bugya90

bugya90 ASN, BSN, LVN, RN

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  1. Nursing Admission Dilemma

    bugya90 replied to Romh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The paper you signed was just telling the school that you wanted the spot and weren't planning on going to another school. I have personally never heard of a nursing school making an exception to...

  2. Nursing Admission Dilemma

    bugya90 replied to Romh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you don't have the pre reqs done as required you will most likely forfeit your seat in the program. You were accepted on the condition that your pre reqs would be completed by the start of the...

  3. Tired of managing children

    bugya90 replied to xoemmylouox's topic in Nurse Management

    I also work outpatient and feel the same way half the time. Half of my staff is great and the other half not so much. Complaining without having ANY solutions to offer is my biggest pet peeve. I have...

  4. Forced to Chart using another employee name

    bugya90 replied to Lvn31's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a clinic nurse. We go through EMR training and get our own log in the first week of hire. Typically we have general orientation on Monday and EMR training in Thursday so you paired up and shadow a...

  5. IM for infants - skin bunch or taut?

    bugya90 replied to nursequestions852's topic in General Nursing

    I work in pediatrics. 5/8" with skin taut is correct. If you were to hit the bone you would know. I've only done it once (on a little old lady with no muscle mass). It is fairly unmistakable. The...

  6. Recommendations for all online RN-BSN

    bugya90 replied to Aliens05's topic in School, College Programs

    I am currently going through university of Texas at Tyler. I'm loving it so far, classes are flexible and built for full time working

  7. Paramedic to RN bridge program.

    bugya90 replied to NYCNative21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't worry so much about your age, you're still young. I was 21 when I graduated LVN school, 27 when I finished my LVN to RN bridge, and will be 29 when I graduate with my BSN in 2020. I worked full...

  8. Where Were You...9/11

    bugya90 replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    In middle school walking from art class to algebra when all of the TVs in the school turned on to the news (they were all connnected to the office). Walked into algebra just in time to see the second...

  9. Non-licensed staff documenting in Code Blue/Trauma Code

    bugya90 replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in General Nursing

    On our floor typically only licensed staff are in the room during a code (our rooms are small so not a lot of room for extra people). Because if this it is typically one of the floor RNs documenting,...

  10. Pharmacy Stocking during MedPass

    bugya90 replied to HotChocolatePlease's topic in General Nursing

    Ours stock at odd times (0500, 1030ish and 1400). Their big stock time is the 0500 and the others are small fill up and last minute order items. The 1400 can sometimes mess up the 1500 med pass if...

  11. Number of Lymph Nodes Removed?

    bugya90 replied to DowntheRiver's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. I'd love to bring this up to our policy review committtee to have them look into the evidence (or lack there

  12. Number of Lymph Nodes Removed?

    bugya90 replied to DowntheRiver's topic in General Nursing

    The surgeons in my area just tell patients which arm they can use for IVs, BPs, etc. Many patients have bilateral mastectomies and lymph node removals so we always just ask which arm their surgeon...

  13. Texas nurses i need advice

    bugya90 replied to Goofaroo's topic in General Nursing

    If you have both in Texas you are forced to renew both. When you go to renew it doesn't give you an option to just renew your RN, it automatically puts the LVN on there also and you have to pay the...

  14. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    bugya90 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    For the typical patient, no I don't put on gloves when passing oral meds. If they are on neutropenic precautions I'll put on gloves for the patients benefit though not required at my hospital (I...

  15. Bathing and Showering Systems in Hospitals

    bugya90 replied to Naser001's topic in General Nursing

    Each room is private with a private bathroom with shower (no tubs). The ICU rooms are all single rooms and the bathroom area has curtains instead of walls around the toilet and shower area (in case of...

  16. Vaccination Rate for Flu vaccine

    bugya90 replied to SolumVolamus's topic in General Nursing

    Our compliance rate is high because our choices are simple. Get the vaccine or get fired. Only those who have documented anaphylactic reactions are

  17. LPNs in the ER

    bugya90 replied to amandab13's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in Texas. Our ER uses LVNs but they function more as techs than nurses. They don't take their own load and are assigned to 2-3 RNs. They do skills as assigned (start Foley's, IVs, vitals, etc) and...

  18. Lab results withheld until after physician review?

    bugya90 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    That is standard practice at any clinic I've worked at. It is to keep patients from getting bad results by just reading a piece of paper. Think if you had a positive HIV test or malignant biopsy...

  19. how do you find your niche?

    bugya90 replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

    For me it has been narrowing it down. I always knew L&D wasn't for me. I worked ambulatory Care as a LVN for several years before my RN. I went to inpatient once I got my RN because I wanted to...

  20. Job offer while doing other job interviews

    bugya90 replied to mediwizard's topic in Nursing Career

    Never tell them you are waiting to see what another interview brings. That lets them know they are second best to you and they may take that as you won't be loyal and rescind the offer. Simply say I...

  21. Orientation and first day at work how was it for you?

    bugya90 replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    First week was in a classroom for orientation going over policies, computer training, and paperwork. After that I was on the floor with a preceptor for 8 weeks. Preceptorship off me was basically...

  22. Allergic to latex and other vaccine allergies

    bugya90 replied to Jlynn85's topic in General Nursing

    Many Td vaccine manufacturers now make latex free versions. I used to order them al the time when I worked in Family Medicine. I wjust kid highly suggest looking into this further. Contact your local...

  23. The Nurses BreakRoom: Going, going ... been gone?

    bugya90 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    We have a break room behind the nurses station. It's small but we normally all get our breaks. Some of us eat in the break room and some prefer to eat off the unit in the

  24. Im very discouraged am I in the right field

    bugya90 replied to Glashburn's topic in Nursing Career

    Cluster your care. This is the biggest time saver. Don't go in and out of them room 30 times. Bring meds and dressing change stuff in the room at the same time and get it all knocked out at one time,...

  25. LVN from CA moving to TX

    bugya90 replied to Nursemidaa's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had to endorse my license. I am from Texas and can tell you for applying to licensure they're really not that slow. 1-3 weeks to process everything is about standard here as long as you...