sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Good Nursing Books

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

    I've got "House of God" sitting on my shelf. Haven't read it yet, but it's supposed to be a classic for all medical

  2. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    sistrmoon replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Our badges have a big RN piece that sticks out from under the name badge(and the PCAs have "PCA".) After our name, it says "RN" or RN, BSN." I really don't think that's necessary. And I personally...

  3. what did you have a previous degree in before you went into nursing?

    sistrmoon replied to RNtobe23's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BA in English with a Spanish minor. I worked for an IT consulting startup company as HR manager and did various other office management jobs before starting the nursing program when I was 28....

  4. removing heparin from ports

    sistrmoon replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient Medications

    I've worked Onc for 7 years and have never removed the heparin from a port when accessing

  5. I hate cancer

    sistrmoon replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been an Onc nurse for 7 years and have also lost many family members to

  6. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

    sistrmoon replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    If they pay full tuition and provide childcare while I attend class and study, sounds good:) I take issue with the comparison of an ADN to a horse and buggy. In my area the ADN program was well known...

  7. Mid-Life Career Change to Nursing

    sistrmoon replied to Mike1982's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing was my second career. I had a BA in English. I opted for a very well respected ADN program in Austin(where I lived at the time.) I had a hospital job before I'd graduated, and I relocated...

  8. RNs to do glucose checks on patients without DM

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    PCAs have done our fingersticks since I came to this hospital 6 years ago. Now they are saying that if a patient is critically ill(defined as a 1:1 ratio, doesn't apply to our floor) or the patient is...

  9. Curious about the VA HOSPITAL

    sistrmoon replied to Sabr's topic in Government, Military

    I've had a lot of coworkers leave for the VA as

  10. First night shift this week...

    sistrmoon replied to crossfitnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working nights for 7 years and still hit a wall around 4 am. I anticipate it and try to be up and walking at that time. Everyone else has given great

  11. Do you complain about poor performers?

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a horrible float PCA this weekend. I'm assuming she was brand new because she didn't know how to collect or label urine specimens. Gladly taught her. Bigger problem was she was on her phone...

  12. Lancing for family-

    sistrmoon replied to Jorica's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I'd be hesitant about is MRSA. Did you have gloves on

  13. Pharmaceutical Nurse Consultant?

    sistrmoon replied to Definingmyfuture's topic in General Nursing

    No experience but kind of sounds like a dream job(might make you hesitant to take any drugs though!) let us know how it

  14. Most challenging nursing department

    sistrmoon replied to rose89's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked Onc for 7 years. It's definitely stressful. But I would not want to work peds. We get some young adults that are peds Onc patients and I'm a ball of anxiety working with them. Also don't...

  15. RNs to do glucose checks on patients without DM

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    My point is that it would be less labor intensive/confusing to just require RNs to do all checks than to require us to research why each patient needs the check and divvy up the checks. Actually my...

  16. RNs to do glucose checks on patients without DM

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I still don't understand why the differentiation with diabetes. All my dangerously low fingersticks have been on diabetic

  17. RNs to do glucose checks on patients without DM

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I just looked at the email. It states the FDA and NY State Dept of health have deemed the change necessary for patient safety. But they still don't say

  18. RNs to do glucose checks on patients without DM

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    New York State. They didn't cite the specific regulation. I'd rather do all or none myself. This sounds

  19. How many different nursing positions have you had?

    sistrmoon replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse 7 years and have worked 2 different positions, both on Oncology floors(with med/surg overflow), both in large medical centers, in 2 different

  20. Open up....Spoonfed report

    sistrmoon replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you work on my floor?:) No advice as it's been going on for years and nothing has been done here. The management gripes about us leaving late but don't address people like this despite our...

  21. What can US and UK nurses learn from each other?

    sistrmoon replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    "One of those demands sent a chill down my spine. In essence, it said: the best-qualified nurses on the ward should not have to be distracted from their important work by having to deal with patients,...

  22. worth the debt? Im stuck on this decision...)

    sistrmoon replied to kiki617's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got my ADN in Austin. It's a great program, and I came out of it with no student loans. I would consider that, especially with your brother's generous

  23. Would you take a $3 hr pay decrease for better ratios and working conditions?

    sistrmoon replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't I have adequate compensation AND all those things? Million dollar

  24. Addressing patients by their first name...

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

    There was a huge long thread on this very subject that was quite interesting not long ago. Seems to be regional although I went to nursing school in Texas and was told never to call by terms of...

  25. Husband not supportive of me going to school

    sistrmoon replied to sweetpea2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's fine. Just thought I'd offer a counterpoint to the usual "OMG ADNs are totally worthless(or are going to be soon!)" argument. My experiences were in TX and NY, so cross country to each other....