Brita01

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  1. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

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

    Bringing this thread into 2020 as it applies to me. I am very introverted and the nursing job that suits me the most is Pediatric Private Duty. One patient, one shift, and if I'm lucky, we have our...

  2. pediatric HH, please help

    Brita01 replied to tami2017's topic in Home Health

    It's ok to freak out before experiencing something new, that's what we do when we care about doing a good job. I freaked out before my first homecare peds case because I had been away from the bedside...

  3. Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    Brita01 replied to jk2185's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I used to work night shift, which was the only shift I could deal with due to fewer people being around. Once I decided to leave the hospital, I found my 2 dream jobs. Q/A for a home health agency...

  4. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    Brita01 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work Pediatric home care and we make our own schedules. We work as much as or as little as we want and on the days that we want. Sometimes I like to work holidays for the extra

  5. Brian Short News

    Brita01 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Dear God. I just read what happened in the news. I am horribly shocked and saddened by what has

  6. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    Brita01 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Having worked the 12 hour night shift in many hospitals I find the same things. Day shift nurses leave us so much work to do that we're playing catch up all night. We start off 2 hours behind...

  7. I'm probably nuts for asking, but....

    Brita01 replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    Non-smoking

  8. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    Brita01 replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you sure she was a nurse? She sounds kind of not quite right in the head. Why would she have to warn the docs she works with to stay away from another hospital? If they were able to choose an...

  9. least stressful area

    Brita01 replied to rajotolentino's topic in General Nursing

    The least stressful job for me was private duty. Only one patient to take care of for 8 or 12 hours.

  10. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    Brita01 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to believe that this thread was started way back in 2002 and people are still finding it. Not much has changed in six years, it

  11. Private duty nursing??

    Brita01 replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Private Duty

    I enjoyed reading this and hearing that three years later you have found your niche. I myself absolutely LOVED private duty. I took care of a lovely girl for 3 years and would have stayed with her...

  12. new grad RN BSN - is home health for me?

    Brita01 replied to badtz143's topic in Home Health

    Home health is definitely not for a brand new grad. Even several nurses that we have hired with years of hospital experience were not able to cope well with home health. Like some of the other...

  13. How much would you have to win to quit working as a nurse? How much would it take?

    Brita01 replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    For $100,000 I'd be able to quit my current job so that I could focus on getting my RN degree without having to work at the same time. For $500,000 I'd quit nursing all together and either go back to...

  14. Indiana State University BSN students

    Brita01 replied to EricJRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've searched through all the threads related to ISU and I haven't been able to find the information that I'm looking for. Is there anyone who has actually done their clinicals at their local...

  15. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

    Brita01 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN working in the office of a Home Health Agency. I'm the scheduler, HomMed manager, supply manager, and assist the office case managers. Some weekends I work from home taking call, and the...

  16. Personality Disorder Test...how do you stack up?

    Brita01 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with you 100%. I too prefer my own company. But I guess somebody's decided it's some kind of personality disorder. Go

  17. What is your job?

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

    I work in a home health office where I sit behind a desk and work on the computer and talk on the phone ALL day long. My titles are Staffer/HomMed Monitor/Supply Manager. I do all the staffing from...

  18. What I miss/don't miss about my previous nursing position

    Brita01 replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    My last job was as a private duty nurse. I don't miss having to work the night shift ALL the time. I don't miss not having someone to cover my shift when I needed to call in sick. I don't miss not...

  19. Nurse Rounding

    Brita01 replied to Margeincharge's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't understand. You're SUPPOSED to round on patients at least every 2 hours. It's like the law or something. Are you saying you were rounding more often and now they want you to round less...

  20. Well, if you want MY advice you should get your RN

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

    Who are these people that are telling you this and what are they doing with their own lives? Whenever someone asks me if I'm ever going to get my RN, I ask them if they're ever going to progress in...

  21. Personality Disorder Test...how do you stack up?

    Brita01 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    Very high schizoid, hi obsessive compulsive. Hmmm..... No wonder my personal motto at work is "I hate people." "I hate people." "I hate

  22. I dont want to do this anymore!!!

    Brita01 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    there are also hourly private duty jobs where you give one on one care to a patient inside his or her home, there are visiting home health positions, and there are home health office

  23. Where were u 9/11/01?

    Brita01 replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I was an agency nurse and was in an all-day orientation at a hospital I had never worked in before. There were about 15 of us in the class. We found out bits and pieces of what had happened during...

  24. nausea...I have new understanding.

    Brita01 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Several years ago, I got a new understanding for patients who call for the bedpan very frequently. I had a same-day procedure and was getting IV fluids. Suddenly I had to urinate, and I mean...

  25. no monitor tech?

    Brita01 replied to LanaBanana's topic in Cardiac

    It's fine if a nurse who knows how to read telemetry is sitting there at all times. But when I did agency I worked in a place where there was no monitor tech and no charge nurse sitting behind the...