Boogs

Boogs has 6 years experience.

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1. new rehab nurse - should I stay? (long-ish post)

   Boogs replied to Boogs's topic in Rehabilitation

   That's us! I'll never forget the LVAD inservice...we were like "WHAT!!!!!" We've had patient admissions cancelled because the patient...who was supposed to come down to us for 3 hours rehab per day...coded in the acute hospital trying to digest thei...

2. new rehab nurse - should I stay? (long-ish post)

   Boogs replied to Boogs's topic in Rehabilitation

   Thank you for your response. I am back to work tomorrow, and will start to work on the situation again.

3. Temple Interview

   Boogs replied to whitehat's topic in Pennsylvania

   When I was interviewed for Temple's BSN (non-accelerated) program for Fall '05, it was a "group" interview. We partnered up with another interviewee (there were 40 of us or so in that group, and they evetually interviewed all 200 that made the GPA cu...

4. new rehab nurse - should I stay? (long-ish post)

   Boogs replied to Boogs's topic in Rehabilitation

   Yeah, I have read the stories on here! I'm not sure what the deal is, and how different rehabs might be different in terms of demands, but the nurses on my unit are always running. In any case, I had not considered leaving until they switched my hour...

5. new rehab nurse - should I stay? (long-ish post)

   Boogs posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi - after reading many of the posts here, and descriptions of the patient loads, I feel kind of funny posting this here. On paper, my unit would seem like a dream job, but I am not happy here, and wish feedback about a possible career change (still ...

6. Just started school..

   Boogs replied to jkolberg's topic in Men

   That list is too funny...and VERY true. I am 39 and just finished year three toward my BSN at Temple University in Philly. During the semester, and this is partly due to working 22-25 hrs. per week, I live/eat/breathe schoolwork. It is much harder ...