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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Nurses Oppose New CDC Rule Lowering Isolation Time for COVID-Positive Nurses

Hannahbanana replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

Saw a report today showing a sharp uptick in covid infections in pts (who tested negative at admission) in facilities where positive-tested staff are back at work. Well, that didn’t take long,...
Nurses Did Not Sign Up for This

Hannahbanana replied to NurseintheMtns's topic in Disaster Preparation

As to the title of this article: Did nurses knowingly "sign up" for the bloody messes and suffering of the Civil War, or WWI, or WWII, or Korea, or Vietnam? Did they "sign up" for children in...
The Nursing Experience: Defining Moments That Change Us

Hannahbanana replied to Tina Hayes's topic in General Nursing

One such moment for me was a cardiac surg case where the pt had a massive substernal fungal infection. It had already eroded the aorta once, resulting in big bleeding and a fast trip to the OR for...
Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

Hannahbanana replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

OK, this really is a funny thread. And we are all burnt. But still. If you write “poop” in medlegal documentation in any other way than quoting a child who uses it, you do, in fact, look unserious...
Tenet: Update on St Vincent, 8 months

Hannahbanana posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

The last issue to address is rehiring nurses who have maintained their strike for eight months now…. If you can, support them by donating to strike support at the Mass Nurses Association....
Tenet: Update on St Vincent, 8 months

Hannahbanana replied to Hannahbanana's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

The vote has been taken and the St Vincent’s nurses strike is ended after 301 days, the longest nurses’ strike in MA history. Massachusetts nurses vote to end 301-day strike at Tenet-owned St....
Tenet: Update on St Vincent, 8 months

Hannahbanana replied to Hannahbanana's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

Me too. The membership formal vote is today, and nurses will start returning to St V as soon as humanly possible. Lord knows with omicron they need to get those closed units open
Does the shot mess with your DNA?

Hannahbanana replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

If you look up the federal vaccine liability program you will discover that this is neither new nor exceptional. Many years ago Congress passed a law shielding vaccine manufacturers from liability...
Tenet: Update on St Vincent, 8 months

Hannahbanana replied to Hannahbanana's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

The strike has been settled after nine months. A modest pay raise, but : ***Tenet has agreed to hire back ALL THE STRIKING NURSES IN THEIR ORIGINAL JOBS, SCHEDULES, AND PAY RATES and to keep on...
Who should decide?

Hannahbanana replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

Our old house, like many around New England, has a tightish corner in the steep stairs. There’s a window at the corner to allow a coffin to be brought in empty and taken out full, called (yep) the...
Who should decide?

Hannahbanana replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

I had to read this twice to get your point-- I'm getting like that lately, LOL-- but I agree with you. I think that since we nurses have seen what's worse than death, when people say "I want...
Who should decide?

Hannahbanana replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

I have to go back to the idea that a Jahi can be cared for at home. Theoretically possible, given adequate resources. However, I have seen this with my own eyes (and smelled it with my own nose)....
Having A Nurse As A Patient

Hannahbanana replied to SkyDancer77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

As I said, over the last few years I’ve seen entirely too much of the inside of hospitals between my own crappy knees and my DH’s DVT/PE episode. Sometimes I don’t tell them I’m a nurse right...
TX abortion vigilantes

Hannahbanana posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

The state of TX has a new law that provides for anybody to get a $10,000 bounty by suing any person discussing or assisting a woman in any way to have an abortion after six weeks, I.e., before many...
Who should decide?

Hannahbanana replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

I wish that were true. Reality has nothing to do c it. Alas, I have seen firsthand how many families keep biological specimens alive for years when the human spirit has long since left the bed. Denial...
Why are so many nurses against unions?

Hannahbanana replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

I agree, but perhaps after all the years we’ve been saying that it might be good to get some working tutorials from people who have been more
Why are so many nurses against unions?

Hannahbanana replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

Workers’ rights are pretty universal organizing principles in the US. The erstwhile manager of the Red Sox, Joe Morgan, famously said he’d take a Shi’ite pitcher in a turban if he’d give him...
Who should decide?

Hannahbanana replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

You might be surprised at how much home care costs (obviously you can’t require a parent to be on duty 24/7/365); if she’s on Medicaid the taxpayers are paying anyway. If the parent dies or...
Having A Nurse As A Patient

Hannahbanana replied to SkyDancer77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

I had a wee bit of pretty exciting medical malpractice keep me in the hospital for ten days after my first childbirth. It was early Summer and all the new grads were anxious about NCLEX. They were...
Who should decide?

Hannahbanana replied to PPediRN's topic in Nursing News

Does anyone have an update on this situation? Anyone from TX with
HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

Loads of basement workshops are full of woodworking tools that got used once. There are lots of motor homes for sale with ~12K miles on them, I.e., from coast to coast, and then back to the driveway....
Should I take higher pay or excellent benefits?

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

Sometimes good ideas sound better if they come from other people; they don't sound so desperate or pie-in-the-sky as they do in the middle of the night when you can't sleep.
53 Yrs Old, No BSN and Feels Helpless

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

I've been telling anybody who would listen to that for donkey's years: Most of the jobs people think of as interesting or different require a BSN. Public health, NP (any kind) school, cardiac rehab,...
Stephen K. Bannon Finally Indicted

Hannahbanana replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

As an editor I’m on the mailing list for the Columbia Journalism Review, and this is a topic of much concern in the legitimate journalism community, along c the false-equivalency fallacy we’ve...
Stephen K. Bannon Finally Indicted

Hannahbanana replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

I think it’s kinda related to the idea behind breaking up segregated schools, being/having exchange students, being in the Peace Corps, being a Freedom Rider, and the like. When each can...

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