BraeRN

BraeRN has 4 years experience and specializes in Rehab, Telemetry/Med-Surg.

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1. senior practicum - not what I expected

   BraeRN replied to dayandnight's topic in General Nursing

   I did my senior practicum in Community Health and I still got hired into Med/Surg after graduating. I learned so much and I absolutely loved it. It felt so nice to sit down with the people coming in and having non rushed conversations with them and g...

2. What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

   BraeRN replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

   Young lady in her 20s admitted for tonsillitis and she had a dilaudid PCA.

3. Lets Talk Money...

   BraeRN replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

   What part of Kansas are you in? I'm in NE Kansas at a small hospital, getting $20 an hour on a med-surg/tele unit with $3 shift diff for nights and $2 shift diff for weekends.

4. hilarious video about nursing!

   BraeRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Humor

   I was thinking I remember this from my last shift! Very sad now that I think about it.

5. hilarious video about nursing!

   BraeRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Humor

   This is oddly familiar.......

6. My patient said WHAT ?!

   BraeRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   I was giving scheduled IV Ativan to a very confused older patient. As I was pushing the medication, he looked up at me and said "I need you to do something for me. Open your shirt and show me the light." Another time I was getting ready to discharge...

7. What is considered the weekend shift for 7p-7a?

   BraeRN replied to muesli's topic in General Nursing

   Friday and Saturday at my hospital.

8. Night Shift Schedules...how does yours work?

   BraeRN replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

   We do self scheduling at my facility so we pretty much get what we want unless there aren't enough nurses scheduled for a particular night. Your schedule sounds exhausting! I absolutely love nights though and never want to go back to days.

9. Help!!! I need some advice about my RN program!

   BraeRN replied to SummerRN2B's topic in LPN-RN

   We had the ATI tests in my RN program too. We were required to pass the tests and if we didn't reach the required level on the test (usually it was Level 2) then we had to retake it. We also had to take a comprehensive predictor during the last semes...

10. awesome nurse pt ratios

    BraeRN replied to sassy_cassie's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights in a small hospital too. Our med/surg floor is also the telemetry and peds floor and I think we have around 32 beds on the unit. At night we can get up to 7 patients per nurse. If it isn't too full we may start out with 4 or 5 and those...

11. Name issues--legal issue?

    BraeRN replied to CherryRed23's topic in General Nursing

    I go by Brae and have it on my name tag since my full name is apparently too difficult for people to pronounce correctly. (I've had to deal with that all my life! :) I guess Brae is hard too because some of the nurses call me "Bree" but oh well, no h...

12. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    BraeRN replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    I have absolutely no idea how to respond to this. "How come nurses either failed to be admitted to medical school or didn’t try?" Excuse me? This is so offensive and sad. I'd like to see a doctor who has this offensive view to be in our shoes on the...

13. New RN w/$99k debt - Pay Off Plan

    BraeRN replied to sozo's topic in General Nursing

    If I had accumulated that much debt in student loans, I certainly wouldn't buy a brand new car. How very irresponsible of her. I agree with lovelylpn, I'm not sure if this plan can work with a new grad salary. If she is getting paid that much money ...

14. Orientation Med Test

    BraeRN replied to BraeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far! And thank you nicole for the link! :)

15. Orientation Med Test

    BraeRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I'm starting orientation next week for my first nursing job (yay!) and I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on what will be included on the med test. I would also appreciate any links to websites where I can brush up on my dosage calcu...