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  1. Like job, hate city

    brownbook replied to mandymae92's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds tough, I'm not religious but joined a church just for the socialization factor. It's not perfect but has helped. Luckily I found an easy-going lots of young people

  2. IV training for RN

    brownbook replied to moneynhien's topic in General Nursing

    I took a few hours long, one day class, on starting IV's as a new grad. Of course I got all my sticks in the class, but still never felt like I knew what in the heck I was doing and returned to being...

  3. Seniority

    brownbook replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    I would like you to re-read your facilities new policy, and post here word for word what it says. If hires for new positions are based 100% on peer reviews, that is ridiculous, as other have posted....

  4. Natural Disaster Back Home When On Vacation

    brownbook replied to Nurse.K's topic in General Nursing

    You have talked to your manager. You have done about all you can. If you get fired for this you are working at a stupid place and are lucky to be rid of them! I have too much common sense.....of...

  5. How did you know you were in the right specialty for you?

    brownbook replied to sergel02's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it is simply where you can get a job. Where are you working now, what education do you have? Having floated in acute care for 17 years I kind of found L&D my vague "gee, L&D really...

  6. Thinking about working in a GI lab

    brownbook replied to lmb117's topic in Gastroenterology

    There are free standing GI labs, there are GI labs connected to, a part of, acute care hospitals, and there are GI labs that are part of free standing ambulatory surgical centers. 1) Free standing...

  7. How do you deal with the conflict in nursing school?

    brownbook replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Students

    Nailed

  8. Hurricane Irma: Are per diem nurses USUALLY required to work during a hurricane/disaster?

    brownbook replied to justSara's topic in General Nursing

    The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service...CMS.gov mandates national emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid participating providers. (Which is just about every hospital.)...

  9. How do you deal with the conflict in nursing school?

    brownbook replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Students

    Everyday mentally "thank" her for giving you a thicker skin and or the ability to deal with verbally abusive behavior because you will hear the same and worse from your

  10. nurse/caretaker suppository legality

    brownbook replied to rexun's topic in General Nursing

    It is covered by the agencies policy, and most likely the caretakers are told absolutely to not give any medications. Many non-medically fragile special needs children can be home alone with just the...

  11. Colonoscopy Without Sedation

    brownbook replied to bgxyrnf's topic in Gastroenterology

    Not normal where I work. No idea why this happened. Maybe you can seek out one of the nurses someday and ask why no sedation was used on the case you saw. Occasionally there are good

  12. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

    brownbook replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, your question is very erudite. (I Googled erudite to be sure of the definition, not 100% sure if I am using it correctly in the sentence?) What is your schooling or background? If I am...

  13. ADON having sex with CNA

    brownbook replied to AWorley80's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know? Yucky images in my brain. If it is known for a fact, and if the CNA is getting better shifts or conversely being threatened with less hours for not agreeing to the arrangement you...

  14. Health Care is Not a Right

    brownbook replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't care what you call it. If someone's house is on fire I want it put out so my house doesn't catch on fire. I don't care who has paid what taxes. If someone has an illness I want them to get...

  15. Is it okay to call the doctor for a script in the middle of the night?

    brownbook replied to Emi claire's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify. The evening shift nurse told you the patient was in pain (needing narcotic pain meds), and was having diarrhea (imodium). We don't know why the evening shift nurse didn't take...

  16. Super interested in Nursing

    brownbook replied to Kimberly_m90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As far as I know no hospitals allow shadowing or provide hands on training. You could try volunteering but often volunteers are only in the gift shop or escort visitors to their loved one. Not...

  17. "Do you want to live?"

    brownbook replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    The whole "death panel" and can PCP's bill medicare for sitting in their office and talking with patients about end of life care didn't help the whole situation. I did a quick Google search and it...

  18. Syringe driver terror

    brownbook replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought this for several days, the one about pay expectations is good also. I hope they are trolls, but they are kind of fun to

  19. Giving report/day shift probs

    brownbook replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with JKL33, smile sweetly and politely say, "I don't know," maybe you can add, "you can look it up in their

  20. Outpatient Ambulatory Vs. Home Health Nursing

    brownbook replied to hellonurse26's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have never worked home health, only in acute care hospitals and both hospital affiliated and non affiliated outpatient surgical centers. What Elfriede said makes a lot of sense. I really like...

  21. I Don't Care

    brownbook replied to livelovelaugh22's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a teaching hospital in California. Across town was the "fancy" hospital that paid better. My hospital was part of California Public Employees Retirement System, I didn't appreciate...

  22. Written up

    brownbook replied to SassyRN93's topic in General Nursing

    I am so disgusted that the whole made a med error, scared I'll lose my job or license mentality still exists. Over 20 years ago leaders in the medical field proposed that medical errors be handled the...

  23. Say what??

    brownbook replied to Kher13's topic in General Nursing

    I am too lazy to to look up and cite policy. I am sure the Joint Commission for Hospital Accreditation policy is that hospitals are required to have an interpreter and it cannot not be a relative....

  24. What do you mean I'm not a REAL nurse?!?

    brownbook replied to #Nurse2017's topic in General Nursing

    Most Americans are so blessed or lucky to not have a loved one with special needs or mental illness. The stupidity of thinking you're less of a nurse appals me. I've been babysitting my special...

  25. Med/Surg vs PreOp/PACU

    brownbook replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I love pre-op PACU so much...... I don't know why any nurse lucky enough to get a job there would ever dream of going back. Unless you're an adrenaline junky. I did do 17 years of acute care so I do...