sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Why can't we have 12 hour shifts and 8 hours shifts?

    sistrmoon replied to ziplag's topic in General Nursing

    We have 8 hour shifts on my unit. It is the 3 12s that are coveted. Most FT people have to do 2 8s, 2

  2. Nursing Specialties with a Slower Pace and Less Patient/Family Interaction

    sistrmoon replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    I've had coworkers leave bedside Onc to do OP Onc infusion center and they say it's just as crazy for less

  3. Nursing Specialties with a Slower Pace and Less Patient/Family Interaction

    sistrmoon replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked bedside Onc for 8 years and think this is a great summary. I'm tired and looking for something entirely different

  4. What is a good resource for learning medical Spanish?

    sistrmoon replied to IfnotnowWhen's topic in General Nursing

    I just posted on another thread. There's an app called Polyglot Medical Spanish you might find useful. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/polyglot-med-spanish/id421199869?mt=8 Just realized how old this...

  5. Charge nurse/ years of experience

    sistrmoon replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Nurse Management

    They make them charge right out of the starting gate here, with no training or orientation and full patient load, no

  6. Spanish for nurses, any free stuff online?

    sistrmoon replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    This app:

  7. Deep Suction for comfort with trach at end of life?

    sistrmoon replied to BryceBehrens's topic in General Nursing

    Our protocol comfort care orders say "no invasive procedures." It seems like if the patient was struggling to clear it or breathe, you would. I have been told suctioning a non trach patient at end of...

  8. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    sistrmoon replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep I actually got reprimanded by management for documenting in too much detail on a particular case. It wasn't excessive, it was what was needed to cover myself. I will continue to document in that...

  9. CNA as a career

    sistrmoon replied to unbrokenx3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yep we have different "tiers" of CNA. Some get trained in phlebotomy and do lab draws, some do EKGs(on the cardiac

  10. But you're a nurse, you could've done this....

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

    I have performed the Heimlich on my son when he choked on food at a restaurant, but when we were rearended at full speed, even though everyone seemed fine, absolutely we took him in to be

  11. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Good thoughts for a speedy recovery,

  12. Labor and delivery in Austin, Texas

    sistrmoon replied to jenyblond007's topic in General Nursing

    No, I was a new grad there. But when I moved to NY(not NYC,) it was a pay bump, both base and

  13. Bedside reporting as a management tool of humiliation

    sistrmoon posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am just sitting here with my mouth hanging open. On Day One of go live with our bedside reporting, our big boss(not an assistant manager) was following nurses to "coach" them. A nurse who has been...

  14. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    Spinoff on another calling out thread: I have 2 coworkers who planned trips for the summer. They requested to switch days so that they would be covering each other's vacations, essentially. Management...

  15. Would you have called out?

    sistrmoon replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Was there no payout? Both my current and last job pay out a portion of accrued time upon separation. It's 240 hours at my current job. That's a fair amount of money! I had to jump through some hr...

  16. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Not a new manager, been there

  17. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    My manager just announced her retirement in a few months. It's thought HR forced her hand(because of the bedside reporting incident), and the email was pretty weirdly

  18. Bedside reporting as a management tool of humiliation

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

    And manager just announced retirement in a few months. It's thought hr forced her

  19. Labor and delivery in Austin, Texas

    sistrmoon replied to jenyblond007's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm not an L&D nurse but I lived in Austin for 30 years:) The best place I've heard about for L&D is St. David's North Austin Medical Center. I worked for another major hospital system...

  20. Help choosing, Homecare or Dialysis?

    sistrmoon replied to JennyMac's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in NY and looking into homecare myself after 8 years in the hospital. You might want to ask on the home health nurses group in here? Probably get better

  21. Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    sistrmoon replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in college, I was driving home on the highway, and a piece of plywood flew off a truck in front of me and smashed through the windshield on my side(I was alone.) I miraculously only had...

  22. Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    sistrmoon replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Uterus out of the body, necrotic, foul smelling(cancer, hadn't seen gyn in 20 years.) Head wound/cancer with maggot infestation. Colon ca in which stool was squirting like a fountain out of the...

  23. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm working on

  24. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    No overtime. They both work weekend

  25. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    You might not have seen my other thread, but this is the same manager who made a long-time nurse cry in front of a patient when we had just started bedside report. Sometimes it's so bad, I know it...