TheMoonisMyLantern

TheMoonisMyLantern ADN, LPN, RN

Mental health, substance abuse, geriatrics, PCU

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  1. Hailed as heroes, hospital workers for years have been bitten, hit, kicked. And ignored.

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    Trust me there are plenty of people outside of psych units that are not "normal", myself included. What a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of the people committing the violence in psych units...

  2. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Look at the conditions in nursing homes in America. People think that since they're already at the end of their lives that it doesn't matter if they die, the pandemic certainly hasn't changed that...

  3. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    Didn't you say in another thread that you and your wife had like 170k in student

  4. Now that I've gotten it....

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to CalicoKitty's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I know what you mean, I had it back in October and while I got sick and my asthma flared I didn't require medical attention. I was lucky, but I do have a sense of survivor's guilt. Sure, I'm young,...

  5. Hailed as heroes, hospital workers for years have been bitten, hit, kicked. And ignored.

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not really an oldie but, I've noticed a change just since I started nursing in the 00's. While I think incivility has increased in society as a whole, verbal abuse and violence have been tolerated...

  6. Coworker's refusing to wear mask

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to guest1143647's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm not one for reporting everything, but during a pandemic I think I would definitely report this behavior. The kids you look after are vulnerable especially if your watching over a kid on a vent the...

  7. LPN to social worker?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Xyz123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would be very hesitant to play social worker it could definitely back fire. In my state in nursing homes "Social Workers" can have a range of credentials, degrees, training, etc. . But one of the...

  8. New Nurse - Unsafe Hospital

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to NurseL20's topic in General Nursing

    Behavioral restraints usually do require a 1:1 sitter and q 15minute vascular/skin integrity checks. Non-behavioral restraints which are typically what are used on most medical units don't require a...

  9. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thank you for your insights. I'm glad that the experiences I've read about and been told about from my colleagues is not universal and that people have had positive experiences and that the programs...

  10. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I truly think that a lot of people don't WANT to believe that the vaccine is effective no matter how much data is presented to

  11. UK hospitals to improve after maternity scandal

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Interesting, in the link it said that English hospitals were so focused on avoiding c-sections that complications occurred that could have been prevented IF a c-section been performed. I always heard...

  12. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    I appreciate your experience and am actually glad to hear it. I would love to be wrong about these programs, all I can go by is what I hear from my colleagues and what I read online, thus my original...

  13. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    You say you felt the content delivery and modality were appropriate, can you give some examples? I'm geninunely curious because people I've spoken with in some online programs were told to read the...

  14. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hospitals requiring vaccination for their front line workers is a LOT different from the federal government requiring vaccination of all citizens. Flu shots are required by many hospitals yet the...

  15. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    Did you have lectures and onsite skill validations throughout the program in addition to the constant read the textbook write a paper content? You keep missing my point I'm trying to make about NP's...

  16. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Isn't it funny how when something happens to administration they practically burn the building down in their knee jerk response to change

  17. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think that vaccines should be mandated by the government but I do think that private companies have right to mandate vaccination of employees providing direct patient care. Just like private...

  18. Unit Closed - Should I move on?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Nurse1220's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to go against the grain here. I could just be paranoid, untrusting, and cynical but I would not trust any hospital to keep your position long term while they redesign the unit and...

  19. Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you are admittedly not particularly good at a provided service, I think you should evaluate whether or not to continue to do it. Sure, it takes practice to become competent in any skill but that...

  20. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    Curriculum may be the same but what about content delivery? Are all online programs essentially self learning now? People I've spoken to and from what I've read of people's experiences with Walden and...

  21. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    For one I would heavily advise any nurse seeking to advance their education to thoroughly research the institution prior to applying and going in the debt to get the degree. No of course they...

  22. MSNBC Host, Another "Behar Insult"

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to rnpatrick's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Insert eye roll, everyone underestimates the

  23. New Nurse - Unsafe Hospital

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to NurseL20's topic in General Nursing

    In the 15 years I've been a nurse, I never worked a job where the floor was adequately staffed. In my are non profits have better staffing but still short compared to the need. However, I live in...

  24. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm glad you didn't have a problem finding a job out of NP school, but there are many new grad NP's who are struggling to find work in large part due to online schools churning out NP's by the...

  25. Op-ED: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing

    TheMoonisMyLantern replied to Tomascz's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hiring companies are starting to be the ones deciding that some online schools are not providing an adequate education needed for nurses to become providers. People have posted on this forum for a...