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bunky BSN, RN

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  1. Difficult patients and families

    bunky posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is something that I don't see discussed in much detail here, and I am thinking to myself that maybe I am just a b***h, but do you ever get really irritated by your patients and/or their families?...

  2. New Nursing Forum for Canadian Nurses!!

    bunky replied to Jay-Jay's topic in International Nursing

    First of all, Thank you Brian! This is such a wonderful idea! Secondly, I am so happy to see you all here. I miss Canada terribly. JMP I am with you. I left for the same reasons you are...

  3. Charge Nurse-ing

    bunky replied to ccunite's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No Canoehead I am the one who does say no, and I've been threatened with termination several times now due to that fact. I am the so-called "troublemaker" who stops working and calls my agency to...

  4. Charge Nurse-ing

    bunky replied to ccunite's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank God I am not the only one having to do this! I am agency staff and have loved the fact that they'd never make me pull charge again. I had been exclusively charge for a few years and loved the...

  5. Relocating Canada to Us

    bunky replied to neuro6's topic in General Nursing

    Hi from a fellow canuck Neuro6. I made the move 5 yrs ago from Ontario to Texas due to lack of jobs back home. Why are you wanting to relocate? That's the big question, and when you answer that, we...

  6. What Freaks You Out?

    bunky replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading these and laughing hysterically. I can do trachs, spit, snot, pus, even when the pus (a lovely gray toothpaste like never ending string of it)came from and 8 yr old scrotal cyst...

  7. note to nurse dude, will they never learn!

    bunky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Oramar! I'm baaacckkk.... I am seeing something here that I don't like to see, yet it is becoming apparent to me and I wonder, am I losing it or is this for real? I don't know the facility or the...

  8. ATTENTION ALLAGNCY NURSES! QUESTION 4 YA

    bunky replied to nurseaaron's topic in General Nursing

    Hi again Aaron! $29 weekdays, 7a-7p $31 weekend days, and I get $34/hr when I pull charge. Been a nurse for almost 6yrs,

  9. ATTENTION ALLAGNCY NURSES! QUESTION 4 YA

    bunky replied to nurseaaron's topic in General Nursing

    Hi again Aaron! $29 weekdays, 7a-7p $31 weekend days, and I get $34/hr when I pull charge. Been a nurse for almost 6yrs,

  10. Non-critical pts in ICU

    bunky replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another question: Why are pt's being admitted for blood transfusions at all? I work on Med-Surg and those admits can throw your entire day into a tailspin. These pt's come to the floor often...

  11. Need advice- Canadian wants to know about US

    bunky replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    Hi JMP! I am from Ontario, mature student too, currently working in Texas. I hear you loud and clear about the shortage of fulltime jobs in the smaller cities there! I understand that some hospitals...

  12. Do the squeamish survive?

    bunky replied to ArleneD's topic in Nursing Career

    And here's a good trick one of my clinical teachers taught me. When you are starting to feel squeemish, stand straight and go from foot to foot and wiggle your hands. I don't know why but it worked....

  13. House Supervisor Role

    bunky replied to NurseRachet's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't know entirely what your job entails, but here's a word to the rest: Make friends with these people at the hospital as it helps!

  14. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

    bunky replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Career

    I am proud to be a nurse. I don't always feel good about the job due to short staffing but when people ask me what I do, I am proud to say I am an

  15. Diploma Nurse?

    bunky replied to HNC's topic in General Nursing

    Count me in as a proud diploma holder, and they are still offering the diploma program in Canada at many community colleges. It was a 3 year program, although there have been a few times where...

  16. bolus heparin i v

    bunky replied to athenia's topic in General Nursing

    Saphie, you should see the stuff we push here even on a med surg floor! They don't use minibags as extensivley

  17. bolus heparin i v

    bunky replied to athenia's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I am pretty certain that BOLUS would mean IV, but always

  18. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yep, except now you don't get tips to supplement the crappy

  19. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Mijourney, my nose is SO brown it obstructs my vision some days! The best thing that I find myslef doing a lot more of these days: I see the call light and know "Oh God it's THEM again! I answer it in...

  20. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    PPL are Keller and Keller lawyers in your area? Here we have Maloney and Maloney who advertise that sometimes in nursing homes your loved ones are subjected to "Diabolical acts of torture" and Ms....

  21. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I AM a hard stick, three or four times worth. The idea was that "It hurt", but so much of what we do, does hurt! I can't see the logic in including such a thing on a patient survey unless it is...

  22. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Why would a survey include such a ridiculous area of complaint? We are paying megabucks for these consultants to come in and do these surveys. What a waste of

  23. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Smitty! That makes me puke! Certainly, my pleasure! May I kiss your butt while I'm at it sir? We get these monthly "customer service focus" notes up all over the place and they make me sick! One...

  24. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Once I told a patient who had this long list of stuff for me to do for him (even though his wife was right there) "Why don't you put this stuff on your list for Santa?". I then laughed my head off...

  25. Difficult patients and families

    bunky replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    See?! Exactly what I think too! I get so tired of butt kissing to avoid trouble. Bringing family members this and that, it takes time away from my real patients who are also depending on me and it...