brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Shoes for flat feet

    brillohead replied to NeuroStrokeRN94's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Find a shoe that fits the shape of your foot first, then add an arch support
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    Educating patients on ER use

    brillohead replied to anh06005's topic in Patient Education

    Or rather, it's the LAW in ALL hospitals that accept Medicare (which is all but a very select few in the country) -- see EMTALA. [h=1]Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)[/h] In 1986,...
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    Low census--what do you do?

    brillohead replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    First, they float someone to another department if there is a need on another unit. Then, they check to see if anyone volunteered to be called off (we have a list where you can request to be the first...
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    How to react nicely if a patient asks for your social media acct?

    brillohead replied to hedzinkwly's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I also go with the fact that it's against company policy to combine personal and professional contacts. When confronted with, "well my other nurse did it!" my response is that *I* am not comfortable...
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    End of shift report

    brillohead replied to Mo-SN's topic in General Nursing

    It's going to depend a bit on what kind of unit you're on, but my report typically follows this format (and I've created my "brain" sheet in this order): Patient name, age, sex, date of admission,...
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    Pregnant, Overloaded At Work

    brillohead replied to NYerLostInNC's topic in General Nursing

    Our PCU is 3:1. Similar for insulin or cardizem drips on the regular
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    Pyxis error

    brillohead replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    Not universally true. Union nurses here make less money per hour and don't have any better benefits compared to non-union nurses. Plus the union hospital's nurse:patient ratios are higher than at...
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    brillohead replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much all of the things mentioned above make me twitch. To put a nursing spin on things, in our hourly rounding in Epic we have to state what activity the patient is engaged in that hour. I...
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    8/13 this week, I've learned the connection between AN desktop, insurance, and HR

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've only ever used my laptop/desktop for AN, so I have no experience with the app, but I'm sorry you're struggling! I did find this for last week's thread?:...
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    Night Shift Complications

    brillohead replied to knurse10's topic in General Nursing

    Any reason you can't just sleep days on your days off,
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    Hospital requiring employee health records

    brillohead replied to dahlvilla's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had to do anything more than a pre-employment physical and urine tox screen. Seems like asking for unrelated medical records is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I would be inclined to not sign...
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    Doctor stole my stethoscope

    brillohead replied to ayejay09's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    Nursing Calculations

    brillohead replied to Cmmc911's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I disagree. I learned dimensional analysis in Physics class in high school, and the whole "multiply by one" thing made me the Math Problem Queen in nursing
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    Best Nursing School Stethoscope?

    brillohead replied to NurseAsh723's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Check out the Adscope 603... comes in a variety of colors, and in my experience is right up there with a Littman Cardiology for a fraction of the cost. Also, anticipate this thread being moved to the...
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    I can't find my Lithmann Cardio 3 steth!!

    brillohead replied to Dianna11's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Check out the Adscope 603... I actually like it better than my Littman Master
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    Stethoscope

    brillohead replied to GuineaPigs's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Check out the Adscope 603... I actually like it better than my Littman Master
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    Would anyone hire me?

    brillohead replied to noname4rn's topic in General Nursing

    I also doubt that a part-time job will result in a substantial loss of financial aid. Check with a knowledgeable person in your school's financial aid department to confirm that fact. If you get into...
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    Help- IM injection question!

    brillohead replied to ORRN0808's topic in Patient Medications

    We posted at the same time. If the doc won't give info, I would probably do the thigh in someone frail... usually more muscle there than in the arm, unless the person is
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    Help- IM injection question!

    brillohead replied to ORRN0808's topic in Patient Medications

    The provider who wrote the scrip for the injections should also be providing education/information about how to administer the medication
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We have a dozen new grads orienting right now. September is going to be "interesting" around
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    brillohead replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The hospitalist at my facility with the thickest accent and darkest skin is the most thorough and detail-oriented doc I've worked with. People would be lucky to have him caring for them, and yet I...
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    brillohead replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd be inclined to state that you came out of your mother's uterus... But then, I'm known to be a bit of a
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    If you could speak your mind...

    brillohead replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have absolutely no tolerance for "status dramaticus" and game-playing manipulative drug seeking frequent flyers. After several nights in a row with a non-compliant drug-seeking slob of a frequent...
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    WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient with KTS last month. This person was also a dialysis patient, and the fistula was in a thigh because of one arm being so severely affected by
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    7/3 WILTW: Brain Development, Standardized Patients and Female Condom

    brillohead replied to A&Ox6's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats,