bugya90

bugya90 ASN, BSN, LVN, RN

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  1. What is your nurse to patient ratio?

    bugya90 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Med-Surg in Texas. 5-6 to 1. Charge does not take patients so they man the desk and deal with a lot of the phone calls and paperwork which is a life

  2. Nurses Week Giveaways - WIN Up To $4,000! Nurses Week 2018

    bugya90 replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    My demented patient waving his still inflated foley at me screaming "what is this?!" (True

  3. Best bags / totes

    bugya90 replied to RN44's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I use a backpack from Walmart. It was cheap and has lots of pockets. It's big enough for all of my nurse stuff and

  4. Can I be a nurse even though I can be shy and quiet?

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

    I'm an introvert, have been since childhood. Something for me switches when I put on my scrubs though. I feel like I have a little more control on what is going on when I am the primary nurse and am...

  5. New grad nervs!

    bugya90 replied to Elisa_rn17's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I do my assessments throughout the shift. When doing vitals I try to listen to at least 2 of my patient heart/lungs, then do 2-3 more during med pass, then the last 1-2 sometime later in the morning....

  6. Coping with a difficult shift

    bugya90 replied to SarahRN2013's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've been told I always look calm during a shift. I've been in Med Surg a few months. I'm definitely not calm, I just have a good poker face. My mind is constantly racing and sorting through all of...

  7. What do you do with your wedding ring?

    bugya90 replied to Nephron44's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wear my ring at work. My real ring has diamonds that stick up and scratch patients or tear through gloves, my silicone ring starts to feel gross after a couple of hours of sanitizer and soap...

  8. Shared Governance

    bugya90 replied to puffin170's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone's SG committees will be different as they should be tailored to your unit/specialty. I was on the DH committee at my previous job and will most likely be on the committee at my new job once I...

  9. Commute time to hospital job

    bugya90 replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    10 minutes, sometimes 15 if I don't catch the stop lights when they're all

  10. Rolling out bedside report

    bugya90 replied to magordon's topic in General Nursing

    We do bedside report on my med surg unit. We each have 6 patients and are sometimes receiving report from 4-6 offgoing nurses depending on how the schedule falls (if you work 2 or more shifts in a row...

  11. Low gpa but want to get into nursing

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

    Typically nursing admissions only look at the gpa of the required pre-reqs of their specific program. Nursing school is highly competitive and people with 4.0s don't even always get in. Different...

  12. Nurse, clean up aisle 5 (rant)

    bugya90 replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    We have EVS staff that clean every patient room every day. They mop the floor, wipe the computer with Sani Wipes and wipe the toilet/sink with Sani Wipes. When patient is discharged they do a deep...

  13. nurses love

    bugya90 replied to jamiemill's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? I married my husband, for better or worse until death do us part. I never made that vow to my job and I will retire from my job one day and call it quits. I don't plan on retiring or...

  14. What do nurse managers do all day?

    bugya90 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Our manager is out on the floor quite a bit. She makes a daily round on every single patient on the floor just to make sure everything is ok. She does all of the reports and metrics for the floor...

  15. Research - Nurses working in Hospitals

    bugya90 replied to zurita.a12's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You need a N/A option. Like the question regarding sleep between certain shifts, I don't ever work nights so the ones specific to consecutive night shifts don't apply to me. Same would be true for the...

  16. I dream of a working in a hospital

    bugya90 replied to simone894's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Try places that are further away from major cities. My employer would hire someone with a record as long as their nursing license was in good standing and the charge was more than a certain number of...

  17. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    bugya90 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Just because YOU don't agree with it doesn't make the Trans person's feelings any less valid. If you don't agree with it then don't work somewhere that you have to deal with it on a daily basis. If...

  18. Benefits and pensions, offered to nurses

    bugya90 replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    PTO accrual begins on day 1, health insurance begins day 1 (I pay just over $200 per month for me and my spouse), retirement match 50% on the first 6% that you contribute, fully vested after 3 years....

  19. Patient Sitters Rock!

    bugya90 replied to shawty4's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have dedicated sitters. When we do need a sitter it is one of the aides that are called in. They are on a rotating schedule for this and all the aides have to sit when it is their turn. I...

  20. How much do nurses earn after all taxes are paid? Just curious!

    bugya90 replied to Kevann11's topic in General Nursing

    About half my paycheck goes to taxes, retirement, and

  21. Job Offers

    bugya90 replied to Caseyyy27's topic in Nursing Career

    I got an offer 3 hours after my interview. However, this company does a lot of the background check and licensure verification before they even let you interview so I didn't have to wait on HR to do...

  22. Help me self schedule!

    bugya90 replied to Taylor1993's topic in General Nursing

    It's completely up to you what kind of schedule you want. Some people like having all their days in a row and some can't handle 3 back to back 12 hour shifts. Figure out what works for you and go from...

  23. Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

    bugya90 replied to JRay813's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not a provider. When I worked in a clinic the physicians had a rotating schedule for the weekend urgent care clinic hours. When it was there weekend they would end up working 13 days in a row...

  24. Lowest Turnover / Stable Unit for Hospital Nursing?

    bugya90 replied to HuckleberryNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Individual unit turnover rates will vary by hospital. My med-surg unit has the lowest turnover rate at my hospital and has the highest moral. At the hospital across town the med-surg unit has the...

  25. Unit Clerk or CNA/Tech for nursing student?

    bugya90 replied to abcdnurse's topic in General Nursing

    They both look good. It also depends on how you word it on your resume. Our unit clerks are the CNAs with the most experience and they still take 2-6 patients (the others take