nursebrandie28 BSN, RN

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    Emergency Nurses, what is it about ER that you love?

    nursebrandie28 replied to Razorbacks's topic in Emergency

    Why do I love ER? I love the chaos!!! You see a lot of different people....Medics, Cops, Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers....WE HAVE IT ALL!!! I also love the excitement that you could see a wide...
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    worked my very first ED shift,.assessment question..

    nursebrandie28 replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    I most of the time do the quick once over for small, injury specific complaints. Unless, like mentioned before the elderly, the babies and the "gut feelings," the more you work ER the more you will...
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    ER Dept Scrub Color

    nursebrandie28 replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    I think nurses should have the freedom to wear what they want, however, i think some of the nursing scrubs are getting a little rediculus. example: hot pink with big blue teddy bears....just think...
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    Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    nursebrandie28 replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    THANK GOODNESS, I am not the only nurse who hates seeing drug-users. The sad reality is, and the pro-testers can protest all they want about pain being subjective. And, yes pain IS SUBJECTIVE, but...
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    Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    nursebrandie28 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    You are so right, i went to nursing school right after high school, i was not extremely smart or talented, so i did not get any scholarships, just a left handed on for $500 for one semester. I worked...
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    Guess this chief complaint

    nursebrandie28 replied to ernurse61's topic in Emergency

    Well, the truth of the matter is that America has a 8th grade reading level. I bet that is exactly how an 8th grader would spell that..... I also love it when you try to pronounce the horrible...
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    My ED can't decide what it wants to be.

    nursebrandie28 replied to Email4KH's topic in Emergency

    is you management aware of priorty according to sickness?? Non-urgents are just that--- NON-URGENT.... i agree, they need to decide if they are an emergency room or a fast track!! Good Luck
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    trouble triaging

    nursebrandie28 replied to nursemoons14's topic in Emergency

    I was a new grad in the emergency department and speaking from experience, triaging is the most difficult thing to do. I always triage worse than they are because I mis triaged a women having a...
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    phone calls no outsider would believe

    nursebrandie28 replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    THAT IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I showed the whole ER and we are still laughing.... the question:: did the cat make
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    Night Shift meals

    nursebrandie28 replied to meownsmile's topic in Illinois Nursing

    At Barnes Jewish Hospital in STL they have everyhhing 24 hrs a day However, at a small poke-dunk hospital, where i work now, there is just leftovers from day shift that they put in the small cafeteria...
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    Is there anybody on here from Southern Illinois just curious

    nursebrandie28 replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I grew up about 20 min north of carbondale, currently live in belleville southern ill is just such a depressed area, no
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    Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    My background is in ER and i agree with you....so many in just for the money. Sad, isnt
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    Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    Hello Everybody, I teach LPN students at a small community college in a horrible, high crime rate area. I am currently working on my masters and plan to graduate in May 08. I fell into this...
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    med errors

    nursebrandie28 replied to zaleah's topic in Emergency

    I made a potentially deadly med error right out of school...i hung a magnesium rider on a pt who was supposed to get a K rider and the pt who was suppose to the mag rider did not get her...
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    Is teaching adults really this difficult?

    nursebrandie28 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    hello, my name is brandie, i am new instructor of an Illinois LPN program...i have my BSN and in the masters program for nursing education.. i started in january and what i am finding is that i hear,...
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    night shift depression

    nursebrandie28 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I have working nothing but 12 hr nights and when i first started i would have to make myself get up...otherwise yes i would sleep all day...and i am 23 now but i was 20 at the time;....i would get...
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    east st. louis

    nursebrandie28 replied to hoyt69's topic in Illinois Nursing

    i work in E stl......i love it.....but i will warn you....the population of pt's, the mentality of them will drive you crazy....but i think u get that everywhere the nurses station in ER is bullet...
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    ER RN Angry & Frustrated!!!

    nursebrandie28 replied to Ginger35's topic in Emergency

    Dear Ginger, i am a travel ER nurse and i range in hospitals big and small, i sometimes have problems with EMTS/medics as if it a "who knows more" kind of thing. to protect them they should C-spine...