Bugaloo

Bugaloo has 23 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg, HH, Tele, Geriatrics, Psych.

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1. Nursing Student Photo - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   Bugaloo replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Students

   Two nursing students have been up all night long writing out notes for their clinicals, studying for two big exams and writing a paper that was due yesterday. They have only had one hour of sleep in...

2. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   Bugaloo replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   A long time ago, I was taking care of a little old lady who had just had a hip replacement. She has Sundowner's and kept trying to climb out of bed. The bed alarm had went off about 10 times in one...

3. Best Tips for Nurses - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   Bugaloo replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   Learn to listen to your intuition. If "your gut" tells you something isn't right, more times than not, you should investigate things further. If you aren't happy in your current job, look for...

4. Share Your Favorite Motivational Quote - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   Bugaloo replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   "What doesn't kill you makes you

5. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

   Bugaloo replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

   I have signed checks and receipts with RN at the end. Haven't we all? I look at veins too! I diagnose people in my head when their color is "not quite right". The job I have had for the last 11 months...

6. are we human .. really ??

   Bugaloo replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   Only in nursing do you get raked over the coals for "human mistakes", this I have learned. And, yes, I have cried over write ups too. We have feelings, therefore, we cry. Please try not to beat...

7. Snow- at what point do you call out?

   Bugaloo replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

   Reading some of these comments made me feel as if I had to say something. I have worked as a nurse for 17 years. Not once, when I made it in from 45 minutes away from my home, in snow and ice, have I...

8. Physical Assessments: Do Any Nurses Do Them

   Bugaloo replied to romie's topic in General Nursing

   As a med-surg nurse, I always did thorough head to toe assessments on my patients, and I have been a nurse a long time. That being said, I highly suspected that there were some nurses who did not....

9. Tell Me What It's Really Like

   Bugaloo posted a topic in Correctional

   I could really use some advice right now. After almost 17 years as a medical nurse, I have the opportunity to work much closer to home at a sexual offender's unit. As I understand it, these are men...

10. Nursing: Experience Does Not Mean A Higher Salary

    Bugaloo replied to Bugaloo's topic in General Nursing

    I really feel that it depends on the facility that you are applying to and how badly they need help. I worked as a traveler for a year at a facility. When I decided to move on, they asked me to stay...

11. Nursing: Experience Does Not Mean A Higher Salary

    Bugaloo replied to Bugaloo's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for your response. That makes a lot of sense. What is really crazy is that I had to actually leave one place of employment for almost three years in order to come back at a higher rate...

12. Nursing: Experience Does Not Mean A Higher Salary

    Bugaloo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why does it seem that in the nursing field, salaries do not seem to really increase that much with experience? I was an LPN for ten years and have been an RN for six. I have a lot of experience in...

13. Who hates nursing, honestly????

    Bugaloo replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really hate nursing. I LOVE caring for people. It is all the other stuff that takes up a 12-hr shift that is totally uncalled for: crazy family members, out-of-touch administration, pulling...

14. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Bugaloo replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Considering the way most of us are treated when there is NOT a pandemic, why should I risk my life to go to work without PPE to protect me? I have a family that depends on me for an income, which I...

15. Ativan for Everything?

    Bugaloo replied to smilesandstickers's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, on our busy Med-Surg floor where almost half of the patients are Psych, drug overdoses or drug-seekers, Ativan is a God-send. I also think that Ativan should be available in spray bottles for...