BriRN

BriRN

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  1. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

    BriRN replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    Here's mine! I love it!

  2. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

    BriRN replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    love

  3. Just trying to survive

    BriRN replied to brokenroads27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the kind words.. I do appreciate them.. It's just very hard starting when everyone I talk to about my pts wants to eat me! (i know, ridiculous, but its how i feel) thank you for the...

  4. OMG I don't think I can do this job

    BriRN replied to Ado Annie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i made a med error recently.... like 5 weeks on orientation. Oh my gosh was it such a reality check and a kick in the gut.... I was feeling way too confident with my med pass I suppose and gave 3x...

  5. Just trying to survive

    BriRN replied to brokenroads27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i'm in the same boat as you... i truly enjoy nursing, but like with my floor (like any floor), its sooo busy, i forget stuff all the time. i double check everything - charting, mars - but always...

  6. Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    BriRN replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell you the last time I ate on a 12 hour daylight

  7. Defining nursing with a single word...

    BriRN replied to tgyles's topic in General Nursing

    migraine.

  8. Positive TB & New Employment

    BriRN replied to paperbagdove245's topic in General Nursing

    Mine sometimes reads as positive - depends on who looks at it. the red area gets huge and very itchy, but the thing is, it isn't indurated, so im usually

  9. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    BriRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My italian greyhound broke his leg as a puppy. I was soo torn up about it and cried and cried, so when he came home from getting plates in his leg, I was his personal "nurse". I made sure his cast...

  10. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

    BriRN replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    Id love to post mine, but i can't figure out how to attach

  11. Unsafe Staffing

    BriRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Everybody, I need some assistance. Here's my deal - I graduated last spring and spent a long time looking for a job - it came down between two hospitals. One hospital is one that is five minutes...

  12. Unsafe Staffing

    BriRN replied to BriRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Do-Over Hello, I work on a Cardio/pulm/tele unit. On daylight my ratios are 4:1, evening 5:1, and night 6:1. Today the manager put ratios at 5:1 on daylight for our three newest nurses off...

  13. I have THE BEST job ever <3

    BriRN replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    That's awesome!! I'm sooo glad to hear someone likes their job off orientation!!

  14. "That's where they keep big needles to stick bad little boys."

    BriRN replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch... that's like the most horrible idea

  15. Any hospitals out there doing 8 hr shifts?

    BriRN replied to kacm74's topic in General Nursing

    Western PA! we have 12's and

  16. Do you think nursing would be more advanced as a profression if...

    BriRN replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree! This is coming from a woman too by the way... Look at the way dr's are viewed... it's mostly men, and when there is a woman doctor, it's out of the norm, and sometimes, she isn't...

  17. Oxygen Question

    BriRN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anything was wrong with you having the pt on 4 L if his sats were 95%... I could be wrong