MissBrahmsRN

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  1. Question About Stretched Ears

    MissBrahmsRN replied to KatieMarie1127's topic in General Students

    i work with several RNs that have stretched lobes, most of them wear clear glass or plastic plugs to work. none of them are stretched larger than 1.5 inch though. nasal piercings are common, many of...

  2. Nurses~

    MissBrahmsRN replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    i just wanna know one thing....are you hiring?? to be fair, my first nurses week they had free 5 min chair massages and last year i think they had a nice meal on days and i did get a nice wooden...

  3. extremely high competition for surgery centers?

    MissBrahmsRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    i'm trying to move into outpatient surgery PACU and/or Pre-Op. i have 2 years experience in inpatient hospital critical care and still cannot seem to get a callback, even for PRN positions which is...

  4. extremely high competition for surgery centers?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to MissBrahmsRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    central

  5. Good hospitals in Austin for a Critical Care nurse?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to abigrace's topic in Texas Nursing

    i work critical care for Seton at Brack. If you like adult cardiac (including transplants) Seton Medical Center on 38th also known as Seton Main is the place for you. If you like adult heavy...

  6. Controversial new policies at Baylor!!!!

    MissBrahmsRN replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    that's absolutely ridiculous. whether people approve or not, using tobacco is LEGAL. period. testing for it, and treating it's users like hard core drug addicts is just wrong. my grandmother...

  7. Controversial new policies at Baylor!!!!

    MissBrahmsRN replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    i also meant to add, if they dont want tobacco users on our staff, well there goes about 85% of your surgical staff. including the surgeons actually they'd lose a good portion of the doctors as...

  8. Controversial new policies at Baylor!!!!

    MissBrahmsRN replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    so what makes the cut i'd like to know?!? a SBP of 130? 140? 150? what the hell sorta lab values are "acceptable?" it's my personal medical info and my boss has no business knowing my blood...

  9. Going from nights to days

    MissBrahmsRN replied to pumpkin455's topic in General Nursing

    girl, how on earth do you do it?? even when i worked days, after 12-13hrs running around at work all i had the energy for was to put my feet up & watch TV. even then i crashed usually within a...

  10. Going from nights to days

    MissBrahmsRN replied to pumpkin455's topic in General Nursing

    is your manager ok with a trial period? i had a coworker who tried days for a couple weeks then decided it wasnt for her & went back to nights, our manager was fine with the trial. if you can...

  11. Too old for ICU?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to eyeball's topic in Critical Care

    i would NEVER accept a job from a manager that said something like that unless i was desperate. he/she has told you two things right there: 1- they do not like employees who take a day off, even if...

  12. SCHEDULING/WEEKENDS

    MissBrahmsRN replied to apriloglesby's topic in General Nursing

    we dont do seniority, if you are fulltime (36hrs weekly) then you are expected to sign up for 4 weekend shifts per schedule (each schedule is 4 weeks.) the way we do holidays is everyone fills out a...

  13. Maintaining the license without work, and a general rant

    MissBrahmsRN replied to hotflashion's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Texas is not begging for nurses that's for sure. Texas is flooded with new grads & everyone with experience who can't get jobs anywhere else!! In my system we have 100+ people competing for one...

  14. Preceptor gift

    MissBrahmsRN replied to stumaxtan's topic in General Nursing

    i think i was misunderstood. in our hospital system preceptors get their normal hourly wage plus a precepting bonus (kinda like a shift diff) for precepting. so for example, say your base pay is...

  15. Preceptor gift

    MissBrahmsRN replied to stumaxtan's topic in General Nursing

    i didnt get my preceptors anything. not that i didnt appreciate all they did for me, i really do, and i was sure to tell them at the end of my residency and since i still work on the same unit I...

  16. Male nurse in L&D

    MissBrahmsRN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    there's a nurse who happens to be a male in my hospital's L&D. he's been there delivering babies for 20 years and many women have asked for him by name. i had a female OB who works there tell my...

  17. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    hey girl, i'm a night shifter & i appreciate you, i totally do. both shifts have alot of crap that goes all, all of it difficult in many ways. (i dont get many sleeping pts, where do i get...

  18. alternatives to caffeine for night shift?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to trauma_lama's topic in Health, Stress Management

    i work night shift & i dont do caffeine much cause it makes me have trouble sleeping when i go home to bed! i also get massive HA from caffeine, get jittery & nauseated. I keep a pretty...

  19. Sad cases

    MissBrahmsRN replied to AlisRN's topic in General Nursing

    i can definitely see the 2 sides you are talking about. i work critical care & i have some thoughts: 1- those ICU nurses were completely unacceptable and need to go do something else or at least...

  20. If you won the lottery would you still work in health care?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    i'd pay off our house, pay off the car, pay off my parents house, set a bunch in the bank for retirement & college then who knows...i'd probably work in healthcare again but on my terms, if they...

  21. What was your first "paying" job???

    MissBrahmsRN replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

    waited tables at 24hr restaurant. i was 16 made $2.13 hr plus tips and i loved it. had a great time at work and we were like a big family there, whenever i visit I always stop by and say hi to my...

  22. Sad cases

    MissBrahmsRN replied to AlisRN's topic in General Nursing

    patientson, i have to say your post gives me hope that there are more caring families out there than i have seen of late. a while back i had a husband who wanted his wife alive "cause her parents...

  23. What's REALLY with the hospitals using Magnet as a cover for wanting BSN only nurses?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to foreverLaur's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    i wish my ADN took me only 2 years, but that was just the nursing core. the other classes took an extra 18 months on top of that. so really, it was 3.5 years for an ADN from my college. programs...

  24. What's REALLY with the hospitals using Magnet as a cover for wanting BSN only nurses?

    MissBrahmsRN replied to foreverLaur's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    i truly meant nothing personal. please know that. i know you worked hard for your degree we all did. i myself have 110+ college credits & i am certain you have way more, i think you need nearly...

  25. Sad cases

    MissBrahmsRN replied to AlisRN's topic in General Nursing

    that's true, i never thought of that. i wish the ethics committees would get involved more often, sometimes i think the hospital likes the repeated weeks long hospitalizations for...