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  1. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

    brownbook replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

    Out Patient Surgical Centers are sooooo easy. Monday to Friday, no nights, no weekends, no holidays, no call. The patients "have" to be healthy enough to go home the same day after surgery. You...

  2. follow up after PRN meds

    brownbook replied to Amberfire's topic in Patient Medications

    I am terrible at technical definitions of words. But I think you are over thinking this. You have received a certification to be a med aide. Of course, yes, you can ask a patient if their feeling...

  3. Mistakes.. in a non nursing job

    brownbook replied to BriCheese's topic in General Students

    Actually, no. I am always perfect, NOT. It's funny you're a waitress. In out patient surgery we offer the patients apple or cranberry juice. So I ask them what they want, take 4 steps away from...

  4. Is this discrimination?

    brownbook replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    I too hate the, "if they come here they should learn English" mentality. Mainly because most of "them" do learn or at least know and understand some English. "They" are not idiots! "They" have to...

  5. Drowning in Skills

    brownbook replied to River&MountainRN's topic in Private Duty

    Great answer. The original post was a little confusing. Another good resource to learn "these skills" is YouTube. Very well done basic, and advanced, nursing skill

  6. Incident Reports?

    brownbook replied to sjbb2006's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I'm just guessing. But I don't know why a visitor or tech who gets a needle stick would be treated differently from an employee. Get their blood drawn and tested, get the patients blood drawn and...

  7. Is this discrimination?

    brownbook replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    Your situation stinks. Some hospitals do pay extra, (not a lot but at least it's something), for bilingual employees. I don't know if Trump has deleted this, but the ACA act mandated that...

  8. Vaccine med error

    brownbook replied to LactivistRN's topic in Patient Medications

    If you are fired thank your lucky stars that you no longer work for a toxic hospital. Seldom, if ever, should a nurse or doctor be fired for making an error. The events leading up to the error, what...

  9. PACU nurses, I need your opinion.

    brownbook replied to amonasterio5's topic in General Nursing

    I agree.....I did work in a smallish hospital PACU that did both out patient, and in patient, surgery. There was no weekends or holidays, but we did take call. Several PACU co-workers, who...

  10. Privacy curtains are covered in MRSA

    brownbook replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I always assume every surface (and every body), in my house, car, grocery store, library, etc., are covered with every conceivable body fluid and the bugs that can grow on them. No germaphobe...

  11. Break In Sterile Technique: Please Help!

    brownbook replied to newRN28's topic in Operating Room

    I've only dabbled in OR. I am not a circulator nor a member of AORN. I feel safe in assuming your small error has no chance of causing a SSI. Of course you learned your lesson. Reporting the error...

  12. So confused about IVPB

    brownbook replied to AbigailJo's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm not one to strictly adhere to "policy". But it seems like a doctor order to give any of the IV examples Abigailjo cited without prescribing the rate, the nurse just ?? assuming or guessing ??, is...

  13. So confused about IVPB

    brownbook replied to AbigailJo's topic in Patient Medications

    The three IVPB orders you gave as examples are not written in a way that makes any sense. They are not orders for any IVPB's I have ever heard of. Your post is so confusing in so many ways. I...

  14. Fired for taking vacation

    brownbook replied to cyc0sys's topic in General Nursing

    My BFF is a retired school nurse. She was always having trouble with administration. The horror stories she shared would curl your hair, (whatever that means). They had initially approved her...

  15. Fired for taking vacation

    brownbook replied to cyc0sys's topic in General Nursing

    The phrase, "You can't fire me, I quit," comes to mind. I hope you get a better job soon. Good living is the best

  16. Do you ever get concerned about certain users on here?

    brownbook replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    I worry about me! I spend waaaaay to much time here. I need to get a life

  17. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    brownbook replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I meant....there are only about 30 different "sides", aspects, interpretations, feelings, understandings, horror stories, about racism. I can understand where the posters are coming from...

  18. Would a transplant recipient be on the same strict neutropenic precautions as an AIDS pt?

    brownbook replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea. I assume the circumstances and answers are very complex. What is the situation, why are you asking? Who do you know, or what patient do you have with these

  19. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    brownbook replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    Sad but true..... I agree with everybody. I can't believe we're still dealing with this issue! Yet I don't see any

  20. CNA to RN

    brownbook replied to Millshel's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know where you're from? I've never heard that it's difficult to be accepted to a RN program without becoming a LPN. Go to your closest community college and talk to a counselor. Don't rely on...

  21. What to do when a patient doesn't listen?

    brownbook replied to cc290133's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is no easy magical answer. One end of the spectrum is think they are adults, this isn't prison, they can do,what they want, let it be. The other end is work on therapeutic listening, ask...

  22. Documentation Error

    brownbook replied to nurseslrn's topic in General Nursing

    I just mentioned in another post that teachers were the cause of "lose my license" fears. Afterwards I honestly thought that I was making a wrong assumption's.. teachers aren't really telling...

  23. Documentation Error

    brownbook replied to nurseslrn's topic in General Nursing

    YOU WILL NOT LOSE YOUR LICENSE over a charting error. Call your unit manager and tell her what you "think" you might have forgotten to do. Ask her what you should do about

  24. License Fears

    brownbook replied to BlinkyPinky's topic in General Nursing

    I assume it comes from nursing school? Teachers stressing about thorough charting, "If you are in a courtroom your thorough charting will save your license." Or errors/mistakes that, yeah require...

  25. Blood specimen from iv sites.

    brownbook replied to omotee's topic in General Nursing

    I can NEVER find old posts on Allnurses...but there was a fairly recent one about what's the longest time a patient has kept the same IV site. Shockingly the evidenced based answers were that the...