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  1. MedSurg for 7 months transitioning to OR/PACU

    brownbook replied to KNest18's topic in General Nursing

    I love outpatient surgery. It is relatively easy and the hours are great. However it is taking care of basically healthy patients who are stable enough to tolerate a same day surgical procedure and...

  2. Being called a baby nurse

    brownbook replied to NurseA1987's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse implies that it is normal, acceptable, expected, for crusty older nurses to be upset when a patient needs frequent toileting or any other frequent demands. That is offensive to all

  3. Being called a baby nurse

    brownbook replied to NurseA1987's topic in General Nursing

    I would give that nurse a shocked/confused look and say "No, I've never worked in a mother/baby unit, I've always worked with adults!" Honestly that is what I thought your post meant, a mother baby...

  4. Flunked first semester of college, but doing much better now.

    brownbook replied to ipunchtrees's topic in General Students

    I know very little about college/nursing admission standards. Irregardless of your flunking keep going with your nursing goal. I'm very impressed with you and your story, pulling yourself up by your...

  5. Resident rights

    brownbook replied to Sleejones's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Nurse Beth is correct. A RN, or manager, or case worker, should be notifying the doctor and or family of what the resident is refusing to allow the staff to do. I appreciate your concern. You...

  6. How many weeks is orientation typically?

    brownbook replied to ILNurse728's topic in General Nursing

    It can really vary, only the manager or charge nurse knows for sure. There are a lot of you tube videos about telemetry interpretation for nurses to get you a little head start on your new

  7. OR to PACU for bedside experience???

    brownbook replied to nurserrv's topic in General Nursing

    It would be very difficult simply because your bosses would need to take you off the OR schedule while you oriented to PACU. Few OR's have "extra" OR nurses at their beck and call to cover for...

  8. Inpatient PACU hours

    brownbook replied to bekahboo's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, I loved PACU, but I am sure not having to take call often helped me love it. As I said when they offer you the job be sure to get some of the on call hours details in

  9. Inpatient PACU hours

    brownbook replied to bekahboo's topic in General Nursing

    PACU nurse hours vary from institution to institution and with how big the hospital is, how many OR cases they do a day. For the smaller hospital I worked in PACU nurses were scheduled to work from...

  10. Anyone wear a steel boned corset under scrubs?

    brownbook replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I think a steel bone corset would fit quite nicely under scrubs and give you a very feminine alluring figure at the same time. Can't imagine why it wouldn't? Maybe a little added bonus for your...

  11. Anyone wear a steel boned corset under scrubs?

    brownbook replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    "The Cons of Using a Back Brace 1. There's concern in the medical community that use of back braces long-term may result in atrophy of some muscles that support the spine through lack of use. In other...

  12. New Grad in Outpt. OR - any advice is much appreciated!

    brownbook replied to SlowlySteadilySurely's topic in Operating Room

    I have always floated, been floated to area I wasn't exactly trained in. I still love floating and encourage nurses to do it. I wouldn't dream of floating to be a circulator. I've only done pre and...

  13. What challenges will I face becoming per diem at a bigger hospital than I'm used to?

    brownbook replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You will have to ask someone at the big city hospital exactly what the position is. What those terms mean. The two terms are not at all the same from my experience. When I have been on call it was...

  14. Renew ACLS?

    brownbook replied to ivyleaf's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say over 50% of my fellow ACLS classmates are often health care professionals who have little to no acute care, tele monitoring, experience and have never seen a code. A good ACLS instructor...

  15. CCA Mail Carrier vs Nursing

    brownbook replied to Nurse2bMcLeod32's topic in General Nursing

    Please be a troll.....please be a troll.....please be a

  16. Starting a new position nervous

    brownbook replied to krd2984's topic in Nursing Career

    As long as being nervous doesn't overwhelm you so that you can't function, I remind myself that being nervous ( which can still occasionally happen after 30 years of nursing) is a good thing, shows...

  17. Trouble with IV starts on Older Adults

    brownbook replied to DowntheRiver's topic in General Nursing

    I learned this from an IVDU patient. In difficult IV situations....when you finally get a little of the flash but it stops....stop everything, take a deep breath, hold the catheter where it is and...

  18. Lying to Patients. Is it for the Best?

    brownbook replied to bluemoon28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're not lying you're leaving out the "it could be's". The baby could be in distress, or your uterus could be compressing the vena cava, lie on your side. The baby could be in distress or you're...

  19. Was anyone bad at math/ science before prerequisites?

    brownbook replied to Skippy97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I eked by in high school and a year of college with C's and B's. School was very unimportant to me. I assumed I wasn't very smart and never dreamed about taking any hard sciences. Eight years later I...

  20. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    brownbook replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    I am guessing this comes from patients or their family saying they didn't know the name of their nurse, or their nurse didn't introduce themselves. Patients are forgetful, they are sick, they are...

  21. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    brownbook replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    Honest to God, you are supposed to, wake the patient up? í

  22. PACU vs OR

    brownbook replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in PACU

    The critical care course, any nursing/medical classes, are great for any nurse at any time. However I think your first next step would be to talk to the OR or PACU unit manager. Are they hiring, are...

  23. What makes a good manager?

    brownbook replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

  24. What makes a good manager?

    brownbook replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Willing to use common sense over policies. Says, "I can help", frequently. Will listen to your whining and understands sometimes you just need to whine and you know there is no solution. Says "I can...

  25. Inpatient post operative unit, Same day surgery

    brownbook replied to dreamerachiever's topic in General Nursing

    There are many posts about ambulatory surgery, post op, same day, surgery, even those within an inpatient post op unit. Put your question in the search box on the right area of any page on...