brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Why do we do codes?

    brillohead replied to scrubs0204's topic in General Nursing

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]24916[/ATTACH] This is what gets to me. I work on a cardiopulmonary floor filled with congestive heart failure patients and COPD patients (and often CHF patients with COPD as well)....
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    Why do patients.....?

    brillohead replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    For the problem patients, I have them keep their eyes closed entirely -- just relaxed, not scrunched up. Then I drop the med on the medial corner of their eye and have them open the eye. The med...
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    Crushing Oral Medications...New Regulation

    brillohead replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was in nursing school, I had a patient with a PEG tube who had 8-10 meds that needed to be crushed and administered via PEG. My clinical instructor made me crush each one individually and...
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    Do you make appointments?

    brillohead replied to SwirlyGreenMom's topic in School

    Someone posted an idea here a while back that sounds like it would help with things like this. It was a pre-printed pass where the teacher had to check off the box for the reason for the visit (with...
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    How do I start my own Private duty nursing?

    brillohead replied to Karilynnmorgan's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Sure, you can PM me if you want. Or just post your questions here in a new topic and get input from lots of people, not just
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    Rehab, feeding tubes, & constipation

    brillohead replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Colace, Miralax, etc., administered on a scheduled basis (rather than PRN, at which point it's too late) will keep things moving
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    Too many screening questions?

    brillohead replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I work the floor, at night, and I'm soooooo sick and tired of the intrusive personal questions on the admission process! It seems like these are things that could be either handled by the registration...
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    What would you think if you saw this patient?

    brillohead replied to coffeemamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The only GI-related thing I can think of would be achalasia, which is the loss of myelin sheathing of the nerves of the esophagus, which causes a loss of peristaltic function in the esophagus (stomach...
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    Charting Bloopers

    brillohead replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Many of our doctors use a speech-to-text program for their progress notes. Many of our doctors are foreign-born, with the accents that come from not speaking English as one's native tongue. Labetalol...
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    Too much facebook

    brillohead replied to orangelate's topic in General Nursing

    Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say/write anything you want about anybody at any time without any repercussions -- it basically just means that the government can't punish you for badmouthing...
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    Med/ surg nurse to patient ratio

    brillohead replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    Days = 3-4; Nights =
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    Customer Service and Patient Satisfaction...

    brillohead replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing

    I love this article: The Problem With Satisfied Patients -- A misguided attempt to improve healthcare has led some hospitals to focus on making people happy, rather than making them
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    Question About Starting Nursing

    brillohead replied to rva_nurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would get the ADN and then do an RN-to-BSN program online. For starters, the ADN is going to be a LOT cheaper than a BSN. (I was able to do a part-time ADN program and still work full-time and...
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    Nursing school point system

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

    Have you asked if you can retake the courses you did poorly in to get a better grade to count towards acceptance into the nursing
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    brillohead replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Or when someone is on contact-plus precautions for "rule out c-diff" when the person hasn't had a stool in 2+ days.
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    Lice suicide!

    brillohead replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    Grab your gear, we've got a body!
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    What's the best way to deter inmates from abusing the safety cell?

    brillohead replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Correctional

    Exactly why I suggested what I did. Contracts for narcotics and strict adherence to fluid restrictions and dietary limitations is one way we're coping with some of these
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    What's the best way to deter inmates from abusing the safety cell?

    brillohead replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Correctional

    I'm guessing that it's going to have to come from Administration, not from Nursing or Corrections. But my first thought is to make it so that the safety cell isn't a particularly enjoyable place to...
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    is CA BRN unfair?

    brillohead replied to nursefromcali's topic in International Nursing

    What?????
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    Nursing jobs that are not in the emergency department?

    brillohead replied to Kaitlyn.w's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever been INSIDE a hospital? Because the Emergency Department is just one very small part of the rest of the hospital. Go look at the floor directory for your local hospital and you'll get...
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    Witnessing Consent

    brillohead replied to Apples&Oranges's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights, so this is rarely an issue for me. But we did have an episode once where a day nurse gave the off-going night nurse a hard time for not getting the patient to sign their consent for a...
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    Orders from hell...

    brillohead replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, man, what I wouldn't give for this order most
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    Do you think nurses get special treatment?

    brillohead replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    My dogs' veterinarian put a note in their files that "mommy is an RN". I don't get preferential treatment, per se (I still pay full price, etc.), but it lets the staff know that they don't have to...
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    Anyone know about Labor Laws?

    brillohead replied to iowaALF-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our company's policy is that you can only use PTO for five weekends a year -- any other weekends off must be switched with someone else. But that's just how our company handles it, not because of...
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    PICC Lines - To clamp or not.

    brillohead replied to raskol's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who got blisters from the adhesive on the Statlock that the "wings" of the PICC snap into. His dressing changes were weekly, and I moved the Statlock each time, because the skin...