BrandybunsRN

BrandybunsRN

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About BrandybunsRN

BrandybunsRN has 12 years experience and specializes in Cardiac.


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  1. Recommended Online School for BSN to DNP programs

    I'm currently in the acute care with cardiovascular track at University of South Alabama. I have seen a lot of pro and con reviews on the school, but I personally enjoy the program (for the most part, it IS after all schooling you know!). This is ...
  2. Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

    While I personally do not like the flu shot either.... I have been required to get a Hep B vaccine, MMR all current, etc etc .... so not sure how this is so different? http://news.yahoo.com/nurses-fired-refusing-flu-shot-224637902--abc-news-health.ht...
  3. Honesty

    Oh no, the visit was simply with the pacemaker clinic to check his device a second time. This means he would have met with the nurse checking his device... no vitals, no anything.... and definitely no physician.
  4. Honesty

    It is drilled into us over and over again in nursing school and throughout our careers to be a "patient advocate". Yet, again and again I come across instances where someone will not tell a patient the truth. This week I had a patient who phoned in ...
  5. RN Cath Lab Interview

    Ideas on questions to ask: - Is the position for scrub? Recovery? circulating? Or a combination of all of the above? - Will there be call (evenings or weekends), if so what are the expectations/rotations per month? - Will the cases all be cardiac, or...
  6. Dumb things new nurses do....

    I have to tell you that this one really made me laugh! As soon as you said "ostomy" and "powder", out loud I sat here saying "ohhh please don't be glue!" .... LOL Thanks for the visual :)
  7. Chamberlain College Press release: Important Chamberlain Communication: Accreditation Update-January 5, 2012 Chamberlain College of Nursing has been committed to providing our students with a quality nursing education and student experience for more...
  8. What kind of nurse are you?

    I definitely adjust to the situation, as I'm sure we all do to varying degrees. There have been times that I've had time and given a patient a backrub because she was so uncomfortable and her attitude went from horrible to tolerable (making my night...
  9. online statistics course and excel

    Many of these schools require Excel, so check with your program. Remember that you will have to turn assignments in to your instructor and they will know whether or not you are using the correct/required program or not.
  10. What Precepting Means to Me

    Being a preceptor can be a challenging job, and you've done a great job by adapting such a positive attitude! I find it sometimes difficult to walk that line between being there for the new nurse and "hovering" too much/too little. I like to let th...
  11. From someone that hires nurses on a fairly regular basis, I will tell you that if I see a resume with that many jobs listed in such a short time - I won't waste my time on even interviewing. When I hire someone I would like it to be someone that wil...
  12. Zofran

    Best advice of the day! Always label your medications and double check what you are giving before you give it (even if you're double checking that you are indeed flushing with the syringe markes saline).
  13. "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    In my first job as a nurse, there was a nurse one unit over who used to answer the phone "Jane Doe-RN-BSN-Charge Nurse, can I help you?" Although she may have worked hard for her RN and BSN, she came off sounding "snooty" and no one appreciated hear...
  14. Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    Love these (it sounds like me every day) :)
  15. What's your nursing kryptonite?

    Without a doubt, sputum. Just saying the word brings a bit of bile up into the back of my throat. Not that I like the other things (like poo, pee, wounds, etc) .... however I would do any of those things in a heartbeat.... just do not ask me to loo...