brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Clinical Hair

    brillohead replied to VampsGal2009's topic in General Students

    Awww, thanks! Wish I could take credit, but God did the hard part! (and it's not really THAT red -- my bathroom lighting really brings out the
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    Clinical Hair

    brillohead replied to VampsGal2009's topic in General Students

    I'm thinking that you haven't learned the gazillion and one different ways to put hair up into a bun. I have curly hair that is pretty long and moderately thick, and I usually brush mine out and...
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    Gifts for OB/L&D

    brillohead replied to pdsm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    FYI, most facilities don't allow neck lanyards anymore -- strangulation hazard. And I agree with the others -- very thoughtful of you to think of doing something like
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    selling ATI books?

    brillohead replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Students

    They weren't actually free -- they were included in your tuition and/or
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    ATI predictor retake

    brillohead replied to asabater's topic in General Students

    Didn't you look at your ATI results to get the focused review information? You can use that to study only what you
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    Why do doctors do this to me?

    brillohead replied to qqu9569's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Having just finished my Med-Surg I rotation, I'm glad that the hospital I was assigned to for clinical basically had standard orders for every patient. Unless specifically contraindicated for some...
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    De-bining Books???

    brillohead replied to mamayogibear's topic in General Students

    A classmate gets his books spiral bound into halves to make them easier to work with. Nice thing about the spiral binding is that the pages lie flat on your
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    Textbooks: Have you tried international editions?

    brillohead replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Not only do I buy international editions for SIGNIFICANTLY reduced prices, I then sell them on Craigslist afterward to someone going to my school -- I advertise it for about $5 less than the bookstore...
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    Pass/fail at your school

    brillohead replied to NSGstudent12's topic in General Students

    My ADN program requires a 78% final grade in every class (77.9999999% is a fail). You can fail exams as long as they don't bring your final grade below 78%. Failing clinical means you fail the...
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    Clinicals in nursing homes?

    brillohead replied to ExodusPaige66's topic in General Students

    I'm still choking on the $40K... my community college ADN will be under $10K, and that's with me paying out-of-district
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    Medication/Pharmacy errors...

    brillohead replied to ObtundedRN's topic in Patient Medications

    That's NOT the same as saying it was done intentionally.... all they were saying is that the pharmacy employees in question didn't really give a rat's patootie -- they didn't do it on purpose...
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    Why on earth!

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

    Jealous that some of you have OPTIONS for scrubs in nursing school. We have ONE manufacturer and ONE line and ONE color to purchase from. Pants come with cargo drawstring or regular elastic waist,...
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    Can a hernia be considered a hemrhoid and vice versa?

    brillohead replied to WKredz5's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A hemorrhoid is a varicose vein of the rectum/orifice. They may or may not protrude out of the body (internal hemorrhoids stay inside the rectum. Hemorrhoids carry an increased risk of thrombosis or...
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    BSN or NOT

    brillohead replied to nurseadc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You keep saying you need seven pre-req classes to even enter into the BSN program.... that just seems wrong to me, and judging by the comments of others here, nobody else is understanding it either....
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    Clinical Post Conference

    brillohead replied to lansgrl123's topic in General Students

    My med-surg clinical instructor does about a 20-minute pre-conference where she assigns us our patients and talks about anything we need to know about that's happening on the unit. Then an hour...
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    Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

    brillohead replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I'm doing clinicals in SW Michigan right now, and the hospital I'm at has 1:4 or 1:5 on
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    1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    brillohead replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    My ADN program has a minimum requirement of B- on pre-reqs like Anatomy and Physiology, and we still lost 50% of our class in the first semester. My Fundamentals instructor told me that research...
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    Stethoscope Dilemma!!!

    brillohead replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You could also go with a Kila -- save yourself some
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    How to hold back my crazy hair!

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

    Thanks everyone... I can't take credit for the curls or color, though -- it's all God's doing! And ScottE, my hair would need a "hairmet" the size of a super-sized
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    Singled out nursing student

    brillohead replied to Blacksheep80's topic in General Students

    We have one black male and one black female in our program... and they have as many or more friends as the rest of my classmates. What is it about you ASIDE from your pigment and your member that is...
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    To rent or not to rent?

    brillohead replied to patiently-waiting's topic in General Students

    I buddied up with a friend who's a year ahead of me in the program... she "hand-me-downs" her books when she's done with them, and then I "hand them back up" when she needs them for a subsequent...
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    What are good shoes, socks, and a watch for a nursing student?

    brillohead replied to J-Swish's topic in General Students

    Fob watches are great -- cheap AND nothing on your wrist to get in the way of all that hand-washing (or to get germies stuck in every crevice). There are a gazillion out there, but I got one of these...
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    how long for clinicals?

    brillohead replied to bayli1's topic in General Students

    It will depend on your program, but in my ADN program we have clinicals for every class except pharm... so as many semesters as you're in school, you have clinicals. I suggest you REALLY look into...
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    New Residents, Eeek!

    brillohead replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a nursing student and I've already brushed up against one of these. Reminds me of the old saying, "Be nice to nurses -- we keep doctors from killing
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    How to hold back my crazy hair!

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

    Keep your crazy hair longer and then just put it up in a bun with a hairstick. I'm the queen of crazy hair, and I can make a hairstick bun in under ten seconds and it will last for an entire shift!...