KathyDay

KathyDay specializes in Patient Safety Advocate; HAI Prevention.

Latest Activity

1. Patient Safety Activist - Retired Nurse Activism

   KathyDay posted a topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

   While our Federal oversight agencies are being pilfered and ruined by the Trump administration and DOGE, I sit home an simmer. I know I have to do something. I have volunteered for the past 14 years...

2. Management threatens nurses

   KathyDay replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   The situation of nurses being between a turd and a hard place...is decades old. Without a remedy, and/or staff nurses standing up for themselves, their patients and protecting their licenses to...

3. Vaccine Debate Heats Up Amid Preventable Deaths

   KathyDay replied to Erin Lee's topic in Nursing News

   JFK Jr said that "vaccination is a personal choice". His narrative should be "vaccination is a public health choice". Being "personal" or in my opinion selfish during a measles outbreak and now a...

4. Bill introduced to allow AI to prescribe medications

   KathyDay replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   And I thought THIS was

5. Hospital Patient Care

   KathyDay replied to WhirlyGirlNurse's topic in General Nursing

   During my husbands brief fight with esophageal cancer in 2023, his care was horrible. It started with and ER boarding experience. He was seen quickly, assessed, and stuff ordered, then placed back...

6. Cameras

   KathyDay replied to guest1202005's topic in General Nursing

   Put yourself in the family's shoes. Perhaps they can't be there all the time, and the camera is also to keep watch on their loved on when you aren't there. You are showing some level of paranoia if...

7. Is it illegal to mention nurses names when charting on a patient?

   KathyDay replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   When my husband was hospitalized last Summer for terminal esophageal cancer, an OT visited him. The staff seemed to be on a mission to "rehab" him in one day, so they could justify discharging him...

8. How do you like case management nursing?

   KathyDay replied to KaeliF's topic in Case Management

   My husband was terminally ill with Cancer last Summer when suddenly the NCM informed me that he was going to be discharged. I was stunned. His rapid decline was ongoing, and he was a fall risk. I...

9. Ageism in Nursing Employment

   KathyDay replied to Jmd623's topic in General Nursing

   When I was 50ish, I applied for an Employee Health job at the smaller of 2 hospitals in my city. I had experience in the larger hospital and great referrences. I had only worked per diem for a while...

10. Crusty Old Bats

    KathyDay replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    If hospitals can't afford to pay for the people to provide the basics of daily care, then they shouldn't be in the "business" of "caring". It was horrifying to me to see my husbands needs ignored...

11. Crusty Old Bats

    KathyDay replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    ahhh, Crusty old bats!! I'm sure that is how I was described by the younger nurses and CNAs where my husband was during his terminal cancer last Summer. My best memory of my training and...

12. Do you regret becoming a nurse?

    KathyDay replied to jengood's topic in General Nursing

    I went to Nursing school (3 yr program) in 1967, when young women had limited opportunities...and we were steered by guidance counselors into nursing, teaching or secretarial work. I believe I made...

13. Dolan Scrubs MEME Halloween Contest

    KathyDay replied to Dolan's topic in General Nursing

    I AM the Skeleton

14. How do you assess a patient with lots of phlegm in their throat?

    KathyDay replied to kate2827's topic in General Nursing

    Early last month when my husband was on comfort care (esophageal cancer), I expressed my concern about his ineffective cough for the cracking in his throat. His nurse said they give medications for...

15. Patients demanding a singleroom.

    KathyDay replied to RMHRehab's topic in Nurse Management

    Wanting a private room is one thing, but wanting a decent roommate is another. My husband spent 11 days and nights roomed with a homeless addict, who stole one of his things, was loud, demanding,...