Naturally Brilliant BSN, RN

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    Tell me about your week in Acute dialysis.

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Sabab20's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I wish I had more support during machine troubleshooting issues or complications. I have a little bit of anxiety when it's my third patient of the day - and that means nobody is there at the hospital...
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    Tell me about your week in Acute dialysis.

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Sabab20's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks! What's up with y'all not taking breaks, though? I always just take a lunch break either between my 1st and 2nd, or my 2nd and 3rd, patients. If the patients get dialyzed later, then too bad...
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    Tell me about your week in Acute dialysis.

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Sabab20's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oh wow, you guys have some real horror stories for lengthy days! At my company as a full-time acutes nurse I do three shifts in a day (meaning three patients). I'm still relatively new to dialysis,...
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    Too ugly to be a nurse..?!?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to RandomNurse2b1's topic in General Nursing

    ... This has to be one of the oddest AllNurses posts I've ever read. You're going to school to become a nurse, not Trump's next wife. You're entering a respectable profession that utilizes your...
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    When and Why Nurses Are Leaving the Workforce

    Naturally Brilliant replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I've read online that big companies like HCA are encouraging their older nurse workers to take call-center-style jobs to remain in the workforce. I think it remains to be seen how effective that
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    I'm working in dialysis but will be doing a Psych NP program. Should I quit my job?

    Naturally Brilliant posted a topic in Psychiatric

    So I'm enrolled in a Psych NP program for the fall semester. I recently took a job in acute dialysis back in early March and am in training for it now since I figured it may be easier with my school...
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    3rd shift and bf

    Naturally Brilliant replied to klance's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to be Captain Obvious here, but get a day shift job. I'm a singleton and I left a night-shift job in my MICU after about a year and a half chiefly because being up every night when I wasn't at...
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    New dialysis nurse in training

    Naturally Brilliant replied to ClumsyOne's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm new to dialysis but not new to nursing (I left an ICU RN job to give this a try). I'm in my third week (out of six) of tech training, and feel a bit disillusioned. The machine set-up, I've...
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    Techs vs. RNs in Outpatient Dialysis

    Naturally Brilliant replied to MrsRN86's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I don't know why people keep saying that acutes has really long hours, though. When I worked in a medical ICU, I'd come in an hour early to look up my patients, so report would be a breeze, and if the...
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    Techs vs. RNs in Outpatient Dialysis

    Naturally Brilliant replied to MrsRN86's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Sorry if I'm resurrecting this thread, but I have a question for you all. I'm an RN who left their ICU job to give dialysis a try. I'm going to end up working in the acute (hospital) setting. Right...
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    Federal Nurse Staffing Bill Comparison

    Naturally Brilliant replied to NursesTakeDC's topic in General Nursing

    I most certainly will NOT be giving any money or signing up as an ANA member after reading
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    How to handle condescending doctor

    Naturally Brilliant replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a MICU until recently as an RN, so let me throw in my two cents here. If you feel that you have clinically significant data that the physician HAS to know about, you can ask him/her...
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    PMHNP at Midwestern State University

    Naturally Brilliant replied to mrsannRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I had to call the secretary and get clarification about the ScoreItNow! thing. According to ETS that isn't offered in a proctored setting, although the secretary told me you can take it proctored at...
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    PMHNP at Midwestern State University

    Naturally Brilliant replied to mrsannRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Same here. I applied for
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    MWSU PMHNP program almost done!

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Dude,RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have a few questions about the Midwestern State NP programs. Since I live in Austin, how often would I have to travel to Wichita Falls (pretty far from ATX!) for the program? Is it difficult to do...
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    UTHSCSA Accelerated BSN Summer 2015

    Naturally Brilliant replied to lalapenna's topic in Texas Nursing

    Also, I live and work in Austin. If I got admitted I may seek to find fellow Austinites who'd be interested in carpooling to SA with
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    UTHSCSA Accelerated BSN Summer 2015

    Naturally Brilliant replied to lalapenna's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi folks. I applied to this program! I took my TEAS V two days ago, and got an 88.7%. I'm not sure if that's a good score or not, but according to those past admissions profiles I think my score's...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a tech (nursing assistant), not a nurse, but I'm certain that this topic is equally applicable to LVNs and registered nurses alike, so I wanted to bring it up. I currently work two jobs (one...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Undoubtedly there's people there who don't like me. Just like there would be people everywhere who don't like me. That's how life goes. But I really can't care what they think of me since I have no...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks guys. Lots of great advice given here, and plenty for me to think about deeply on. I'll certainly keep my PRN job until the end of the year, and will most likely continue in it for the time...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What do you suggest as the alternative? Being tolerant of a culture that promotes hostility or workplace
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for replying. I really liked it! Communication's a skill and an art, it seems. I think we've all been in that situation where something is needed immediately, and if someone said "We need a...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm dwelling on what you're saying. As a tech, I do recognize that I'm on the bottom of the totem pole of this hospital hierarchy, so to speak, but I have too much self-respect to let someone chew me...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And in all fairness, I'm not asking everyone else to transform themselves from Negative Nancies into bursts of positivity. I've worked in health care long enough to know you've got your grouches and...
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    Is it normal to quit a job because the culture isn't welcoming?

    Naturally Brilliant replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not a hypocrite. I practice what I preach. It's absolutely normal for me to thank a nurse for help or to say it was great working with them at the end of the