kbrn2002 ADN, RN

Geriatrics, Dialysis

RN from WI

Member

  • Content

    3,969

  • Visitors

    34,964

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2,869

All Content by kbrn2002

  1. kbrn2002

    What nursing career would suit my mother?

    kbrn2002 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this is an option for your Mom but is the State offering any kind of severance package or better yet tuition assistance to help retrain for a different career? I ask because a local...
  2. kbrn2002

    Preventing call-ins

    kbrn2002 replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is a huge issue for us as well. Also more with CNA's than nurses. We are so desperately short staffed that enforcing the termination policy for call-ins would leave us without enough staff to...
  3. kbrn2002

    facility implosion post-takeover

    kbrn2002 replied to NFuser's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The benefits are definitely NOT better. The new company rolled us all over into a different insurance plan. No input or open enrollment involved, they just mailed us new cards and left it to us to...
  4. kbrn2002

    Input Needed - What brand of scrubs do you prefer?

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

    I have scrubs in several brands and the one's I grab first [when all of them are clean] are either Taffords or Med Couture. Taffords are well made and comfortable for a store brand and reasonably...
  5. kbrn2002

    handling a willful child

    kbrn2002 replied to basketball13's topic in School

    Kid or not, why on earth are there no sliding scale orders? Unless her and her parents happen to be diabetes educators why are any of them just told to decide on their own how much insulin to take?...
  6. kbrn2002

    CNA making virtually minimum wage. How to possibly ask for a raise?

    kbrn2002 replied to heather24242's topic in Nursing Career

    First question is are you union? If so you can't negotiate your pay. If not, your pay may be partly dependent on where you live. Is your wage the same as or better than other CNA's in your region with...
  7. kbrn2002

    Soon-to-be New Grad : I Don't Want to Settle for Med-Surg

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Nothing wrong with knowing where you don't want to be, just as there is nothing wrong with setting a goal for where you do want to be. Simplest solution is to not apply for any med-surg positions. If...
  8. kbrn2002

    Should Obama care be repealed?

    kbrn2002 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    I was not talking about any insurance that is available on a state insurance exchange. Rather the state provided benefit for low income eligible, aka "welfare." The amount of no cost or very low cost...
  9. kbrn2002

    I start clinicals on monday, my friend warned me about the instructor, advice please

    kbrn2002 replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Sorry but that is not good advice. While you do always need to be respectful, as a student you are expected to question what you don't understand. If you don't agree with what the instructor says or...
  10. kbrn2002

    Should Obama care be repealed?

    kbrn2002 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly the problem with people utilizing the ER as their primary source of health care. To many of them it is free. People are seen in an ER regardless of ability of pay, and many of them do...
  11. kbrn2002

    Is it worth the commute?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurhope's topic in Nursing Career

    A two hour commute is probably too much daily. Though you may decide it's worth it if the driving conditions are decent. I know a couple of people that have a commute of over an hour, one is 90...
  12. kbrn2002

    Should I bother to reapply?

    kbrn2002 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    It won't hurt to reapply. Though I would steer clear of mentioning the last interview, it shouldn't have any bearing on the current position and could knock you out of the running before you even get...
  13. kbrn2002

    Should Obama care be repealed?

    kbrn2002 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit my views on this have changed over the years. The United States is certainly one of the easiest nations in the world to enter and live in legally, so if foreign nationals expect to...
  14. kbrn2002

    Should Obama care be repealed?

    kbrn2002 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    Related topic is the insanity that is allowed to continue with big pharma. My personal experience with this is of all things with my dog. He suffers from a seizure disorder. Of course the first time...
  15. kbrn2002

    Should Obama care be repealed?

    kbrn2002 replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly my problem with the so called affordable health care. Guaranteeing access to health care in no way means that an average person can actually afford to get health care. Premiums that...
  16. kbrn2002

    What are you an "expert" in on your unit? Becoming the "go-to" guy/gal for ...

    kbrn2002 replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    For me it's the computer stuff. For some reason I pick up that stuff pretty quickly and am also skilled at patiently teaching other nurses some of the tricks so they "get
  17. kbrn2002

    Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    kbrn2002 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I was in that sinking boat too. No pay increase for 5+ years, insurance premiums going up while coverage went down then the added insult of the place being so short staffed that new hires have been...
  18. kbrn2002

    Sometimes I wish I could give these out:

    kbrn2002 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I don't know if I'd call it manflu but my dear hubby insists that I am some kind of typhoid Mary. Every little sniffle he blames on me. It must be some germ I brought home from work despite the fact...
  19. kbrn2002

    Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    kbrn2002 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    It's all about location, location, location. I am an experienced RN and that's about what I make. It's considered a darn good wage around here. I also make that working a 36 hour week instead of the...
  20. kbrn2002

    Can nurses do more for patients coming from ECFs with stage III pressure ulcers?

    kbrn2002 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Sigh, yet another post blaming the LTC facility. Granted not all LTC's provide stellar care, but not all hospitals do either. I don't think it matters what the care setting is some places are great...
  21. kbrn2002

    Superstitious

    kbrn2002 replied to fcp4life's topic in General Nursing

    Did you notice how even in a thread about superstition the "Q" word hasn't been mentioned? Saying it's slow is bad enough, but heaven help the poor soul that pronounces "it's been a quiet
  22. kbrn2002

    Superstitious

    kbrn2002 replied to fcp4life's topic in General Nursing

    My SNF has a room 13. It doesn't seem to be unlucky in any way. But room 48, now that's a different matter. Pretty sure that one's
  23. kbrn2002

    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    kbrn2002 replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    Knock on wood, there have been no confirmed cases of flu here. A few RSV positive labs but no flu yet. What is starting to make it's rounds is a nasty little GI bug. Several staff members have missed...
  24. kbrn2002

    Yacker Tracker in the NICU ???

    kbrn2002 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a SNF and have thankfully never heard of such a thing. I can imagine the light would be red most of the night just from our sundowning dementia residents living their normal lives on their...
  25. kbrn2002

    Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    kbrn2002 replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If financial aid is not an issue a well rounded education is always beneficial. With a degree in an affiliated field, which is just about anything in the sciences entering a nursing specific program...