brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Just tell them my magic formula I use to teach people to ice skate -- if you feel like you're gonna fall, bend down and touch your knees with your hands! Works 90% of the time... lowers the center of...
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    Tools for opening medication packets?

    brillohead replied to oatmeal89's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It appears to be available in Canada, Australia, and Europe. No love for the USA with this adorable little
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I was a bookkeeper (in my pre-nursing life), I would always wear wrist-guards when I rollerbladed. My rationale was that I could work with a broken leg, but not with a broken wrist! There...
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    Crazy Parents

    brillohead replied to maryel's topic in School

    Such a slacker!!! Tsk, tsk,
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You had an ADMISSION for achalasia??? For what
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a link for
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    What does it take to be a home care nurse?!

    brillohead replied to nursekatielpn's topic in Private Duty

    First off you need to realize that this is someone's home, and *they* set the tone. You don't get to set the schedule, you don't get to set policy, and you can and will be let go for any reason or...
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    Things that go BUMP in the night

    brillohead replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    Second mouse-in-a-trap about an hour after the first one.... but I knew what the noise was that time!
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    Things that go BUMP in the night

    brillohead posted a topic in Private Duty

    It's oh-dark-thirty, the house is quiet / everyone's asleep, and all of a sudden I hear *something* make a clatter in the house. I check on the patient (obviously), but everything appears to be in...
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned that there are some really inconsiderate nurses in the world. I was waiting with my patient (I do PDN) for his discharge, and it was taking FOREVER. I kept making excuses to my client...
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    Med Adm

    brillohead replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    If he's able to have ice cream (or sherbet or gelato or popsicles -- something frozen), try having him hold that in his mouth first to numb it up a bit... makes things not taste so bad. My son had to...
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    Private Duty Narrative note ideas for peds

    brillohead replied to Inkdnrs's topic in Private Duty

    Also, need to determine if hourly reporting is necessary -- all of my cases require hourly notes to justify constant nursing care (versus "visits"). So even if I don't have to "do" anything in a...
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    Med Adm

    brillohead replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    Is he complaining about the taste, or is this just a power/control thing in your
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    supplemental income

    brillohead replied to crazynursebsn's topic in School

    Just a heads-up in case you don't already know, cruise ships require 2-3 years of relatively recent critical care experience, including ACLS and
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    How do I start my own Private duty nursing?

    brillohead replied to Karilynnmorgan's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    No way on earth would I hire someone without looking at them in person. You're putting them out there representing your company, you want to know that they brush their teeth and launder their clothes...
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    supplemental income

    brillohead replied to crazynursebsn's topic in School

    Private Duty Nursing (shift work in the patient's home). Especially since your availability is weekends, you shouldn't have any problem picking up a few shifts per month. And since most of the...
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    Michigan School Nurses

    brillohead replied to kenzie123's topic in School

    Michigan is dead-last in number of school nurses per student, because schools in Michigan aren't required to have nurses at all. You *can* get hired in to work at a school as an LPN, but the odds...
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    Odd interactions

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

    I'd have been calling Child Protective Services....... Whiskey Tango
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    During my med-surg rotation in nursing school, I had a patient who was a frequent flier on the floor for repeated bowel obstructions -- a developmentally delayed adult with pica. Some of his past...
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    Crazy Parents

    brillohead replied to maryel's topic in School

    If she hasn't had transportation for three weeks, how did she manage to get the bottle of the meds in the first place? Around here, you can only get 30 days' worth at a time.... If we could invent a...
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    Not working out...

    brillohead replied to SwimsWithSharks's topic in Men in Nursing

    Look into Private Duty Nursing. I like the one-on-one relationship that I'm able to develop with a patient. The pay isn't always as good as hospital pay (particularly the Medicaid cases), and it's...
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    Are there any PDN managers here and what are your duties

    brillohead replied to sparenurse's topic in Private Duty

    Try to spread out your clients so that the 60 day re-certs don't come due all at the same time of the month. My agency has to do monthly nursing assessments (car insurance vs Medicaid/health...
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    How to be your own Private Duty Nurse? (South FL)

    brillohead replied to Nurse.Kelsey's topic in Private Duty

    I only work through an agency, and have no desire to take on the tax, health insurance, and liability insurance ramifications of becoming an independent contractor. Before going this route, be sure...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    brillohead replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    The sad thing is, they DO have medical consultants listed in the credits for these shows. I think the person just glances at the cover of each week's script and signs off, though, b/c they certainly...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    brillohead replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about the fact that Susan later ended up on dialysis, but never had an AV