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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    Should I call the doctor for a BP of 175/72?

    Hannahbanana replied to moonshawdow's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, by chance I came upon a slim little volume called something like "Ritualistic Practices in Nursing." These were the sorts of things that "we always do it this way" and...
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    Unit secretaries assigning patients to nurses??

    Hannahbanana replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOCIAL CLOUT, TRADITION, OR FAVORITISM. (Sorry to shout). The allocation of NURSING resources, I.e., staffing a patient care area with licensed and UAP for the purposes of...
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    My Experience of Trans Ideology and Nursing

    Hannahbanana replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    "At about the same time this was happening, Brown university came out with a study looking into ROGD (rapid onset gender dysphoria) which showed that the vast majority of the teens and young adults...
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    My Experience of Trans Ideology and Nursing

    Hannahbanana replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    There were a number of critiques of that study. Here's one: (my emphases) https://medium.com/@florence.ashley/brown-university-plos-one-and-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria-b11c1e12a5c5 Brown...
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    What if I'm not meant to be a bedside nurse?

    Hannahbanana replied to jms01's topic in General Nursing

    I think in this day and age, when nurses are leaving the profession in droves due to aging out or COVID burnout, chances are very good that you'll find a manager who would take somebody with your...
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    Oxygen Therapy

    Hannahbanana replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    I think the OP was citing SpO2. Maybe so, it was hard for me to tell whether she said SpO2 she was referring to a number that would look OK for that but bad for PaO2, or the other way...
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    Oxygen Therapy

    Hannahbanana replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    Oh noooo! I’m trying to make it easier! Golly, really, now then, even all the folks who are terrified of physiology can learn this one! You know I’d never want to hurt you,
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    What if I'm not meant to be a bedside nurse?

    Hannahbanana replied to jms01's topic in General Nursing

    These are interesting tasks requiring a good amount of psychomotor skills, but they are not what makes a person a nurse. We teach them to lay people to do at home, but that doesn’t make those people...
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    Hospice Patient’s Family Refusing Hospice Cares

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Your job is not to make her do or allow what you want. Your job is to help this family, including this unhappy woman, move towards their mother’s death in whatever way works for them. Has she...
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    What if I'm not meant to be a bedside nurse?

    Hannahbanana replied to jms01's topic in General Nursing

    Earth to JMS01: there are a bazillion ways to be a nurse that don’t involve setting foot in a hospital. Students get next to no exposure to them, but ya gotta believe me, there are many, many ways...
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    Ideal age of nursing students

    Hannahbanana replied to dadaui66's topic in General Students

    I’ve told this story before, but here goes again. My oldest student was in her sixties. All her life she wanted to be a nurse but her husband kept telling her she was stupid, incompetent, and lazy...
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    Messing Up

    Hannahbanana replied to rnlady112's topic in General Nursing

    I made a dreadful error in my first months out of school, gave a medication as I and several others heard the chief of surgery give to the intern (what we now call first-yr residents) in an emergency...
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    What would you do if a patient comes in with chest pain?

    Hannahbanana replied to Tedstar's topic in General Nursing

    This is not one of those questions where there is only one priority, because you can do several at once. VS, ASA and O2 if you have a protocol, EKG and send via tele to somebody who knows how to read...
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    It’s been 3 years since I graduated and don’t have bedside experience.

    Hannahbanana replied to Streetnurse42's topic in General Nursing

    One thing you have as a big advantage is precisely that you have home care experience. You can visualize how they might do at home and know the questions to ask about how they will manage p discharge....
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    Nurse Personality

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I find this approach even more galling. I always say, “I don’t know how you are today, but I wouldn’t be here if I were better.” Grumble, grumble,
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    Nurse Personality

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you, my dear DaveyDo, but in this case I think the long historical association of “compliance” with “orders” is too much to ignore.
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    Nurse Personality

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I am concerned with how nursing and medicine persist in using the word “compliance,” as if the patients are at the bottom of some chain of command and must comply with orders. 1) We are not...
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    How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

    Hannahbanana replied to KTakami25's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ah yes, the cost of Lantus for vet use. My sweet kitty was apparently insulin-resistant, which we didn’t discover until I had about $600 worth of those pens in my fridge. She went on increasing...
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    Hardest Thing to Learn

    Hannahbanana replied to Okey Foley's topic in General Nursing

    She also did a WONDERFUL TED talk on
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    Oxygen Therapy

    Hannahbanana replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    Found it. The dotted lines indicate how the curve changes with different pH, temp, etc (remember that CO2 is acidic; somebody with acidosis will deliver a wee bit more oxygen for a given SpO2, as will...
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    what is the difference between CNA and Rehab Nurse Tech?

    Hannahbanana replied to konp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How does this compare to a PT Aide? I have seen OT/PT students employed as PTAs while they're in school, exactly as a nursing student can work as a nursing tech. This might be jursidictional, and it's...
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    Using music to teach healthy habits

    Hannahbanana replied to nurse elaine's topic in School

    Damn you to perdition for putting the "Baby Shark" earworm back in my head. One of the ONLY advantages to COVID separation from my beloved grands is that I hadn't heard it in months....and now .......
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    Is it a bad idea to enroll in program that only has STATE Accreditation?

    Hannahbanana replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Students

    Sitting for NCLEX is an individual state BON decision. If BON 1 wants to OK grads from a school within or without its borders, it can do that, and give them NCLEX for State 1 licensure. But BON 2...
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    giving you credit on difficult exam questions??

    Hannahbanana replied to ktweis's topic in General Students

    As ever, when we post here we aren't always posting to one person, but providing info and/or background to people coming from many different perspectives. Thank you for taking the time to
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    giving you credit on difficult exam questions??

    Hannahbanana replied to ktweis's topic in General Students

     Are you saying your test questions came from an outside source?  I gotta say the test development company hoodwinked you and probably got a lot of $$$ in the process. And I...