MissBrahmsRN

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 UTI/septicemia/cdiff cause i dunno..it brings in revenue?? (disclaim...

unfortunately advance directives are the most useless in a situation where they are needed most ie: family that Grandma doesnt trust to follow her wishes so she has advance directives which family promptly ignores by threatening the hospital & me...

yeah, i'm seeing those BSN managers. i was there as a 1st semester student when a manager (who has a BS in poly sci then did an accelerated BSN program then spent 30months at bedside then straight to management) told a charge RN with a diploma degre...

i personally am not a fan of the Magnet facilities. i've spent a decent amount of time in both Magnet-certified & not and frankly they are pretty much the same: both obsessed with the bottom line rather than quality patient care, both chronicall...

if i'd had the power i would have patiently explained the anatomy, etc then fired her before she could nearly smother someone else. my layperson spouse read the story too and his response? "fire her, she will kill someone then you will really be in...

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okay, this whole "I have no idea of basic human female anatomy" thing is just bumming me out...my 9yo DD knows that she has a urethra & a vagina and they are 2 different orfices with 2 different purposes!! my little son knows that girls have vag...

OMG!!! that seriously makes my skin just crawl....ewww!!!:chair:

i had a medical malpractice RN turned attorney who told me that there are many lawsuits filed against medical personnel for the "lifelong damage inflicted by MD/RN/xray tech/assistant/janitor at birth" typically around the time the child is approach...

really?? in my hospital system you are paid per years of service & that's it, paid the same hourly for OR, ER, ICU, med-surg, OB, etc. or do you mean because of the low RN-pt ratios??

i work intermediate, when we get a patient on gtts from ER or ICU we are ready with another triple pump and we exchange our pump for theirs so no need to even move lines around. and we NEVER hand-carry labs unless the tube system is down and that is...

my hospital system definitely underhires! if you dig enough you can find several articles where hospital execs freely state that it's cheaper to offer your current staff overtime rather than hire more staff. it sounds good to lots of people, i ha...

everyone that i know wants ICU for 2 things: 1- ICU RNs are worshipped. literally. in my hospital you'd think they walked on water whilst saving lives literally every minute and the "rest of the RNs in the hospital are just sitting on there asses ...

central texas = certainly no shortage!! zillions of new grads here, tons of people leaving careers (like teaching where a ton just got laid off) for "stable less-stressful careers where there will always be plenty of jobs to choose from" I thought...

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we have to do the same thing with valuables, when they come to our unit from ER we have to dig thru their crap & log all of it, how much money, cell phones, undies covered in blood & cut off (who would want to keep those??) etc. we say it ca...

my hospital system is all straight shifts, they say rotations are dangerous on the "body clock" and don't offer them. most times you are hired into a position as a new grad and when the residency is over you will go to whatever shift is shortest. r...

wow that's a good idea i will try that!

-my trick? release the tourniquet immediately after you get a good flash. i get alot of people with s*** for veins and they *always* blow if you advance with your tourniquet still on. a tip from a good friend & when i tried it my success rate ...

just be aware, CPS is very aggressive (which can be good), sometimes to the point of accidentally destroying lives. a friend's son got hurt once, they took him to the ER being the good parents they are, the ER called CPS to investigate per their pro...

i have worn Juzo knee high medium compression since day one of nursing. they are like 72% cotton so super breathable & comfy, between my support hose & my birks my feet never hurt. i have 3 pairs that i rotate thru, a pair seems to last me ...

80s with a good waveform? i'll be in there pronto or send another RN in if i am attending to something more critical. 80s with a crappy waveform that 2 secs later blanks out to "please change sensor" then goes back to nice waveform with 92% or up &...

i work nights (3 12s) and when our son was in preschool hubby got kids up & ready, took daughter to school son to preschool then he worked out at home then went to work. my daughter went home to a friends house & i picked her up then picked ...

i'm so sorry. we get attached, even when we don't mean to... for what it's worth i admire OB nurses so much. i could never do L&D or postpartum...it's usually very good but when it's bad it's so very very bad! you are truly invaluable. let y...

we have signs all over the place but the color list is so long it's ridiculous: housekeeping-royal blue RNs-navy blue PT/OT-ceil blue (you see the RNs from the OR in this color too not to mention the surgeons so whoever came up with that blue needs t...