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  1. New job and asking for time off

    brownbook replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    Tell, or ask, in advance. Hopefully they agree, then ask for it in

  2. Diabetes & food

    brownbook replied to Nursing.capps's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    What is his blood sugar in the morning or before bedtime? Is the patient on insulin or oral diabetic medications? When does he take his diabetic medications. You need to take into account what...

  3. Needless ports

    brownbook replied to Mountainmama15's topic in General Nursing

    I glanced at that word...thinking, maybe it's right. Now that I take a closet (ha ha, my computer auto-corrected closer to closet), closer look it's obviously not. Probably an auto-correct...

  4. Thoughts on a new grad RN going straight to ICU?

    brownbook replied to Jace_b7's topic in Critical Care

    Yes, it is very debatable.. Some hospitals have great orientations, lasting several months, set up for new grads in ICU. Some new grads are just super nurses right out of school, (not me!!! I ended...

  5. Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    brownbook replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    Every one who has any dealings with customers, any body who works in the food service or hospitality business, clerks from grocery stores to high end boutiques, tech support workers, etc., gets...

  6. Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    brownbook replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    Hooray for me, the first time I used the quote icon...whoopee. Anyway NurseK93....a nurse who says they have no issue maintaining their patience and professionalism all 12 hours every day is...

  7. Potentially Hypochondriac Sister

    brownbook replied to keepitsimplesilly's topic in General Nursing

    Not as bad a hypochondriac as your sister. I just say uh huh, uhmm, (a lot), parrot back what they say, don't give any advice, therapeutic listening. If she specifically asks what she should do,...

  8. Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    brownbook replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    To call this abuse is over exaggerating. The patient didn't threaten physical harm or even use foul language. Yes the patient was extremely over the top annoying. Yes the patient shouldn't have...

  9. Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    brownbook replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    I am the most theraputic, knows how to handle the worst patients, nurse you can imagine. Yet I've been in similar situations as yours. In my case I brought what really were minor...

  10. Medical diagnostic recovery unit?

    brownbook replied to Ashlyn11's topic in General Nursing

    How could we have functioned before Google??? Anywho (as my Canadian nurse friend says) I think it is a Canadian thing. I found this on Google. "Interventional Radiology (Angio). Medical...

  11. Anyone out there an IV Tech?

    brownbook replied to CalaMom's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital setting if someone is a tech that almost 100% implies they do not have a nursing degree. Have not passed the state board exam to be a Registered Nurse. Techs usually have some...

  12. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    brownbook replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    How the day shift nurse handled the situation, making you feel you did something wrong and managing to get the patient upset, is completely inappropriate. I've seen patients with consistent BP's of...

  13. Float pool med surg nursing

    brownbook replied to NurseAN94's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I loved floating. You could not find a dumber (in basic nursing care, almost all A's in book learning), more inexperienced no idea what I was doing new grad ADN nurse than me. My first job was two...

  14. what are our rights re: being filmed/recorded at work?

    brownbook replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    In difficult situations with patients or family the bedside nurse should notify the charge nurse or supervisor sooner rather than later. These situations are not something you should be dealing...

  15. New Grad learning how to deal with manipulative parents/families

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

    JKL33 is correct as usual. I was an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. supervisor. Patients or family escalating is what supervisors get the big bucks for ?. Tell them your supervisor is coming to see if she can...

  16. First Major Mistake, Patient Didn't Get Blood, I'm Afraid

    brownbook replied to ICURNVUS's topic in General Specialties

    Your situation is such a FUBAR I can't follow what happened. You are not solely responsible for the error. Write down the facts of what happened. Try to make it a short concise list. Ideally...

  17. Nursing Spark

    brownbook replied to LemonDrop26's topic in General Nursing

    I never had the spark. I was dragged kicking and screaming into nursing, hoping, assuming, I'd flunk out of the pre-requisites. My first few years on the floor are better left forgotten ?. Anyhow...

  18. Question About Sterility Related To Giving Injections

    brownbook replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Great question, (and answer Anonymous 865). Hope you're not bothered by what we thought when we read the heading. I thought something to do with an injection being teratogenic and what proof would be...

  19. recording devices for lectures

    brownbook posted a topic in General Students

    I will be taking a class next semester. What is the easiest to use device to record lectures? (It's already been posted that recording devices are acceptable.) I am an old, non-techy, lady. Cost...

  20. recording devices for lectures

    brownbook replied to brownbook's topic in General Students

    I have thought of that....I have a smart phone but a dumb owner. I got a audio recorder for $33.00 on Amazon. Thanks to both of

  21. Need advice

    brownbook replied to Britt's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Most bloody situations are minor and well controlled. Big wounds and bloody noses can be yucky. You even feel queasy watching a routine phlebotomy for labs? Many successful nurses can tell you about...

  22. New Grad Feeling Lost

    brownbook replied to GlitterSparkles's topic in General Nursing

  23. New Grad Feeling Lost

    brownbook replied to GlitterSparkles's topic in General Nursing

    My classmate's patient was a lady partsl birth after delivery, so did not have an umbilicis. Of course classmate charted, "Uterus firm @ umbilicis". I remember her telling me, but I don't remember...

  24. A lost nursing student...

    brownbook replied to lvng4themoment's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I was thinking along those lines, though not as eloquently as you, decided not to go

  25. A lost nursing student...

    brownbook replied to lvng4themoment's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Woah there cowgirl! You are waaay over thinking your life. You're visualizing and worrying about a Christmas morning 3-5 years from now! Re-read that sentence and think about how crazy making...