brattygrl

brattygrl

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  1. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    brattygrl replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Was once called an Ugly Mother F**cker by a two year old. Was sooo surprised by what she said that I askes mom what she said. Mom looked up from her cell phone and said, "Oh. She said Ugly Mother...

  2. Inappropriate Facebook postings by family and friends of the patient

    brattygrl replied to morman's topic in General Nursing

    Late to the conversation. Anyhow, our hospital policy is to not leave the deceased alone until they are taken to morgue. We take turns as nurses sitting in with the deceased and family members...

  3. Here Now Gone Tomorrow

    brattygrl replied to WonderingWhichWay's topic in General Nursing

    Have to agree with all of the others with regard to the heavy physical demands of the job. Just to give you some hard numbers, my coworkers and I like to compare "miles walked" each shift. I would...

  4. The film: Vaxxed.

    brattygrl replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    YEESSSSSS!!! Thank

  5. The film: Vaxxed.

    brattygrl replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    Pediatric Critical Care nurse here. Seeing babies infected with pertussis turning blue and struggling to breathe has reinforced my pro-vaccination stance. Same with measels encephalopathy and...

  6. Losing patience with residents.

    brattygrl replied to Sbrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey, as an adult, in my own home, I'd be ****** off too if someone told me I couldn't have a cup of coffee just because it's 2am. I'm just sayin. Think about it from their point of view once in a...

  7. HIPAA?

    brattygrl replied to IThinkICan100's topic in General Students

    I have over one hundred friends that are nurses on my FB page and you would never know it. NOBODY mentions ANYTHING remotely work related, no matter where any of us work. It's just understood. You...

  8. Need help having problems with my teacher and the program

    brattygrl replied to CNAintraining's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oops. Duplicate post. Had to delete it. Anyway, good luck again. Their behavior sounds wrong and illegal (although I'm not a lawyer). Don't give up yet. Give em

  9. Need help having problems with my teacher and the program

    brattygrl replied to CNAintraining's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm so sorry you are going through this. It sounds horrible. Have you considered having a lawyer write a letter to the Dean of your school stating that, if the harassment doesn't stop, you will take...

  10. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    brattygrl replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Even worse when it's parents or other family members while visiting a sick kid in a children's hospital. We just call security. I can imagine it's a bit different when its a consenting adult patient...

  11. Did I do the right thing?

    brattygrl replied to rainydaysRN's topic in School

    A scalp lac will heal eventually (even without staples). Thats what those of us in the ER call a distracting injury. When you focus on something nonlife threatening. I would have sent her to the ER...

  12. Dealing with bad coworker

    brattygrl replied to Purpsfrog's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is she signing off the meds?Charting the dressing changes and flushes to g tubes? Just

  13. Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

    brattygrl replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Go back to preschool. Get out of the gene pool." Weird Al. Almost spit my coffee out! Too

  14. What is the worst mistake you've made as a nurse?

    brattygrl replied to unpocodeam0r's topic in Emergency

    Please don't be so hard on yourself. In the big scheme of things, this wasn't catastrophic. You obviously are bothered by it and my guess is you will be more mindful of normal ranges of vs for the...

  15. Nursing is a gift

    brattygrl replied to Erusso's topic in General Students

    What a poorly written piece of fluff (No offense, just very hard to read due to poor grammer usage). Nursing is so much more than just compassion. Many people can be compassionate and never cut it as...

  16. General workplace/personal life separation

    brattygrl replied to MassED's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with you 100%. I see a lot of this at my job. Everyone is "good friends" and then all talk about each other all the time. Drives me nuts. Best practice is to be friendly, have some laughs...

  17. Nursing process questions?

    brattygrl replied to jessnelson719's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you don't know what you don't know, how can you expect strangers to know? Seems to me like you need to put a little more effort in on your part before asking others. Just my

  18. Obtaining blood specimen

    brattygrl replied to normaig's topic in General Nursing

    We do it a lot in peds. Small veins collapse with the vacutainer or with a syringe. Best to just drip the blood if you want your

  19. Your Specialty & Why

    brattygrl replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same experience as PedsRN did. Dreaded my peds rotation before doing it. Then fell in love with it. For all the same reasons. Been at it for 15 yrs now. What area are you thinking about...

  20. Diary of An ECMO Nurse

    brattygrl replied to nowplayingjc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nothing but respect from me to

  21. Why I Quit MA school

    brattygrl replied to peppapig123's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Two ladies that I know went through an associate degree MA program a few yrs back. They were told a lot of the same by their school. I was very skeptical about it right from the beginning. They were...

  22. Cheating? Girl tells me to get a study girl so I can cheat

    brattygrl replied to stunurse2015's topic in General Students

    Who did she plan to cheat off of for the NCLEX exam? Seems to me, if you cheat your way through nursing school, then you have no knowledge base at the time of the all important NCLEX. Then what???...

  23. Childrens Respiratory Floor

    brattygrl replied to 2016New's topic in General Students

    And just ALWAYS keep in mind that airway/breathing is to kids as cardiac is to adults. Never under estimate how quickly a kid can turn bad on you, even with just asthma or bronchiolitis. A happy...

  24. So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    brattygrl replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    Check your policy at work before just calling in on that weekend. I know our policy is that if you call in sick on a day you were denied off, it's a write up. I realize it feels unfair to be denied...

  25. Can a patient video tape me?

    brattygrl replied to MirwinRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have actually had security get involved when people are noncompliant with no video/picture policy. It is not a public place (for profit hospital. Not sure if that makes a difference). Yes, the...