boogalina ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN

boogalina has 12 years experience as a ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN and specializes in Med-surg Telemetry, Leadership, Education.

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   Legal nurse consultants

   boogalina replied to Beachbum81's topic in Legal

   University of Texas Arlington has a program for $139. https://www.ed2go.com/utace/online-courses/legal-nurse-consulting/#:~:text=6 Weeks Access / 24 Course,Enroll
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   CRRN Certification & WGU

   boogalina replied to beekee's topic in Rehabilitation

   I sat for the June CRRN and passed it. I had just completed one year's experience in rehab, and had a year into my MSN at WGU. No problem, based on the scenario you outline in this post, you would...
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   How did you decide your specialty?

   boogalina replied to Irish_Mist's topic in General Nursing

   Get into a good new grad program. I recommend Float Pool nursing - your specialty will find you! Thought I wanted to be an ICU nurse...but was hired into float pool. Was privileged to gain experience...
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   Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

   boogalina replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   My goodness, this is the worst!" (The one about patients with add-on requests.) If you give a mouse a cookie" patients, I call
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   Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

   boogalina replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an acute care RN in my hospital's float pool. I go to inpatient psych, inpatient rehab, ED, critical care (stepdown) and med-surg-tele floors. Seems like it's nursing work wherever I go! Beyond...
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   This is not why I became a nurse

   boogalina replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

   Encouraging the patient/client to do as much as they can for themselves is at the heart of nursing, at every level and setting in which care is delivered. Damn, I should write nursing
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   Nursing is my passion but I feel like I am too dumb.

   boogalina replied to Katlin1315's topic in General Nursing

   If you are a kinesthetic learner (as I am) you may enjoy Wynn Kapit's amazing A&P coloring book. I still pull mine out from time to time for review. You can get them on Amazon. Hope this
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   Night shift RN's :Do you eat in the morning after your shift?

   boogalina replied to DesertSky's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I'm still (after > 5 years on nights) figuring this one out. I would get an activity tracker (I've been using a Fitbit Flex) that gives you info on the duration and quality of sleep, and pair that...
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   How to Nab those Nursing Scholarships $$

   boogalina replied to achurley's topic in General Students

   Great article! I received scholarships from two foundations during my associates program (hospital where I work and the community college I attended)...for my BSN and my MSN just from the hospital...
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    Nurses and holiday exhaustion

    boogalina replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My late husband used to write special dates in the dust like my birthday, our anniversary, etc. It was annoying, but
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    PCCN Certification Exam Preparation

    boogalina posted a topic in Critical Care

    I passed my PCCN examination yesterday on the first attempt, and would like to share what worked for me. I used the following courses and materials for my examination preparation, which I started in...
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    Funny Things Patients Say

    boogalina replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Patient, upon seeing the big red "RN" at the bottom of my ID badge asked "does that stand for really nuts?" Ah, out of the mouths of the
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    A (Long) Note to New Grads

    boogalina replied to PS1CK's topic in Psychiatric

    While I don't work in our hospital's inpatient psychiatric unit full-time, I get to float there (note: GET to float there, it's a privilege) and I always learn so much! It's really helped my ability...
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    Father of a nursing student needs advice

    boogalina replied to Keane68's topic in General Nursing

    Application times/dates for hospitals vary by area. Your daughter will want to check each hospital's/health system for their information and process. Some hospitals will not allow an application...
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    Saunders book question

    boogalina replied to Asteria's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think so. SATA is timeless...it's not so much about content as it is techniques for attacking this type of