brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    What happened to the "Emergency" in "Emergency Room?"

    brillohead replied to Emergency.RN's topic in Emergency

    Just a standard UTI (constant urge to urinate, pain when stopping urination, blood in urine, urge incontinence). It came on while I was at work, and by the time I was able to get seen (at 11pm on a...
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    You know you're a Private Duty Nurse when....

    brillohead replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    I can neither confirm nor deny that there were multiples of reading glasses in the vicinity at the same
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    What happened to the "Emergency" in "Emergency Room?"

    brillohead replied to Emergency.RN's topic in Emergency

    When I start peeing blood at 11pm on a Friday, I most certainly am NOT waiting until Monday morning for my PCP's office to open.... I'm heading to an ER (there were no Urgent Care Centers in my area)....
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    brillohead replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    I'll let you off the hook this time, but only because I just ate chicken tenders, so I don't have room to also eat a young nurse. Don't let it out that I made this exception, though....don't want to...
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    Working a Make a Wish trip indepentandly (no agency)

    brillohead replied to woodarae's topic in Private Duty

    Being an independent contractor with Medicaid is a non-issue .... Medicaid isn't paying for the nursing coverage during this trip. Having professional liability insurance IS a necessity, though,...
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    Job Offer Questions

    brillohead replied to beekee's topic in Private Duty

    WHAT LAW???? That's my problem with this thread.... in my state, there is no such law. I don't deny that it exists in at least one other state... I've seen it posted in this forum. I am NOT saying...
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    Why are students stealing my food?!

    brillohead replied to littleINlpn's topic in School

    Am I the only one who thought of this
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    brillohead replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    You forgot the ambo. MUST come in via EMS!!!!!!!! Sheesh.... amateurs. PS -- Hey, what does a gal have to do around here to get an invite into the COB
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    Job Offer Questions

    brillohead replied to beekee's topic in Private Duty

    How is pointing out a falsehood in your comments "attacking" you or "angry"???? The law is NOT the same in every state. What constitutes Medicaid fraud in your state does NOT constitute Medicaid...
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    Job Offer Questions

    brillohead replied to beekee's topic in Private Duty

    No "may" about it -- it DOES vary from state to state. And if you want your original statement to be accurate, you could state that "it MAY be fraud" instead of "it's also fraud". Words matter,...
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    Job Offer Questions

    brillohead replied to beekee's topic in Private Duty

    You say this all the time, but it's certainly NOT the case universally. There may be a stipulation to that in YOUR state, but it is NOT a federal requirement. If you want to make factual...
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    1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    And cost at least double the original
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    Nurses thrown under the bus

    brillohead replied to GM1928's topic in General Nursing

    I see all these comments about how the nurses should be assessing the chest tube site daily, etc., but why no comments about the PHYSICIAN'S duty to assess? Isn't this doctor (or his...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    How about some perspective, from the CDC's 2013 data. Let's look at what REALLY endangers children in the USA. Annual accidental* deaths for ages 0-14: Accidental discharge of firearm -- 69...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Once again, where on earth did I say any of that? Please, either show me where I said that, or stop making stuff up. (You'll notice that the last time I asked someone -- begged, even -- to show me...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where did I ever say it wasn't addressable? Please point out one instance of my saying that. I beg
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Watch out -- when I made the same statement, I got told
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    You act as if I'm making some kind of judgment call about guns vs. cancer. I am simply responding to a very false statement made by another person in this thread: This was a blatantly false...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Now compare that to deaths due to cancer for the same ages. Childhood cancer deaths are NOT lower than childhood firearms deaths. That was the topic I was doubting -- and I was
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    How about reading comprehension? CHILDREN are the topic of conversation here, not gangbangers and adults. A 24yo is not a child. Try looking a those same statistics for ages 14 and
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to see the credible source for this
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Try reading this article: According to a study in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, which cites the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the United...
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    Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    brillohead replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    While we did have a lab day doing IVs on dummy arms, it wasn't a huge focus in my school. A local hospital told my nursing school's dean that they can teach any nurse to put in an IV -- what they...
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    Accused of sleeping

    brillohead replied to cdthorste's topic in General Nursing

    When one of my night-vent patients doesn't have coverage, his dad sleeps on the floor of his room and sets an alarm for Q2H turns and Q4H caths. The patient wears a pulse-ox alarm at night, plus the...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    brillohead replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wasn't intending to chide you -- sorry that you took it that way. Lots of people aren't aware of the "unlike" link, as it's not a button like the other options and it's not in the same area as the...