Brandidrn

Brandidrn

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  1. Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    Brandidrn replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had C-diff and been in ICU three times where they tested me upon admission and on my way to the floor and was always negative. I took care of a TB patient for days before they told us he...

  2. Why don't you just read the chart?

    Brandidrn replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well I guess floor nurses think down in the ER we have ideal ratios and we have the time to read it for you. So the fact we have to do the H, &P and the IV line run labs and charted it all. Oh...

  3. Have any of your patients ever told you that you're a good nurse?

    Brandidrn replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the ER being thanked or told you are a good nurse is rare I guess due to the nature of the unit. Treat them and Street them is our motto. I however have had patients and their families come to me...

  4. When you don't hear what the docs hear?

    Brandidrn replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    Well stethoscopes are all different and maybe they have one that is stronger and easier to hear. So I got a recording of the sounds and just listened over and over til I got it. Good

  5. You will all probably hate me for this

    Brandidrn replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    Sry it wasn't on purpose I didn't realize I will be more careful thx for letting me

  6. Apps for HTN, DM?

    Brandidrn replied to MILOBRI's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Who cares

  7. You will all probably hate me for this

    Brandidrn replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    I agree there r a lot of uncaring judgemental people who eat their young on here and just rip people up. So when they say if u don't want opinions don't ask I say they want help now the gun to end it!...

  8. Adenosine patient

    Brandidrn replied to blacknurse30's topic in Emergency

    I know I had to have it done I am much more sympathetic to patients

  9. No pump, no drip rates - OR

    Brandidrn replied to anathema's topic in General Students

    We never use pumps in the ER where I work and over the years I have gotten good at eye balling it and nothing has ever happened now if we had to wait to run things on pumps that u can never find it...

  10. Obesity; The "Second Hand Smoke" of Modern American Society

    Brandidrn replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Curious what did u find that worked for

  11. Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    Brandidrn replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    It was at the time harder than anything I had ever done in my life! Now I was a single mom with 4 year old twin daughters working full time in a head injury ventilator unit. There were at least a...

  12. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Brandidrn replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was in a Level 1 trauma, in a Level 2 facility, when this completely arrogant SOB pulmonologist and I got into a screaming match over something I don't remember what but I do know I questioned...

  13. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Brandidrn replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Holy crap how u didn't pick that chart up and smash it over his head that is

  14. Apps for HTN, DM?

    Brandidrn replied to MILOBRI's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Lord some harsh comments people some of us r not from this computer/app generation and don't understand it but these days there is an app for everything and the younger generation uses them all! I...

  15. Pledge of Allegiance?

    Brandidrn replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    My daughters, now 20, said the pledge until the 5th grade then it was banned and illegal or unconstitutional until this school year when schools just started saying it again so my son now 11, had to...

  16. Nurse Bullying

    Brandidrn replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't understand why nurses who complain continually about ratios and shortages want to be nasty butt heads to anyone much less a new grad! They were once new first off and that person is one less...

  17. 0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    Brandidrn replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have broken many doctors over the years of their rudeness by calling them for every fart sideways being the good nurse until they get the hint. The lesson a nurse can be ur best friend or worst...

  18. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    Brandidrn replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I wear whatever I always have no one has ever said a word to me, maybe that's why I didn't know what a paraben was!?

  19. I let one slip past me

    Brandidrn replied to AliceTrout's topic in General Nursing

    We r human stop beating yourself up u were trying to just get what u had to to ensure she was stable in an ICU setting and had to prioritize. U also weren't the first person to have taken care of her....

  20. ever seen this? false accusations about your mental health?

    Brandidrn replied to lady constance's topic in PACU

    I sympathize with you and found myself in a situation where no one said a word to me and I couldn't see what I was doing I just knew something was wrong and had been for a while and I kept spiraling...

  21. How Does Writing a Blog Help Nurses With Disabilities?

    Brandidrn replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have Lupus and you are

  22. Bad Experience with Home Health

    Brandidrn replied to NurseCryst's topic in Nursing Career

    I have to say this I recently tried to go to home health and it has been a nightmare for me! I wish I could be more encouraging to you but after 2 years with 2 different companies that just made me...

  23. Solutions for Drinks at Nursing Station?

    Brandidrn replied to ImNicoEh's topic in General Nursing

    You know when I started in the nursing field we didn't even have gloves! We ate and drank right on the unit and no one thought a thing of it so now having been exposed to things with no name yet and...

  24. Blogger attacks nurses. Help!

    Brandidrn replied to ladymadonna32's topic in Nursing News

    This guy is a big jerk fave and if he would like to share a shift even at his pay rate which none of see and none of us do the job for the money then I welcome him to put on a pair of scrubs and...

  25. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Brandidrn replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    Well I gotta say as an ER nurse and also chronic illness that is very painful at times I am so mad we have gotten to this point where Narcan is basically everywhere now, when I started nursing we...