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  1. F Grade Hospital

    brownbook replied to Jessicajayyy's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe be blunt and honest with whomever offered you the job. Ask them why they got an F, maybe adding that you know hospital rating systems can be

  2. F Grade Hospital

    brownbook replied to Jessicajayyy's topic in General Nursing

    There can be 100's of reason a good hospital gets a F, and a poorly run hospital gets an A. Did you do your nursing clinical sat the

  3. Way too close....way too personal

    brownbook replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    When someone asks me a personal question I say "Why on earth do you want to know that?" in a shocked tone of

  4. Right to Refuse

    brownbook replied to 311ltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Who is providing, buying, bringing in all these sweets? I am not sure what a personal care facility is. What is the patient disability that they need to be in a care facility? Honestly if I were...

  5. Possible reactions from your patients if suggested alternative pain relief

    brownbook replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I am assuming this is not intended for patients in an acute care hospital, especially with sudden acute pain or fresh post op. Perhaps it's maybe something for a doctor and patient to think about,...

  6. Questions to ask a nurse you are shadowing

    brownbook replied to jmckinnon's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with all. The idea of being overly enthusiastic, chipper, excited, little Miss Chirpy, etc. (don't over do it too much), makes sense. It wasn't a nursing job, but once I asked why I wasn't...

  7. what would you do? Private or public!

    brownbook replied to Elm773's topic in General Students

    I would talk to a counselor at the public school and ask their advice on what you can do in the next nine months to "strengthen" your application. I would not go to a private school. If they don't...

  8. this is why I want to call off on my last day

    brownbook replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I love this....I find I am getting crankier and blunter in my old age, one advantage of old age. But I don't mean to imply that Emergent is

  9. can patients keep their underpants on for surgery

    brownbook posted a topic in Operating Room

    Well, the title says it all. However of course it would depend on where the surgeon will be cutting. If the surgical site is not close to the abdominal, pelvic, upper thigh, etc. area, what do you...

  10. Floating

    brownbook replied to Crush's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, yeah.....I love to float, have floated all my career. When I work a unit I love to have floats and welcome them. Duh..... the average psych nurse cannot function as a bedside nurse on a medical...

  11. Endocrine System

    brownbook replied to smparedes23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did it the old fashioned way. I got a BIG sheet of paper and wrote down the all the glands, functions, and pathophysiology. Played mind games with the words....Addison's disease subtracts...

  12. Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

    brownbook replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so confused. I have never written vital signs as 0. It does seem like that could mean none were taken? Is that what she really wants? I'm not sure what a 3/4 box is and what the 75% PRBC has...

  13. What would you do?

    brownbook replied to enfj-t's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would go to human resources in person. Simply say you need to work, and need to know if you are still being considered, otherwise you need to start applying at other hospitals. I am hoping maybe...

  14. Code Blue

    brownbook replied to 2018nursewi's topic in General Nursing

    We had CNA's helping in ICU. A patient coded. A resident who was vertically challenged asked the CNA to get him a stool, (to stand on, he was all excited to start compressions). The patient had very...

  15. Best way into ICU

    brownbook replied to nps07's topic in General Nursing

    All are good. Depends on who would hire you. Wherever you apply don't tell them you are looking for a "short cut" to get hired into ICU Since you work OR would your manager let you transition to...

  16. Confused

    brownbook replied to nerdynurse22's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw this Nothing is perfect or works all the time. But simply a smile and saying "hay" for some reason for me "hay" sounds ????? more casual friendly than "hi", but that's just me. I would...

  17. Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    brownbook replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I listen to Doctor Radio on Sirius XM. These are scientists/doctor who are certified, bonafied, medical scientist and doctors with many many years of practice and education. I'm sorry but I CANNOT...

  18. How to improve surgical wait times?

    brownbook replied to surgerynurse01's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ambulatory clinic that does every surgical procedure including plastic cases. I don't like to put lump a group of people in a negative way, but it is hard to not notice that the...

  19. Job offer; need help deciding

    brownbook replied to RN_1978's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking the opposite of jodispamodi, we ended up often doing overtime. Not getting off at 2:30. Irregardless I vote for the surgical center job. You'll be home with your kids. You can...

  20. Do you calculate drip rates anymore?

    brownbook replied to goingback's topic in General Nursing

    I forget the formula, but if shown it I could calculate the drip rate. When once in a blue moon we need to control the IV infusion in PACU (we don't have any pumps in ambulatory surgery), we just put...

  21. How is skin assessed prior to OR arrival ?

    brownbook replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    I think it stinks if OR nurses are being held accountable. OR's are on such a strict time clock. It makes no sense for the OR team to add another "delay" in the case start time to do a front to back...

  22. How is skin assessed prior to OR arrival ?

    brownbook replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    I'm just kind of guessing what PST and ASU mean. I work in ambulatory pre-op. We go by self reporting. If this happened where I work I am positive it would result in pre-op being held responsible,...

  23. Worried about being bad at math!

    brownbook replied to Missmfedele's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Only about a million nurses could have written your post. Honest it is a frequent joke among nurses working many years in bedside nursing about being bad at math. I hate math and am not good at it....

  24. I think I'm too dumb to be a nurse

    brownbook replied to LPNewbie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    YouTube may be of some help. It has good educational videos on many nursing and medical topics. You can learn in the relaxed environment of your own home. You could probably Google "images" of...

  25. Paediatric IV infiltration :(

    brownbook replied to charlimoon's topic in General Nursing

    All I'm shocked about is that this is the first time it's happened to you. Ped's patients with their fat chubby little hands make it very hard to catch infiltrates. Plus that the IV site is usually...