federal legislation on the books since 1988 shielding all vaccine manufacturers from liability claims arising from allegations of harm post vaccines. It...
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    Question for In Hospital Nurse Educator

    Hannahbanana replied to Magnolia11's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    When I was a critical staff dev gal I put together a skills signoff day in the large hospital conference room with things like setting up 12-leads, estimating blood loss on chux or towels,...
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    Patient Saftey Sitter

    Hannahbanana replied to Brookelyncrisp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This isn't a nursing job per se, but if you are helpful and keep your assigned person safe, you might parlay it into a nursing assistant job as you progress thorugh school, and thence to a job after...
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    New passer waiting for license

    Hannahbanana replied to Yushra Tulawie's topic in General Nursing

    The day I got my results I flew into work (PACU) and peeled the "GN" adhesive tape off my shiny name badge to reveal the coveted "RN" underneath. And as luck would have it, I was assigned an isolation...
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    NCLEX After 5 years

    Hannahbanana replied to TLRay84's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just because you might find a state that will let you test now (and that may be doubtful) does not mean that you will (ever) be able to get a license by endorsement in another state that wouldn’t...
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    How to deal with the stress of not passing your first semester of Nursing School

    Hannahbanana replied to SoontobeRN2022's topic in General Students

    You can absolutely request an evaluation from a specialist, PT, dietary, social work, whatever you determine is in your patient's best interests based on your RN nursing assessment. Anybody gives you...
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    New passer waiting for license

    Hannahbanana replied to Yushra Tulawie's topic in General Nursing

    tried to edit typos but something isn't clicking there.
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    New passer waiting for license

    Hannahbanana replied to Yushra Tulawie's topic in General Nursing

    Calm down. You don't say where your friends are, but they may be handled by a different state board of nursing, there may be short staffing there, who knows. Three whole days ! OMG! If it says six...
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    Nurse resident pay raise

    Hannahbanana replied to Adelaf02's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't have a union rep to ask about the contract under which you are working, it is perfectly acceptable to call HR and ask them this question if it wasn't addressed adequately in the documents...
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    Worried I made a mistake

    Hannahbanana replied to em3120's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can pretty much promise you that if something untoward had happened you'd have heard by now. Pharmacy is also a checkpoint; they are supposed to flag any weird or dangerous orders for recheck, and...
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    COVID-19: Ivermectin

    Hannahbanana replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Very little, if any, of these are controlled studies in real peer-reviewed journals (as opposed to the vast number of "preprints" and predatory jouornals listed). I just spent some time...
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    Medical DPOA for my mother, constant refusal to give me information even with the official form

    Hannahbanana replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Horseshoe's account underscores the need to have a clear understanding about what, exacty, any advance directives mean in the jurisdiction. Terminology is different in different places. Generally...
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    New nurse. Where is my passion?

    Hannahbanana replied to Jccnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Needing a career and liking science is a perfectly wonderful way to enter nursing. Works for me, always has. Never mind what other people say about their "passion," whatever that means. That's an...
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    New Grad in Cath Lab... any tips or advice?

    Hannahbanana replied to NewCathLabNurse's topic in Cardiac

    Suggest you also connect with the interventional radiology nursing association for suggestions, best practices, certification, and all else. They’re very