Brita01

Brita01

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  1. My Sweet Little Angel Patient Passed Away Today

    Brita01 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you nursewendy. There are so many people out there that need good care. So I'll keep on trudging

  2. My Sweet Little Angel Patient Passed Away Today

    Brita01 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the kind words. I don't see myself giving up nursing anytime soon. I have no idea what else I would do for a living. Yes, I definitely got attached to this one patient. In the 30 years...

  3. My Sweet Little Angel Patient Passed Away Today

    Brita01 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Eric. I try my

  4. My Sweet Little Angel Patient Passed Away Today

    Brita01 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I believe she's up there watching over all of us now like we watched over

  5. april 2 is daylight saving time...love or hate

    Brita01 replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    Either you've got a time changing ghost or someone's played an april fools joke on

  6. april 2 is daylight saving time...love or hate

    Brita01 replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    And here I thought I was the only backwards one. My favorite days are the ones that are gloomy and dreary looking. Throw in a rain or thunder storm and you've got a winner. As for DST, I hate...

  7. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    Brita01 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    As a fairly new nurse, I was fed up with demanding family members and I typed it in a search engine which led me to a thread on the allnurses website. I wasn't sure what I had found because I had...

  8. Agency nurse and the potential local strike!

    Brita01 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Since you're agency, is there another hospital or other facility that the agency can send you to? I'm just thinking of the possible hostile working environment that could exist when the strike is...

  9. How do you rent movies?

    Brita01 replied to Mainenikki's topic in Travel

    Yes, your Blockbuster card will work in any

  10. Does nite shift make you fat?

    Brita01 replied to badabinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if it makes you fat, but I sure am having a hell of time trying to lose weight while working night shift. No matter what I do, the weight doesn't come

  11. Do patients/families that are hostile, rude affect your morale?

    Brita01 replied to smartynurse's topic in General Nursing

    And follow them around, stare over their shoulder and question everything they do. Write it all down and tell them they'll be sued if you don't think they're doing their job right. See how THEY like...

  12. I think I'm in big trouble

    Brita01 replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I wanna

  13. Are You A Type "a" Nurse Or Type "b"

    Brita01 replied to kellbell1's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely type A. I guess that's why med-surg drove me nuts. At the start of the shift, I always had a list and an order that I wanted to do things. And then the phone would ring or a family...

  14. Hooow did you get through SPEECH class????

    Brita01 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can take public speaking classes online now. You videotape your assignments and send them in. I am SO terrified of public speaking that this is the only way I would consider doing

  15. Nit picky, demanding, control freak families

    Brita01 replied to mattsmom81's topic in Home Health

    Wow. This sounds like the mother of one of my patients, except for the camera. But I wouldn't be surprised if she had a camera hidden somewhere that we didn't know about. She does the post-it note...

  16. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    Brita01 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for this information. My family and I are sitting in a Dallas hotel running out of money and wondering what to do. My job was in New Orleans and Slidell. So much for that. I have...

  17. What squicks you out?

    Brita01 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, see, that's just

  18. What squicks you out?

    Brita01 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you there on the dentures. Awhile back someone here told a story about hearing this little old lady smacking on something. When they turned to look, they saw that she had her dentures in...

  19. do any of you work in anything other than ltc as an LPN?

    Brita01 replied to Princess74's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in private duty - one on one care with patients in their homes. This is my dream nursing job. I'd have to be dragged kicking and screaming back to ltc or med/surg. Blackcat99, I understand...

  20. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    Brita01 replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    I work private duty and I sit most of the time. But my feet earned the rest from those years spent in LTC and med/surg. I can remember coming home after passing meds in the nursing home and wanting...

  21. What to do about tech refusing to get VS?

    Brita01 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sheesh, no wonder I was so much thinner when I worked the floor. :chuckle The walk was also an incredibly fast one

  22. What to do about tech refusing to get VS?

    Brita01 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Some of these CNAs just want to show up to work and collect a paycheck for doing as little as they possibly can. Floor nurses should have the power to send an aide home the first time one of them...

  23. Implanted Chip Approved for Human Use

    Brita01 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't even notice anything amiss. You're right, the topics are one and the

  24. Can you write a word "error" when correcting mistake in charting?

    Brita01 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to draw one line through it, write the word "error" and initial it. This was in 1997, maybe things have changed

  25. Implanted Chip Approved for Human Use

    Brita01 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, being religious and being a Bush fan do NOT go hand in hand. I am religious and I can't STAND that guy. I jokingly tell people that I think he may be the antichrist(maybe not so...