brandy1017

brandy1017 ASN, RN

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  1. do you make sure your pts

    brandy1017 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    It's too bad someone didn't braid her hair. Sometimes when we have patients with long hair someone will braid it and then at least it won't get tangled and matted. Our hospital supplies only the...

  2. how important is GPA?

    brandy1017 replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    Well in many public universities the competition is fierce just to get into the nursing program so your GPA counts for that. For your first nursing job your GPA can certainly help give you an edge if...

  3. Experienced RN With No Luck Finding Position

    brandy1017 replied to olivia28's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    What they want is starry eyed smiling faces, cheerleaders, the customer is always right nurses. They do recognize that experienced nurses are an asset to the point that they have the technical...

  4. "That nurse is vile" (long)

    brandy1017 replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know your situation but in your need to clear your name, perhaps you are coming across as too defensive and desperate. I guess I wouldn't have brought it up, unless, until the manager said...

  5. Should I stay or should I go? I don't know.

    brandy1017 replied to newSN's topic in General Nursing

    What will your husband do if you take this job 100 miles away? What happens re one his current job and two his dream job in a dream location? I'd want to take a chance and move to the dream location...

  6. Becoming a Nurse After 40

    brandy1017 replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    Well if you had started when you were younger there is more chance you could have sustained a back or neck, shoulder injury taking care of the many bariatric patients you encounter, a greater chance...

  7. Working third-shift while attending school for nursing?

    brandy1017 replied to heidster's topic in General Students

    I've worked third shift even before I became a nurse and after working all night all I want to do is sleep and my brain is in a fog so I wonder if you'll be able to think clearly and remember your...

  8. Nursing is not easy money, no gain no pain

    brandy1017 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think its easy money or a great schedule. What's great about working holidays and weekends year after year losing time with your family? Nothing! Nursing is high pressure, high...

  9. Bedside Reporting starting Monday :(((

    brandy1017 replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I hate all this scripting and micromanagement and telling us what to say and do with the patients. What happened to being an educated "professional" RN making life and death decisions and...

  10. Need some opinions on my dilemma

    brandy1017 replied to PavementRN's topic in General Nursing

    Shadow at the other hospital first and then if you still want it and our offered the position give your notice. An LTAC is hard for experienced nurses, mix ICU like complex patients but with much...

  11. Love/hate relationship to my work.

    brandy1017 replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Maybe you should consider ICU or cath lab where you can be with critical patients and interventions and not be pulled in so many different directions by all the extra stable patients and families in...

  12. Bedside Reporting starting Monday :(((

    brandy1017 replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's the latest gimmick to raise press ganey scores. We are told we are even supposed to wake the poor patients up and even do it for the confused and out of it patients and we are supposed to say...

  13. What to do if you are going to need narcotics to work?

    brandy1017 replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would want the shunt to make sure my pressure was kept stable and there were no permanent complications from the increased

  14. Herniated Disc and & insurance ???

    brandy1017 replied to Marisette's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Have you tried cervical traction with physical therapy. Traction might help. It helped me with a pinched nerve in my

  15. What career did you have before nursing?

    brandy1017 replied to julibyrd's topic in General Nursing

    Approximately 10 years of secretarial worked for several different insurance companies, a couple hospitals, even a brewing company thru Olsten

  16. interviewing after assaulted by patient

    brandy1017 replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When you feel read to work again consider getting an agency job then you check out a variety of places, get known by staff and decide which you would like to work at as a permanent position. Good...

  17. Do you think there would be less RN students if the economy was better?

    brandy1017 replied to kalevra's topic in General Nursing

    Those people will most likely find nursing very difficult and will in most cases look for a way out ASAP once they realize the kind of stress and poor working conditions and many times outrageous...

  18. New and not so new nurses..

    brandy1017 replied to UpinawayRN's topic in General Nursing

    What was the mistake or lapse? It should be fixed promptly, but quietly without causing undue alarm to the patient or family. Regarding mistakes it is felt it is better to be honest with the patient...

  19. do nurses get employer sponsored pensionplan?

    brandy1017 replied to lily1289's topic in General Nursing

    We have one but they have decreased the contribution amount to 5% max, used to be 8% max I believe. They have grandfathered older workers who have a choice between a real pension vs cash balance, but...

  20. It's not always about you - a mini rant

    brandy1017 replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see anything wrong in talking about your own personal experiences as they apply to the thread at hand. It is good to see other people's experiences and I bet many times they are things you...

  21. How is the economy effecting Massage Therapy?

    brandy1017 replied to samirish's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I think its true people are cutting back on seeming luxuries, but on the other hand many are not! I would never have considered massage a viable job. Now I think the way the economy is becoming a...

  22. I'm not 'getting' this. Should I be RN?

    brandy1017 replied to croppyRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think the issue is not the "seasoned nurse" but that of a bully who has enabled to get the upper hand with the use of her clique! She is obviously a bully who is used to getting what she wants and...

  23. Rn hurt by cold behavior

    brandy1017 replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you qualify for FMLA? IS it because you work part-time (less than 1,000 hrs a year) or because you were a new employee (less than a year)? Regardless, collect your unemployment for now and...

  24. Nursing Future?

    brandy1017 replied to suzie113's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what the USMLE is but I bet they have training classes and supplemental study guides you could get to pass it. I would review what parts you are weak on if they give you that info and if...

  25. holiday pay this year-what??

    brandy1017 replied to orla's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get holiday pay period! Since they did away with vacations, holidays and sick time we don't even get holidays. Just PTO and then they don't give you a day off because you are so needed and...