Booty Nurse

Booty Nurse BSN

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...

  16. ? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

    Booty Nurse replied to Jelet's topic in General Nursing

    Google is your friend! I Googled "health care careers" and came up with lots of information. Here are two good site that explain a variety of jobs in health care. Good luck!...

  17. opinions about homebirthing

    Booty Nurse replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree that shoulder dystocia is terrifying. My last delivery before I sat for my midwifery boards was a shoulder dystocia, and I was unable to get the baby out. However, I only tried for a moment...

  18. opinions about homebirthing

    Booty Nurse replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a former licensed (home-birth) midwife, I get so frustrated when I hear people talk about complications during labor/delivery and say "If I hadn't been at the hospital, my baby would have died!"...

  19. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    Booty Nurse replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked med-surg (until 7 months ago), we only had an aide once in a while. We nurses did it all -- all toileting, bathing, feeding, everything. So yes, we sure did answer the call lights! Most...

  20. The RN-BSN self-torture comes to a close ...

    Booty Nurse replied to Lunah's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I looked at the Excelsior program back when it was Regents. If I remember correctly, they don't actually teach you anything, you just pay them to take a bunch of tests instead. If I'm going to pay, I...

  21. The RN-BSN self-torture comes to a close ...

    Booty Nurse replied to Lunah's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm in the SRU program, and I would heartily recommend it. There has been one lousy professor, but that is my only major

  22. RN to BSN online

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

    And if you're talking about Slippery Rock, the address is

  23. Anyone Familiar W/Fospropofol Research ??

    Booty Nurse replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Gastroenterology

    Since Fospropofol metabolizes into Propfol, I don't understand why it would be safer than Propofol for a non-anesthetist to administer. There is stll no reversal agent. Why should it be labelled...

  24. dumb conscious sedation questions

    Booty Nurse replied to julezzz26's topic in General Nursing

    In Vermont, and I believe this is true in most states also, an RN is allowed to provide conscious sedation, but there are strict guidelines in place: VT BON statement - scroll way down to #25 Some...

  25. dumb conscious sedation questions

    Booty Nurse replied to julezzz26's topic in General Nursing

    Good point! I completely forgot about that -- here in VT, LPNs are not allowed to push any med. They can hang meds in a bag, i.e. piggyback, but not push them. Call your BON -- don't