sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Any new changes working in your hospital?

    sistrmoon replied to heaven850's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has had a consulting group come in to try to improve both patient and employee satisfaction. One of the things they are doing is a monthly meeting with each employee and a manager(that...

  2. Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    sistrmoon replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  3. Mice on unit

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if pest companies hide their truck and uniform while coming into hospitals. Doesn't seem like it'd be good

  4. The coveted Monday thru Friday job

    sistrmoon replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2 young kids. I'm essentially a stay at home mom during the week and then my husband cares for them on the weekend while I'm working and sleeping. I still do dinner and bedtime with them every...

  5. The coveted Monday thru Friday job

    sistrmoon replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a weekend shifter! I love

  6. Do you ever get sick?

    sistrmoon replied to akey77's topic in General Nursing

    I have gagged during trach care on someone with a bloody gangrenous neck tumor. The smell and sight of it was something. And let's just say I could have used elbow high gloves. When I was pregnant, I...

  7. Mice on unit

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    OMG at the bugs in the trach. That is one of the most horrific things I've ever heard. I thought the maggoty head wound we had was

  8. Mice on unit

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is turning into an awesome thread:) thanks for sharing your stories! Oh the raccoon dropping out of the sky,

  9. Calling patients and/or co-workers "honey" or "hon"

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

    Fruit pie! Love that one. I've also had people get angry when I've called them Mr. Or Ms. So and So. They're like "my father was Mr. So and

  10. Question for night-shift and/or weekend nurses

    sistrmoon replied to bloodorange's topic in General Nursing

    I work weekend nights and before I added Thursday shifts in December, I could go 6-8 months without seeing my big manager(but saw assistant managers every once in awhile.) I have my reviews annually...

  11. Calling patients and/or co-workers "honey" or "hon"

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

    I'm from Texas and was taught never to do this. I do slip up every once in awhile. Never with coworkers though! Mostly with LOL patients, I don't know

  12. Nodding off...

    sistrmoon replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    Or narcolepsy. My husband has it. You could have a sleep study done. Granted, I've certainly nodded off on night shift(especially while pregnant!) with only chronic insomnia as a

  13. Patient's blood splashed to eyes

    sistrmoon replied to yatyu's topic in General Nursing

    When I practiced in Texas, patient testing in the event of healthcare provider exposure was included in the general consent. When I moved to NY, I was appalled to find that was not the case in my new...

  14. NIGHT SHIFT CENTRAL!

    sistrmoon replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3 8s. And I've worked nights since I became a nurse 7 years ago. Nothing to add really, though. Agree with everything

  15. Mistakes Are Inevitable: No One Is Perfect.

    sistrmoon replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I had a colleague who as a new nurse gave an entire bottle of nitro sublingual for chest pain. Pt was placed on tele and ended up being fine. Colleague went on to become a great nurse. Our...

  16. tpa in a small syringe

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient Medications

    How is your tpa supplied? I was always taught you should never use smaller than a 10 ml syringe on a PICC(May cause rupture), but our tpa comes often in a 3 ml syringe. Should it be transferred before...

  17. Day Vs Night Shift

    sistrmoon replied to astucki3's topic in General Students

    I've been a nurse 7 years and have always worked nights. I think as a new grad it can be challenging because there are less resources. Yes if it is a calm night, night shift is awesome about helping...

  18. Calling out sick

    sistrmoon replied to pugmom79's topic in General Nursing

    We are limited to 6 unscheduled callout days regardless of how much PTO we have

  19. tpa in a small syringe

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    I already checked my facility's policy and nowhere does it specify size of syringe for occluded central lines, only type of substance in certain situations and amount/times you can repeat and dwelling...

  20. Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient Medications

    We are supposed to be moving toward patient dedicated pill crushers/splitters due to allergies/cross contamination. Totally makes sense to me but I wonder how it will play out in practice because I...

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

    sistrmoon replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    We get trachs in med/surg too:p

  22. Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    The silent knight with the sleeves looks awesome. I wonder if it's expensive. I've not seen it at either of the hospitals I've

  23. Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Yeah, I'm an Onc nurse and I totally cringed at the idea of y'all crushing a chemo. Oy! I hope you can get that

  24. Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

  25. Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    That's what ours are like but they are not patient dedicated. There's like one of each for the whole