BricMSN

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1. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

   BricMSN replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

   "Nobody has ever stopped me in the store to ask me to look at their skin problem, does that really happen to you all?" Yes indeedy it does. I once wore my scrubs on my way home and ran an errand to get my cell phone fixed. A fellow shopper who was ...

2. What's Rude?

   BricMSN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   Nursing: -Bilingual families who ALL speak fluent English who choose to chat in another language in front of me. -Nurses who are aware of the problem, have the solution, have time to implement the solution, and choose not to. -Massive numbers of fami...

3. Working in Nursing home is all the same?

   BricMSN replied to bigorange123's topic in Geriatric

   Workloads in most nursing homes are pretty similar. What is your exact ratio? How many techs do you have to assist you? $28 an hour for a new grad is pretty good--my bigger concern is that you claim you are working without pay. If you're at work wo...

4. Thank You for Nothing

   BricMSN replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

   Get off your high horse. How can you expect an intellectual, thoughtful discussion on a post you didn't even read? You admitted you didn't read the article, juts posted an opinion on a topic about which, honestly, you have very little experience. ...

5. 6th nursing job in 4 years?

   BricMSN replied to rjstrickland23's topic in General Nursing

   This is ridiculous. I work in a small facility as well, and I do triage/labor/PP/nursery. If you're well trained there's no reason why this can't be done. It sounds to me like you need to settle in to one thing, get good at it, and manage your anxi...

6. Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

   BricMSN replied to Charlottemay's topic in Relations

   I always have to balance in my mind whether it is going to be more trouble than it is worth to ask a family member to leave. Will the family member cause a huge stink? Will they escalate from verbal abuse to physical? Will asking a patient's famil...

7. Co-workers mad that you're going to school

   BricMSN replied to futurearmynurse25's topic in Relations

   Tell them to bug off! They don't own you or life choices. (And congratulations on going back to school.)

8. Hospital that bans family members

   BricMSN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Relations

   Visiting policy at my hospital (L&D) is no more than 4 visitors in labor, and postpartum visiting is at the nurse's discretion. If there are too many people or any of them are being inappropriate, we boot them out!

9. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

   BricMSN replied to DYLANB's topic in Relations

   I work in L&D, and there are certain families who think the labor process is a spectator sport. We sometimes have 10-15 people trying to cram into rooms. They want extra tables, chairs, food, televisions, cots, linens... The list goes on and on...

10. Question for experienced nurses!

    BricMSN posted a topic in Cardiac

    I'm doing a paper for evidence-based practice and need some feedback. If you've got a minute please answer these 3 questions: What is the most traditional nursing practice being done in your clinical area? What is the least logical nursing practice ...