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  1. Making licebse inactive?

    brownbook replied to Orangemelodie's topic in General Nursing

    When you are right, you are right. (I didn't even point out that you never capitalized the word I.) Honest, many intelligent nurses who may be able to answer your question won't even read it. I was...

  2. Making licebse inactive?

    brownbook replied to Orangemelodie's topic in General Nursing

    You might get more responses if you can delete or close this post and re-post with better spelling. There is currently a thread on Allnurses, which is repeated every few years, about poor spelling...

  3. RN to MSW or MFT

    brownbook replied to 4myava's topic in General Nursing

    I firmly believe in the saying about if you get a job doing what you love you will never work a day in your life. But...I just have to point out, I have an ADN, my husband has a MSW, LCSW, and is...

  4. 100/p

    brownbook replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Nursing

    Darn it JKL33 beat

  5. 100/p

    brownbook replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Nursing

    I win! Well.......actually I Googled it. It does mean hypotension according to Acronym Finder and Google. Allnurses should start a What Does This Acronym Mean game. Players would be honor bound to...

  6. Is hospital nursing an unbearably dirty job?

    brownbook replied to lisaniles's topic in General Nursing

    What's going to happen to your friend when she has a baby? Or a pet? Or an ill family member? No it's not unbearably dirty. The stress, bad hours, etc. can be

  7. Could I have done something differently?

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

    I think you handled a really odd situation as best you could at the time. I probably would have done the same and in retro spectroscopic vision have felt I could maybe have handled it better. You...

  8. IV Catheter Experts - I need your HELP please!

    brownbook replied to GM2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry about your son and situation. If this is going to go on for 6 - 12 months is there any way you could get a Vascular Access Port, (VAP), or a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter...

  9. Immediately after nursing school travel?

    brownbook replied to cameronccunn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with others, it will be hard. I started nursing at a time when hospitals were begging for nurses. A fellow student took a year off after graduating with her BSN. She had a hard time...

  10. Can you work as a Pre op nurse with an ADN degree instead of BSN?

    brownbook replied to Rocio8809's topic in PACU

    What field of nursing are you working in now? The ambulatory out patient surgery clinic I work in has several LVN's working in PACU. PACU is the recovery area where patients go after their surgical...

  11. Jobs without night shifts

    brownbook replied to lizzieh's topic in General Nursing

    When I was young I too loved to sleep. I thought anyone who had a job that required working nights, evenings, weekends, was a sad sack loser to work such awful hours. Well...of course life just...

  12. Stubborn CNA in ICU

    brownbook replied to AnnoyedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, thanks, that makes sense. Unfortunately I am long past dealing with bed bound incontinent patients. Hopefully other nurses and CNA's will respond with brilliant ideas or

  13. Stubborn CNA in ICU

    brownbook replied to AnnoyedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You will have to tell me how incontinent patients are kept clean and dry in an ICU? I don't know what a soaker is? I know foleys are discouraged. I know leaving a patient in a wet or dirty...

  14. Bosses teenage daughter allowed to sleep in recovery bay

    brownbook replied to OhioRN0916's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I can see it might be mildly annoying. But not sure why it bothers you so much? Also I don't understand why this teenage girl needs to sleep during the day? Why before appointments? Does she...

  15. Malpractice insurance

    brownbook replied to Nurselnk's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes you should have malpractice insurance. It the same as having fire insurance if you buy a house. You need fire insurance, yes you may, will probably, live your whole life and never need it. If...

  16. Gross Things Patients Do

    brownbook replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    This pales in comparison, but I had a patient's wife ask me if I had some safety or bandage scissors she could borrow. I actually knew her, had gone to school with her daughter. Anyway I stupidly...

  17. Hesi grammar help!!!!

    brownbook replied to Ashleyherberth's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I don't know how you can accomplish much in one week? If it's worth it to you, maybe you could ask at a local college or even high school and pay someone to tutor you. Libraries or adult schools might...

  18. Antecubital vein for chemo

    brownbook replied to sporush's topic in Oncology

    There was a really good discussion about this. It is in the Specialities section under Infusion Nursing. About half way down the page of posts, the title is Is This True, by SallyRN. It was posted...

  19. Did I harm the patient??

    brownbook replied to RN3468's topic in General Nursing

    Geeze honest folks, am I the only nurse who has only worked acute care where 99.9% medications are given IV ? I repeat, in my 30 years of nursing, in a variety of areas, I mainly give IV meds. By gosh...

  20. Did I harm the patient??

    brownbook replied to RN3468's topic in General Nursing

    No way was I saying anyone is less of anything. I'm saying most of my nursing career was working with patients with IV's and giving IV meds. I am saying I am less of a nurse because what should be a...

  21. Did I harm the patient??

    brownbook replied to RN3468's topic in General Nursing

    I am terrible at IM injections site locations. I so seldom have to give IM's. Insert IV give meds, is what RN's do. I have never harmed a patient, but IM injections worry me more than starting...

  22. Med-Surg to Circulating Nurse?

    brownbook replied to BloomNurseRN's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with the above poster. I've worked a smallish acute care hospital pre and post op unit. And a large stand alone surgery center. I have never heard of OR circulators also doing pre and post...

  23. What rhythms do I need to know for ACLS class

    brownbook replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've taken ACLS at least 15 times. I still get performance anxiety, as in my mind freezes up! Especially since I haven't worked acute care nor been to a code in 15 years. I find a huge help to...

  24. Oxygen and candles after death=Safety hazard!! what do you do?

    brownbook replied to nurseruss's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would have let them have their lit candles. I would have said an adult has to physically hold the candle, if it set down it must be blown out. I would have put a time limit on how long it could be...

  25. Critical thinking on tests vs clinical setting

    brownbook replied to sm2013_SN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be to hard on myself. You knew it wasn't normal, you asked co-workers about it. They gave you their ideas/advice. I assume you are newish on your job so it makes sense you acquiesced to...