brandy1017

brandy1017 ASN, RN

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  1. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I love the older homes, they have character and curb appeal vs modern cookie cutter homes. Yes they may be smaller, but then cost less to heat and cool. Also have more windows which I love. I...

  2. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You have no idea what goes on in a person's life behind closed doors or how they can afford it. We can't tell you how they did it. But more concerning is once again you are comparing yourself to...

  3. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing home industry has a lot of downward pressure on wages as it has been impacted by Corona, on top of low medicaid reimbursements. If you want to make more money I would look for a job in...

  4. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are essentially working class and many afford a home with OT or a spouse. I advocate learning personal finance before buying a house. Many of my posts mention books that are helpful such as...

  5. Being forced to give corporate access to my medical records?!

    brandy1017 replied to IRN2011's topic in General Nursing

    I was pretty shocked by the process, but researched it and found it was legal and had been going on for over a decade. I read about cases where workers were denied and terminated even in other fields...

  6. Being forced to give corporate access to my medical records?!

    brandy1017 replied to IRN2011's topic in General Nursing

    While I can understand your frustration, it is a matter of law the ADA, the Americans with Disability Act and a worker needs the Dr to fill out forms when they need an accommodation in their job....

  7. Being forced to give corporate access to my medical records?!

    brandy1017 replied to IRN2011's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know that the OP would be terminated. I don't know the culture and the mgr and their relationship. It really depends on that, and the mgr has the final say. Yes the corporation is supposed...

  8. Being forced to give corporate access to my medical records?!

    brandy1017 replied to IRN2011's topic in General Nursing

    Corporations have been moving to using the disability accommodation per the ADA instead of honoring a simple Dr's excuse. Your Dr has to fill out the paperwork and yes they see some of your relevant...

  9. Patients Viewing Nursing Notes In Real Time

    brandy1017 replied to Tnurse24's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they should add an interactive patient feature where they could directly email their Dr over their concerns and the computer would flag the Dr to read these notes like it does for physician...

  10. Patients Viewing Nursing Notes In Real Time

    brandy1017 replied to Tnurse24's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't heard about this, but if I was a patient I would be more interested in my labwork and xrays etc vs notes. If I were interested in notes, it would be the H&P and consult notes, not...

  11. How to deal with anxiety during an investigation at work?

    brandy1017 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others, stick with the facts that you weren't aware of the issue and say as little as possible! Frankly I'm shocked they would investigate a seemingly minor issue if no harm came to...

  12. Asked To Change My Nursing Note...

    brandy1017 replied to Cdonocdo's topic in General Nursing

    Don't do it! This reminds me of the ongoing lawsuit of a cancer patient Kim Johnson who was sent a letter claiming her mammogram was normal in error. Months passed before she received a second...

  13. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm worried about you. Please seek help from your therapist and also your Dr. You may need medication such as an antidepressant. You are not thinking clearly. Your thoughts are obsessive and...

  14. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    So she's had a lot more time in her life to do different things, work different jobs, get her masters and have a baby. I understand it is human nature to compare oneself to another and have regrets...

  15. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    There is no point in comparing yourself to her. You are going down a rabbit hole. You both are two different people, with different life experiences and abilities and have taken two different paths....

  16. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Another option is to get some management experience at the nursing home and then move on to an assisted living. I know someone who did that and is much happier at the assisted living

  17. Another one wanting to bite the dust.

    brandy1017 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    There were 3 times that I know of where they tried to force a PM nurse to take 10 patients, normal 5 or 6 max. Mgmt said they had no one to mandate so deal with it, but each time the nurses...

  18. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you are starting to put yourself and your health and relationships first! Self care is so important. Relationships matter more than the work identity of being a nurse. Hope your fiance has...

  19. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    brandy1017 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Your current job doesn't sound sustainable or enjoyable. When do you sleep with the ridiculously long hours? You've mentioned being unhappy with it before so I would plan to find a better job where...

  20. Nurse Trapped in Deadly Texas Pileup Crawled Out Car Trunk and Reported to Work

    brandy1017 replied to Workitinurfava's topic in General Nursing

    I think the nurse was in a state of shock as she watched her life flash before her eyes and felt cars and trucks crashing into her and behind her with no end in sight. I read that the highway...

  21. The Honeymoon That Never Came

    brandy1017 replied to Merrie82's topic in General Nursing

    I think without a union contract mgmt can restrict vacations, especially now due to the short staffing plus Covid. I expected this to happen when Covid hit and many places were short nurses. I...

  22. Grocery store workers hazard pay

    brandy1017 replied to 1gr8trnstudent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree and am glad that front line workers like grocery store workers are getting hazard pay. They deserve it! Also I'm glad they have put in plastic dividers as safeguards at the checkout....

  23. Grocery store workers hazard pay

    brandy1017 replied to 1gr8trnstudent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I do believe healthcare workers deserve hazard pay, particularly those that are working on covid wings. The federal govt has given billions out to hospitals to help and they are supposed to spend...

  24. Mandatory Staff Pictures In Patient Rooms

    brandy1017 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in General Nursing

    A manager on another floor in my hospital required her staff to have their pics taken and then they were all put at the entrance to the unit. I saw the same thing on a floor at a competitor. It...

  25. Are some people not meant for acute care?

    brandy1017 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I started early retirement and my pension. At this point, I have no plans on working in nursing. I'm just enjoying my freedom. Also I feel like I freed myself from a very abusive employer. I feel...