sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    sistrmoon replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My hospital has a special program recruiting Filipino nurses. They have to stay in employment with our facility for 5 years or they have to repay some large amount of

  2. Staffing Issues. (rant)

    sistrmoon replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing

    I moved from Texas to NY and was sad to find there's no equivalent to Safe Harbor

  3. Who/what keeps track of your hours?

    sistrmoon replied to SteelGrey's topic in General Nursing

    Kronos. There are sometimes discrepancies between who is scheduled in Kronos for a shift and the paper assignment sheet. But we are always supposed to defer to Kronos. Overall it's been fine. At my...

  4. Scrub the Hub

    sistrmoon replied to ManNurseBear's topic in General Nursing

    So with the swab cap you just take it off and connect your syringe or line?

  5. California, Texas, and Georgia Nurses (new and experienced)

    sistrmoon replied to guest07/14/15's topic in General Nursing

    I was initially licensed while living in Austin. My first year as a nurse was rough in a big medical center. The ratios and acuity were high, support staff very lacking. The pay and differential...

  6. Scrub the Hub

    sistrmoon replied to ManNurseBear's topic in General Nursing

    What are swab caps? I've never seen

  7. Charge nurse pay

    sistrmoon replied to Blandini7's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a large teaching hospital in Capital district NY

  8. Licensing question

    sistrmoon replied to rnbusmgr's topic in General Nursing

    Are these all compact states or not? It seems like it would make more of a difference if they are. I was licensed in Texas in 2007(compact state), moved to NY in 2008(non compact state.) I meant to...

  9. Charge nurse pay

    sistrmoon replied to Blandini7's topic in General Nursing

    Same

  10. Comfort care med protocol?

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient Medications

    We have a loose protocol for comfort care, but it doesn't seem to include meds. We are oncology and deal with this a LOT, but lately the doctors seem resistant to something I thought was pretty...

  11. Venoscope II, Veinlight EMS/LED, transilluminators

    sistrmoon replied to Difficult_To_Stick's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked Oncology for 7 years and the Port is often used as access for them. I've had patients with 0 white blood cells, essentially as immunocompromised as you can get, with them. Of course...

  12. Dealing with calls from work

    sistrmoon replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at my current job for 6 years. I don't answer when they call. If they leave a msg and I need to call back I can. If they say what they want me to work and I want to do it I call back....

  13. Is this a common attendace policy?

    sistrmoon replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    Uh no, that's Draconian. I only work weekends so that would mean any call out for me would be a write up. Absolutely not the

  14. Comfort care med protocol?

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't know the specifics but there are often dying patients who don't qualify for hospice. Just because you are dying doesn't mean you qualify. My father worked as a nursing home administrator and...

  15. Double port dressing

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally we get double ports and our standard occlusive dressing doesn't seem big enough and puckers at the edges/comes loose, necessitating more dressing changes. Has anyone found something that...

  16. Double port dressing

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    So trim off the border part of the 2nd dressing so it adheres somewhat seamlessly to the first

  17. Your first experience with a dead person

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Wow:(

  18. Double port dressing

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, typically they are receiving chemo, fluids, antiemetics etc and both are accessed at the same

  19. Your first experience with a dead person

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked Onc for 7 years so have dealt with many many deaths. The most memorable was a young adult leukemic. His parents climbed into his bed with him and held him as he

  20. Comfort care med protocol?

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Hospice doesn't seem to deal with inpatients at this facility. They either go home with hospice or go to an inpatient hospice elsewhere if approved. This last patient I'm referring to didn't qualify...

  21. Doubles

    sistrmoon replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been asked to do one either. The most I've ever been asked to stay was 4 hours past an 8. No one showed up for an entire

  22. Cliques in The Workplace

    sistrmoon replied to Yediah71's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That sounds awful and would inevitably affect patient care/safety and employee retention. If your own management won't do anything, can you go higher or elsewhere? A higher manager?

  23. Doubles

    sistrmoon replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    I've never done one in 7 years of nursing. I have a 35 minute commute each way and have fallen asleep on the road after a 12. I personally don't feel it's safe for

  24. How to deal with angry doctors

    sistrmoon replied to ann915's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work at a teaching hospital and asking the doctor if they are familiar with the patient is not at all unreasonable, especially our patients who are not covered by House Staff. There is one attending...

  25. Night weekend track job? Worth it?

    sistrmoon replied to ihatethisjob's topic in General Nursing

    I work every weekend night but I'm not officially weekend track, because I do 8s. Our weekend track only gets 5 days of paid time off a year but makes about $10 an hour more base pay than the rest of...