BuckyBadgerRN

BuckyBadgerRN ASN, RN

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  1. MA and LPN in Dr's offices

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Mkelly's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In my area, most clinics (GP's anyway) hire MA's and have no qualms about trying to pass them off as RN's. (RN's are not allowed by law to do phone triage, yet countless clinics allow MA's to act in...

  2. Pearson trick

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Seda258's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What do you find out when you do a search on AN and read the other thousand threads that have been started about your very

  3. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    The trick is to carry it out of there like you OWN

  4. Should I start RN school? Have not passed PN boards

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

    What does your school require? Where I graduated, EVERYONE was enrolled in the RN program. However, some chose to stop at the midway point and work with their LPN license, some had already failed...

  5. What to do when u find an unresponsive patient

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to LucasNewGrad's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    New account? Yeah, I'm suspicious. I don't know how you can be a nurse and not know the answers to your own

  6. When is the appropriate time to bring up a planned vacation?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When I accepted my "side job", I just straight up told them "I have a family wedding over the July 4th weekend, so if it does happen that my weekend to work falls on that weekend, I am unavailable to...

  7. Side business ideas for nurses

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That had to smell just great!

  8. LPN new grad as a classroom nurse

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Jp381209's topic in School

    Exactly. I know my state does not allow LPN's to do

  9. LPN new grad as a classroom nurse

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Jp381209's topic in School

    Does your state allow LPN's to do

  10. Side business ideas for nurses

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    WHA?! (in my best minion

  11. Side business ideas for nurses

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well now I'm just curious---closed by the health dept

  12. I want to be proactive while earning my ADN....

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to nhunt's topic in General Students

    Why are you getting "JUST" your ADN degree

  13. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    I was with you until #3. I cannot use a fine point pen---I push HARD when I write, like you can read it like braille from the backside! I have to have at least a medium point, right now I'm loving...

  14. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    I have the Littman Master Cardiology, with my name engraved on it. It NEVER leaves my

  15. Tattoos!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to mmbucklerky's topic in General Students

    Um, not random at all----there are countless threads on this already =) Tattoos are everywhere, it's probably more common to find people with them than without

  16. Does this violate hipaa?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to April423Ko's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You weren't employed by that hospital and cared for your family members. Do you have an understanding of what HIPAA is about? Because this isn't even

  17. Can a debt cause my nursing license to be taken from me?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Jillybean48's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    This is wrong advice, in my state at least. My state can, and WILL suspend a nursing license if you fail to pay back the loans you acquired in order to get that

  18. Denied R.N. License after NCLEX

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

    They will ALL ask you about licensure history as a nurse, no matter what state you apply to or held a license in. What is your goal here? To pick a state in which to work as an RN that won't care...

  19. Denied R.N. License after NCLEX

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

    The NCLEX is a national exam to be taken ONCE, well, PASSED once, LOL. Why would you need to retake it in another

  20. Why do nurses delegate with a power trip?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to CrzyNrsBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Someone's experience, either yours or mine, is atypical. I've worked FT in an LTC and now I do a per diem gig in a different facility in addition to my clinic job. I've NEVER heard a CNA called...

  21. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    How many opportunities have you given them? I will never understand people who get pulled over time and time

  22. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Or not. My dh and state trooper brother have both ticketed nurses who deserve it. Total myth that scrubs always get you out of a

  23. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We joke that cops and firefighters marry nurses and teachers. My BFF is an ortho surgical nurse, married to a FF, a couple we vacation with often---shes a teacher, he's a FF. My DH is an officer....

  24. I'm the worst CNA they ever had

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

    Your job as a CNA is to clean their house? Oh HAYLE

  25. Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    You've been posting on a nursing site since you were 15 years old?