Bri1231 BSN, RN

Bri1231 has 20 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. Where Were You...9/11

   Bri1231 replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was working the night shift at UCSF. I remember it all so clearly even though it all happened so long ago. Almost twenty years can you believe? I went into a patients room at 5.55 am to get a set of VS. She had the television on and I wasn't payin...

2. Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

   Bri1231 replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

   Whether this is off topic now or not I will stick my two cents worth in. I have jumped around different areas of nursing, a little stint in the ED, a little one in the Cath Lab etc etc etc. I have throughout my nursing career remained mostly a med su...

3. Patient report

   Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

   As promised here is a quick update on the new report system. All nursing staff RN/CNA in patient report at the start of the shift and report starts with Safety brief Patients at clinical risk ( unstable/VS issue) Patients at risk of developing pres...

4. Using medical terminology as a nurse

   Bri1231 replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

   This is why you must always document Urine red, ? Hematuria, await further testing. Or just document nothing at all until you have strip tested it. But there is nothing wrong with writing ? Hematuria.

5. Patient report

   Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the reply. First of all I am not taking this personally I have come on here to get advice from everyone to figure out a better way to deal with patient report and I am taking all of the advice on board. I refer to the CNA making a seri...

6. Patient report

   Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

   Do I get paid to take charge of the unit on some shifts. No. So it is like I never bring who gets paid to do what into nursing. When I do take charge I give out the assignments and then I take one patient from each nurse and charge and have four pati...

7. Useless Shift Report Information

   Bri1231 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   ??Oh those nurses who go on and on and on so much that I actually after patient number three have many times had to read up on the remaining patients myself because I started to loose interest and scrolled on the latest updates on Pretty Little Liars...

8. Using medical terminology as a nurse

   Bri1231 replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

   Ugh......the neverending debate over what can you chart at night. How many ways can you write it. Lol. I continue to write what I have always written. 2am. Patient appears to be asleep. No clinical concerns to report at this time. I keep my charting ...

9. Using medical terminology as a nurse

   Bri1231 replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

   Ah ha ha ha ha I love these ideas!

10. NHS Apprenticeships

    Bri1231 replied to Leedeedee's topic in UK

    ??What kind of idiotic stuff is that?!

11. Patient report

    Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

    And on the sitter one......at what point does HIPPA stop you from telling the perfectly competent sitter from another floor whether the patient is DNR or not. She actually did not know. That is so bad beyond belief. Yes it should have been up on the ...

12. Patient report

    Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

    You are totally right. What I see here is a communication issue amongst all staff groups. It actually is quite bad here. The reason I ask about this issue is because in a previous setting the patient report sheet was updated by each nurse for each o...

13. Patient report

    Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

    I second what that tech said! It is so true. I think that my concern is at least there is some kind of hand off to the techs/CNAs on your unit. As there are here. But some units basically give less than basic to literally nothing for a whole half ho...

14. Patient report

    Bri1231 replied to Bri1231's topic in General Nursing

    Patient mobilzed out of bed when they have a low BP which was checked by the RN, not reported to the CNA and therefore not reported to the incoming CNA. CNA gets patient out of bed. Disaster. Patient has had a physio assessment and it has been advis...

15. Using medical terminology as a nurse

    Bri1231 replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have, always do, and will continue to chart hematuria when I see it. It to start with is NOT a diagnosis as previously pointed out and you could I guess write Self voided 250mls urine. Rose color. No clots ? Hematuria. Then await further tes...