brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    brillohead replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students

    That's what I find so odd here... I'm an old fat married lady whose partner for this particular skill was an attractive gentleman in his 20s who has a girlfriend. I wore shorts and a t-shirt while he...
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    Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    brillohead replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students

    It's not a joke, not meant to be funny. It's just
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    Needing advice on being a nurse! Especially Moms going through school

    brillohead replied to MizMaverick's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm in a part-time program, and I think it's much more do-able for people with jobs/families (or, as is the case for almost everyone in my program, jobs AND families). Kids can learn to play quietly...
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    Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    brillohead replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students

    Just be glad you're not going to midwife school. If you can't handle getting bathed while wearing shorts and a t-shirt, you certainly wouldn't be able to handle getting a pelvic exam multiple times...
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    Sore throats

    brillohead replied to tictac's topic in School

    When you know what a "normal" throat looks like, it's usually pretty easy to tell when something is majorly off. My son is a sleep-mouth-breather with seasonal allergies, so he often complains of a...
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    brillohead replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I poke it out the end, scrunching the plastic up accordion-style, until it's close enough to the end that I can get the straw to drop out. Everyone else LOLs at me while I'm doing this, of
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    brillohead replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    You know you're a nurse when you put a straw in your fast food drink, then look down and realize that you did that "leave the end of the straw wrapper on the tip of the straw" thing to your own
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    I don't know what I am doing wrong - not doing so well on tests.

    brillohead replied to Mindylane's topic in General Students

    Check out books like this one: Amazon.com: Fundamentals Success: A Q&A Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking (Davis's Q&a Success) (9780803627796): Dr Patricia Nugent, Barbara...
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    Advice from current students or RN school grads

    brillohead replied to ClayH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Get yourself books like this one Amazon.com: Fundamentals Success: A Q&A Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking (Davis's Q&a Success) (9780803627796): Dr Patricia Nugent, Barbara...
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    Adoption Policy???

    brillohead replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Awww, thanks, rn/writer!
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    Adoption Policy???

    brillohead replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I grew up knowing I wasn't wanted. It really, really sucks. Prayers for that poor
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    Heroin withdrawal

    brillohead replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is just barbaric. The baby didn't do anything wrong, so why was he punishing the
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    Foley placement BEFORE anesthesia??

    brillohead replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I ended up with an emergent c-section due to fetal distress. The anesthetist and CRNA tried a total of three times to get the spinal in me, and at that point the OB just said, "Enough! Put her out!"...
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    Vehicle for a Travel Nurse?

    brillohead replied to ImKosher's topic in Travel

    I can't even imagine travel nursing with kids in tow. My husband travels a lot and we have no family here, but I at least had friends to fall back on for help and an established relationship with a...
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    My first pedi death

    brillohead replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Pediatric

    I agree with twinmommy+2 -- talk to someone with some experience. Does your facility offer any kind of employee assistance plan? At the very least, seek out the chaplain or your charge nurse or...
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    Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    brillohead replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in nursing school in Michigan (ADN program at a community college), and we can start IVs in Med-Surg III after completing our lab day on IV starts early in the semester. We don't always get a...
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    Eating with NGT?

    brillohead replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just wanted to address this little bit -- unless the patient is on neutropenic precautions, you do not need to use STERILE water to administer meds via NG or PEG tube -- tap water is sufficient. You...
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    ASN or BSN ????

    brillohead replied to Dyoungbl001's topic in General Students

    Finish the ASN/ADN, then go on to get your BSN -- much cheaper that way! I will get my ADN this May, then I'm going to take a year or two off before going back to an RN-to-BSN bridge program. The...
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    Skype Interview with Cruise Line

    brillohead replied to EMSnut45's topic in Travel

    It might be the doc giving the ship-wide orders, but the NURSES would be the ones carrying out those orders in the vast majority of cases, no? Or do you actually think that the physicians are the ones...
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    Skype Interview with Cruise Line

    brillohead replied to EMSnut45's topic in Travel

    A cruise ship nurse is not a typical travel nurse position, however. You're comparing apples and lasagna
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    How young is too young...?

    brillohead replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    In the state of Michigan, there is no "legal" age for leaving a child alone -- it all has to do with whether the child is being properly cared for, which all depends on the child's ability and comfort...
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    How young is too young...?

    brillohead replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever the child is ready. Some kids are ready at ten. Some kids aren't ready at
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    Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    brillohead replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

    TV shows. ER, Gray's Anatomy, etc. Everyone gets fixed, even if they have some obscure zebra disease, before the end of the
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    Skype Interview with Cruise Line

    brillohead replied to EMSnut45's topic in Travel

    Just curious, are you with one of the "major" lines cruising out of a North American port? Have you ever worked with any other
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    High divorce rate among nurses? Why?

    brillohead replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses tend to be "control freaks" in some way, shape, or form. Codependent, adult children of alcoholics, manipulative/controlling parents, etc. People who come from a dysfunctional family of...