sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    sistrmoon replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Spanish nurse confirmed to have it: Spanish health-care worker contracts Ebola in first transmission case outside of Africa - The Washington

  2. Frustrated with angry, demeaning doctors

    sistrmoon replied to NurseyNursington's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't ever apologize unless I'm calling for a second time for something I should have addressed/forgot to address in the first call. Why apologize? There is already an issue with nurses being seen...

  3. Frustrated with angry, demeaning doctors

    sistrmoon replied to NurseyNursington's topic in First Year After Licensure

    An interventional radiologist is the meanest person I've come across in my almost 8 years of practice. He yelled at me on the phone then came personally to the floor to yell at me in person:)...

  4. Am I being bullied? Or is this normal?

    sistrmoon replied to baymar67's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have experienced this(from mainly one nurse, and I'm not a new nurse either. Nothing was ever good enough. If you went out of your way on one thing she'd find something else you hadn't done or...

  5. First US ebola patient died --inaccurate news report

    sistrmoon replied to Blindsided's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ironically, I read they shipped all doses to Africa. Ironic because there is speculation he lied to get here for

  6. Do you dream about work?

    sistrmoon replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Oddly enough though, it's usually romantic dreams about coworkers rather than stress dreams. I try not to psychoanalyze that too

  7. JOBLESS

    sistrmoon replied to berhaelee's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    One self-reported med error that caused no harm to the patient? Is there more to this story? That seems a pretty harsh line they're taking. No verbal warning, no

  8. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    sistrmoon replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Date BP

  9. home meds

    sistrmoon replied to mpccrn's topic in Patient Medications

    The problem with this is you can have patients covertly taking their own meds. We had someone with a GI bleed loading up on their own aspirin. But we can only search belongings if it's a suicide watch...

  10. home meds

    sistrmoon replied to mpccrn's topic in Patient Medications

    I wish we did this. It makes sense for pharmacy to keep them. I guess there was some issue of a patient claiming some of his vitamins were missing so now everything gets

  11. Are American hospitals ready for Ebola?

    sistrmoon replied to texarkana 551's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The irony with this is that the company developing the med to treat had shipped all to Africa so there was none for

  12. home meds

    sistrmoon replied to mpccrn's topic in Patient Medications

    No. Only if we have to keep the meds. It's still a colossal waste of RN time. We should only have to count controlled

  13. Are American hospitals ready for Ebola?

    sistrmoon replied to texarkana 551's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I guess there is some talk that healthcare workers are infecting themselves by removing PPE incorrectly. I could totally see

  14. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    sistrmoon replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's ironic to me that some people are saying Duncan lied so he could be treated here. Apparently the last doses of the "miracle cure" were shipped to Africa so none was available for him here. It...

  15. home meds

    sistrmoon replied to mpccrn's topic in Patient Medications

    I hate when people bring meds in, we have to count all of them(yes, even vitamins) with 2 nurses and label and tape them shut. But many times there is no one to send them home

  16. home meds

    sistrmoon replied to mpccrn's topic in Patient Medications

    Do you use a bright colored flag/sheet on the chart to remind your nurses that the home meds are locked in the cabinet? That's what we

  17. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    sistrmoon replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This article has an interesting graphic chart about different infectious diseases and the average number of people one sick person can infect....

  18. Why can't a resident read a TB test?

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Well apparently our policy has changed from it being an exclusive thing to any RN being able to do

  19. IV compatibility question

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    We have kings and Trissels IV compatibility lookup on our system. One doesn't list 1/2 NS at all when you search for med/fluid compatibility. The other comes up as untested when you search a med and...

  20. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    sistrmoon replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The magnet hospital I worked at was my first nursing job. It was horrific. No support staff to speak of, ratios were bad, and acuity through the roof. I nearly called Safe Harbor many times. I worked...

  21. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    sistrmoon replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I've said this before, but I have worked at both a Magnet and non Magnet hospital and the Magnet was far worse in almost every way. It was not a good place to work as a nurse. And I feared for patient...

  22. Why can't a resident read a TB test?

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I had always heard only certain nurses could read them when I came to this facility which I thought was strange because at my prior facility any RN could do so. Employee health told me today any...

  23. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    sistrmoon replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    An EHR issue! I'm not actually that

  24. Ever Been Recognized?

    sistrmoon replied to laKrugRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did those of you who recognized someone or were recognized say anything(or did the other person?) I haven't been recognized as far as I know. I think it probably wouldn't be too difficult

  25. Nursing Behind the Wall

    sistrmoon replied to mikethemurse's topic in Correctional

    Thank you so much for posting this! I find myself drawn to correctional nursing, but also find myself intimidated by it. I have a brother who was in prison for 6 years and have cared for inmates on my...