sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Bedside Report

    sistrmoon replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Are they trying to say it will help nurse satisfaction too? All I know is half the time I can't answer my work cell because I'm, you know, actually caring for the patient in front of me. And now...

  2. Bedside Report

    sistrmoon replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Just when you think it can't get worse. Sounds like your hospital has some serious money to be passing out computers to patients. Did staff get a raise recently? If not, you know where that money...

  3. Bedside Report

    sistrmoon replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Don't blow my cover if you figure out who I

  4. Bedside Report

    sistrmoon replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    They are going to have people going around and checking us off on bedside report and I'm assuming, making certain of compliance, for the first several months. We already round at the bedside(check...

  5. Writing a book about your nursing career...?

    sistrmoon replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be awesome but would be very difficult with HIPAA. Even your notebook might violate it if it has too much

  6. Bedside Report

    sistrmoon replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Huh. I'm wondering if we work at the same facility:) They sent out a bunch of emails today and I can feel my anxiety amping up. Of course they don't give any info who to contact with concerns or...

  7. How often do you get "low census" days off?

    sistrmoon replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    One time in 7 years at my current place. They typically float you to another

  8. ADN

    sistrmoon replied to ChristinaVitela's topic in General Nursing

    We have one LPN on my floor but she's been there forever and is a

  9. Bedside Report

    sistrmoon replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    We are about to start this as well. I have many concerns including HIPAA, interrupting patient sleep, 2 reports arising(one sanitized, one real), and my interrogator coworker attempting to make me...

  10. Most Difficult Decision

    sistrmoon replied to _kelly_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I had the question in an interview and gave a work related answer. I've moved across the country, uprooting myself from everything I've known, and I also made the decision to keep trying for a child...

  11. ADN

    sistrmoon replied to ChristinaVitela's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in 2 hospitals with ADN, no LPN

  12. FLAME ON!

    sistrmoon replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Aaannnd, the party's over. It had to happen at some

  13. degree changers, was nursing harder than your previous degree?

    sistrmoon replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    My BA in English with a minor in Spanish(graduated highest honors) was significantly easier than my 2 year nursing degree. The testing and clinicals and checkoffs are just so different than my other...

  14. CNA/patient ratios and Help me keep the RNs happy!

    sistrmoon replied to fairdinkum's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but that unit sounds like it sucks! Nurses don't answer call lights?! And we always have at least 2 CNAs on our 27 bed floor and that is considered bare bones. Days has as many as 4. Evenings...

  15. Casualty of the System?

    sistrmoon replied to Icareaboutthis's topic in General Nursing

    Actually there was just an NPR series/expose about some injured nurses and the facilities who refused to pay medical bills and essentially abandoned them despite it being no question their injuries...

  16. Has anyone ever escaped?

    sistrmoon replied to ellieheart's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but the irony is if they only want someone with home health experience. How would anyone break into home health if they only hired those who already have home health experience? Note she didn't...

  17. Burnout vs. time for a new job

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do I differentiate between burnout and needing a different job? Just take a vacation and if I'm still miserable when I return, it's the job? I haven't taken any time off in nearly a year, so that...

  18. Second job

    sistrmoon replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say giving immunizations but didn't know you could do that as agency work. Hmmmm,

  19. Burnout vs. time for a new job

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I actually have a lot accrued that I need to use up because they are chopping our max accrual over the next 2 years. The problem is getting it approved and then they never staff an additional...

  20. Dreading bedside report with The Interrogator

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are transitioning to bedside report soon as "it shows an increase in both patient and nurse satisfaction"(cue management spin.) I am dreading it in general for many reasons. I think it will be...

  21. Give an example of a difficult decision you've made

    sistrmoon replied to j0yegan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think I've had this one as an interview

  22. Dreading bedside report with The Interrogator

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you know I work nights and many of the patients are sleeping at both 11p and 7a. Are we waking them up for bedside report all these times? Seems like that would cause a decrease in

  23. FLAME ON!

    sistrmoon replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Sweet, I made the list! Mine is "I'm new to night shift. Can you give me some tips?" Let me introduce you to a nifty little function called the "search." It's kind of

  24. About U.S. vacation time..

    sistrmoon replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, it's

  25. Dreading bedside report with The Interrogator

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse actually has less experience than me but is in school for NP. But this attitude existed when she was a nursing assistant. She would shame the nurses and laugh about it. She also just seems...