BuckyBadgerRN

BuckyBadgerRN ASN, RN

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  1. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know what to tell you then. ANY suggestion anyone has offered to you has been responded to with disdain and defensiveness. I'm sorry you're finding PDN work to be so low-paying, I can...

  2. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I did PDN for 18 months, but still managed to have plenty of nursing contacts outside of the PDN world. I'm not trying to be mean, but you're really doing yourself a disservice by not net-working...

  3. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's a huge difference between enjoying a glass of wine (or heck, tying on a full blown bender) as a legal adult and KNOWINGLY committing fraud in regards to the lifeline of your source of

  4. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "pretty common" for nurses not to take CEU's even though the state that issues them a license to practice REQUIRES it? I swear, it gets a little more scary every time I read a

  5. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What? Not brain dead because she's lived too long? How are you pulling this stuff out the replies you're receiving? Oy

  6. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nope, mine never did either. Continuing Ed is up to each nurse to seek out on their own, out of their own pocket as well usually. Fortunately you can find TONS of free CEUs

  7. License Surrendered due to HIPAA volation

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to twhite305's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Did you have a LICENSE to give up, or a certificate? And I HAVE to do this: it's

  8. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm wondering now long it will be before this child's insurance carrier decides to stop paying.

  9. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    SO well put,

  10. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We get that you don't work in neuro, it the fact that you work with children on vents with varying degrees of response and you seem to have no grasp of whether they have brain function or

  11. How likely is termination?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to bbcfan's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would never agree, as the incoming nurse, to "get report" based off of the notes made during the previous shift. There's no Q&A opportunity that way (just like taped report, I don't care for...

  12. how to renew my expired RN license

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to allaboutfun's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'd contact Maryland BON and see how they advise you to

  13. Holiday Pay, Working Holidays

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Liverpoollover's topic in Agency Nurses

    When I did agency work, it didn't matter what the holiday was, there was no holiday pay! I can kind of see their point though as far as scheduling---there are still nursing needs no matter what day...

  14. Hello! What should I do to get a job!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to heyitsme728's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Where have you looked? LTC's hire many LPN's around me will do new grads. Or home health? Those are the big hiring bodies of LPN's in my area. Hospitals no longer utilize LPN's and all clinics...

  15. Sleeping with HMEs (Trach noses) safe?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to coraline44's topic in Private Duty

    I did HH for a 2 yo with trach/vent. If she was on the vent, she had the HME running. She became horribly congested without

  16. How much is too much morphine?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Neomikeyboy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We will dissolve the lorazepam IN the liquid morphine, just a tip for you =) As you may have already read elsewhere in this thread, it's the FIRST dose of morphine that would be considered the...

  17. How much is too much morphine?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to Neomikeyboy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I work in LTC, on the rehab/short term side of the facility, which means we have hospice clients. I've yet to see one come to us with a sc port and there is no way that an invasive procedure such as...

  18. co worker is a bully, help!

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to jane_34's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well now we're all curious as to what other ways she couldn't abide by rules set forth by her superiors,

  19. DUI Prior to Licensure

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

    Any chance you got your DUI in WI? Just throwing that out there, because if you did, your first DUI is NOT a crime and you shouldn't check that box "yes" in answer to the question. Now, WI is the...

  20. Starting LPN Program At ATS Chicago With Criminal History

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

    And FBI background

  21. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And she wasn't brain dead. Classic example of persistive vegetative

  22. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Noone expects you to know everything, but considering this is your "specialty", I think this is where some of us are doing the one-eyed squint while wrinkling our nose and tipping our head as we read...

  23. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup, if you take away MY source of ventilation for 5 hours, I'd be dead too. Chance to say anyone of us here would

  24. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Because there is NO brain activity. Why should the hospital have to eat the costs of performing those surgical procedures on a patient who is, for all intents and purposes,

  25. conscious pt terminal wean

    BuckyBadgerRN replied to taylynnfree's topic in MICU, SICU

    I can appreciate the fact that this experience is a soul-searching situation for you, but you really need to get some notions out of your head. No nurse is excited about a patient dying. The morphine...