Rabid Badger BSN, RN

Rabid Badger has 14 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU.

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1. University of Calgary, January 2020

   Rabid Badger replied to Seraina2020's topic in CA Programs

   Not according to the Faculty of Nursing official grading scale

2. University of Calgary, January 2020

   Rabid Badger replied to Seraina2020's topic in CA Programs

   B+

3. LPN Alberta questions

   Rabid Badger replied to Emilylou's topic in Canada

   Yes you need to be an RN for the ICU. Ive only seen LPNs in one ICU here and they worked well under scope and not as bedside nurses.

4. Moving from Winnipeg to Calgary

   Rabid Badger replied to Kelsey204's topic in Canada

   Ah ok.

5. ACCN Emergency Dilemma

   Rabid Badger replied to mediwizard's topic in Emergency

   Are you in Canada?

6. Moving from Winnipeg to Calgary

   Rabid Badger replied to Kelsey204's topic in Canada

   We are opening a huge new oncology centre with a year (I think, as it is under construction currently) at the Foothills Medical Centre. Keep your eyes peeled for positions there and specifically at Tom Baker Centre (the current oncology centre).

7. Moving from Winnipeg to Calgary

   Rabid Badger replied to Kelsey204's topic in Canada

   I did this exact move almost 6 years ago and was successful. I did not give notice in Winnipeg until I had landed something here. However I was successful for two reasons, there was a new hospital opening up at the time and I am specialized in critic...

8. High dose insulin for Beta blocker OD

   Rabid Badger replied to beckster_01's topic in Critical

   I've never heard of high dose insulin therapy for beta blockers. Its usually treated with glucagon and supportive therapy. High dose insulin therapy is usually reserved and well documented for calcium channel blocker overdose.

9. Hourly Rounding

   Rabid Badger replied to neneRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, but I think hourly rounding should be mandatory. I work on an extremely busy ward and I round every hour. It doesn't mean I have to do anything to check to make sure my patients are still breathing. Many a time the only way we have caught a pa...

10. Run out of nursing school - what to do?

    Rabid Badger replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    The one thing that I don't get from your posts are any personal responsibility. Somehow it's all the school's fault, its a conspiracy theory, they're out to get you. Occam's razor would suggest that there is a reason why they have put you on probatio...

11. I just love CODES!. . . Not!

    Rabid Badger replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy working codes, but dammit, why do they always happen at shift change?

12. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    Well this is unfortunate. Actually everything you listed for what you learned in ICU we do on my Medical ward! Except we don't do CRRT, but we recover HD. What else I do: Manage codes, on a virtually daily basis. Run 4+ IV continuous infusions on a s...

13. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Rabid Badger replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    This is untrue. Since no vaccine is 100% effective, there is about 10-30% of vaccinated individuals who did not seroconvert. This is why herd immunity is so important. When you do not vaccinate, you risk not only exposing yourself and your loved ones...

14. First time in my clinical "advocating" for my patient

    Rabid Badger replied to dano's topic in General Nursing

    "I was like . He's in here because he was bleeding you idiots" Best quote ever. I love it. This is exactly what I would say, since I am a very much a loud mouth assertive nurse. If you were my student I would LMAO then give you a big shiny gold star....

15. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for proving my points so eloquently throughout this thread! Simply genius!