brattygrl

brattygrl

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  1. Can a patient video tape me?

    brattygrl replied to MirwinRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our hospital has a strict "no videos/pictures" rule. Management backs us up when we politely enforce the rules. I would see if you can get another nurse to witness you giving her pain meds every time....

  2. Looking for Nurses to Interview for Project on Prescription Drug Overdose

    brattygrl replied to brightnight5's topic in General Nursing

    I would also respect the fact that people going to NA meetings are there anonymously. Not to be guinea pigs for nursing research. Just seems like a bad

  3. First CNA job in homecare?

    brattygrl replied to marie4nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I loved home care as a cna! Give it a try. It wont hold you back any as far as a career goes. And it was so flexible when I decided to go to school for my RN. Good

  4. New PDN...which case to choose

    brattygrl replied to xyra_01's topic in Private Duty

    If they're willing to train you on the vent, then it sounds like that case is more of what you need. Can you pick that one full time and the other one per diem? Just wondering. Some peds parents can...

  5. What to do....quit?

    brattygrl replied to Vwpenn's topic in Nursing Career

    And that is what got me into peds so many years ago. It wasn't because I thought "oh, kids are just so wonderful." It was because adults can be oh so.... difficult. Turns out the kids can be fun and...

  6. I am a nurse, darn it!

    brattygrl replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    Seems like a liability issue to be a nurse without CPR

  7. Fired for being an LVN!

    brattygrl replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have never worked hyperbarics, but I have sent numerous kids over to get dunked after house fires/smoke inhalation. It's an important job. And I completely get the fear of management deciding you...

  8. Fired for being an LVN!

    brattygrl replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Please Please please stop answering the calls for help. This is now management's issue. How will they ever figure out that the way they have gone about this was absolutely unsafe for their patients,...

  9. Fired for being an LVN!

    brattygrl replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm mad for you! I'm so so sorry. Effective immediately, I would take that to mean I am no longer an employee. So the nurses calling to figure out how to do their job would be outta luck. Refer them...

  10. Hipaa violation and interview

    brattygrl replied to Edubs1023's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm sorry you are going through this. Good luck with

  11. can I become a registered nurse in florida with a criminal record

    brattygrl replied to gsamanez's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    What is an associate degree in pre

  12. Hipaa violation and interview

    brattygrl replied to Edubs1023's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    At our facility, you can get fired for looking at your own chart (and people have been). If you want to see your chart, you have to go to medical records and request it that way. I don't think a...

  13. Am I too Quiet for Nursing???

    brattygrl replied to jes07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Being a quiet personality is fine. Just so long as you communicate necessary info to necessarily people and ask questions when appropriate. So many women talk TOO MUCH. I feel that can be a bigger...

  14. question about documentation

    brattygrl replied to abells's topic in General Nursing

    Please tell me they didn't have you sign a write

  15. Just Take Your @#*! Break!!!

    brattygrl replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agreed! Sometimes I have to wonder if its an ego thing (yes, even in the newer nurses). That whole "I'm the only one who can keep this all

  16. Bullying-Need Advice with First Hospital Job

    brattygrl replied to missy26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think a lot of us are just really sick of some nurses being so quick to claim "bullying." Just because someone doesn't act warm and fuzzy with them. True bullying is soooo much more than that. My...

  17. Bullying-Need Advice with First Hospital Job

    brattygrl replied to missy26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't see anything related to bullying here. I'd be willing to bet your new preceptor didn't really want to be a preceptor but was put into position due to old preceptor leaving. Anyhow, you...

  18. When you have a minute

    brattygrl replied to funtimes's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Doesn't sound like a very tech friendly environment. I'm sorry. Some nurses will truly never understand what it's like to be in that position.... If management is not open to working on a solution to...

  19. serious bad karma, and yet...

    brattygrl replied to mzmeRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Nursing salaries that are 30-50% higher for new grad nurses? That seems

  20. When you have a minute

    brattygrl replied to funtimes's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I remember days like that as a tech. Some nurses are very very content to sit around doing nothing while delegating everything possible to a tech. It was so bad at one point I actually walked off the...

  21. Do the CNAs or RNs do personal care

    brattygrl replied to RNtobe23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always feel lucky if I have a pca/cna assigned with me. Our management got rid of a lot of them with the intention of using the FTEs. to hire more nurses. So we have 5 patients all by ourselves....

  22. question about documentation

    brattygrl replied to abells's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your nurse educator. She may be aware of issues with this preceptor and needs additional info to actually do something about it. Even if no issues with her in past, you want to cover your...

  23. How long have you been at your current facility?

    brattygrl replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    10 yrs this year. Same hospital. Same department. Peds critical care. There's good days and bad. But that's the same everywhere. Love what I do and that's what matters to

  24. How do you survive the first year?

    brattygrl replied to -knoxnurse-'s topic in General Nursing

    The only thing that drives me nuts about working with new nurses is when they are extremely cocky and act like a know it all or they are too afraid to ask questions. Had one new grad get cocky as you...

  25. Opportunity of a lifetime..... I thought

    brattygrl replied to chocolateskye's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Maybe you should have "accepted" the position, not "excepted" it. Completely different