brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    brillohead replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    I totally get what you're saying, and I agree with you about the over-dramatizers. But I'm one of the lucky ones who is physiologically doomed to be a "power-retcher". I have an esophageal disease...
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    Scrubs in the Emergency Department

    brillohead replied to Krystall's topic in Emergency

    I wouldn't want to wear anything that I couldn't wash in HOT water, and I can't imagine dress pants/skirts holding up to that kind of treatment for
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    Help!!!!!Please

    brillohead replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

    Ask the nurses there if you can borrow one of their brain sheets... theirs is probably set up to work with the flow of the unit
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    YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    brillohead replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I have a rare esophageal disease, and I *love* seeing student doctors because I can give them an earful! When I was waiting to see a knee doc, I gave his student a full lesson in my disease, and let...
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    Does nursing home experience count the same as hospital experience?

    brillohead replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    I have a year to go until I'm a new grad, but I'm planning (if a GN position isn't an option upon graduation) to work LTC to get some experience, then apply to an acute care facility after I have some...
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    Advice from commuters on how to survive 12-hr shifts??

    brillohead replied to makunc's topic in General Nursing

    A big container of small crunchy cereal can help... pick the pieces up one at a time and eat them one at a time to make it last the whole drive -- I've never nodded off when eating. Just watch the...
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    Pyxis for the uninitiated

    brillohead replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help with the Wallaroo concept, but I can with the Murphy Bed -- click HERE to see examples. It's a bed that folds down from the wall, then flips back up into its cabinet when not
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    Is this nitpicking or does the instructor dislike her?...

    brillohead replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    Also, my program has a "one set of stud earrings in the lobe only" policy. Any other piercings need to be covered with a bandage or removed. It's spelled out clearly before starting the program, and...
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    Is this nitpicking or does the instructor dislike her?...

    brillohead replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    In my program, we can't give ANY medication -- not even a PO Tylenol -- without the CI being present, even with the primary nurse's permission and supervision. I've had primary RNs hand me meds to...
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    Bad A&P teacher, nursing school consequences?

    brillohead replied to Melseal's topic in General Students

    I'm another who thinks that A&P isn't such a big deal for nursing school. I would get a book like "Pathophysiology for Dummies" (or similar) if you have trouble with certain disease processes...
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    Pyxis for the uninitiated

    brillohead replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    The machines I've seen have some big drawers with smaller compartments (the machine tells you which # compartment to get your meds from, and how many you're supposed to remove) for the "basic" meds...
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    "Alive Inside" Documentary

    brillohead replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    It's making the rounds on Facebook via a YouTube version as
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    So Sad, Too Bad

    brillohead replied to ClearBlueOctoberSky's topic in General Nursing

    I was doing my daily catching up of half a dozen pages, then I get to the part where it says "Topic Closed" and then the ranting and gnashing of teeth
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    brillohead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    fixed that for
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    brillohead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Recipe is the correct spelling. And don't forget stir-fry! Oh, and Egg Foo Young... get it? I'm so
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    Lying about a med to a psych patient

    brillohead replied to cel58's topic in Emergency

    patient was a nursing student,
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    Stupid things doctors do?!

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

    No, I was thinking of things like the doctor who goes barreling down the hall and runs into someone holding a bedpan, the contents of which then get dumped all down the front of the doctor. Stuff that...
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    A- Tisket, A- Tasket any Ideas for our basket????

    brillohead replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe even a form printed out for them to write down phone numbers that they may not think of / have available "when the time comes" and they need to make phone calls. Leave spaces for various family...
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    Stupid things doctors do?!

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

    I wonder how much differently this thread would have been received if it had simply been worded "funny/silly" things instead of
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    brillohead replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    How about a "just let it go, everyone" fashion for a change? The finger-pointing gets sooooo old, and with an election year on top of everything else, we're bombarded constantly with left vs right...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    brillohead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Couldn't be you, OCNRN63, for a multitude of reasons: --you capitalize the first word of every sentence. --you capitalize the word "I". --you use punctuation. --your punctuation is used correctly....
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    brillohead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Now that the weather is warmer, can I still be a Special Suzy
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    brillohead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    ADN Program Failure rate

    brillohead replied to omaragg's topic in General Students

    I've heard from an instructor in my program that nationally getting a B+ in A&P is a good indicator of ability to successfully complete a nursing program. My school, being a community college...
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    Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    brillohead replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats, blinky -- you passed this