Bugaloo

Bugaloo

Med-Surg, HH, Tele, Geriatrics, Psych

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  1. Narcotic Diversion in Nursing

    Bugaloo posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just received my state board of nursing newsletter. As I was browsing through it, I couldn't help but think, "What were they thinking?". It never ceases to amaze me that nurses put their livelihood...

  2. Families from Hell

    Bugaloo replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh yes, families! Some of them are just reacting from the stress of having their loved ones in the hospital, but some are not. When your patient is a frequent flyer and the family is a pain, you...

  3. Does anyone like Med-Surg?

    Bugaloo replied to swee2000's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked LTC in a nursing home and hospital setting. I have also worked Tele, and Med-Surg-Resp in the hospital. When I started to burn out, I left and worked in Home Health for 15 months. I am...

  4. Relationship based care/Playing the game

    Bugaloo replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll take 2 Reglan, please. The hospital that I worked at for 6 years came up with this stupid crap. They hired some big wig company to tell us what we were doing wrong in the area of customer...

  5. Patient Teaching Guide: Coumadin Therapy

    Bugaloo replied to Bugaloo's topic in General Nursing

    Barbara, Thanks so much for the input. I will change that. You are correct. NP's do an awesome job!

  6. OMG I just got fired...what now?

    Bugaloo replied to NurseSarah86's topic in General Nursing

    {{{HUG}}} It will get

  7. oh ye uninformed... this is why er nurses "don't care"

    Bugaloo replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Does it bother anyone else that we are paying a lot of money for our own health care, and then you see people like this that abuse the system. I pay a lot for insurance for myself and my family and I...

  8. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    Bugaloo replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I feel as if patients and their family members as a whole have become more demanding towards the nursing staff. You also have this trend in hospitals now to make the hospital more like a hotel. As in,...

  9. Bringing Massage Therapy Back into Nursing

    Bugaloo replied to massageRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank

  10. What is Home Health REALLY Like?

    Bugaloo posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been pondering something for a while now and would really like some answers from seasoned Home Health nurses..any thoughts, good or bad, are welcome. About 2 years ago, after almost 7 years in...

  11. Is this for me?

    Bugaloo replied to RNsRWe's topic in Home Health

    Hi, I was reading your post and thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth. I worked 12 hour nights at a hospital and then went to home health, because I thought I would have more time with my 4 year...

  12. A Really Weird Thing Happened at Work the Other Day!

    Bugaloo posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I work 12 hour nights at a small rural hospital. They contract with a local security company for their hospital "security guards". Every now and then we have a confused or agitated patient that...

  13. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Bugaloo replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    DO NOT step on a rusty nail, then go wading in a rancid creek and wonder why you end up with a REALLY nasty wound on the bottom of your foot. Also, do not shoot Heroin into a vein in your member, end...