buggal1989

buggal1989

ER, ICU, Infection Control

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About buggal1989

buggal1989 has 18 years experience and specializes in ER, ICU, Infection Control.


Graduated 1984 with BSN

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  1. You've Gotta Know the Lingo

    Really great article! loved it. really brought me back. I've been "retired" (medically) for 8 years this may and sometimes I really miss it. loved the part about Santa visiting - reminded me of one Christmas when I had a mentally challenged (? what w...
  2. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    I think thirmisol is still in the flu vaccine. Ask your Employee Health Nurse to check with the companies that produce it.
  3. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    I don't blame you for not taking the flu shot - there are some exceptions to every rule and you're definitely one! But your internist needs to realise the flu is airborne as well as contact so if the patient you are caring for has a cough and the fl...
  4. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    I'll take the being "sick" for 3-5 days after the shot to being put in the hospital for pneumonia secondary the the flu which happened the first time I didn't take the shot. I was dehydrated and out of my mind until they gave me two liters of fluid ...
  5. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    They didn't hit the nail on the head last year, but it is no reason NOT to take this years. And remember, the flu vaccine is only 70% effective. So 30% of the people taking the flu vaccine WILL get the ful - usually a milder case than they would ha...
  6. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    You were probally incubating the flu when you got the shot. The flu shot WILL NOT give you the ful - it is attenuated (dead) and can not cause the flu.
  7. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    While waving her nitro patch, "Can I get this off layaway?" A little ICU pschycosis I think!:redbeathe
  8. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    Ya a shower in 9 mths! No, seriously in this case I'd lower my moral standards and offer a morning after pill. Teens do not need to get preggers and mess up their lives!
  9. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    Sorry, taxis don't come out to where I live - way out in the country - believe it or not it's true. And anyway I already said you are not in Your "right mind" and thinking like a person without a migraine - you don't begin to understand the hell a m...
  10. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    Ouch! That had to hurt...hence the intoxication part! We once had an pt come in because she had birthday candles in her bladder - it seems they were celebrating and it seemed like a good idea at the time.....
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  13. Is this true about most nurses..

    I like you was a "nice person", but you can find a balance between being nice and being hard. I did, but it took me a number of years. For about the first year and a half of nursing I wouldn't say boo to a sheep - but something finally "snapped" (?...
  14. Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    Speaking as a pt who got dumped it's hell on wheels. I have fibro so have been on narcotics for a long time (I'm retired) so I have seen this particular pain doctor for SEVEN or more years! And y'all may remember that I now have bi-polar disorder (...
  15. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    That would be major cruel. As a migraine sufferers - ANY noise hurts. And what most people with migraines won't tell you (cause they are afraid they'll wind up in the nut house - and believe me I've surveyed MANY migraine sufferers) is that they d...