Booty Nurse BSN

Booty Nurse has 22 years experience as a BSN and specializes in OR, PACU, GI, med-surg, OB, school nursing.

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1. Cleaning and reusing N95

   Booty Nurse replied to wileyfinn's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I was going to post this useful link to reusing N95s, but the page is currently down and says it’s being updated with new information. Hopefully it will be back up soon....

2. RNs possibly reassigned due to COVID-19

   Booty Nurse replied to RNCardiacRose's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I’m an OR/PACU nurse and went down to per diem a few months ago. On Monday my hospital finally decided to cancel elective surgeries, and I was temporarily laid off. But not for long - yesterday I...

3. Surgical techs in GI LAB

   Booty Nurse replied to Chuckie's topic in Gastroenterology

   My unit sounds just like wvgi's. We are a small hospital; we have scrub techs, LPNs, and RNs all do the scrub role, depending on what's going on in the rest of the unit (the rest of the unit being an...

4. RN to BSN online

   Booty Nurse replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

   You sound very motivated! I'm doing the Slippery Rock (SRU) program, but at a very leisurely pace compared to what you are planning. SRU is cheap at ~$800 for a 3-credit course. One of the reasons I...

5. RN to BSN online

   Booty Nurse replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Slippery Rock University doesn't require general ed classes, and it's cheap!

6. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

   Booty Nurse replied to darne20's topic in Gastroenterology

   I've been an endo nurse for just over a year. Every colonoscopy I've assisted with has been under either fentanyl and Versed or Demerol and Versed (or with MAC). One doc I work with has done colos...

7. Causes of chronic nausea?

   Booty Nurse replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Gastroenterology

   My son had a mysterious GI issue when he was 10. His symptoms were mostly pain, but also had nausea, headache, and dizziness. We went through several diagnoses, many drugs, a barium enema, and a...

8. RN to BSN online

   Booty Nurse replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Check out Slippery Rock U. of Pennsylvania (http://www.sru.edu). It's about $750 for a three-credit course. I'm attending there now, and I've been generally happy with it. My big complaint is with the...

9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Booty Nurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

   Never put something yummy on your member and scrotum, then entice your dog to lick it off (Very Bad

10. Fecal Transplant

    Booty Nurse replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Gastroenterology

    I heard about fecal transplant at a GI conference I attended recently. It was a new one for me! If I remember correctly, it can be used for C-diff that is not responding to other treatment -- kind of...

11. Does your work call you at 0530?

    Booty Nurse replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work evenings on med-surg, and I was cross-trained to OB where I worked every shift, a few shifts a month. One morning the OB manager (not the supervisor for some reason) called at 5:15 AM...

12. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

    Booty Nurse replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

    Um, not exactly. Not according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, anyway. From Practice Guidelines for Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists: I much prefer doing endos with a...

13. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    Booty Nurse replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Father of baby provided with bedside vasectomy by this

14. Explain the drugs of Conscious Sedation for newby

    Booty Nurse replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi JoAnna, Welcome to the world of endo! Here is a good website to help you learn about sedation meds: http://www.sedationfacts.org I use Demerol & Versed or Fentanyl & Versed for my patients....

15. Med/surg to OR?

    Booty Nurse replied to BookwormRN's topic in Operating Room

    I worked on med-surg for 4 1/2 years, and moved down to the OR in January. I like it much more than med-surg. I should note that I am not a "real" OR nurse; I work mostly in the procedure room within...