brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Mistake on orientation..please help

    brillohead replied to MommyRN89's topic in Patient Medications

    They way our Epic is set up, if the nurse moves a single dose, other scheduled doses won't be retimed accordingly, no matter what the order says. If ALL subsequent doses need to be changed, we have to...
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    Foley Catheter Issue?

    brillohead replied to JustANurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto on the "might not have been inserted far enough" comment. Getting urine return isn't enough -- insert even farther, to make sure the balloon is fully inside the bladder before inflating. After...
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    Seizure code blue

    brillohead replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on the cardio-pulmonary floor, and outside of Critical Care (obviously), our unit has the most Code Blue situations. When we hear a code called, one employee down each hall (we are shaped like a...
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    Mistake on orientation..please help

    brillohead replied to MommyRN89's topic in Patient Medications

    How did she give TWO doses
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    Good Writing Skills Are Essential

    brillohead replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Fixed that for
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    Prefer being up all night even when not working?

    brillohead replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm reading and responding to this at 00:54. Totally normal for me. I also recently started the first of my three loads of laundry, will be washing / drying / folding on and off all evening....
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    Prefer being up all night even when not working?

    brillohead replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Complete and total night owl here! On my days off, I will usually go to bed around 0400 or 0500. Even back in my pre-nursing life when I had an office job, I would force myself to go to bed around...
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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    brillohead replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    Not going to get into what this actual drug is for and how it is usually administered. Just going to comment on the math part of this. If the dose is 30mg, and patient normally takes a 10mg and a...
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    Leaving Private Duty Guilt

    brillohead replied to Purple1234's topic in Private Duty

    This. Back when I was doing private duty, I had a great family that I worked for and I never did understand why they had trouble getting coverage. They had enough hours for seven nights a week,...
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    Why is there such a shortage in Home health kiddos? Is the pay bad?

    brillohead replied to SaychezRn's topic in Home Health

    Medicaid cases here pay $20/hour for RNs. Hospitals pay $30 or more, plus shift differential for nights and also shift differential for
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    LPN to RN online that is accepted by Oregon

    brillohead replied to summer_jewel's topic in General Nursing

    Around here, community colleges offer a part-time LPN-bridge-to-RN program so you can work and go to school. Check all the community colleges in every county around where you live. But I don't think...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    brillohead replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    GAH! How will I ever find
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    Verbal orders for narcotics

    brillohead replied to Geslina's topic in General Nursing

    Reporting the doctor was only in the event that there truly is nobody able to cover that doctor's service (to be able to verify or replace the order given) -- not reporting the doctor for having given...
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    brillohead replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kalamazoo County, Calhoun County, Van Buren County. Yep! You have six years from date of hire to obtain your BSN, and they pay a little bit towards tuition reimbursement, too. We've got five grad...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    brillohead replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Pronounced Jay-you-an? Jay-Wan? Hay-you-an? Hay-Wan? Jay-Dash-You-An? Hay-Dash-You-An? Jay-Dash-Wan? Hay-Dash-Wan? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    brillohead replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    Plenty of openings in SW Michigan... just
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    ED visits before ACA was passed

    brillohead replied to Piphercat's topic in General Nursing

    Go to your library and ask to talk to a research librarian. Or use your library's online "ask a librarian" feature. I have a friend who is a research librarian, and the obscure stuff she can find is...
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    Wearing scrubs home?

    brillohead replied to Lee_Ryan's topic in General Nursing

    How about when someone lets their kids roll around on the floor of grandma/grandpa's hospital
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    Doctor teaching nursing class

    brillohead replied to Christian96's topic in General Students

    My anatomy teacher was a
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    Best MD note

    brillohead replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    The other day I had a patient with Eucerin cream ordered for application BID. The administration instructions were: Apply to both legs and feed. I didn't think the stuff looked all that...
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    Colostomy

    brillohead replied to ABRN2012's topic in School

    Is mom against him wearing a smock to protect his clothing from art class? If not, my "onesie" idea can be called a "clothing protector"... because it's keeping poop from getting all over his...
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    Colostomy

    brillohead replied to ABRN2012's topic in School

    How about some sort of smock (you might have to make it yourself or get creative) that would restrict access? I'm imagining a binder over the top of the shirt, with a smock over the top of that....
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    Riddle me this Batman?

    brillohead replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    My rescue black Lab is on Prozac and Xanax. Both super-cheap generics at the Sam's Club pharmacy (which you don't need to be a member to use, by the way). I always crack up when I have to get a...
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    Clonidine...

    brillohead replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Was she confusing clonidine with
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    How do new grad Nurses that don't have BSN manage to survive this job market ?

    brillohead replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A gazillion jobs for new grad ADNs in SW Michigan. They'll even hire you before you pass your