kbrn2002 ADN, RN

Geriatrics, Dialysis

RN from WI

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    Which Area Has the Most Compassionate Nurses

    kbrn2002 replied to RNite's topic in General Nursing

    Hands down Hospice. It takes huge amounts of compassion to provide comfort to the dying while simultaneously providing support and guidance to the family of the
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    HIPPA violation if the patient isn't in your facility?

    kbrn2002 replied to MoonlightRose's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Not a HIPAA violation as she told her of the pregnancy as a friend, not in the role of patient to nurse. Now if the friend had been her nurse and discovered the pregnancy through her job and then...
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    Holy pay cut shock!

    kbrn2002 replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    I'm not a school nurse but I have friends who are and the basement low pay is the norm in our school district as well. They don't differentiate between RN and LPN, the pay is the same. Starting wage...
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    Great opportunity, might lose a friend???

    kbrn2002 replied to LVNblue8's topic in Home Health

    I'm glad you worked it out, but this analogy doesn't help your cause at all. What if they were shifts instead of visits? There's no employer anywhere that schedules a single nurse for 2 shifts every...
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    Urinalysis

    kbrn2002 replied to ipatone's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer, no. Ideally a urine specimen should be obtained by straight cath. You didn't mention where you work but I can see that as being difficult in an assisted living, group home or in the...
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    Performance Report -Med Error

    kbrn2002 replied to Mother nurse10's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm not as much a stickler for the rules as your supervisor. I wouldn't even begin to describe this as a med error. You gave the right meds to the right patient, the only potential "error" was...
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    Do what now? ( How to save a stroke victim according to facebook)

    kbrn2002 replied to That Guy's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at least now when some poor person presents at the ED with all ten fingers and both ears bleeding you'll know why. Sadly if they bring the person to the ED fast enough and the stroke protocol...
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    Uhhhh, That's Kinda Personal

    kbrn2002 replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a SNF where some of our residents have been there for years and will continue to be there until they die. The staff is truly their second family so they don't feel in the least bit...
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    What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    kbrn2002 replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    For me nursing school was harder. But I had the advantage of working as a nurse tech after my first year, which where I worked meant I did everything the RN did. I learned way more working while in...
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    Great opportunity, might lose a friend???

    kbrn2002 replied to LVNblue8's topic in Home Health

    Without reading any responses yet my first inclination is to say this friend works for the agency, not for you. Unless you are the case manager for the agency who gets offered what assignments isn't...
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    Why is it difficult to transition from nursing student to working Nurse?

    kbrn2002 replied to Beautiful_Beginnings's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is a great place to learn how to learn to be a nurse. You'll learn the theory to better understand why we do what we do, you'll learn the bare bones basics of direct care. Then you are...
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    Should I go back to school?

    kbrn2002 replied to Butterfliesnroses's topic in Nursing Career

    If your employer is paying for it that's a hard opportunity to turn down. A question that nobody has asked yet though: you say you might want to move, if your employer is paying for school do you have...
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    ICU Nurse Activity Trackers

    kbrn2002 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Wow, Big Brother is watching? That's one of the most intrusive ideas I've heard. I can just bet there is absolutely no end goal of making the nurses shifts easier. Administration wouldn't implement...
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    What Else Can I Do For A Living?

    kbrn2002 replied to RNCM123's topic in Nursing Career

    Sadly I love Grey's despite the obvious medical flaws. I would love to see that hospital where the surgeons run the ED, surgery, the clinic, etc. I love that the same MD that see's a pt in the ER is...
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    May the Nurse's Force Be With You

    kbrn2002 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    When my daughter was maybe 15 or 16 I literally had to chase her around the exam room and corner her before the nurse could give her a flu shot. I was mortified. The kid finally caved and gave up...
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    This person outranks me?!

    kbrn2002 replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    This thread didn't go the direction you wanted did it? So to maybe get on track of sharing examples I have a couple. We have a scheduler that thinks she's everybody's boss. Has her nose in nursing...
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    How much is a normal raise

    kbrn2002 replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly this. We were bought out by a new company resulting in a significant raise. Yippee! Followed by WTH??? They took away shift differentials, bonuses, charge pay and raised the insurance premium...
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    What HARD truth have you learned once you became a nurse and/or CNA?

    kbrn2002 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Some residents have the greatest, most supportive families. Others have families that are just a pain in our backsides, but at least those families pretend to be involved. Then we have the residents...
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    Afraid to quit my job

    kbrn2002 replied to nsue's topic in General Nursing

    If you ace the interview for the new job I doubt they will want to wait out a 1 month notice so give the standard 2 weeks and don't feel bad about that. It sounds like it wouldn't matter if you gave...
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    Guys....!

    kbrn2002 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I'm from the great white north where we are more than equipped for this weather. What are all you southern folk doing to deal with the snow? It's not like you have city plows or sanding trucks to...
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    kbrn2002 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just wish our current staffing would allow for an actual preceptor. We have been pairing a new orientee with a nurse that has been employed for less than 3 months because she was the only nurse...
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    kbrn2002 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly this. For every 6 nurses we hire if we are lucky 1 will stay past orientation. This latest rotation of new hires we had 1 quit the day before orientation started, 4 quit after 1 day and only 1...
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    Matt Lauer Fired due to Inappropriate Sexual Behavior. Has This Happened to You?

    kbrn2002 replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Honestly. No I've never had anything like that happen. Worst thing I've dealt with is a drunk in a bar, though that was bad enough. I guess I have been fortunate that the men I've worked with have...
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    I wonder if I'm too old...?

    kbrn2002 replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you can afford school you are not anywhere near too old. Especially not as you would like to go into education and that is fortunately an area of nursing that you can realistically work in...
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    Workplace Drug Test

    kbrn2002 replied to lexca's topic in General Nursing

    Hair testing is way more expensive than urine testing so I don't think very many employers utilize it as a pre-employment drug screen. If you run into one that does I don't think they take hair from...