Rabid Badger

Rabid Badger BSN, RN

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  1. University of Calgary, January 2020

    Rabid Badger replied to Seraina2020's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Not according to the Faculty of Nursing official grading

  2. University of Calgary, January 2020

    Rabid Badger replied to Seraina2020's topic in Canada Nursing 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

  4. Moving from Winnipeg to Calgary

    Rabid Badger replied to Kelsey204's topic in Canada

    Ah

  5. ACCN Emergency Dilemma

    Rabid Badger replied to mediwizard's topic in Emergency

    Are you in

  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...

  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...

  8. High dose insulin for Beta blocker OD

    Rabid Badger replied to beckster_01's topic in Critical Care

    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...

  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...

  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...

  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

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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

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

    Rabid Badger replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    This is untrue. The fever is a symptom of the immune reaction to infection, not the cause of the immune reaction. You can treat the fever with meds without affecting the immune response. By giving...

  17. Why do we put up with it? (sorry, longish)

    Rabid Badger replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Are you kidding? You seriously cannot compare 6 high acuity medicine patients to LTC patients. There is a reason you have half a ward to yourself. Same reason rehab patients have such a low...

  18. Why do we put up with it? (sorry, longish)

    Rabid Badger replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I'm the loudmouth gutsy one on the ward. I have noooo problem calling out the medical team and managment etc. I consider it a necessity for advocating for your

  19. Why do we put up with it? (sorry, longish)

    Rabid Badger replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I'm union, I think it makes a big difference. That being said, I have exactly those hell shifts too. Our ward is difficult to staff and we get many sick calls. Management seems to work in complete...

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

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Benner's "Novice to Expert" theory and research is widely accepted and incorporated into schools of nursing and licencing bodies....

  21. Going To Nursing School

    Rabid Badger replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with the idea that I only wanted to work in L&D, mat/child. What I discovered during school is that I LOVED medicine more. I'm working adult medicine now and I love it to death....

  22. Which is correct method admin meds via GT

    Rabid Badger replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    I stopped giving meds gravity after I clogged an NG and nearly lost a SBFT. The problem was when you pop the plunger off and dump the meds into the syringe to give gravity, sometimes it chunks and...

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

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be sorry. I don't think it reflects on Americans as much as it does on the new grads who think they are infaliable. I feel sorry for the patients who will be put at risk. An overconfident...

  24. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    Rabid Badger replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love the fast pace, the unpredictability of the ward, nothing is the same from day to day. I love learning everyday, I love bringng comfort and reassurance to someone who is dying or ill. I love...

  25. Beyond the "5 Rights" of medication administration...

    Rabid Badger replied to Clarise's topic in General Nursing

    All our oral meds are prepackaged in the PYXIS individually and labelled. Some nurses take them out of the packages before they head to the rooms, but I open them at the bedside, in front of the...