poopylala BSN, RN

poopylala has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Burn ICU.

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1. Question regarding overtime

   poopylala replied to Hopefulnurse1823's topic in General Nursing

   If you pick up one overtime shift per pay period where I work, it's worth it financially. Anything more than that and it gets eaten up in taxes. If you pick up extra hours somewhere else, you don't get it taken out in taxes then but it may put you in...

2. Is it appropriate to say I have nursing experience if I have worked as a nurse's aide?

   poopylala replied to floatingrib's topic in Career Support

   nursing experience means literally experience as an RN, LVN, LPN but not an NA.

3. Bad back... Time for a desk job

   poopylala replied to Staragate's topic in Career Support

   I have no words other than I am in the same boat as you, just newer in the journey. Bad back due to psoriatic spondylitis and lupus, looking for next step to leave bedside in a year or two. As for why the change, you could say you're looking to explo...

4. Wacky Nursing Dreams

   poopylala replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

   I've had several! In one, I neglected to give any medications from 0300 to end of shift because I didn't feel like it and I charted it as such In one I had yesterday, I made an error at work and my dad had to follow me around to sign (like in grade ...

5. clinical instructor versus didactic instructor pay

   poopylala posted a topic in Educators

   Hi there, The nurses on my unit were discussing the current nursing world issues and one that came up was the shortage of nurses. I know a lot of that has to do with limited number of spots in nursing schools due to limited number of nursing faculty....

6. What do nurse managers and clinical directors actually do?

   poopylala posted a topic in Management

   On any given day, what are the responsibilities you have as nurse manager or clinical director? I think management sounds fascinating and the 30+ year career nurses in my unit say they see me in management or as a director down the road, so I thought...

7. Flash flooding required to stay at hospital without pay

   poopylala replied to Lamarnurse's topic in COVID

   I'm going to PM you about this

8. Social Media and Patients

   poopylala replied to NurseDrizzles's topic in Professionalism

   It's listed that I work at Hogwarts as a nurse lol I work in the burn unit and we have a lot of long term patients since we are mixed acuity and get to see our ICU patients downgrade to floor and eventually either rehab inpatient or discharged home. ...

9. Non potty trained students.

   poopylala replied to peacockblue's topic in School

   During my community clinical rotation in school, I was at an elementary school and was so surprised at the number of FIFTH GRADERS who would wet their pants because they didn't feel like raising their hands to go to the restroom... And the parents wo...

10. Hs senior in need of advice please!

    poopylala replied to MelaneyL's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You can definitely do community college and transfer. So many people do that and it's not necessarily better or worse. Just depends on the school and what you can afford :)

11. Santyl and wet to dry

    poopylala replied to jlynn2303's topic in Wound

    We do santyl, xeroform, and wet to dry dressing over that

12. Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

    poopylala replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you pass it on in report, it should be only for the safety of nearby pedi patients or underage visitors. But when you say online, do you mean on the MAR? Or do you mean the other nurse googled the patient? That's a difference that is important to ...

13. Dating a former patient

    poopylala replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

    What the actual ****.. No! This is a patient, former or otherwise, and that is a very unique position to be in. They trust in you to care for them and you are supposed to be the one responsible for them. They are in a vulnerable position and should a...

14. RN recovering from perfectionism burnout seeks experienced ICU advice

    poopylala replied to Good_day's topic in Critical

    ^^ I second that. I am a perfectionist and the ICU has been great for me because I can really focus on details with my patient and I start early for getting my supplies restocked in my room and setting it up for the day nurse if I can. There have bee...

15. I'm interested in going into nursing and I have a few questions.

    poopylala replied to Jay1900's topic in General Nursing

    1) Not every nurse is naturally drawn to science. We tend to be drawn to caring. The science comes in to play when you're understanding the how's and why's of what's going on with the patient. It's important to understand anatomy, physiology, basic m...