AmandaBrittainy

AmandaBrittainy

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  1. Huge volumns of patients

    AmandaBrittainy replied to EDRN1MEDIC1's topic in Emergency

    thats what I was thinking when our facility made it

  2. Would you continue to work here ?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    True, but I have to argue that there are ERs that abide by all the rules, and provide excellent customer service and staffing ratios, I have worked at some good ones and am now at a horrible one that...

  3. "Hardened" Healthcare Providers

    AmandaBrittainy replied to cwinlv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do not agree with that hogwash, either. Nurses that dont want to care anymore and act professional should leave the field (I think they end up in admin eventually - we know a lot of higher...

  4. Understaffing and burnout

    AmandaBrittainy replied to cherishlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I read a nice research summary of the main contributers to nursing burnout recently. Number one of course was the higher the patient ratio, the more burnout s/sx were present. Another reason is that...

  5. How often do you play hooky?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    I have played hooky once but I just could not risk my licensure. I work in a town with a population of around 250K, For many Saturdays in a row, I was staffed as the only RN in the ER. I kept asking...

  6. Rant

    AmandaBrittainy replied to TXTraumaRN's topic in Emergency

    this reminds me of............OH - the reason there is a nursing

  7. Rules for the ER (long)

    AmandaBrittainy replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Nothing summed up the validity of this entire forum more than these 2 posts. Does everyone think we went into nursing cause we wanted to sit around and complain about patients? No we are in this...

  8. Rules for the ER (long)

    AmandaBrittainy replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    No you do not understand, there are now 300 less ERs in the country to date due to the abuse from the non-emergent and lack of funds. Now, more and more our patients who do have emergencies have less...

  9. Rules for the ER (long)

    AmandaBrittainy replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Explain that to the lay public while they are sitting in your ED doing a wallet biopsy if you do not treat thier childs 100.4 fever. Like we dont all know fevers can be

  10. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

    AmandaBrittainy replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know anyone personally that is an international student, Im

  11. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

    AmandaBrittainy replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    I do mean that they are the same, you apply to the same institution for both and the degrees both say New Mexico State University when you graduate. They are however, different nursing programs,...

  12. Working in Las Cruces, NM

    AmandaBrittainy replied to AngelFireSkier's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at both hospitals and both are understaffed, however I felt that Memorial was the better choice. Mountain View and Memorial's pay does not seem to be competetive with each other, neither...

  13. Gardasil: has your daughter had this vaccine?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to Morgan314's topic in General Nursing

    I loved your posting, I had just got done ranting about people being opposed due to the STD stigma. It is the same non sense that we see with certain religious groups avidly opposing birth control yet...

  14. Gardasil: has your daughter had this vaccine?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to Morgan314's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse and a victim of abnormal pap smears before sexual activity, I would advocate this for any woman - there is a stigma related to this vaccine and it is that people who are sexually active...

  15. Dental Assistants Pushing Propofol etc...

    AmandaBrittainy replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    I disagree with them not being ACLS certified or at least BLS. However, Propofol has never worked on any of my patients so it doesn't scare me anymore. Fentanyl, that one is kind of iffy in my

  16. Ratios in New Mexico Hospitals

    AmandaBrittainy replied to JPine's topic in General Nursing

    Stay away from Las Cruces, our med surg nursing ratio is 1:8 on a decent day at my hospital. We need a

  17. Honestly, is nursing really what I want?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to ostomyrn2b09's topic in Nursing Career

    First of all nursing is a very difficult profession to work in, don't let the nursing shortage fool you - many people got out of nursing when more opportunities arose for women. But on the other hand,...

  18. What would you do? Resident assaulted me.

    AmandaBrittainy replied to bshaw96's topic in Agency Nurses

    File a police report and press charges, being a nurse does not in any way devoid you of your human rights. You have a right not to be touched like that, it is sexual assault and I don't care how...

  19. Is it just me or are agency nurses not treated very nicely?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to AmyRN1227's topic in Agency Nurses

    That is too bad, I too have not been treated very nicely when working in a new place. I try not to do this to other people because we need all the help that we can get. There are certain travel...

  20. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    AmandaBrittainy replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    In NM, it is unlawful to call yourself a nurse if you are not an RN or LPN/LVN. Who prosecutes this though, its not like you call the cops and point the

  21. "Customer service" and nursing

    AmandaBrittainy replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    it is obviously different for you, while critical issues are ignored such as years of drastically unsafe staffing, we sure are trying to improve customer service scores - heres a clue to all hospitals...

  22. I cannot UNDERSTAND lazy people!

    AmandaBrittainy replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lazy - Where do I even begin, I am an ER nurse - does anyone believe there is room for laziness in ER let alone any nursing field? Nurses will let thier discharges sit for several hours just to avoid...

  23. Banning Crocs due to Static Electricity

    AmandaBrittainy replied to nurse-to-be1000's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    static electricity results from rubbing electrons together, creating energy that will eventually need to be released, humans are conductors and can conduct a static shock with or without shoes on, it...

  24. Most RN's first borns?

    AmandaBrittainy replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    first born with an alcoholic

  25. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

    AmandaBrittainy replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from DABCC with my ADN in 2005, I will graduate from NMSU with my BSN next month. DABCC's nursing program operates similar to the mob and is very unprofessional, there was alot of horrific...