Not_A_Hat_Person RN

Not_A_Hat_Person has 10 years experience as a RN and specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

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1. Health-care system causing rampant burnout among doctors, nurses

   Not_A_Hat_Person posted a topic in Nursing News

   Health-care system causing rampant burnout among doctors, nursesAs many as half of all clinicians suffer from the problem, creating risks to patients, malpractice claims and absenteeism, study...

2. Chances of getting in after getting suspended from College

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to fxyghi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   You may want to talk to a lawyer. I don't know the rules in Maryland, but in Massachusetts the campus police at Harvard, Brandeis, and all of the public colleges are Special State Police. They are...

3. BON and alleged verbal abuse via pt

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

   No way should 2 people try to position a 400+ lb. patient, unless they are using a mechanical aide, like a lift. In Nursing Home Hell, I had to try to position a resident who weighed over 500 lbs,...

4. BON and alleged verbal abuse via pt

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

   My state licenses CNAs (They're called

5. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

   On an episode of "Homicide", the medical examiner says a victim died of a pulmonary embolism. Then one of the officers says "a heart attack!", and the other officer and the medical examiner repeat "a...

6. Florida Board of Health Suspends Healthcare Licenses Over Student Loan Defaults

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Swellz's topic in Nursing News

   A field with a lot of high-paying jobs when you start a field of study can have none by the time you finish. Ask anyone who graduated into The Great Recession. I graduated from nursing school in 2008,...

7. Who Did NOT Do a Year of Med Surg?

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated in 2008, when no one wanted to hire new grads. After a 10-month job search and a 250-mile move, I worked in assisted living for a year, then 6 horrible weeks in Nursing Home Hell, then 7...

8. For Nurses, Trauma Can Come With the Job

   Not_A_Hat_Person posted a topic in Nursing News

   The New York Times examines PTSD among

9. CPR on a chicken?

   Not_A_Hat_Person replied to herring_RN's topic in Nursing Humor

   One of my nursing school instructors shared a story about performing CPR on a penguin during a trip to

10. when should i tell my manager i'm pregnant?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to smiley28's topic in General Nursing

    I told my manager at 10 weeks, when I had a suspected miscarriage during my shift. I was working home health, and my client couldn't be left alone, so I had to wait 90 minutes for someone to relieve...

11. I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of the Ohio nursing home where a meth lab was discovered in a resident's room after a fatal fire. My first reaction was to wonder how bad staffing must have been for no one to

12. Florida Board of Health Suspends Healthcare Licenses Over Student Loan Defaults

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Swellz's topic in Nursing News

    The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF) was intended to encourage people to fill positions that have a high cost of entry, while making less money than they would in the private sector, in...

13. Bring back our childhood diseases!

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That would be news to my parents, who had measles and

14. Are We Too PC?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Many 10 Commandments displays were erected in the 1950s to promote the movie "The Ten Commandments"....

15. Are We Too PC?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I have never understood why "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is considered a Christmas