MissBrittanyRN

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  1. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am giving the flu shots as a temporary member of the employee health team at a hospital. I respect anyone's decision to refuse the H1N1 injection and our hospital does not require it for the...

  2. Pre-employment exam???

    MissBrittanyRN replied to new2life's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    For a free standing urgent and primary care center, I had a chart that I had to fill in for injections. I believe that the patient age and route of injection were given, and we had to fill in the...

  3. Patient dies after falling in shower in the hospital!!!

    MissBrittanyRN replied to anniemichellena's topic in New York Nursing

    I just wanted to say that I am sorry for your loss. I do not have all of the details of this situation, but I am absolutely sickened by the little information that I have been

  4. Is it just me?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to mountainchickenfrog's topic in General Students

    Hi there. Can you explain what you mean by losing sight of your motivation? Most students' motivation is, of course, finishing and becoming licensed. Is it something that you are no longer interested...

  5. Maryland Hospital Starting Salaries

    MissBrittanyRN replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Anne Arundel Medical Center $26.50 (new grad) Differentials: evening = 9% night = 15% weekend =

  6. Can anyone talk to me re: Stevenson RN-BSN online option?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Thanks Nicole. I am primarily interested in the traditional face-to-face option. Did you think that participating in the online option required you to do extra unnecessary assignments that were not...

  7. Racism at clinical site...what to do?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to ybstressed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am sorry about the outcome but I admire your courage in speaking up. Just curious though, does or has your instructor worked prn or part time at that

  8. Racism at clinical site...what to do?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to ybstressed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree that this may be true, but it must not affect patient

  9. Racism at clinical site...what to do?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to ybstressed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I absolutely agree that your should report this BUT perhaps not to your clinical instructor. Hopefully you can trust your clinical instructor, but do a little research first. The only reason that I...

  10. Measuring blood pressure

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Moogie's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the BP machines that I have seen at pharamacies are taken on the wrist, now that I think about

  11. ECG & Pharmacology course

    MissBrittanyRN posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am a new grad RN and would like to become ACLS certified. I have been told by a few experienced RNs that I should be on the floor for a year or so before taking ACLS, as I may I understand it...

  12. Measuring blood pressure

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Moogie's topic in General Nursing

    I have never been taught to do this, and I am fresh out of school, but when I was a tech I once saw a charge nurse do it on a very large patient, with an automatic cuff. I am not sure if she knew how...

  13. Labor Murse Circulating for C-sections

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Glad's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We deliver about 5500 babies per year. We have our own ORs and PACU. Monday-Friday day shift, we have an "OR team" that is made up of all labor and delivery nurses and labor and delivery surgical...

  14. Can anyone talk to me re: Stevenson RN-BSN online option?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Great, thanks again! Sorry about your experience

  15. Can anyone talk to me re: Stevenson RN-BSN online option?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Thank you SnoopysAunt. That basically answered my question. I was aware that those NCLEX rates apply to a different program at the same school, and of course I want to be sure to evaluate the correct...

  16. Can anyone talk to me re: Stevenson RN-BSN online option?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I would like to enroll in Stevenson's RN to BSN program. I have heard great things, but their NCLEX pass rates concern me. I have already passed NCLEX, but I wonder about the quality of education I...

  17. Text Messaging During Lecture

    MissBrittanyRN replied to SRK77's topic in General Students

    I cannot tell if there was a correlation between the students that text and the ones who do not do well and complain about the exam material, because I rarely noticed anyone texting in my class. I...

  18. Text Messaging During Lecture

    MissBrittanyRN replied to SRK77's topic in General Students

    Their problem. If they want to waste their time and money, ya

  19. FluMist and Shedding virus to pts.

    MissBrittanyRN replied to dawngloves's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am administering seasonal flu injections and H1N1 injections and mist to employees only at a large hospital. I use gloves, although I did see something somewhere stating that it was not necessary,...

  20. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    Hate to sound unsympathic toward these parent/students, but almost all of the nurses in the PEDs unit at my hospital have children. Should we turn away all patients with contagious

  21. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    Yes, I recommend using the equipment that is already assigned to that patient. Anything else that you use, clean well with the wipes and/or spray that the hospital will supply. I would almost bet that...

  22. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    Hey there. With all due respect, why wouldnt you be given a c. diff patient? I am sure all schools are different, but we learned all of the different precautions in our first semester, and when one...

  23. advice for highschool student

    MissBrittanyRN replied to future_nurse_parent's topic in General Students

    If he wants to go into med school, I think whether or not he enters the high school CNA program depends on what the CNA program that the school offers is like. Working as a CNA may not be useful to...

  24. Sick of being a LPN

    MissBrittanyRN replied to lilaclover6984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just wanted to tell you nurses that I am sorry for what you are going through, and that I have nothing but respect for LPNs as I know that they are excellent nurses. I learned much more from the...

  25. Clinical Questions on Interviews!!! What were yours?

    MissBrittanyRN replied to Visuals's topic in General Nursing

    FYI I understand that we don't have much of an option these days to be picky about our jobs as new grads, but if you can help it, you probably want to go for the position in which the interviewer...