brattygrl

brattygrl

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About brattygrl

brattygrl has 15 years experience and specializes in Peds critical care.


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  1. Was once called an Ugly Mother F**cker by a two year old. Was sooo surprised by what she said that I askes mom what she said. Mom looked up from her cell phone and said, "Oh. She said Ugly Mother F**ker." And when mom told me that. The 2yr old lite...
  2. Late to the conversation. Anyhow, our hospital policy is to not leave the deceased alone until they are taken to morgue. We take turns as nurses sitting in with the deceased and family members mourning. We make sure the body is not manipulated prior ...
  3. Here Now Gone Tomorrow

    Have to agree with all of the others with regard to the heavy physical demands of the job. Just to give you some hard numbers, my coworkers and I like to compare "miles walked" each shift. I would say it averages around 7 miles/12 hr shift. That oft...
  4. The film: Vaxxed.

    YEESSSSSS!!! Thank You!!!
  5. The film: Vaxxed.

    Pediatric Critical Care nurse here. Seeing babies infected with pertussis turning blue and struggling to breathe has reinforced my pro-vaccination stance. Same with measels encephalopathy and meningitis. These diseases are real. They are life threat...
  6. Losing patience with residents.

    Hey, as an adult, in my own home, I'd be ****** off too if someone told me I couldn't have a cup of coffee just because it's 2am. I'm just sayin. Think about it from their point of view once in a while.
  7. HIPAA?

    I have over one hundred friends that are nurses on my FB page and you would never know it. NOBODY mentions ANYTHING remotely work related, no matter where any of us work. It's just understood. You don't do it as a professional.
  8. Need help having problems with my teacher and the program

    Oops. Duplicate post. Had to delete it. Anyway, good luck again. Their behavior sounds wrong and illegal (although I'm not a lawyer). Don't give up yet. Give em Hell.
  9. Need help having problems with my teacher and the program

    I'm so sorry you are going through this. It sounds horrible. Have you considered having a lawyer write a letter to the Dean of your school stating that, if the harassment doesn't stop, you will take legal action and maybe go to the local news. I wo...
  10. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Even worse when it's parents or other family members while visiting a sick kid in a children's hospital. We just call security. I can imagine it's a bit different when its a consenting adult patient NOT in a children's hospital. Just seems wrong e...
  11. Did I do the right thing?

    A scalp lac will heal eventually (even without staples). Thats what those of us in the ER call a distracting injury. When you focus on something nonlife threatening. I would have sent her to the ER because she passed out and hit her head, period. Li...
  12. Dealing with bad coworker

    Is she signing off the meds?Charting the dressing changes and flushes to g tubes? Just curious.
  13. Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

    "Go back to preschool. Get out of the gene pool." Weird Al. Almost spit my coffee out! Too funny.
  14. What is the worst mistake you've made as a nurse?

    Please don't be so hard on yourself. In the big scheme of things, this wasn't catastrophic. You obviously are bothered by it and my guess is you will be more mindful of normal ranges of vs for the different ages. That is what is important here. Peds ...
  15. Nursing is a gift

    What a poorly written piece of fluff (No offense, just very hard to read due to poor grammer usage). Nursing is so much more than just compassion. Many people can be compassionate and never cut it as a nurse. Nursing is a SKILL. A multifaceted skil...