BULLYDAWGRN

BULLYDAWGRN RN

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  1. interview with union

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to wanttobeacrna's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes they are a private funded college and they make thier own rules, so therfore you have no leway with anything. In reality you have no leg to stand on if a situation presents itself. I came very...

  2. Army Nurse & Medic?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to raskolnikov's topic in Government, Military

    Since i'm gaurd i'm not sure as far as the active duty component of 66H. But when I was Kuwait for R&R I met a rn that claimed she was just 4mos post oblc..Now her new unit stateside could've been...

  3. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh this is a old horse thats been rode before. I dont like open visitation hrs in a icu.. 90% of the time it causes trouble and takes the nurse away from pt care to meet the needs of the family or...

  4. Army Nurse & Medic?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to raskolnikov's topic in Government, Military

    raskolnikov, I just returned from iraq in dec 2005, Army nurse 1LT. Was a army medic 1996 the old 91B. I sort of got put on temp assignment after a few months in country (another unit stole me away...

  5. Thank God for the Brits!

    BULLYDAWGRN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Just got a e-mail from a good friend of mine thats in Iraq with a different Nat. Guard unit. We became good friends in basic training. His vehicle was hit by a enemy rocket last wk and blew the...

  6. My chances, please reply with anything

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to Putu2Sleep's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I've never been to an interview before, but I have several friends that have went in the last yr or two, and a handful who have just graduated within the past few yrs. some from samford,lsu,uab and...

  7. Reflections on Nursing Leadership

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The only technology around my hospital is technology that allows you to do more with less. Gee technology thanks

  8. Transforming Care at the Bedside

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What a bunch of balony.. Fancy words from a bunch of bean counting nurses don't mean jack. The real issue (as far as my state) is safe pt to staff ratios. And no one in my state has championed this.....

  9. Thank God for the Brits!

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to BULLYDAWGRN's topic in International Nursing

    rgn1, don't worry about folks not carring for us to much, in a few years the crap will hit the fan in their country or god forbid something devastating will happen in europe and they'll be calling...

  10. EKGs in triage?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to etceducator's topic in Emergency

    This is and idea that has been passed around at many of the part time/prn hospitals I work at as well as the full time place where I work. It was even done at one on a trial basis, the problem was...

  11. Just accepted, what to expect being a guy?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to deftonez188's topic in Men in Nursing

    Got invited and went to some freaky study sessions that turn into a hell of a party... while some of my pals that were in engineering studying with the fellas, I was trying to study A&P with the...

  12. Advice for new grad starting CCU

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to jane24's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Well I think thats a yes and no question, some people do fine in the unit without any other type of nursing exp, some don't. I can't knock anyone for going to a med/surge unit to get exp. But I can...

  13. I Have An Idea; Please Don't Steal It; Many Witnesses Here

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    What I would like to see is a wireless cardiac monitor for ekgs,nibp,spo2 readings, so you wont be tripping on the cords and the pt pulling at the lead wires all

  14. Question about the oxyhemoglobin desaturation curve

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to luvtheOBX's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well congrats.. Just to be nosey, what material did you use to study with for the

  15. Advice for new grad starting CCU

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to jane24's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Jane I know sometimes it feels like you have a sensory overload with all the bells and ringing and flashing screens in the unit. I think the best info I can give you is to master your basics first....

  16. sexual jokes in the workplace

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to penguin2's topic in General Nursing

    Well I guess I'm fortunate enough to work with just a handful of people most of the time in the units, and we are pretty close. On some shifts it's just us guys (no offense intended to any gals) and...

  17. Which pressor to use???

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to cardiacRN2006's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would have used levophed and fluid bolus around 200-250range and tried to get the pt out of trendelenburg if I could. I think I'd titrate that levophed as far as I could granted it did'nt tickle the...

  18. "Online Degree"/"Internet School"

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    A pal of mine took a online class from university of phoenix, I need to take over a algebra class and try to get a A in the class to raise my gpa a little. Well my pal tells me he took all his exams...

  19. ER Nurses. Read This!

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    Sniff, Sniff, Is that a big lump in my throat or am I having a tracheal spasm.. Great

  20. Question about the oxyhemoglobin desaturation curve

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to luvtheOBX's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is how I have it just explained to me by our icu resident rrt, and his rationale is what I used for my exam. Here it goes, the curve is shifted to the right by 2,3 dpg and a right shift makes it...

  21. new ER nurse needs advice on IV therapy

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to Anagray's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I try to match the size of the cath to the approx. size of the vain. I'm not ashamed of putting a 24g in a 1yr old.. Another thing a former nicu nurse told me is on the little kids, is to insert your...

  22. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to Scrubz's topic in General Nursing

    In the past we've used everything from a versed gtt to dilauded iv pushes prn for sedation. But within the last 2yrs since we got a "Hardcore" pulm. doc he really likes using the diprovan gtts. When...

  23. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU, SICU

    In the past we've used everything from a versed gtt to dilauded iv pushes prn for sedation. But within the last 2yrs since we got a "Hardcore" pulm. doc he really likes using the diprovan gtts. When...

  24. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, I would not. Matter of fact my 5yr old is already complaining about me working hollidays and

  25. Crepitus

    BULLYDAWGRN replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Had a few sub-q air pt's in the past, the worst was a 70 something male who was having recurrent pulmonary blebs and pneumos, that required surgical intervention and chest tube sxn. But anyway, this...