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  1. When To Call The On Call Doctor

    brownbook replied to MJ48's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First of all....is the patient okay? It doesn't sound like the patient was in acute distress. Yes ideally you should have called the doctor. I can sympathize with your messed up shift. I am...

  2. Racism in Nursing

    brownbook replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I appreciate your passion. You have a difficult job ahead of you to make changes. Meet with the minority nurses after work, off campus, and take action. Everyone needs to document every incident:...

  3. Transfer out of OB

    brownbook replied to Tink87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not crazy. You've worked in L&D, long time out patient, now in patient, and aren't feeling the passion. Transfer when you can. Hopefully IF you find you don't like acute medical care, (the...

  4. Racism in Nursing

    brownbook replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think we'd need a specific incident to make a judgement. I know there is racism in society, but I've never seen it in nursing. Doesn't mean it isn't

  5. Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    brownbook replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    Google false positive for fentanyl. The scientific abstracts were beyond my comprehension but apparently false positives can happen. Let us know how it turns out for

  6. How to deal with colleague

    brownbook replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes to what every one has said. I imagine you walking around feeling angry, glaering at him, grinding your teeth, elevating your blood pressure, etc., thinking, "I'm ignoring you, nayh nayh nayh,"....

  7. Nursing School Probs

    brownbook replied to nurseboy12396's topic in General Students

    I am always forgetting the little things, after 36 years of nursing. I joke to my patients and co-workers about how many times I have to make repeat trips to the nurses station for little things l...

  8. Nursing conditions

    brownbook replied to Mary3010's topic in Nursing Career

    Mary3010 has '1' year(s) of experience. J It says you have 1 year (s) of experience. But your questions are alllll over the place about nursing, health care, etc. How old are you? What level of...

  9. When patients ask you about prognosis

    brownbook replied to RN416's topic in Oncology

    Do you work on an oncology unit or out patient chemotherapy center? I can't believe your charge nurse or experienced co-workers wouldn't be a good resource. I can't believe this wouldn't come up in...

  10. Bored, Trying to figure out what to do.

    brownbook replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhh, this will be harsh, I say it to myself as much as my grandson. Bored people are boring! Get out there and do

  11. Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds

    brownbook replied to herring_RN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I appreciate being educated and honestly (in spite of being a second generation Democrat/liberal) I want to know what the truth is behind fake news and sensational headlines. I did a quick look at the...

  12. New position as a night nurse in ED. Confused about pay?

    brownbook replied to polz123's topic in General Nursing

    It is very reasonable to sit down with someone from payroll and go over the myriad of acronyms and numbers on your pay check. There are no dumb questions. Don't feel like you should understand your...

  13. Pediatric versus Adult

    brownbook replied to annacs's topic in Operating Room

    Peds care is becoming so specialized at least in my area. There is a trend to send peds cases to hospitals that specialize in peds. In our out patient surgery center we do minor peds cases. Some of...

  14. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    brownbook replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    "Sherman's first discovery about the wealthy is that they don't want to talk to her. One woman begs off, saying she's "swamped" with her children; Sherman subsequently learns that the kids are at...

  15. Prns

    brownbook replied to Pamcorey's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm very confused, maybe another nurse can help

  16. Prns

    brownbook replied to Pamcorey's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm guessing English is not your native language. PRN means give the medicine only if the patient requests it. I can't understand how a PRN medication can be due at 3:29. I don't know what ak...

  17. Would you push fluids on a hypervolemic patient who is coding?

    brownbook replied to Reob's topic in General Nursing

    I assume she, and you, mean to run all IV fluids wide open during the code? That she is not referring to making sure whatever meds you push IV are infused into the patient's circulation by following...

  18. Relationship problems

    brownbook replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everybody. But I can also envision the wife being a something of a delicate snowflake and the husband rolling his eyes and thinking, "here we go again"! I think we need some specific...

  19. Prns

    brownbook replied to Pamcorey's topic in Patient Medications

    Most policies are annoyingly vague about specific time frames. You need to do some critical thinking. Is the patient asking for a PRN pain medication because they are going to go to physical...

  20. What do you do when a patient threatens harm?

    brownbook replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts exactly. Although I did have a young female patient grab a finger nail file and point it at me in a threatening manner. I just stepped away from the bed. Another time a patient started...

  21. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    brownbook replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    A casual acquaintance I met said there was talk of requiring PT's to need Ph

  22. wake up and breathe ; neurochecks

    brownbook replied to spma1234's topic in General Nursing

    I have been tricked/fooled by a lot of fake post lately . I find your post hard to believe. Are you really an ICU nurse? From earlier posts you work in a skilled nursing

  23. online PALS

    brownbook replied to Ele_123's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to renew my ACLS once. I was able to take the AHA approved on-line class, but I had to do the actual mega code in person with an AHA approved instructor. There were a list of facilities...

  24. Rehab pts, cabulances, and toileting

    brownbook replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Briefs. Who is going to put in the foley? I don't think the cabulance drivers will. I assume you don't have much experience with Foley's. Even if you could find someone to place a foley then you...

  25. Recruiter emailed late this afternoon for phone interview tomorrow - I'm working

    brownbook replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Is she going to call you on your cell phone? E-mail back that you are currently working, (she should know this from your resume), you will be at work those hours, there is no guarantee when she...