BrnEyedGirl BSN, MSN, RN, APRN

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    Floor nurse to ER nurse. Help please!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to BrayaRN's topic in Emergency

    Braya,...you will notice on this site that there are many folks who haven't been in your shoes,.have never been in a position to see the same pt over and over for c/o that never have a diagnosis....
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    Floor nurse to ER nurse. Help please!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to BrayaRN's topic in Emergency

    less patients? If we could only figure out a way to see only the
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    Floor nurse to ER nurse. Help please!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to BrayaRN's topic in Emergency

    System seems to be broke don't ya think? It is,..not sure how to fix
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    Really?? A Farmer's Market in the hospital?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's like where I work, the first floor is a non patient floor,.where the cafeteria is, the gift shop, administration etc. We have some sort of fund raiser set up all the time,....just a...
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    Floor nurse to ER nurse. Help please!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to BrayaRN's topic in Emergency

    Time is always a hard thing to adjust in the ER. You can't really schedule anything or have the same kind of routine you had as a floor nurse. I understand your dilemma with the really sick...
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    I want to be a RN but don't want to deal, with you know...

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    People die every day. I guess if you stay in an out patient setting you could minimize your contact,...but people die. You might just learn that being with a patient that dies and the family is a...
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    Made a mistake!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to what2donow's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Breathe!! As another poster mentioned,...Will you ever make that mistake again? Of course not,...you know that, I know that, everyone on this board knows that and your new coworkers know that!!!...
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    Is my employer screwing me here?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Stearnsy's topic in General Nursing

    Six weeks seems excessive,..however it's common where I work for there to be a delay,..and then you get the lump sum. My coworkers in this situation go to HR and change there with holdings for that...
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    Laid off after 38 years

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Ckwil1948's topic in General Nursing

    Wow,..so sorry to hear this,...I would be angry too. What area of the country are you in? My hospital is
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    When nursing staff ask for medications

    BrnEyedGirl replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a "floor stock" in our omni cell,...we have access to most OTC drugs, free of charge, with permission from
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    PALS go by age or weight or what?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I have to ask where you work that your coworkers are allowed to "refuse" care to a pt,...I would be out on my butt in a sec if I did something like
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    Hipaa and scheduled Dr.'s appointments

    BrnEyedGirl replied to makes needs known's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If the pt (your husband) gives out the info then it isn't a breech of anything,....you don't need to tell them why your going,..just a note from the office saying Mr Husband has an appointment Aug 22,...
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    Small nose piercings at work?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to SarahAnn10's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital doesn't allow them,.and all tatoos must be
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    Nurses fear even more ER assaults as programs cut

    BrnEyedGirl replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    Our security are all commissioned officers of the County,...they all have badges and carry
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    why be nice?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    I shy away from confrontation unless it's worth the fight,.pick your battles. My reward is that I can sleep at night and look myself in the mirror every morning and be proud of what I see. I can...
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    How high is a blood pressure (tycally) when it causes someone to have a stroke?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Orange Tree's topic in General Nursing

    I will be interested in seeing what they say. The hospital where I work is a Stroke Center. Our training really doesn't focus on BP,.unless it is after the fact and is a hemorrhagic stroke (less...
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    Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    BrnEyedGirl replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    Just curious,...if the newspapers and media had already released the mans name and that he was seen at xyz hospital,..is that info still protected? I agree that no matter who the pt is or what the...
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    set up for fraud?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I have never worked LTC, for this reason and so many others I hear daily. I have friends who do work LTC and tell many of the same stories and worse. I feel your pain. I can't imagine working like...
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    Trauma vs. ER

    BrnEyedGirl replied to healthstar's topic in Critical Care

    The ER where I work is a Trauma Center. We have specialized training, staff and equipment to take care of Trauma Pt's. We have specific rooms in the ER that are designed for Trauma Pt's. As a pt you...
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    This can't be right...

    BrnEyedGirl replied to pinkstudentnurse20's topic in General Nursing

    To the op,.I wasn't there. I didn't see the child. But as an ER nurse, who see's this all the time maybe I can try to help you understand what the doctor was thinking. First of, a fall from a...
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    Physicals

    BrnEyedGirl replied to patientlywaitinagain's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of people test positive without active disease. It just means you've been exposed and have the antibody. Tell your school you test positive and they'll have you get a chest xray instead. The...
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    Are ER nurses burnt out or just uncaring??

    BrnEyedGirl replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Emergency

    I'm an ER nurse who isn't burnt out or uncaring,..however I have been accused a time or two. 4 hours on a back board is unacceptable. I work in a large trauma center and often receive pts from other...
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    Who does EJ's in the ER

    BrnEyedGirl replied to sweatpea55's topic in General Nursing

    Same policy as Fribblet,....any nurse who's been trained and observed. BTW,.they are usually easier than
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    For all of those on Medicaid

    BrnEyedGirl replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think for the most part insurance isn't an issue until the insurance company makes it an issue. For example, I don't know how many times a doc has to change his plan of care because XYZ insurance...
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    For all of those on Medicaid

    BrnEyedGirl replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sunny, I appreciate your compassion and your sense of wanting to understand and care about the whole person. I'm even going to go out on a limb here, at the risk of being flamed till I'm charred and...