nursebrandie28 BSN, RN

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    Fever vs. Warm Blanket

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello my fellow trauma friends, This is just a question....how many of you give warm blankets to patients with a fever?
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    :nurse:hey guys, we got our press ganey scores and surveys from feb... come complaints were no food service in the waiting room..... all the nurses were overweight nurses were too loud and...
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    Contract Buy Out

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello, I am a contracted agency nurse and I signed a 16 week contract that ends in the middle of August. I have been working for the the hospital and love it! However, the only other hospital in this...
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    Name for nursing student newsletter

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I just recently took over the faculty adviser position for our school of nursing. We are going to start publishing a newsletter and we need help with a name! Any suggestions? Any ideas would...
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    Sleeping on lunch break

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was working night shift (12 hr) as an agency nursing half way through my 4-week contract. Around 4:45am in the morning, I told the other nurse I was working with that I was going on break. After...
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    Facebook or Blackboard SNA

    nursebrandie28 replied to elizhealy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello, I have just been in charge to "advise" the SNA. I have decided NOT to put post ANYTHING formal on facebook for 2 reasons- 1) I would have to "friend" the students, and i like to keep seperate...
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    University of Utah Medical Center implements new dress code

    nursebrandie28 replied to pennyaline's topic in General Nursing

    I HATE UNIFORM
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    30K in 16 weeks

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello, I am a poor nursing instructor!! I planned to pick up agency during Christmas break, however, over in the Midwest, travel nursing is not picking up. I will have another break in May for 16...
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    PhD in Nursing vs PhD in Education

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello all, I am weighing the pros and cons of getting my PhD in nursing or PhD in education. Education interests me because I felt in my MSN I did not get many classes on how to teach. I know it is...
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    Why can't I find an LPN job?

    nursebrandie28 replied to Ladybuggers's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    because hospitals do not want to pay LPNs so they hire less qualified techs who get a two week training course!! its a shame...bring back the
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    Have you ever been fired from a nursing job?

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious to see how many nurses have been fired from nursing jobs? At my place of employment, a new management team is cracking down and firing nurses left and right. 4 nurses since October...
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    Professions before nursing

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey just out of curiousity, what did you guys did before nursing? 1.) high school jobs: worked as McDonalds/Pizza Hut, started nursing school straight from high
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    texting at work

    nursebrandie28 replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Who cares? It is their license!! I personally text when appropriate, never in a patient's room or seen by staff, patients or families....but why let it bother you so much? That just causes more...
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    advice how to make change from days to night shift

    nursebrandie28 replied to rileygrl11's topic in General Nursing

    I do both nights and days, because I do agency and I go where the needs are. When I started doing more nights, I get off and settles by 8am, usually wake up naturally at 12, do some chores if needed...
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    What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

    nursebrandie28 replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Well....I work ER and psych and with my down time I managed to go back to school and used the downtime for homework. When I finally got through my masters, now my down time is planning trips via...
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    RN work from home- any ideas?

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, I was looking for ways to supplement my income and work from home, do you have any ideas?
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    Creaky, Squeaky Danskos!

    nursebrandie28 replied to Tait's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have white danskos...how do you clean them? I have marks on the
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    Peri Care

    nursebrandie28 replied to PleasantlyConfusedRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You need to tell the student, that NCLEX will not let you argue questions and unless he/she can give you the exact location where it says that in the book, they need to calm
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    What is a good site to buy Grey's Anatomy/Barco scrubs?

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All, Does anybody have a good website to buy Grey's Anatomy/Barco scrubs. I have been to many sites but either they have my size or they have the color I need. I cannot find a complete site...
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    Salary

    nursebrandie28 replied to mommiof2kids's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach at a 4 year university and with a MSN teaching undergraduate I make 40,500. I thought that was really low, however, for the actual time I teach, I make more per hour than bedside nursing with...
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    Funding a PhD in Education/Nursing

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey, Are there any available scholarships for attending a PhD in nursing or education?? Any ideas other than student loans ro financial aide? thanks,
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    Clinical Days

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello fellow nurse educators, I have read the above post about making the clinical day better, however, I am still seeking better ways to conduct my clinical day. I do get better every semester,...
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    Eating at the nurses' station

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey my fellow nurses, I work in the ER and we very seldom get our "30 minute" lunch breaks. Well, one day, I was working day shift and around 2pm, no lunch break and I was starving!! I had a team of...
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    Best ER Nurse quotes

    nursebrandie28 replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    "Never put anything is your butt that you cannot get out
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    Master's Project / Thesis - What's Your Topic?

    nursebrandie28 replied to Christen, ANP's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I decided to do a project instead of a thesis. I am presenting an active learning workshop which covers learning styles, active and passive learning and teaching strategies such as gaming/role...