brandy1017

brandy1017 ASN, RN

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  1. without a job until after new years

    brandy1017 replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    That is a very real danger, you don't know if the man you're with will be the sadistic maniac wannabe Ted Bundy or another evil serial killer. There are too many crazies out there it would not be...

  2. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    brandy1017 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    That you have substantiated several mistakes wouldn't reassure the public of quality care. I remember Vanderbuilt as being infamous for the nursing CNO adding housekeeping duties to the nurses for...

  3. RN's are you happy with your career, why or why not?

    brandy1017 replied to anjoku13's topic in General Nursing

    No it has been a struggle from the beginning due to stress, anxiety, bullying, and cliques plus the wear and tear on my body and nerves over the years. My first few years were trial by fire and I...

  4. Situational Trauma

    brandy1017 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I stay away from crowded malls. I give money to the kids and for the rest usually find something unique from eBay or Etsy looking for vintage, antique or artsy things that me and my loved ones will...

  5. Resignation, What To Do With Accrued PTO??

    brandy1017 replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    If you are using a 403b or 401K you could increase the withholding amount to divert more of the money to retirement than to cash and you can also change your W4 federal tax withholding to keep more of...

  6. Roll Call - Who's Been Around the Longest and Your Accomplishments

    brandy1017 replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I think I joined AN back in 02. I've been a nurse for 25 years totally amazing to look back on all I've experienced and the people I've met. There have been a few times I have saved a person's life...

  7. Advice for changing my major. Leaving nursing?

    brandy1017 replied to Nursls21's topic in General Nursing

    Truthfully the body and mind are interconnected and pharmacology is an important adjunct to treating many mental illnesses along with therapy. Understanding this relationship would make a person...

  8. Hospital nursing or bad management?

    brandy1017 replied to JocelynM's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That just sounds bizarre worrying about how many times the call lights are used. Isn't that the purpose for the call lights. I would transfer to a different department, something is wrong with that...

  9. RN MGR Told me I'm too old.

    brandy1017 replied to gumbi_12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I agree older nurses do sometimes have a harder time changing jobs which may be age discrimination or may also simply be the reality of the slimy corpororate world healthcare has devolved into now...

  10. RN MGR Told me I'm too old.

    brandy1017 replied to gumbi_12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    She didn't turn you down flat and she even offered to let you job shadow. I think you are being overly sensitive and made a mistake calling her out on what you perceived as age discrimination and...

  11. Excessive Absenteeism in the Nursing Profession

    brandy1017 replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    If they actually did they would be quicker to hire enough nurses for

  12. Excessive Absenteeism in the Nursing Profession

    brandy1017 replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    You are blaming the wrong people for the short staffing. Management has plenty of options they simply have to hire and spend the money. Truth is it is cheaper to short staff, blame the coworker who...

  13. Excessive Absenteeism in the Nursing Profession

    brandy1017 replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    To Masterstreet you sound like one of the pearls and pump brigade who look down on the nurses who do the actual patient care. Your contempt and lack of respect for nurses is dripping in your comments....

  14. 2 full-time jobs?

    brandy1017 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    Also you said you have to pay back the Parent Plus loans and they are close to $100,000. The truth is they are not legally your loans. They are legally your parents loans. While you may have a verbal...

  15. 2 full-time jobs?

    brandy1017 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read thru the posts and didn't know she was ineligible for the military, but the most viable option she has right now is to turn back and stop digging an insurmountable student loan hole for...

  16. 2 full-time jobs?

    brandy1017 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    You have a job so you might as well start repaying your loans under the income based repayment option, rather than staying in an expensive private school over the excuse that you can't make the loan...

  17. 2 full-time jobs?

    brandy1017 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    Student loan interest rates are higher than 4%. The federal change yearly and most likely will go up every year and I can only imagine what the private student loan interest loan rates are, I've heard...

  18. 2 full-time jobs?

    brandy1017 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    If your classes won't transfer to other colleges I assume you are in a for-profit unaccredited college. Are you sure you will even be able to get a job when it's all said and done? One drastic remedy...

  19. Please Give ME any Good Reason to Stay in the Nursing Field

    brandy1017 replied to ToNurseOrNot's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound like you would be happy as an RN. Most bedside jobs are high stress and short staffing, overtime may be plentiful but burnout is likely. Office jobs and clinics are probably more...

  20. I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    brandy1017 replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    We commonly hear of the fight or flight response to fear or stress but that is not the only response, sometimes someone can freeze just like a deer in the headlights or a rabbit that freezes hoping...

  21. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    brandy1017 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    You should be a writer I really liked smells of sweat socks and despair.

  22. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    brandy1017 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now that you mention it, technically we have security but they don't actually patrol the parking structure or lot. They have a few cameras, but get this, they also have a few fake cameras because they...

  23. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    brandy1017 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Parking is actually free which frankly I'm surprised they don't charge since they are all about money and making a profit and we are a captive audience. Other hospitals in the city charge parking fees...

  24. Back Pain How to live with it

    brandy1017 replied to cecio's topic in General Nursing

    I have known several nurses with chronic back pain over the years and they would use chiropractors, physical therapy, massage therapy, core strengthing exercises, ice alternating with heat, occasional...

  25. New nurse getting dumped on. Ready to switch.

    brandy1017 replied to NewNurse1997's topic in General Nursing

    I think you had a really bad night, seven patients is too much for a step down unit, the dementia patients will follow you wherever you go but I'm not convinced you're being dumped on. Also I doubt a...