LoveMyBugs BSN, CNA, RN

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  1. LoveMyBugs

    Do you find this article insulting?

    LoveMyBugs replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    The article is not that far off. SNF nurse here, Currently I have 2 patients both with G-tubes, unresponsive to verbal stimuli, opens eyes occasionally. They are on the SNF hall with orders for PT and...
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    How long was it between graduation & landing a full time line?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    It took about 9 months, but I am still looking for a full time job or at least a part time one with benefits. Graduated June 2010, got offered full time in a SNF January 2011, but never really got...
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    Tips on how to get GN position

    LoveMyBugs replied to PB7267's topic in General Nursing

    Agree that working as a tech will not help getting that hospital experience. I was a ED tech for 3 years, did my practicum in the same ED, my hospital deceided that they would not hire new grads into...
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    New Grads vs Me. I hate this economy.

    LoveMyBugs replied to SushiRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I am curious as to what others have to say too. I know in my area, the hirring freezes are starting to thaw, but what is happening now, is the hospitals in my area have new grad internships, that if...
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    Why did you pick your username?

    LoveMyBugs replied to made's topic in General Nursing

    My youngest son is supper cuddly, he has high functioning autism and therefore is sensory seeking and loves to cuddle and give big hard bear type hugs. So he is my cuddle bug, I started to call him,...
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    Are you doing this at work?

    LoveMyBugs replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    giving nebs yes drawing own labs no starting your own iv's sometomes running own blood gasses no cleaning own rooms no walking pt to radiology, ct etc [color=lime]no testing urine [color=lime]some...
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    Plus size nurse concerned about O.R. scrubs

    LoveMyBugs replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    I ran into this problem when I was doing clinicals for nursing school, I got lucky in one OR rotation they had surgical scrubs up to 5xlg so it deffinalty wasn't an issue. The second OR rotation I had...
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    No breaks (class action lawsuit)

    LoveMyBugs replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a large fast food chain that was part of a class action lawsuit for not providing rest and meal breaks, the company lost the suit, I was promoted to managemt right when the lawsuit was...
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    Interview today...why ask me to come if you've already decided on someone?!!

    LoveMyBugs replied to Lifeofanurse's topic in Nursing Career

    I had an interview kind of like that, it was for a LTAC, and I had worked in a SNF unit with vents who some patients were LTAC, but the unit itself was not. The DON, wanted nurses with acute care...
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    Pre-Nursing students at CCs towards BSN!

    LoveMyBugs replied to claireclaire's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Apply to any and all schools you would be interested in attending and then see if you can get into any of them, if you get into more than one then you can choose, but getting into nursing school is...
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    Nursing School Full-Time & Working Full-Time...Is it possible?

    LoveMyBugs replied to jlynaeleslie's topic in General Students

    I don't know about working full time, but I was a single mom to two boys, went to school full time, and worked part time on the weekends. We did end up on food stamps to make ends meet. However I...
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    Summer 2012 Nurse Externship Program

    LoveMyBugs replied to an405's topic in Oregon Nursing

    The only one that I am aware of in the Portland area is with the VA, very hard to get into, had firends that did it while in nursing school, however there was no housing option and the pay was that of...
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    Rounding Queen

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    The hospital that I used to work for while in nursing school Set to Queen's Dancing Queen only the "Rounding
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    any RNs have their Perkins Loan cancelled?

    LoveMyBugs replied to melmarie23's topic in General Nursing

    Mine has been deffered for this year, all had to do was take the form from the website have the guy in HR stamp with the form with the company letterhead and sign it, then I mailed the form in. That...
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    Anyone ever ask for more orientation?

    LoveMyBugs replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I started out in LTC/SNF/LTAC I guess I got lucky as I got almost a month where I was in the LTC hall with the sweet little laddies. I started working for a month or two on my own on the LTC hall...
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    Kaiser nurses? Anyone out there?

    LoveMyBugs replied to MsBlissful's topic in California Nursing

    I don't work for Kaiser (yet) I have been applying, their jobs in my area are advertised to be $2-4 more starting then the other hospitals in my
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    How many 2010 grads still looking?

    LoveMyBugs replied to bossfrog's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in June 2010 RN in July 2010 and still have not had that much sought after hospital job. I am a pediatric nurse thou:clown: I was a CNA2 in an ED during school, hoping that it would give...
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    How Long?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    3 months for a flu clinic job in WalMarts, then another 2 months for a on-call home health. Finally after 9 months got a part-time position in a SNF. 10 months after that I now have a full time job in...
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    A vet tech as a nurse ?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    A classmate of mine in nursing school was a vet tech, he worked the NOC shift at the office monitoring all of the animals, and was able to study. However during clinicals he would always make nursing...
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    Nurses and Dream Specialty?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    I am on my way to the dream job! Because I worked as a tech in a ED I always thought I would never be happy anywhere else in nursing, possibly peds, but even then I wanted peds ED. Applied to all the...
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    two jobs

    LoveMyBugs replied to username33's topic in General Nursing

    I see this question posted all the time and people always say you will be held to the standard of your higest license the RN. The only way I think that would come into play would be if a patient went...
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    Am I Marketable? At All?

    LoveMyBugs replied to luvtonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Apply to anything and everything you can. Eventually you can work to where you want to be As a new grad do not be picky, I started out doing flu shot clinics, then peds home health ( which I left due...
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    CLONAZEPAM

    LoveMyBugs replied to username33's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Did you pull out your med book and look at the rate of absorption, half life, how it is metabolized? But generally no the med should not be making the patient drowsy the next day, what other...
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    What's the easiest job you've ever had?

    LoveMyBugs replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    flu shot clinics in a Wal-mart, People watching galore. At times would do an 8 hour shift and only give 10
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    Pediatric Psych

    LoveMyBugs replied to NYSNOWBUNNY007's topic in Pediatric

    So what did you think of the unit? How are you liking peds psych? I posted a thread on here with a job dilemma, I may be getting a job offer for either on-call or full time peds psych, just not sure...