BlueBug

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1. ACLS requires a doctor's order?

   BlueBug replied to BUNightingale's topic in Critical Care

   I have never heard of anything like that before! Start checking with some outside sources, Nursing board, Joint Commission, American Heart Association, ACLS instructors. Have you talked to your...

2. Evenings vs Days on Med-Surg floors?

   BlueBug replied to MiaLyse's topic in Medical-Surgical

   On evenings where I am, we almost never have a CNA or any help, so that means total patient care for all patients. I have had from 4-6 patients, usually 4 patients and 2 empty beds which leaves me...

3. HOTEL OR HOSPITAL?????

   BlueBug replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

   When I was at a major children's hospital it was common for parents to sleep in the hospital beds with the kids. Why are you so offended that some moms want to cuddle and have their husbands very...

4. If you breastpumped at work, were your coworkers supportive?

   BlueBug replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

   Breast feeding works on a supply-and-demand system, which means you can't just not pump or go longer between pumping without messing up your supply. If a mom needs to pump every 4 hours, she can't...

5. Can I become a nurse with only a G.E.D?

   BlueBug replied to jetles's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I did it. I had my GED, now I also have my BSN,RN... Good Luck!

6. Why is hand-off reporting to so hard?

   BlueBug replied to shabbychic23's topic in General Nursing

   See if your place has a standardized form to use, at least to organize yourself. My place has one, but nobody uses it. I think I might start using it to give myself an outline so I can be organized....

7. No Nursing Care?

   BlueBug replied to CNA_Timmy's topic in General Nursing

   Keep at it, advancing your education and becoming an RN will be worth it. Nurses do provide care, even if it is at a different level than what you are used to as a CNA. I have my BSN and work in a...

8. New Nurse In TEARS...

   BlueBug replied to NightNurse0711's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the above posts. Getting some rest should help alot. When other people freak out like the patient's daughter and the doctor did, it usually has very little to do with you and alot to do...

9. IV starts help!

   BlueBug replied to DIVA_NURSE405's topic in General Nursing

   Hey there, practicing, often, really does make a difference. No matter how good you get, you won't get all of them, and then the ones you miss are not always the hardest looking all the time. What...

10. Concorde Kansas City

    BlueBug replied to cjroan's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything about Concorde, but make sure they are accreditated and that you will be able to sit for boards after you graduate. I have seen funky programs which promise the world, but don't...

11. Is This Ethical?

    BlueBug replied to WorriedinPA's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If Stepmom comes back again... You sounded pretty upset about what the kids mother had done, and seeing that you were informed by the kids about the injections, they probably picked up on your...

12. Can't get hired

    BlueBug replied to 2001nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was trying to be nice the first time I posted, but I have to agree with what the other posters have said, your grammar really is awful. And no, nobody said a word about LPNs being lazy except for...

13. Reading Tele Monitors in Medsurg?

    BlueBug replied to sandiegonursecocoa's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The above post sounds like my unit, and all beds are med/tele. We have no med/surg beds, all are up for tele if needed. We all are required to have ACLS within a certain time frame of being hired,...

14. Doctors getting angry??

    BlueBug replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A friend of mine was yelled at and humiliated for asking a doctor a question. Chairs flung across the nurses station, calling pharmacy and declaring the "stupid nurse" had a question, throwing...

15. Having children while getting education

    BlueBug replied to littleoleme's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah... I was offended by that above comment to. The idea that children can only be well taken care of by a stay at home parent is just not true. Babysitters and daycare are not mindless, cold,...