Hancock330

Hancock330 specializes in Medical-Surgical - Care of adults.

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1. Your Third Act

   Hancock330 replied to Carol Ebert's topic in Health, Stress Management

   It's impossible for me to express any pleasure in anything said by Jane Fonda. With a background where several family members were active duty military during and immediately after Viet Nam her...

2. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

   Hancock330 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

   I think I would explain to the PSW that she is coming very close to practicing nursing without a license which could land her in court with a possible fine and, if she harmed a patient, jail time if...

3. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   Hancock330 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   My first job as an RN (after having waited about 6 weeks for my State Board results), I worked in the old part of the hospital where some of the beds were either "male" or "female" -- and it had...

4. When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

   Hancock330 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   In some places, state regulations REQUIRE employers of RNs and LPNs to put their status in letters an inch high on their name tags. This can be VERY helpful to rational patients. Those with dementia...

5. When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

   Hancock330 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated with my BSN in the late 60s. The women in my class wore light yellow dresses (with A-line skirts). We wore caps with student stripes on them, and after graduation the stripe changed to...

6. I survived the Board of Nursing

   Hancock330 replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I'm sorry to hear that you B of N was so unprofessional as to charge you with misdeeds without ever examining the evidence to support the complaint. This is truly a case of nurses (I'm assuming that...

7. Should I leave this racist town?

   Hancock330 replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I lived in California until I was close to 30. I married a guy from a very rural part of Alabama -- who definitely did NOT want "a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad" (the words from a...

8. Hostile work environment - Violent Doctor

   Hancock330 replied to Summer70's topic in General Nursing

   One more comment on this thread. If you are a nurse at an institution where there are medical students, interns, or residents providing patient care, one of YOUR responsibilities is to "bring them up...

9. Hostile work environment - Violent Doctor

   Hancock330 replied to Summer70's topic in General Nursing

   A couple of thoughts. Many states are "right to work" states (what an inappropriate label) so a nurse who complains about ANYTHING can be fired. Unless the nurse can prove the firing was due to...

10. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

    Hancock330 replied to cinnybug's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm guessing that there were many staff meetings regarding this patient. However, you don't say whether there was an agreed upon plan of care. While nothing should be posted in the hallway, you...

11. The Nurse on the Other Side

    Hancock330 replied to sheilagood52's topic in General Nursing

    OMG my dear, you most definitely need to research a bit about cortisol deficiency and it's effects on serum electrolytes. If the cortisol level gets low enough the serum sodium drops (like way less...

12. The Nurse on the Other Side

    Hancock330 replied to sheilagood52's topic in General Nursing

    Wait until you're admitted to a hospital where a small but significant number of the nurses are your former students. Then you can find yourself expected to "know all about" your diagnosis whether...

13. Dealing with drug seekers without alienating them

    Hancock330 replied to Secel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've seen a lot of pain control issues during my career. A caveat -- the pain scale was created for use in a research project and was not designed or intended for use in the usual patient care...

14. Expanding job hunt to other States

    Hancock330 replied to ArrowRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've gotten licensed by endorsement 3 times in the many years of my career. It may feel like an expensive process, but it usually isn't a prolonged process. You can reasonably wait for a job offer...

15. 21 Things you never mention at a hospital job interview

    Hancock330 replied to prettyboyswag's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Re: #4 Decades ago -- in the very late 60s -- I had the honor of working with a nurse who had been involved in the original strike by RNs in the San Francisco Bay Area. She said that some nurses were...