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  1. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    brownbook replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! You are my super power

  2. Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    brownbook replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I must have worked in the most boring hospitals and clinics in my 34 years of nursing. I have no bully stories to share! I don't have any NETY stories to share! There was an Internet site I joined...

  3. Assault Charge Process

    brownbook replied to JB2012's topic in General Nursing

    I would hate to see you tied up in some police/legal investigation while you are trying to get through nursing school. Were staff on the unit aware of the incident? I hate to assume things, but I...

  4. Who assigns your patients?

    brownbook replied to purpleiris's topic in PACU

    There are two issues Can a CNA assign patients? Yes, a CNA with knowledge of the whos and hows of how a PACU's functions can assign better than a charge RN whose an idiot. (I've have some of those,...

  5. patient abuse in psychiatric nursing

    brownbook replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose any that in unit, any facility, from magnet status acute care hospitals to poor improvised skilled nursing facilities to home health care nurses you can find incidents of abuse. I would hope...

  6. RN without much direct care experience

    brownbook replied to luvjosh07's topic in General Nursing

    There is an old thread on Allnurses about nurses, me included, who can't get patients on or off bedpans without making a huge mess. I've seen experienced CNA's intentionally put bedpans backwards...

  7. DNR/DNI: What Age Would You Choose to No Longer Be Full Code?

    brownbook replied to LollaPaupRN's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot keep the terms straight, and new and improved versions come out. But every single adult over the age of 21, or even 18, should have an advanced health care directive (and there are probably...

  8. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    brownbook replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not talking about psychiatric patients, just the run of the mill odd balls. I can just handle it, as sevensonmets said. I frequently hear, "The patient in 7 is really odd....crazy....weird,...

  9. Word!

    brownbook replied to Wuzzie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a superstitious bone in my body. I can tell when co-workers seriously believe these superstitions, and find that mildly annoying. But Shaun is hilarious and I enjoyed the video. It's...

  10. Delegate

    brownbook replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    It is not a dumb question. What UCP's, CNA's, MA's, LVN's, even RN's, etc., can and cannot do changes frequently per Board of Nursing and the facilities policy. Every job I've had someone who has...

  11. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    brownbook replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    I haven't read every thread. I floated to every unit in a smaller county hospital. My home base was med/surg then ICU. We had vents, art lines, swan ganz, the usual variety of drips, etc. After...

  12. Non clinical boss wants to sit in on pre-op visit with patients

    brownbook replied to erica2117's topic in General Nursing

    Do the patient's come to the clinic or do you go to their home? You post you do pre op visits? Either way IF your boss needs to understand so she can do her job better...maybe, but her boss and a...

  13. Patients who "cheat" and drive home

    brownbook replied to Lilme04's topic in Gastroenterology

    Honestly I do understand your post and anger over the whole issue. But take a deep breath and count to ten, (or something). There have been real life case of patients going home via taxi, a relative...

  14. Those Overly Exaggerating Nursing Stories

    brownbook replied to Cvepo's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of my husband, (and I have learned to smell a phony by hearing my husbands stories), knowing when a vet has really seen action or is dramatizing his exploits to impress others. My husband...

  15. Nursing vs. Social Work

    brownbook replied to amvankirk's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ADN nurse, my husband has a MSW, LCSW, and is bilingual. I made more money than him working 32 hrs a week. But your career goals and job happiness are way more important than the almighty...

  16. nursing student interested in STEM field

    brownbook replied to spark1's topic in General Nursing

    Tooooo funny, STEM can be a political, politically correct, government policy issue. Now I've seen

  17. Y connector compatibility chart

    brownbook replied to melmal57#'s topic in General Nursing

    To mix or not to mix – compatibilities of parenteral drug solutions Peter Murney5 min read Aust Prescr 2008;31:98-1011 Aug 2008DOI: Hope I am not doing your homework for you :). I found the...

  18. nursing student interested in STEM field

    brownbook replied to spark1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree three out of four ain't

  19. Dumb question...How do you clean up poop?

    brownbook replied to NEMurse95's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it took that CNA longer to set it up than an experienced CNA could clean 3

  20. Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    brownbook replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of a saying I read from from Rubyvee, (which I'm sure I am not getting exactly right), if I meet one rude person they are the problem, if everyone I meet is rude I am the

  21. Dumb question...How do you clean up poop?

    brownbook replied to NEMurse95's topic in General Nursing

    When I was checking YouTube for videos about changing incontinent patients, the first video on the list is for a product, the LavinLift Strap. A strap goes around the patient's thighs and lifts them...

  22. How much does the college you graduate from determine your employment?

    brownbook replied to Kaitlyn.w0908's topic in General Nursing

    Only in this situation have I heard of it making any difference. There was a community college one town over from me, a smaller rural but well to do area. The hospital and community college in that...

  23. Dumb question...How do you clean up poop?

    brownbook replied to NEMurse95's topic in General Nursing

    Your question is brilliant. Please........ NO DUMB QUESTIONS. You are so lucky to have the Internet, Allnurses, and YouTube. YouTube has some great videos on basic patient care, including...

  24. nurses not using stethoscopes

    brownbook replied to akint19's topic in General Nursing

    Being mildly hard of hearing from a childhood illness I never was much good with a stethoscope. The hearing loss was never a big problem and I honestly didn't think of it in relation to my assessment...

  25. Wacky Nursing Dreams

    brownbook replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Explain this? I dreamed I was at an old job I left many years ago. I was working ICU (that part, the patients etc. was crazy enough in itself), but co-workers from the med/surg unit came to see me...