brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Student Nurse Clinical Site

    brillohead replied to nursemichelle04's topic in School

    I had ZERO interest in school nursing and ZERO interest in psych nursing, but I still paid attention, asked if there was anything I could do to help, etc., during those rotations!!! It also sounds...
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    On that call light every 5-10 minutes

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

    For the ones that I think are just lonely, I offer to call the hospital chaplain to come and chat with them. I'm fortunate that our facility has a chaplain on site 24/7/365, and they're happy to come...
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    WILTW 1/22: Cozy Up To Gas Exchange

    brillohead replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    If a dialysis patient experiences bleeding at the ash cath, do NOT apply pressure at the spot where the catheter enters the body -- that's not where the blood is coming from. Instead, apply pressure...
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    Should I self report?

    brillohead replied to Sunnywd's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if someone forgot to refill their own scrip for Lopressor, and they're just taking one from the Pyxis every day instead? Or if they took a whole handful to take some home to get them through...
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    Should I self report?

    brillohead replied to Sunnywd's topic in General Nursing

    Why do they think YOU were the one who pulled out extra? Lopressor isn't a counted med (at least, not anyplace I've ever worked)... anyone who ever got into that cubie (or that entire drawer, if it's...
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    Gait Belt in the Shower?

    brillohead replied to newnurse703's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Get your supervisor's input. If your agency has a policy, you need to be doing whatever your agency states, not whatever strangers on the internet say. My question is, how are you going to hold a gait...
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    Falsifying documentation

    brillohead replied to jigi888's topic in General Nursing

    My comment is regarding the OP's multiple attempts to get us to say what kind of discipline needs to happen to the other nurse. If the OP isn't management, it's none of OP's business what kind of...
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    Norovirus going around!

    brillohead replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    Just be diligent with your hand-washing. Fomites, fomites, fomites! You're only going to get it if you eat someone else's poop, and the best way to avoid doing that is to make sure you're washing...
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    Falsifying documentation

    brillohead replied to jigi888's topic in General Nursing

    We can't tell you what we would do as a manager, no matter how badly you seem to want to hear, "Your manager needs to fire her!" We aren't there, we don't know the nurse, we don't know you, we don't...
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    Unemployment during the summer

    brillohead replied to verdeacres's topic in School

    Another option would be Private Duty Nursing. Agencies around here will take anyone willing to work any hours for patients on the Medicaid waiver
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    Does LVN experience count?

    brillohead replied to LaJollalove's topic in Travel

    I don't know of any hospitals in my area that hire LPNs at all -- it's RN or nothing. You can certainly get your LPN license and work in a LTC facility or in private duty nursing to get experience...
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    Feasible Way to Be an RN While Traveling?

    brillohead replied to Swimming-duck's topic in Travel

    Other things to keep in mind... when you're in nursing school, your husband will, in all likelihood, be working just three shifts/week. He can take over a large portion of the homeschooling duties...
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    Why SAH or aneurysm need midodrine HCL?

    brillohead replied to kinmei's topic in Patient Medications

    This sounds like a homework question.... what are your thoughts about what's going on
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    Horribly under staffed unit. What can be done?

    brillohead replied to bear94's topic in General Nursing

    It's definitely a management thing. Regarding sign-on bonuses, as an existing staffer, I would be FURIOUS if I were busting my butt, picking up extra shifts for months on end, etc., and some newbie...
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    For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    brillohead replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    When my son was in elementary school, spelling and grammar were not even considerations (outside of the every-Friday-morning spelling test). When I talked to the teachers about it (because it REALLY...
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    Where do you keep your trauma shears?

    brillohead replied to Nurse326's topic in General Nursing

    All my scrub tops have four pockets on the front (a double pocket on the left and the right). My scissors are in the front left pocket, along with my highlighter and my Sharpie and my red pen. My...
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    My Rude Awakening!!

    brillohead replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    Now that you have experience under your belt, OP, go get a job at another facility and be done with
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    PCP refuses to release client's labs despite signed consent/release

    brillohead replied to smartblnde's topic in General Nursing

    Another vote for requesting results directly from the lab. You have a signed consent form -- just get the lab results from the lab itself, no doctor in the
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    brillohead replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, that will definitely stop the seizing (among other
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    ER rushing patients to the floor

    brillohead replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital offers telemetry on all units. MOST tele patients are placed on the cardio floor, but occasional med-surg, ortho, or neuro patients ALSO need tele monitoring while hospitalized, so they...
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    ER rushing patients to the floor

    brillohead replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Getting a transfer is a lot different than getting an admission, paperwork and time-wise. Also, my ED's waiting room is often full of "headache x 5 months" or "vomit x 1 occurrence 20 minutes PTA"...
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    Superstitious

    brillohead replied to fcp4life's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is built in "wings" with the single and teen room numbers in one wing, then the 20s and 30s in another wing, and the 40s and 50s in another wing. It's just a coincidence that the wing...
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    ER rushing patients to the floor

    brillohead replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I think that for safety's sake, there needs to be a moratorium on admissions for an hour before and two hours after each shift change. Sending a patient up at 0700 or 1900 is simply not safe --...
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    White Scrubs and That "Time of the Month".

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

    There are several kinds of "period panties" available on the market now... check some out at this
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    Why choose a 2-step TB skin test vs. TB blood test?

    brillohead replied to micheljd's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand your math. Skin test @ $50 x 2 = $100. Blood test = $129. How is the blood test