Bklyn_RN

Bklyn_RN

Medsurg, Homecare, Infusion, Psych/Detox

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  1. My beautiful self..

    Bklyn_RN replied to youshallbehealed's topic in General Nursing

    Just be polite, assertive and speak intelligently at all times. Also do not answer personal questions. You are only one of many beautiful persons that they will come into contact with during the...

  2. Being Naked Where I Work: A Nurse With Cancer

    Bklyn_RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish you all the best. I am a very modest person myself when it comes to nudity. But I remember when I was having my son and the room was filled with medical students. It was at a teaching

  3. Shady S/R practices. . .

    Bklyn_RN replied to BSNBritt's topic in Psychiatric

    You should leave. Remember that witnessing pt abuse and not reporting it makes you just as

  4. Afraid I started a hostile situation

    Bklyn_RN replied to 33762FL's topic in General Nursing

    First, you need to grow a spine. How are you going to advocate for your pts if you are too afraid to advocate for yourself. This "senior RN" doesn't like you and probably never will. But if you stand...

  5. Ritalin prescribed for daydreaming...

    Bklyn_RN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a psych nurse I see how the unsuspecting gets swept along. There is a documentary, The Marketing of Madness. Watch it. There was a time that shyness was okay. Now thanks to big pharma, its "social...

  6. Where do we draw the line with abuse towards nurses?

    Bklyn_RN replied to Jahans Mommy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Welcome to my world as a psych nurse. Pts team up with each other against the staff. Management often assume right off the bat that the staff is the one who is wrong. They side with the pt because...

  7. Accused by a patient's family member of not assessing

    Bklyn_RN replied to rcsprauer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Been down this road many times. Defend yourself vigorously. Get others who can back you up to do so. Whether in writing or a call to the manager or the pt relation rep who is on the case. Its helps if...

  8. Is this nitpicking or does the instructor dislike her?...

    Bklyn_RN replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    The instructor may be thinking that she is incompetent and a liability. Especially since they drill you in lab and theory a billion times before they allow you near the real thing in clinicals. A...

  9. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    Bklyn_RN replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Such honesty is refreshing. I feel exactly the same way. If you have ever had your shift held hostage by these professional manipulators then you can relate. They are insatiable. I find them repulsive...

  10. The good, the bad, and the ugly about home health

    Bklyn_RN replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in Home Health

    The bad: 1) Very high staff turnover. 2) As the newbie you will get the pts that no one else wants. 3) Parking issues and parking tickets, if in urban area. 4) Pt's who do answer the door or...

  11. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    Bklyn_RN replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to my world of straight up drug addicts wanting more and more drugs. Please keep in mind that a doctor can write an order for anything he chooses. However it is the nurse who administered it...

  12. Ancillary Workers; What we can do to help

    Bklyn_RN replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    I find that people who treat others crappy at work usually have someone above them treating them crappy. It's how they redeem themselves. When you start working as a nurse it doesn't get better....

  13. HHC Woodhull Hospital RNs?

    Bklyn_RN replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in New York Nursing

    I love it. It is a very large hospital. Also the staff is diverse. I meet people from all over the

  14. Fake Nurses

    Bklyn_RN replied to Girlygirl69's topic in General Nursing

    Like a nurse does not equate to being a nurse. People should not lie to their children, because it teaches children that its ok to

  15. Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn?

    Bklyn_RN replied to brooklynne's topic in New York Nursing

    Brookdale is in a working class neighbourhood. And plus you have to be careful everywhere. Even on the upper west

  16. HHC City Hospital hiring process

    Bklyn_RN replied to aye125RN's topic in New York Nursing

    No I was not. But in my orientation group were two new

  17. HHC City Hospital hiring process

    Bklyn_RN replied to aye125RN's topic in New York Nursing

    I was fortunate, I submitted my online application (2009) and the nurse recruiter called me the next day. I was hired at the interview but it took a while thereafter to actually start orientation,...

  18. What does "charge nurse" mean to you?

    Bklyn_RN replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I always think of a charge nurse in legal terms. As in the legal implications that comes with that role. You really are accountable for everything on your tour. If there is a lawsuit, the question...

  19. Visiting nurse: questions

    Bklyn_RN replied to girlleyla's topic in Home Health

    I would not recommend it for a new

  20. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    Bklyn_RN replied to oxyjen's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Just today a PA wrote an order for a wet to dry dressing. I refused to pick up the order. The wound care nures was telling me a hospital can be sited by JACHO for doing wet to

  21. A Lesson in Family, Ethics and End of Life

    Bklyn_RN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Thank

  22. Psych, sex, and cigarettes

    Bklyn_RN replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I think a facility that allow the mentally ill to have sex, do so at its own legal peril. Some pts are very manipulative, its what they know and have done all their life. some of the mentally ill are...

  23. Incident report for infiltrated vein?

    Bklyn_RN replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    Redhaired Charting is a double edged sword. It can cover you and it can also expose you. My rule of thumb is that I chart as though I know my notes are going to be read in court. Litigation is an...

  24. Incident report for infiltrated vein?

    Bklyn_RN replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    Happened to me yesterday. Was making my morning rounds and found an infiltrated IV. Removed, notified MD and nursing supervisor, applied compress, instructed pt to keep hand elevated, entered note in...

  25. Sickle Cell Crisis and pain management?

    Bklyn_RN replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    An inconvenient truth is that there are sicklers who have become addicted to highly addictive narcotics (read the drug info insert for dilaudid etc). Also a sickle cell crisis can be as painful as...