brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Interventions without MD orders

    brillohead replied to Novo's topic in General Nursing

    Most people don't understand the nursing role unless they've been through nursing school and worked as a nurse themselves. Nursing is a different genre within the medical field. We "nurture" our...
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    brillohead replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had an "at home" realization myself this week.... My 14yo DS came down with the GI virus that's going around. He reported each incident of emesis and diarrhea, describing quantity and quality each...
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    Nursing and waitressing/food service industry

    brillohead replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Waiting tables might teach you how to hustle, but working as a CNA or PCA or tech or whatever-your-facility-calls-it is going to be a TON more helpful when the time comes to get a nursing job. The...
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    Threatened by family?

    brillohead replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks, I wasn't getting anything when I was googling. Such a tragic
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    getting order changed

    brillohead replied to clearblue3's topic in Private Duty

    My agency has a triplicate form for telephone orders. You fill it out based on what the orders are, keep the bottom copy in the home chart, and send it in to the agency. The agency then is...
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    Threatened by family?

    brillohead replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Do you have any info about this? I follow the news pretty closely, and don't recall this incident, so I tried googling it to learn more about it but didn't have any
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    brillohead replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    My very first class back in nursing school, my instructor said that the hiring managers of local hospitals told the college, "We don't care if they know how to insert an IV -- we can teach them to do...
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    "Loosing" my license

    brillohead replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, I could ONLY give a med --any med, any route, for any reason-- under the direct supervision of my clinical instructor per my nursing school's policy. If the floor RN got the...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    brillohead replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of an incident in nursing school during my L&D clinical. We had a checklist of things we needed to try to experience during the semester, and if the floor nurses knew they had...
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    Personal lol

    brillohead replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    My kid knows that if blood isn't spurting or if the bone's not exposed, he won't be going to the emergency room! Poor
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    Should I tell my boss that I work weekends for another HH agency?

    brillohead replied to jlmanzano13's topic in Home Health

    The WC premiums are paid on actual wages paid to each employee, and at the end of the policy period it is audited. At the beginning of the policy, the annual wages to be paid are estimated, and the...
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    Suggestions...

    brillohead replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I wonder if you could "ease her into it" a bit... start by asking if it would be okay to read nursing journals or books on patient care or disease process or whatever. Spin it to be for her child's...
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    Should I tell my boss that I work weekends for another HH agency?

    brillohead replied to jlmanzano13's topic in Home Health

    Worker compensation rates are significantly different depending upon your scope of work. In my previous life, I worked in a construction company's office, and the premium for me in the office was...
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    Best Nursing Shoes for my type

    brillohead replied to hschafer09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I went to a local shoe store (the old-fashioned kind, not a Payless or DSW type) and got measured. Then they brought out their most popular "ugly nursing shoes" in my size. (I have the opposite of...
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    Here's a feel-good post

    brillohead replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar experience in nursing school. One of my assigned patients was getting a PICC line inserted, and she was a bit disoriented and VERY afraid, I'd even say she was terrified. Since my...
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    Things you'd love to tell a fellow nursing student or faculty.....

    brillohead replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    If you've gotten to the end of this thread and want more, check out this thread of 1400+ posts!
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    How beneficial is a CNA job?b

    brillohead replied to ellaballet's topic in General Students

    Depends on what the hiring practices are in your area, and if you want to work in that hospital as an RN after you graduate. In my area, new grads are having trouble getting hospital jobs unless...
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    how in the world does one pay for nursing school!

    brillohead replied to hoosiertwin's topic in General Students

    I'm another that got my ADN from a community college while working full-time and going through the part-time nursing program. I paid cash for my books and tuition along the way, and I took the same...
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    Tips on Nursing School

    brillohead replied to bdarden07's topic in General Students

    In nursing school, buy LOTS of practice NCLEX books / study guides. For me, the trick that works best is to figure out WHAT THE QUESTION IS ASKING and HOW THE INSTRUCTOR WANTS YOU TO ANSWER IT. I...
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    Dear Lord, give me the strength to deal with yet another GROUP PROJECT

    brillohead replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Students

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    Is this unrealistic?

    brillohead replied to HeartRN13's topic in General Nursing

    You can look into Private Duty Nursing, too... I've been surprised to learn that there are a lot of openings in my area for this type of work, and it can be as little as one day a week if you
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    Lessons From the Super Bowl

    brillohead replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I had a casual conversation some years back with someone from (I believe) the UK regarding nursing school -- hopefully some of our UK nurses can chime in with more particulars. The basic gist of what...
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    Does Preferring to Work Night Shift mean you're lazy?

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

    This thread/post must have been my good luck charm... just got hired today for a night
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    Thank you polar vortex!

    brillohead replied to fetch's topic in School

    Am I really the only one who read this post and didn't notice this? How do you catch a virus from playing in the snow???? Really? Next you'll be saying you gave them antibiotics for their...
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    The Infamous Cab-ulance

    brillohead replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    This isn't even remotely close to what medic2514 stated! Can you even read? What was said is: This means that medic2514 isn't saying they'd refuse service -- just that they doubt whether you'd even...