BuckyBadgerRN

BuckyBadgerRN ASN, RN

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  1. Teach me about Thyroid Problems

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to KateRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Kate, honestly, contact me if you want the personal side of thyroid issues. No medical advice given,

  2. Teach me about Thyroid Problems

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to KateRN1's topic in General Nursing

    ??? What do you

  3. Can I have tattoos/piercings if I go into nursing?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to lrosen95's topic in Nursing Career

    I went back and re-read. I didn't see a rude post in the bunch. I even had to search for sarcastic! Thicker skin will do wonders for you with a nursing career

  4. Please for the love of God.............

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    Hmmmmm, must be a pretty small community that will send an officer to wait for an AMA patient to come home so the confirmation of drug use/driving can be confirmed. My DH is a police officer. He...

  5. Teach me about Thyroid Problems

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to KateRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I have Graves Disease. What do you want to know? I mean REALLY know---not what a textbook or a website will tell

  6. Can I have tattoos/piercings if I go into nursing?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to lrosen95's topic in Nursing Career

    Of course you can!! Whether some HR's will hire you with them is another story! This applies more to the piercing, clearly. I know my clinicals required NO facial piercing--no "super small teeny...

  7. Does this make me an "RN snob"?

    BuckyBadgerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    My BFF has started a new job recently and we were visiting about it last night. (We both work in dentistry, I graduated from an accreditated program, and sat for the national boards for certification...

  8. Does this make me an "RN snob"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Which would be? This OS group allows unlicensed, untrained personnel to give these drugs to clients who probably have NO clue about the level of licensure of the staff? That's pretty concerning to...

  9. Is it legal for a nurse to work 24 hours straight?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to MrsMwenja_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You would have been leaving him with a nurse----at the hospital!!! Sounds like your supervisor is a real piece of

  10. Seems a bit excessive to me....

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, that's the state system for ya!! Here in my state, your retirement pay is based on your 3 best years of salary. I know a corrections officer that for the last 3 years he worked, he set up a...

  11. Pharmacists giving injections!?!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to chevyv's topic in Patient Medications

    Yup, it's been this way for at least a couple of years around here. Not sure how I feel about

  12. CNA Question

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Apophenia84's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My school required that you "successfully complete" the CNA class b/4 you could even apply to the RN program. We didn't have to take the proctor exam and I chose not to spend the $200 to get...

  13. Reporting child abuse

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Airidis's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Um, your Doc KNOWS about this abuse and is content to sit by and let this "plan" fall into place? S/he is also a mandatory reporter, has s/he forgotten that? Best to let them worry about their own...

  14. Why did you pick your username?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to made's topic in General Nursing

    When I joined Allnurses, I was a student, hence the "2B" part of my "handle". Now I am done with school, duly licensed and a real REGISTERD NURSE =) I just haven't figured out how to change my name,...

  15. "Make sure to get induced...everyone does it!"

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If those numbers are real, it's frightening!! Several studies will show that inductions also result in a higher likelihood of a c/s---maybe that's why THOSE numbers are so high!! I've have 4 babies...

  16. Just got hired and heard that Zoloft can come up as a Benzo on drug test?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to sweetnlow4's topic in General Nursing

    So now if they find out via the drug test, what do you think they are going to think of you?! Omission of the facts could lead one to believe you are less than honest and THAT might be what keeps...

  17. Obvious violation of hippa

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to nicenurselpn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    OH, well that is VERY different than a lab result!!! (not saying that it isn't a HIPAA violation, because it certainly

  18. Obvious violation of hippa

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to nicenurselpn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    OK, I work in dentistry. We do NOT have people's lab results as a matter of record.

  19. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    I know I personally never said "don't listen if a patient tells you they're a hard stick"! I said don't let it fluster you (or something along those lines). No sense letting your head tell your...

  20. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    Not going in, but if they bump it at all once it's placed it is tender! I try not to do to patients what I wouldn't want done to me,

  21. Plus size nurse concerned about O.R. scrubs

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    If they require you to wear hospital-issued scrubs, then they are required to provide them. I'd definately email the manager and explain the shortage in certain

  22. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    Probably b/c of the way the cath lab is set

  23. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    Ack! I never use that medial vein---too tender! And I NEVER let anyone even look at that one on me,

  24. medication error

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to py2010's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You HAVE to talk to your supervisor!! Ignoring it will not make the problem go away. HONESTY is a trait that earns

  25. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    Avoid any "vein" with a pulse!!! No seriously, trust your fingertips. Try and pick a nice one with your eyes, and then palpate, palpate, palpate. I spend a lot of time without gloves checking sites....