Hannahbanana BSN, MSN

Hannahbanana has 54 years experience as a BSN, MSN and specializes in Physiology, CM, consulting, nsg edu, LNC, COB.

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   HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired

   Hi all, somehow this popped up on my radar again, the question that caught my eye being, "When did you really feel retired?” Well ... Having had a mild case of COVID in March 2020 I thought I was home free, and for awhile, I was. Then a shredded...
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   Is nursing burn out really that bad?

   Hannahbanana replied to nursingcand's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps you'll feel differently after you practice as a real RN for a few years. I don't need to hear any more until then. Good luck.
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   Is nursing burn out really that bad?

   Hannahbanana replied to nursingcand's topic in General Nursing

   That's for sure. As a specialist in nursing practice, I helped write, vet, and validate quite a few of them for advanced certification. You have no clue about the difference between the LPN role and the RN role, so you can't know the difference ...
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   HIPAA violation/ consequnces?

   Hannahbanana replied to Ari_1982's topic in HIPAA

   How does your co-worker even have access to the chart of a patient in another hospital, even if an affiliated institution, much less an active procedure log in use? That's the violation unless there is a bona fide reason for the access permission, e....
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   Crusty Old Bats

   Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, what is that? Never heard that name. It was a large square of heavy flannel or linen with a row of 8-10 long tails on either side. The flat piece went underneath the back with the tails trailing out laterally to the side...
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   Is nursing burn out really that bad?

   Hannahbanana replied to nursingcand's topic in General Nursing

   You will pardon my replying somewhat curtly to somebody who has less than a year of nursing practice as an LPN who demonstrates so little understanding of the profession and, more to the point, the nurse practice acts of nearly every state in the uni...
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   Is nursing burn out really that bad?

   Hannahbanana replied to nursingcand's topic in General Nursing

   I dropped into this thread sorta by accident. I trust that the OP has had some opportunity to figure out that RN is not a mere procedural step above LPN. I hope the concepts that all nurses do is "follow doctor's orders" because doctors know everythi...
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   EKG order

   Hannahbanana replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I do try to remember not to ascribe to malice that which could be laid to ignorance. The hoary old "Lose your license" trope just refuses to die. It's as common anywhere there are nurses as exam gloves and washcloths.
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   Crusty Old Bats

   Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   Glass syringes Red rubber catheters Scultetus binders Cloth lap sheets in the OR Autoclaves to sterilize irrigation fluids we mixed in two-liter glass bottles with salt tablets Treating decubitus ulcers with antacid and suga...
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Hydrocollator! When I was an aide I got to clean those. After a few years of nobody else cleaning them there was a thick tan sludge in the bottom.
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I still have my stainless tubex injector somewhere, NOT plastic, AND my set of locked leather restraint keys!
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I remember when the Dial-a-flows came in. They were hot stuff. We had had pumps with little stretchy parts in the IV tubing; a roller squeezed the fluid down the IV but we had to count the drops. In our ICU we sent away and got stopwatches— cl...
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    Crusty Old Bats

    Hannahbanana replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Testing urines at bedtime in test tubes with tablets that turned color for different levels. "Blue-negative" was the best.
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    EKG order

    Hannahbanana replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

    Nonsense. Not one BON I know would give a hoot about this. If you saw what they really have to deal with you'd see why this sort of thing never gets two minutes of their valuable time. It always annoys me when people say, "I / You could lose my / you...