Bug Out

Bug Out BSN

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  1. Remote RN positions

    Bug Out replied to WLW's topic in Nursing Career

    Both my wife and I work remotely. I would recommend looking at insurance companies and then going through the supply room and med room and writing down all of the brands you see and search their...

  2. Am I Breaking HIPAA

    Bug Out replied to LEMANS's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    What Information is Protected Protected Health Information. The Privacy Rule protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business...

  3. Phasing Out ADN?

    Bug Out replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. In true nursing fashion I think the profession attempts to be everything to everyone all at the same time. I personally would support a further subdivision of bedside nurses from a leadership...

  4. Phasing Out ADN?

    Bug Out replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    While I am in agreement that ADN nurses are essential I would disagree with the overall (not necessarily your sentiment) that BSNs are not useful. For a basic floor nurse I personally think an ADN...

  5. MSN vs. DNP: Which Nursing Degree Is Best?

    Bug Out replied to Sarah Beattie's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent article. Not everything is the hospital bedside for nurses. Nursing is a huge profession and there are many, many things a nurse can do. Don't forget (healthcare adjacent) corporate...

  6. Am I selfish for working overtime?

    Bug Out replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the statements you made are huge red flags for a codependent parent. Requesting you to take the day off for a parent's birthday, Mother's Day, and taking a week to chauffeur your mother and...

  7. Should managers show up to work before everyone else?

    Bug Out replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    To give context I have worked in a large corporate setting for some time now and my wife is in management. I think your question is somewhat of a mix of what a manager should do and what salaried...

  8. Intravenous Catheter Selection and Why it Matters

    Bug Out replied to Courtney Lemanski's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Unfortunately the law only requires a facility to consider technology, it does not require them to adopt

  9. Respiratory Nursing - new RT??

    Bug Out replied to KetafolDNP's topic in General Specialties

    I apologize for the confusion, they certainly have a scope of practice. When you look at nursing the scopes of practice are relatively well defined since it has a very long history. When you look at...

  10. IV contamination?

    Bug Out replied to Futurern2753's topic in General Nursing

    Couple different ways to answer this. Professionally it would have been best to discard the tubing as the cap is not a super impermeable barrier, the caps are primarily designed as a sharps hazard...

  11. Respiratory Nursing - new RT??

    Bug Out replied to KetafolDNP's topic in General Specialties

    Being a relatively young medical profession they do not have as well of an established scope of practice. Their scope is what they want it to be. A side effect of being a young profession is they do...

  12. Respiratory Nursing - new RT??

    Bug Out replied to KetafolDNP's topic in General Specialties

    Except in many states that line is largely blurring. In Arizona they fired almost all of the vascular access/PICC nurses in favor of RTs since they can pay them $10 less an hour. We are seeing a...

  13. Electrode Wear Time?

    Bug Out posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How frequently is everyone changing their electrodes? q24,

  14. Burned out

    Bug Out replied to Katrn05's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of options for different jobs such as becoming a PICC/vascular access nurse within the hospital, working in ambulatory treatment, outpatient infusion, among all of the other specialties...

  15. Who has taken the CRNI exam?

    Bug Out replied to wei wu's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Go to https://www.ins1.org/ and buy the CRNI study guide and the Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, I do not think you honestly need anything

  16. Who has taken the CRNI exam?

    Bug Out replied to wei wu's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I have taken and passed both the CRNI and VA-BC. For the CRNI I first bought the Infusion Therapy textbook and a virtual study guide DVD thing. I would just listen to the DVD to and from work everyday...

  17. Stopping a code w/o MD

    Bug Out posted a topic in General Nursing

    I heard an interesting story today. Facility is a SNF, Pt codes, family at bedside, after a few minutes of the code the son, Med POA, requested to stop the code. The person running the code a LPN...

  18. Light reading on workplace violence

    Bug Out replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Tele, LTC, Infusion When I was choked out it was by a 6' 210lb retired Marine with dementia lol. Before he choked me out he actually kicked me in the face when we attempted to restrain him. Got me...

  19. Stopping a code w/o MD

    Bug Out replied to Bug Out's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair a RN's Scope of Practice in Arizona does not address this issue and there seems to be debate of the "legalities." Some of you seem to be quick on the judging of the RN. You cannot fault...

  20. Light reading on workplace violence

    Bug Out replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I have been bitten too many times to count. Choked with a telephone cord, punched in the face, chest and stomache, pinched about a bazillion times and slapped a handfull or others. I read once that...

  21. Stopping a code w/o MD

    Bug Out replied to Bug Out's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that the Nurses would not have the authority to stop the code but the family does not have the authority

  22. Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

    Bug Out replied to mahkev2000's topic in Male Nursing Students

    3.85 at

  23. AZ CNA Board Test

    Bug Out replied to LuvMandi's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There is not time limit and verbally say everything you are doing. After each test verbally say again all the steps you would have performed. If you physically miss something but verbally say it in AZ...

  24. Unsafe Practice and Board of Nursing

    Bug Out replied to Beijos's topic in General Nursing

    First you need to make detailed documentation. Second you need to figure out which agencies regulate your facility. Most likely your State's Dept of Health Services will be the entity to contact....

  25. New grad and registry..Does this sound kosher

    Bug Out replied to sweetpickle's topic in Agency Nurses

    Usually not a good idea to work registry right out of school. What state? No idea what this means. I would love to work as an IC, get your NSO insurance. Bad sign Personally I would not go...