sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Kudos board

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Management put up a kudos board. Imagine, if you will, the kindergarten style chart with happy faces. Basically when management did their interviews of all staff(now done monthly in an effort to...

  2. What did you get for nurses week?

    sistrmoon replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    A pillar candle in a box with fancy wrapping. No candle

  3. The newest and coolest thing you've ever done

    sistrmoon replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  4. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    sistrmoon replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The other fun one is when either the roller clamp or the IV itself is clamped and you don't realize

  5. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    sistrmoon replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    We don't take out central lines on our deceased. I was told they are used to embalm. (Oh just reread your post, you were just putting pressure on the site, didn't take it out.) We do deaccess ports...

  6. What will happen with all of the ASN programs now BSN is the norm?

    sistrmoon replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I've worked 2 hospital jobs in my 7 years as an ADN RN and there were/are plenty of ADN nurses in acute care and no one is giving me a deadline on getting my BSN. No pay difference either. I have an...

  7. Discounts & deals for Nurses Week?

    sistrmoon replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Cinnabon, Walgreens, a few others. I think there's a post on

  8. an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    sistrmoon replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Interesting to hear another perspective. I'll look up the other threads. Didn't mean to bring up a sore

  9. Yet another interruption on nights

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    So we are now doing some sort of quality control study which requires one nurse to compile data on all the patients with central lines or foleys, make sure that all the nurses are checking the...

  10. Do you speak up when one nurse is "dressing down" another?

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    During report, it came out that an error was made. Oncoming nurse loudly and harshly dresses down offgoing nurse about it. Everyone stands around uncomfortably but silently. Have you seen this happen...

  11. an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    sistrmoon replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    We have an interesting situation because we are an Onc floor and hang tons of blood products and we have a JW RN who does not hang, monitor or take down blood products so another nurse has to do it....

  12. Yet another interruption on nights

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the nurse doing the checks has her own patient load and assessments to do, and would have to coordinate going in at the same time with 4-5 other nurses. All dressing changes at night? Patients...

  13. 2 yrs nurse VS. 4yrs college nurse

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

    Untrue(at least when I've job hunted.) I have an ADN and have been offered every hospital job I've interviewed for(in different states across the country from each other,) have worked in 2, and there...

  14. Hospital budgets and cuts

    sistrmoon replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    We've had hiring freezes in the past. They passed. No clinical staff was laid off. We are still getting small cost of living raises and OT is being limited but not banned

  15. Yet another interruption on nights

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    My management has repeatedly asked for suggestions to reduce central line infections and I have told them a dedicated team for dressing changes has been shown to reduce them. They will never do this...

  16. Yet another interruption on nights

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is that it is not the patient's nurse doing the quality activity, it is a different nurse. And they can't take the word of the patient's

  17. Malpractice insurance

    sistrmoon replied to sugarsweet21612's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Absolutely yes. I go through NSO. Haven't had to use them yet(knock on wood), but no issues. I would never depend on your employer to back you if things go bad. Sorry, also didn't realize this was in...

  18. Are LPN's going to be phased back into the hospital settings?

    sistrmoon replied to mfigueroa22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in Capital District NY state. I'm in a large teaching hospital. We have one LPN on our floor(Oncology) and she's been there for many years. She sometimes works as a care partner and sometimes...

  19. Prioritizing infusions

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Let's say you have a patient with a wound MRSA infection who also has low platelets(7). You have one hour left in your shift. Platelets are ready but if you hang them, antibiotic will be late. Pt only...

  20. Being a Mom and a Nurse

    sistrmoon replied to laurafegs's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I work opposite schedules, so we only have to use daycare one day a week. I work weekend overnights, he works mostly traditional hours with some night court. I care for the kids during...

  21. Things you tell newbies

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

    Our manager says, "What you permit, you promote."

  22. How much do nurses make?

    sistrmoon replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    Capital area NY, 6 years experience, $25 an hour plus $6/hr night/weekend diff. I have an Associates degree RN with unrelated

  23. Dizzy during circumcision

    sistrmoon replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    Watching circumcisions during my OB rotation was one of many reasons I decided to not have it done with my sons. Not much bothers me, but that did... I don't think it's an unusual reaction. It seems...

  24. Prioritizing infusions

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    I agree with you, but not my call. They always transfuse under

  25. Prioritizing infusions

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Port would still only allow one infusion at a time unless it was a double port or the two infusions are compatible(which obviously they wouldn't be in this