brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    "No nurses of color....."

    brillohead replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That pretty much sums it up.... Last I checked, we're all part of the "human race" so in what way, exactly, are we
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    Good Writing Skills Are Essential

    brillohead replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I posted this in a different thread the other day: A few years ago, a local philanthropist set up a fund to pay the college tuition (to any public school in this state) for every student who graduated...
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    Good Writing Skills Are Essential

    brillohead replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of my general education class requirements to get my ADN is essentially English 101. I'm going to CLEP-test my way out of that class entirely, because if I had to sit through a freshman English...
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    I need help with Fundamentals of Nursing

    brillohead replied to missk88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i posted this in another thread, and i'm just going to copy/paste it here to save time. i would recommend that you get some academic counseling from someone in the nursing department. you need to...
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    When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    brillohead replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    I wear it in a hip-clip fastened to my waistband, but I slide it around to the back of me so it's not hanging off the side of my hip to catch on doorknobs and such as I walk by. As for preferential...
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    This made me laugh

    brillohead replied to Bec7074's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, I bet the crew here at AN could come up with all kinds of drug name recommendations for that
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    Would being a patient at a clinic keep me from getting a job there?

    brillohead replied to shhhh's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Honestly, I think it really depends on the type of clinic and the type of care you're getting there. For me, I have a rare esophageal disease. Because of my experiences with that disease, I think...
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    Hair & clinical

    brillohead replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    I have a HUGE head of hair -- spiral curls, past my waist when curly, down to my vertical smile when pulled straight. Absolutely copious amounts of hair. My go-to bun can put up in less than ten...
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    Therapeutic Lying With Dementia Patients

    brillohead replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was just talking to my 12yo son about this last night. I don't remember how we got on the subject of Alzheimer's, but in the process of explaining the progression of the disease, I also explained...
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    Med-Surg & Pharm for the THIRD time.

    brillohead replied to xObabytiggerr's topic in General Students

    I'm another who will say that you should try the OPPOSITE of what you were doing to study -- it obviously isn't working for you the way you have been doing it. I would also recommend that you get some...
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    Refusing a Clinical assignment

    brillohead replied to SheldonCooperPHD's topic in General Students

    Regarding circumcision, I'm also against genital mutilation. I discussed this with my clinical instructor, and she told me that she wouldn't *force* me to observe one, but she strongly recommended...
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    College too easy for it's own good?

    brillohead replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Students

    Some thoughts... I first went to college 25 years ago for a different major (never finished). So now I'm in my 40s and going back to college for nursing. My pre-req classes were a joke -- I ended up...
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    Vent: Why I won't accompany my mother to the ER anymore

    brillohead replied to BelgianRN's topic in Emergency

    Had a different sort of experience with this last weekend. I got a call that a friend collapsed (healthy guy, no known risk factors other than dad has a couple of stents) and was rushed to ER and "it...
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    Question on skin to skin touching

    brillohead replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    My fundamentals instructor started out as a CNA back in the day. She told me they used to do peri-care with their bare hands back then. She's alive and kicking still. I'm a pretty big germophobe,...
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    Is It Just Me?

    brillohead replied to Mijourney's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be graduating next year with my ADN and I don't even want to get my BSN if I don't have to. People always say, "You can't go into management if you don't have a BSN" -- but here's a newsflash.......
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    brillohead replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    (Nursing student, not a nurse yet, but...) When a friend collapses at his son's baseball game with CPR all the way to the emergency room, and you spend 36 straight hours in the ICU playing Medical...
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    What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    brillohead replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    You must be my sister from another mother! If you ever start having problems with dysphagia, shoot me an email and I can give you some pointers on things to look
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    Leaving the emergency room for endoscopy

    brillohead replied to cadency's topic in Gastroenterology

    I'm so glad that my perspective was helpful to you! As I said, I'm an old pro at EGDs now, plus I've gone the other end as well. If there's anything I can help you with from the patient's...
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    Should small ones count? (BMs, that is)

    brillohead replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    As long as it's not
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    CNA class along with first semester Nursing Classes?

    brillohead replied to heroldbe's topic in General Students

    Hospitals in my area will hire you to work as a PCA even without the CNA certification provided you've completed your first Med-Surg clinical rotation. So you may be able to save yourself the cost of...
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    I Sure Could Use Some Help in Psyc.

    brillohead replied to Java Mama's topic in General Students

    My instructor highly recommends this book: Mental Health Nursing: Reviews & Rationales by Mary Ann Hogan...
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    Is it possible.....

    brillohead replied to Charon G's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I almost overflowed the hat in my commode the morning after my
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    Nursing and sexual abuse history

    brillohead replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, you can let your clinical instructors know about what's going on with you and ask that they assign you patients accordingly. They can assign you a cooperative, A&Ox3 male who...
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    IV help

    brillohead replied to CherrySyrup BSN RN CPN's topic in Patient Medications

    is there any particular book that you think is especially helpful? i'm a student nurse right now, but would really like to get a better grasp of all things iv-related before starting my med-surg iii...
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    Distance from hospital to apartment

    brillohead replied to Italia61703's topic in Travel

    If you end up with a situation where you only have a few hours turnaround from when you get home to when you leave for the next shift, you may want to look into staying at the hospital in an on-call...