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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    Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a priest that would say if the Lord God Almighty can raise the dead incorruptible He can certainly locate and reconnect a few random parts, no matter where in His universe they
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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

    Small suggestion , and please understand this is made in the interest of making your path smoother. Don’t get fluffed over “grammar police.” Like it or not, your faculty and others like...
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    Are there any nurses that actually LIKE nursing?

    Hannahbanana replied to CShel's topic in General Students

    Yup, I love what I’ve been doing the last 16 yrs or so. Before that, I loved PACU, CVICU, float pool, teaching, critical care clin spec, case management, and consulting. Are there days when you...
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    Between a rock and a hard place (or Sedated patient deemed me uncompassionate)

    Hannahbanana replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Ketamine
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    Received Letter In Mail About Hospital Lawsuit At Old Job

    Hannahbanana replied to dreamshake18's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, never never never contact the opposing attorney at all for anything unless you run it past your own attorney first— who is 99.9% guaranteed to say “Hell, no,” and write something without
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    Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say the same thing!! Like what do you do with a loose toe?!? Seen this often. You should probably ask the doc if he wants it to go to pathology, but in my experience the...
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    Received Letter In Mail About Hospital Lawsuit At Old Job

    Hannahbanana replied to dreamshake18's topic in General Nursing

    Can you clarify what that person's status is if they are not dropped? Is it incorrect that unless/until they are dropped they are....being sued? Not an atty and don’t play...
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    Received Letter In Mail About Hospital Lawsuit At Old Job

    Hannahbanana replied to dreamshake18's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily; many, many times names get dropped as discovery progresses. Often the dropped ones are nurses or other peripheral personnel after a perspicacious legal nurse consultant reviews the...
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    Are any of the following considered HIPAA violation?

    Hannahbanana replied to Chem0ninja's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    OK, then . 1. You can’t do that. Even confirming that someone is (or was) in the hospital at all is a HIPAA violation because it’s a release of private health information. You say, “I...
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    Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    Hannahbanana replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    There are those who thought my job was relatively glamorous, because I did a lot of traveling (on the client’s nickel) to cool places to see patients, and as a result I could also afford travel and...
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    How to Deal with Toxic People while in School

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

    Short form: Work on developing your own emotional maturity. That’ll take care of pretty much all of this.
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    Are any of the following considered HIPAA violation?

    Hannahbanana replied to Chem0ninja's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Homework? Tell us what your ideas are, and then we can talk. if you’re not a student, then what do you think now?
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    Hannahbanana replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you "read" that, but it's still not true. Likewise re mammograms. There's a difference between screening before making a diagnosis and following a diagnosed condition. Very...
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    Hannahbanana replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reply isn’t specifically to Brandy1017 but to everybody out there who agrees c this sentiment and mindset, and we see there are a lot of you. Where is it written that you have to work in a...
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    Hannahbanana replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not true. The ACA is still the law of the land, and you can get a screening colonoscopy for nothing by law. If they find something in there that needs further care and assessment, you still do NOT get...
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    NYS license by endorsement

    Hannahbanana replied to MBS's topic in General Nursing

    I got mine a few yrs ago and had to take an online course on (I think) elder abuse, etc., before they would process it. COVID has wreaked hell on all sorts of department and org offices, short...
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    Received Letter In Mail About Hospital Lawsuit At Old Job

    Hannahbanana replied to dreamshake18's topic in General Nursing

    (Not an atty, not giving legal advice) You do need to respond, and you should ask your malpractice folks before you do. However, the vast majority of cases are initially filed c every name they...
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    Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    Hannahbanana replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    I was in total shock after the hospital closed all nursing education positions and I was out of my critical care clin spec job. I’d been an ICU nurse for 20 years and it was my whole professional...
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    BSN or MSN with only RN diploma?

    Hannahbanana replied to daisychains11's topic in General Specialties

    Well, they used to, but that didn’t work out so well in most cases. New grad c minimal pt experience = new grad c minimal pt experience. If you truly have a choice, though, get the MSN if you...
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    Newbie Faculty Advice

    Hannahbanana replied to vanurse1022's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I’ve told this story here before... One Saturday I’m sitting in the living room grading care plans, reading journals, giving thoughtful constructive feedback for my two clinical sections of 8...
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    Clinical Grading

    Hannahbanana replied to ellee45's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    This should be ongoing, not an end-of-semester final word. We all know there are students who have been cautioned, warned, corrected, and guided ad infinitum but who are astonished that they failed...
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    Nursing Diagnosis

    Hannahbanana replied to FaithVA's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You are having a hard time in part because you haven’t learned about making a nursing diagnosis. You wouldn’t think much of a doc who, entering the exam room and seeing you for the first time,...
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    New Instructor about to start clinicals! Yikes!

    Hannahbanana replied to RN0599's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I found that the best way to follow students’ progress was to have them journal. I had them get notebooks to write in, and turn them in to me first thing after clinical. I told them they could write...
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    Need Advice! CA BRN Will Not Accept My WGU Advanced Pharm Classes!

    Hannahbanana replied to RNADN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ah, yes, WGU ... well, let us say that they once asked me to be on faculty because it was a great gig that wasn't too strenuous or taxing. I said I had called to investigate the program I was...
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    Manager Woes

    Hannahbanana replied to WriterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily-- the best nurse manager I ever had was promoted from night charge to head nurse. Because she'd been on nights for awhile a lot of us didn't really know her. The first thing she said...