BuckyBadgerRN

BuckyBadgerRN ASN, RN

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  1. Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nurse Amy Jolie's topic in Patient Medications

    If the resident has an Rx for the medication, I don't see the problem. Now if there WAS no Rx, now you've got a serious

  2. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OK, you TOTALLY did not read what I was saying to you. I am in your corner as far as doing your check of the 5 rights, I said my med pass is late too, b/c I will not race through it with the sole...

  3. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As said earlier, no one knows of any nurse who had their license yanked by the board for being late with a med pass. Yes, your state might have a stroke about that, but that will come back on your...

  4. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you're letting your aides play on their phones, you need to step up your management skills NOW. In my facility, having a phone on the floor is an INSTANTLY fireable offense. All I have to do is...

  5. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm a big fan of the word "plethora"! Not commonly used and very appropriate

  6. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My med pass is late too. I work on rehab, right now I have 30 residents, probably 25 of them get meds during the HS med pass that I do. It is not physically possible for me to complete it in two...

  7. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What part of this is putting your license on the line? They all seem to be tasks well within your scope of practice and

  8. Night shift nurse responsibilities

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to bTRUE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And since pharmacy was just here, it reminded me that on NOC's we count narc boxes when they come in and we also destroy all narcs that have been d/c'd, resident discharged, or passed away. That can...

  9. Night shift nurse responsibilities

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to bTRUE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, I rarely get my allotted total hour of breaktime, I can tell you that! SOME of my responsiblities, on top of the med passes, treatments and helping CNA's answer lights (yes, I do this), the...

  10. RT over-stepping boundaries?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to 1RN4Christ's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree! when I was in nursing school, my grand rounds presentation was on COPD. One of the RT's at my clinical site was invaluable at hooking me up and TEACHING me about ABG's and other things that...

  11. Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Wait a minute. One post back you were saying "we're both nurses" and now it's "you nurses" YOU have just divided the ranks and suddenly you're no longer a nurse.

  12. Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    LOL, oh the irony of your use of the word

  13. Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm not even off of the first page of 15 and I can see already that your mind is closed to a healthy debate regarding the topic and you have it in your mind that YOU (not your profession, necessarily)...

  14. Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh, and because you did it more than once, I can't believe its a typo (which I can overlook). "Cheaper to higher" should be "cheaper to hire". Education REALLY comes into play between the two...

  15. Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So go get your RN license. You "already do everything an RN does anyway", go get the license and make that extra $. Oh yeah, and once you do, report back to us so we know how you feel once YOU are...

  16. Is there really a nursing shortage?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to hoppingpete's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Seriously? Oh wait, this is your 4th post, clearly you've not seen the 100 previous threads on this

  17. forced to come in on days off?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to nursebag's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you're part of the problem, not the solution. If you're a manager, then why are you letting those under you get away with not taking call as it appears to be required of them. You let your own...

  18. forced to come in on days off?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to nursebag's topic in General Nursing

    First, quit answering the phone when they call. That goes without saying. Next I'd tell them you just finished a glass of wine and it wouldn't be safe for you to come in

  19. New Nurse Multiple med errors

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Doll Head's topic in Patient Medications

    2300 is a common med pass? I do a 12 hour shift, the 2000 is a big one and then we catch the 0600 before we go home. Personally I think a 2300 pass is ridiculous, as a resident anyway! I'd be...

  20. BG- 74, would you give or held insulin?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Hope2017's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I always remember it as "if it points to the LEFT that's LESS---left/less" But that's just

  21. Took NCLEX for the 2nd time with 265 questions again. Nursing pending app gone!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to riosj89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    A letter saying you ALMOST passed? I've never heard of such a thing. It's pass/fail, no almosts,

  22. New Nurse Multiple med errors

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Doll Head's topic in Patient Medications

    Her first two big errors were not giving the medication at all. Patient identifiers wouldn't have made a difference. Her error in giving the wrong med to a patient involved someone with...

  23. question regarding meds

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

    To expound, a nurse with good time management skills will prioritize their med pass so that if there ARE any residents who have to have medications at a certain time (insulins with meals comes to...

  24. Phasing out alarms?!?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to al586's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My facility is a "restraint-free" facility, and that means NO alarms, except for wander guards. No tab alarms, no bed alarms. Just the wander guards that make it so a locked door isn't supposed to...

  25. california RN desperately seeking job in acute care... any advice..edp from nurse man

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to nursepenelope's topic in Nursing Career

    Honestly? I think you need to focus on taking care of YOU before taking care of others. You say you can't work longer than 15-20 minutes before needing a nap. How in the world do you think you will...