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  1. Breaking Bread in the Breakroom

    annabanana2 replied to DontStealMyPenRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Man, while I obviously never put in chest tubes, I drop sterile things all the time. It's why whenever I know I'll need sterile gloves I always bring two pairs. At least! It's hard to imagine my...

  2. Constipation in a cancer patient

    annabanana2 replied to blackribbon's topic in Oncology

    Get a palliative care consult first and foremost. The average hospital doc has no idea what they're doing when it comes to palliative medicine. You need an expert on board. Palliative care is about...

  3. Realistic explanation of CPR

    annabanana2 replied to Kteichow's topic in General Nursing

    I have the "should we consider a DNR" conversation with families and patients all the time. I am nearly always very blunt when describing CPR, but I'm not mean about it, if that makes sense. I don't...

  4. How aggressive should I be with this job?

    annabanana2 replied to FuturePN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If it were me I'd take my chances on being annoying, because it sounds like you really want this job and it's a good fit. How desperate are you, financially, to start work? Would you be okay if this...

  5. My kid is THAT kid!

    annabanana2 replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    Not a school nurse but I too am addicted to lip balm. I have been since I was a kid. I distinctly recall when I was nine having at least six tubes stashed in my desk at school. Now I have a tube in my...

  6. What was the REAL reason you called off

    annabanana2 replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    My rule is that I call in sick if I can't stand up, or if I can't control one or more of my bodily fluids. I think I did take a sick day once years ago when I was interviewing for another

  7. Staff Development Coordinator

    annabanana2 replied to cbrue645's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If I were a nurse working in that nursing home I would likely be very skeptical of supposedly being trained by someone who had eight months of experience and a master's degree in management. I'm...

  8. How to get un-barred

    annabanana2 replied to emb92250's topic in General Nursing

    Oh good lord. The same company that wouldn't hesitate to throw you out on your butt with zero notice and for zero good reason is the same company that gets upset because you failed to tell them a full...

  9. Can nurses do more for patients coming from ECFs with stage III pressure ulcers?

    annabanana2 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    I've asked myself the same thing, OP, except that it was "can home health nurses do more for patients coming from hospitals with stage 3 pressure ulcers that they definitely didn't have before...

  10. Never chart this

    annabanana2 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I personally loooooove charting direct quotes from clients who are being purposefully mean to me. Not sure if that's an accepted practice where everyone else is, but at my current job it's welcomed,...

  11. Urine Drug Screen ....surprise!

    annabanana2 replied to casias12's topic in Advanced Practice

    (Obligatory disclaimer: not an APRN, just a regular RN) TONS of my elderly home health clients have young family members that will either outright steal their opioids or "trade" them for "something...

  12. When your ex or their mistress/lover is the patient?

    annabanana2 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You actually didn't make that clear in the thread at any point at ALL. You asked a hypothetical question about "what would happen if your ex, who is a terrible person, ended up on your unit because...

  13. When your ex or their mistress/lover is the patient?

    annabanana2 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As many others have said, I would request a change in assignment, more for their privacy and comfort than mine. It's an ethical concern. Now if, like you mentioned, there were a person that looked up...

  14. Do you ever want to escape nursing profession?

    annabanana2 replied to thida's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes! Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to work in, like, a nice little bookstore in the hip part of town during usual business hours where there are few bodily fluids and much less angst....

  15. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    annabanana2 replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    For the record, I too am a nurse in Canada, and I know how it works. Health care facilities are FUNDED by provincial (not federal) governments and run by smaller regional health authorities. It's not...

  16. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    annabanana2 replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just to be clear, it's not her employer that she's in trouble with, it's her regulatory agency. In the US it would be the equivalent of her board of

  17. Do you press "1" for Doctor?

    annabanana2 replied to Glycerine82's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly it depends. I'm often not calling on behalf of a doctor, I'm calling for a patient who doesn't have the life skills to wrangle their own prescriptions or services. Once I did "press 1 if...

  18. What do you do at your workplace to still feel the spirit of Christmas?

    annabanana2 replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the community but we still work 365 days a year doing something similar to home health. It has been a difficult year, we have lost many of our community members to overdose and the crisis is...

  19. Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    annabanana2 replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I would consider first that the responses you get here are from an exceptionally small sample of people living and working in a very specific culture, so don't base your business plan on their...

  20. Unplanned pregnancy during nursing school?

    annabanana2 replied to smc26448's topic in General Students

    It sounds like you are on the fence. If I may, consider getting some counselling to clarify your decision as to whether or not to give birth. Even just talking it over with a crisis line or something...

  21. Nursing student getting abuse from instructor

    annabanana2 replied to Nursingbabydoll's topic in General Students

    Man, can we not do that generational silliness around here? That bit wasn't even relevant to your

  22. No call no show, and feeling terrible about it!

    annabanana2 replied to omha's topic in General Nursing

    Stuff happens! What's in the past is in the past. You apologized to your supervisor who sounds like they understood and accepted your apology. I assume now you will be extra extra extra careful about...

  23. What are your biggest pains/ problems as a nurse?

    annabanana2 replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    And if I may - wear a mask, because those toothbrush bristles flick all over the place and the last thing you need is soapy fecal matter on your

  24. I feel like I made a mistake with nursing. Did anyone hate med surg but love other floors?

    annabanana2 replied to missSB's topic in General Nursing

    Not only did I dislike my med/surg clinicals, I disliked ALL of my clinicals that happened in a hospital setting. So once I graduated I went to work in the community! NBD. There are lots of jobs out...

  25. What are your biggest pains/ problems as a nurse?

    annabanana2 replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    Clients who care less about their health than I do. Like, you came to me for wound care in the hopes of healing your disgusting gigantic lower leg ulcer, right? And we agree that I'm not a fairy...