BuckyBadgerRN

BuckyBadgerRN ASN, RN

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  1. Nursing Student using food stamps

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students

    Oh heck, probably over half of my classmates were receiving welfare benefits of some sort while they were in nursing school. Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, daycare subsidies, you name it....

  2. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You DID do the performance. Correct? YOU inserted the IV and it didn't go so well. THAT'S what you're evaluated on. To me it sounds like you're looking to place the reason for your feelings of...

  3. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hmmm, we learned that the catheter goes in at a 15 degree angle, LOL That said, it's her JOB to instruct you. Period. Since you have not yet passed the NCLEX and don't possess a nursing license of...

  4. Cheating in Pre-Reqs

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to xxyyzz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm glad you were able to confirm what the instructor was already suspecting. I still stick to my original thought (even MORE so now) that this instructor should have/could have been trying a little...

  5. how can lvn student challenge the board to take cna test

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Denise32388's topic in California Nursing

    In my state you take a proctered (sp?) exam after completing a CNA

  6. CNA job scam? Please help

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to magalipastor60's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm sure you've been told this, but yeah, you've been/are being scammed. Anyone that "overpays" and then wants you to refund the over payment is totally screwing you over. That money probably goes...

  7. Things that gross you out..

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Students

    Yeppers! I knew ya'll figure out how THAT turned out! I had a coworker reach into her closet and pull a top off of a hanger and it spun around and the hook part landed right in her eye. Joan...

  8. Are nurses allowed to have their nails painted?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, fake nails sure do look pretty, but egads, the studies that show the amount of bacteria and nasties that are associated with them is enough to make me "just say no" I did 2 clinical rotations at...

  9. Things that gross you out..

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Students

    Eye stuff. Injuries to the eye and such. We had to discect a pig's eyeball for A&P and I wanted to just take the F, LOL. My sister is an optho tech and thinks it's hilarious to tell me the...

  10. Cheating in Pre-Reqs

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to xxyyzz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How can the instructor not realize what's going on? Either a cell phone is out, or she's glancing down an awful lot. Instructor sounds pretty

  11. Failed Rn boards 4 times

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to michelle.duncan's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Please, please, PLEASE, NO text speak as outlined in the

  12. Does it sound like I can get my job back?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Actually, FB is NOT for

  13. Dropped test

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    To be fair though, when my school required nursing students to have a 80% pass rate, yet the rest of the student body had to meet a 78% pass rate, the school told him he had to make the switch and...

  14. Dropped test

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Nope!! Our A&P and Micro were taught by the same guy and he was tough. They called him the gatekeeper, b/c if you couldn't get past him, you were not going to make it in nursing school!! He...

  15. Got a dui and just got accepted into nursing program what to do!!??

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to stephaniep05's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Well, with any luck for you, you live in my state where your first DUI isn't even a criminal charge, it's a misdemeanor (unless there are extra circumstances, like having a minor in the car with you)....

  16. will this hurt me in school

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to rvd4now's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The school systems are only partly (IMO) to blame. Social networking "says" it's perfectly alright to use "u" for you, numbers for entire words, etc. My kids know better than to send me a text with...

  17. What do you think? Cause I know it's not right..

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to rksgray13's topic in Home Health

    I'm not sure why you're getting upset with the responses you've gotten. Enjoy the ones that agreed with you, disregard those posts you didn't care for. I for one am still confused by what it is your...

  18. What do you think? Cause I know it's not right..

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to rksgray13's topic in Home Health

    What is it you love about this job? I was frankly surprised to see the ending to your post where you proclaimed your love for this position, because I wasn't feeling that reading what you wrote. I'm...

  19. What was the longest code you have been in?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Probably around 90 minutes. Back when I ran EMS actually. 12 year old boy playing in a gravity box filled with corn. They didn't realize he was in there and opened the chute on the bottom to get...

  20. NCLEX RN vs NCLEX PN

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to RmCU_nA's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I stand corrected. I just looked myself up on my states licensing website and I am currently licensed as an LPN AND an RN. Since I paid both fees, both are

  21. need advice PLEASE!!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Kr_nurse09's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm a CDA/COA and an RN. I've worked in dentistry for 26 years, the last 3 as an LPN and the last year as an RN. I've recently taken a home health postion and cut back my time at the office. I'd...

  22. Had my first grievance, not very happy...

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to mjs2118's topic in General Nursing

    OH!!! Thanks for the clarification----I thought she had to wait for the pain

  23. Had my first grievance, not very happy...

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to mjs2118's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as someone who has been through the agony of kidney stones, I can understand why your patient/coworker made a complaint. Seriously. I have had 4 babies, 3 w/o epidurals and one was 9# 14oz....

  24. Just wanted to say DON'T give UP! =)

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Excelsior College

    People who haven't done online nursing classes have NO idea what they're like, and if they say they're the easy way out, they need to be junk-punched. I did a considerable amount of theory classes...

  25. My classmates dropping like flies???

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to mttzakr87's topic in General Students

    When I started my program, there were 22 of us in the PT portion. Four years later when we graduated, there were 4. Yes, FOUR. Now, a few slid into FT slots at the halfway point since spots opened...