BricMSN

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1. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

   BricMSN replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

   "Nobody has ever stopped me in the store to ask me to look at their skin problem, does that really happen to you all?" Yes indeedy it does. I once wore my scrubs on my way home and ran an errand to...

2. What's Rude?

   BricMSN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Nursing: -Bilingual families who ALL speak fluent English who choose to chat in another language in front of me. -Nurses who are aware of the problem, have the solution, have time to implement the...

3. Working in Nursing home is all the same?

   BricMSN replied to bigorange123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Workloads in most nursing homes are pretty similar. What is your exact ratio? How many techs do you have to assist you? $28 an hour for a new grad is pretty good--my bigger concern is that you claim...

4. 6th nursing job in 4 years?

   BricMSN replied to rjstrickland23's topic in General Nursing

   This is ridiculous. I work in a small facility as well, and I do triage/labor/PP/nursery. If you're well trained there's no reason why this can't be done. It sounds to me like you need to settle in...

5. Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

   BricMSN replied to Charlottemay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I always have to balance in my mind whether it is going to be more trouble than it is worth to ask a family member to leave. Will the family member cause a huge stink? Will they escalate from verbal...

6. Co-workers mad that you're going to school

   BricMSN replied to futurearmynurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Tell them to bug off! They don't own you or life choices. (And congratulations on going back to

7. Hospital that bans family members

   BricMSN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Visiting policy at my hospital (L&D) is no more than 4 visitors in labor, and postpartum visiting is at the nurse's discretion. If there are too many people or any of them are being...

8. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

   BricMSN replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I work in L&D, and there are certain families who think the labor process is a spectator sport. We sometimes have 10-15 people trying to cram into rooms. They want extra tables, chairs, food,...

9. Question for experienced nurses!

   BricMSN posted a topic in Cardiac

   I'm doing a paper for evidence-based practice and need some feedback. If you've got a minute please answer these 3 questions: What is the most traditional nursing practice being done in your clinical...