KathyDay

KathyDay

Patient Safety Advocate; HAI Prevention

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  1. COVID-19: I'm Doing My Own Research

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I was not being disrespectful at all. I was simply making a point that any patient, adult or child, has a right to disclose or not disclose information to a provider, and they also have a right to...

  2. COVID-19: I'm Doing My Own Research

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Or, she could not have a provider at all, correct? We seek care and we hope we can trust our providers. The decisions to share or not share private information is up to the patient, whether they are...

  3. COVID-19: I'm Doing My Own Research

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    No, the daughter is an educated and pro active young woman. It is sad that nobody can trust anybody anymore, because of the intrusive "decision making" by the SCOTUS, and other politicians. Some of...

  4. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay posted a topic in General Nursing

    The nursing shortage is starting to hurt, really bad. These past few years have worn down some of the strongest and most talented nurses in the US, and they have either quit nursing or moved to...

  5. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I had several weeks of OR training as well, Pre and post op, and scrubbing in. And like you we learned to clean and repack instrument packs. My first job as an RN was in the OR/ER/sterile supplies...

  6. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Let's all agree, that some prefer 5 8 hour shifts and some prefer 3 12 hour shifts. And hospitals have to learn to accommodate all of them. That was the point of my article...Promise Nurses the Moon...

  7. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    What I suggested in my article was to bring the goals and successes of the 3 year diploma program back, not necessarily the route to get there. You are absolutely right...not many modern students...

  8. Nursing Homes Short Staffing Causes and Effects

    KathyDay replied to Susan Sears's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Isn't it sad that those who deserve excellent care and who need it the most are often harmed and/or neglected in a LTC setting? It is a catch 22, trying to get qualified and sufficient staff for...

  9. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    #s 4 and 6 could absolutely contribute to local nursing shortages, but as you say, perhaps not to a national nursing shortage. When people leave YOUR hospital and are not replaced, that leaves you in...

  10. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

  11. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    You are absolutely right...ratios are a must. And those ratios have to reflect the rising acuity of patients. Specialty training should be ongoing inside the facilities that hire nurses...along with...

  12. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't considered this. I did observe that a lot of programs accelerated their programs to allow students to fill the gap at hospitals at the peak of the pandemic. I wondered about the impact of...

  13. Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    KathyDay replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Of course nursing has changed (scientifically and technically), and nursing education must change as well. The supervised hands on approach is the best way to build confidence to safely care for...

  14. Nursing Then and Now

    KathyDay replied to RN WRITER NC's topic in General Nursing

    Like you, I graduated from high school in 1967, but I went immediately into nursing school or "training" in a Catholic nursing school. I was a naive dumb kid, but I snapped to under the tutelage of...

  15. 'About A Nurse' Caption Contest #1 | Nurses Month

    KathyDay replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My caption "Hey, that's not the moon you promised

  16. When You Realize You Are Replaceable

    KathyDay replied to Guest1189140's topic in Nursing Career

    As an "older" RN who has lived through many decades of mandates in my career, I have no sympathy for this nurse. How can I? I have seen healthcare from both sides of the bed rails at this point......

  17. At War With Ourselves

    KathyDay posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’ve never seen anything like it. As a 72-year old woman and an RN for over 50 years, our current nursing climate has shocked and stunned me. I have lost faith in too many regular every day human...

  18. Unvaccinated: Indefensible

    KathyDay replied to guest1168940's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have only read page one of the comments on this post. You all are scaring the crap out of me. Are these conspiracy theorists and believers actually licensed and called professionals and taking...

  19. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    KathyDay replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    WHAT? Then, how do you explain that over 957% of all hospitalized COVID patients in Maine are the unvaccinated. Vaccinated people do have breakthrough cases, but generally those cases do not...

  20. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    KathyDay replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am incredibly proud of my Maine's Governor Janet Mills and her CDC director for mandating COVID vaccines for all healthcare workers here in Maine. This avoids a piecemeal approach of individual...

  21. Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    KathyDay replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just yesterday, Governor Janet MIlls announced that COVID vaccinations will be mandated for all healthcare workers in the State of Maine. This step will help my state to avoid a piecemeal approach to...

  22. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    KathyDay replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is hard to decipher sarcasm in an online post. Maybe it is best to say what you mean, and mean what you say. I think that most of us are exhausted by this pandemic and we don't really find...

  23. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    KathyDay replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That is true, but the employer has a right to mandate vaccines, and in turn patients (in a hospital or other facility) won't have to ask questions about the staff's vaccination status. It will be a...

  24. Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    KathyDay replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, I know that and I got that it was tongue in cheek. I just wanted to bring that comment home, for how it is from the patient and family

  25. Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    KathyDay replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is certainly nothing amusing about patients wanting to know that their caregivers are doing all they can to reduce their chances of infections. Take it from an old retired nurse whose father...