brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    brillohead replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    both reduce the chances of the hospital being held liable for personal injury. how is it not the same? (note that i said "reduce" not "eliminate" -- there are no guarantees in life.... or death)...
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    Labor and delivery nurse interview soon! Welp!

    brillohead replied to grceRN25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Am I the only one who finds it funny that "welp" ("]whelp) is in the title of an OB/GYN thread? (And OT, but I've never understood... what is "welp" supposed to stand for? Some hybridization of...
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    Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    brillohead replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We had to have the 2011-2012 influenza vaccination by mid-October or we would be restricted from clinicals for the rest of this semester and all of next semester (exceptions allowed only for those...
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    Washing patient's hair!!!

    brillohead replied to Blueberries's topic in General Nursing

    I wash my own hair with diluted conditioner instead of shampoo. Harsh detergents cause the scalp's oil glands to go into hyper-production mode to replace the moisture that has been stripped, which...
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    Catheterization Expiriences

    brillohead replied to ubsjl's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've been told, the pre-test does find balloons that are defective on first inflation, but it will also result in more "second inflation" ruptures -- balloons that would have been fine if...
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    Is it possible to get a tech job in the winter semester of last year?

    brillohead replied to Grabbystripes's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hospitals in my area will hire you as a PCT/aide if you're a student in an RN program and have completed your first Med-Surg clinical rotation. Call around to hospitals and LTC facilities in your area...
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    How many people did you lose?

    brillohead replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    We started with 80 in January 2011, and we probably lost about 15-20 of those after Fundamentals (first semester) and another 10-15 after Med-Surg I. It's kind of hard to keep an exact count,...
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    Can you solve this drug calculation?

    brillohead replied to Etck2009's topic in General Students

    Ditto -- anything like this coming up on an exam in my class would find the first student coming across the question going up to the desk and asking the instructor for
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    What do I need to bring?

    brillohead replied to JessiekRN's topic in Emergency

    Mcnasties..... I have a new favorite
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    Catheterization Expiriences

    brillohead replied to ubsjl's topic in General Nursing

    Just FYI, they're teaching us now not to "pre-test" the balloon -- it can enlarge the tube, making insertion more painful, and it hasn't been shown to decrease the number of balloon failures. One...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    brillohead replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Mineral oil / baby oil is great for softening ear wax -- cheap and easy to buy,
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    Clinicals, and Job Offers

    brillohead replied to sj73201's topic in General Nursing

    My clinical instructor for my Med-Surg I rotation specifically told us to save our photo ID badges. That hospital does a big "group interview/orientation" type day every spring for soon-to-be-grads...
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    Long distance trials patient?

    brillohead replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    The chances of a European doctor speaking English are probably around 97%. Give it a try, the worst that can happen is they say "no" or don't
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    Are your nursing school tests timed?

    brillohead replied to tlc2u's topic in General Students

    My community college's nursing department has a formula, with a certain number of seconds-per-question depending on the question's categorization: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, and Analysis....
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    You're asking me what??

    brillohead replied to yooper13's topic in General Students

    That's an easy expectation to meet, huh?
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    Preceptorship blues

    brillohead replied to weirhead69's topic in General Students

    For a blueprint, do you mean like a "nursing brain" page, where the nurse organizes all of the day's duties for each
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    Work as a CNA while in Nursing School?

    brillohead replied to MomBak2Skool's topic in General Students

    Why not work in LTC for 6 months to get your experience in as a CNA, then apply to a hospital to work as a CNA and have a foot in the door for an RN job at that
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    Educate a dinosaur :D

    brillohead replied to xtxrn's topic in General Students

    I graduated high school in 1987 and my community college had no problem whatsoever accepting my ancient ACT
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    Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

    brillohead replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    But they weren't talking about at your place of employment.... and your comments were not relevant to the discussion at hand. So maybe it's YOUR "notches" that are a bit out of whack
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    "Make sure to get induced...everyone does it!"

    brillohead replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Check to see if your area has Certified Nurse Midwives.... most of the OB offices in my area have CNMs with hospital rights, and you can get the "midwife" experience while still having the benefit of...
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    "Make sure to get induced...everyone does it!"

    brillohead replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm doing my OB rotation right now, and I'm seeing a lot of "augmentations" of labor on my unit. The only true induction I've seen was for someone who was 39-5 and she was losing her health insurance...
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    Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

    brillohead replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    I don't want to speak for anyone, but just give my perspective on what crabalot said. I read this as saying b/c the 212 BS wasn't a big deal, the other nurse's complaint about that aspect was
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    Advice to the LTC nurse...

    brillohead replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Emergency

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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

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

    Most of the hospitals in my area are "shared governance" workplaces, although there is one that still has a nursing
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    Can a nurse make the call to change a baby to soy formula?

    brillohead replied to Smackdown's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our hospital only stocks Similac Advance / Easy Shield, and you have to have a doc's order to use the soy version. If parents want to use Enfamil or some other brand, they need to bring their