DeeSki

OK, so I have read that there are different ways to organize your "brains" and I believe this means your patient information that you've received on report. I have never heard it referred to this way on the floor though. Anyway, it would be great to get some advice from the experienced RNs on how to write up the sheets.

Does anyone have any tips on how to set up a report sheet in order to facilitate good organization? I graduated last week and will start my first nursing job in July. I have read that some nurses call the report sheet a "brain" and there are multiple ways to set one up to best serve your needs. Any advice would be great. Dee

Yes, that was me! I private messaged you. Dee

Are you a new freshman? Selden or Grant campus? I'm at Selden, a senior. Dee

You definitely have to go try on some shoes for yourself. I saw a lot of negative posts about Nursemates last summer when I was looking. I bought them anyway because they were the only ones in the store that were the style I needed for school (no sneakers or clogs allowed) and were wide enough for my feet. I have large feet (size 10) and lots of foot pain. These shoes do not cause me any pain. I have worn them for every clinical and recently started wearing them to work for 13 1/2 hr shifts. No pain, though my shift is mostly sitting.

I attend Suffolk County Community College-Ammerman campus. Will graduate May 07. I intend to apply to Stony Brook for the bachelor's to Master's program after graduation. Is anybody active in their school student nurse association?

that green color is pretty hard to read, or maybe its just my monitor. i go to suffolk county community college school of nursing. i'm not sure what the min gpa is, maybe 2.5 but i don't think anybody gets in with the minimum. you want to have the highest gpa you can because it is so competitive to get in. they recently changed the pre-reqs so now you need both a&p one and two instead of one and sociology. you also need english comp, psychology. they are recommending taking all outside courses before getting into the program including microbiology and i have to say i agree.

Thanks for sharing those "rules" I love to know the right way of doing things. I have a question regarding wearing the pin. If you are in a nursing position where you do not wear a uniform, possibly a lab coat if anything, maybe you are an NP...can you then wear your nursing pin? Nowadays, wearing a "uniform" is relative. Also, I don't graduate until next year, normally freshman in my program participated in the ceremony by receiving a "stripe" for their caps (that they didn't wear). This part of the ceremony has been deleted now. I attend pinning ceremonies as I am freshman class president - senior president next year. We have to wear our white uniforms for pinning. Graduation is the next day and we wear cap and gown (for those that participate).

I disagree. Maybe the original post was just a vent (that's the way I saw it) but the latter post directed at the person you are writing to is definitely angry in tone and very nasty. I too hope that I won't be as (seemingly) unhappy after 1 1/2 yrs on the job. I hope that the OP doesn't have such bad days often. On the same topic- I never knew you could get stuff in the hospital as a patient such as bacon sandwiches, toast, soda. Sheesh I must have been in some really low budget hospitals LOL. edited for grammar :)

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1st child was 5 weeks premature-breastfed and formula 6 months I didn't know better! That was 18 years ago 2nd child -14 months 3rd child - 3 1/2 yrs

Not to start another "fire" but if this was in reference to Danu's post...I actually appreciated it and think I understand where it was coming from. I read many posts but rarely make my own because I usually find that someone eventually writes what I would have. In this case, I am reading the entire thread at once so I see the inconsistencies, questions, etc that might be lost if I were reading them at seperate times. It would appear that the original posts referencing the statistics and studies, etc could have been explained way better. I have been reading through waiting for several questions posed to be answered and they never were. This particular "statistics lesson" was very enlightening and as a student, I actually appreciated the learning opportunity. I didn't feel "talked down to," it seemed to be more about someone with some concrete knowledge about the topic making a case for their "take" on it. Well done

As a first year (first semester) RN student, I may be putting my foot in my mouth but I do believe that I recently learned that only an RN can ASSESS a patient. LPNs are able to gather data but not assess. I'm not sure if this is a state by state rule. I am in NY. This would lead me to believe that the NM incorrectly identified the problem.

Thanks so much for the compassion. After so many years go by (10) nobody quite gets it, that the pain is never gone. I very rarely discuss it with people in person, online is so much easier. Yes I am in school now, my first semester of clinical so probably next year I will get more exposure to these areas. One of the students in my program who graduated in May got her first job directly in the NICU so I'll definitely be asking her for input.

Oh but he is soooo cute! He doesn't need a storyline. I miss Carol Hathaway. I remember the very first ER episode. Hadn't she tried to commit suicide? hmmm