LoveMyBugs BSN, CNA, RN

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    Do you have to work everywhere in the hospital first?

    LoveMyBugs replied to xInspiredx's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your floor. I work in the ED and we have had med/surg RNs float down, but they serve as more of a tech role as they have not been orientated to the beast of the ED. If we have a lot of...
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    Working "below your license"

    LoveMyBugs replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Nursing

    I am a RN and work as a CNA2 in the ED, as I have worked in that ED for 3 years now, and maintained my job while going to nursing school. I did my senior practicum in my ED and well, Honestly I die a...
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    Checked out some programs while visiting...

    LoveMyBugs replied to christinamuniz's topic in Oregon Nursing

    That is what is concerning to me, that their accreditation is pending, what happens if you enroll take out loans and they do not get the accreditation? I would be very wary of for profit
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    ITT Tech's New Program???

    LoveMyBugs replied to Joyfull77's topic in Oregon Nursing

    What is going to happen when you have spent all this money on the education and then you are in the same boat of the other 700+ new grads out here in the Portland metro area that can not get a job? It...
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    2 job offers... now what???

    LoveMyBugs replied to SuperNurseBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with what Scoochy said. I don't know how close you are to retirerment but look at the benefits closely. While the office job may be nice, I know that I promised myself that I would...
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    ....and they had Dynamaps in every room!! (a nurse has gotta dream!)

    LoveMyBugs replied to Walden-Puddle, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This dream can exist, it does in some places, I work in an ED and every room has a cardiac monitor, b/p with multiple sizes of cuffs, pulse ox, O2, themometer, and a care cart with IV supplies,...
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    Flu shot tips

    LoveMyBugs replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am working in for a flu shot clinic and I usually just ask the pt what arm they would prefer it in. If it is a woman if she has had a mastecomy then in the opposite arm Make sure to remind them to...
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    trouble finding a job...

    LoveMyBugs replied to caseysmom's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is happing across the country, go to the student forum and under new grads you will find thread upon thread of us in the same boat as
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    Triage without an office

    LoveMyBugs replied to LilgirlRN's topic in Emergency

    My ER is similar in size we see an about 130-200, 30 bed unit The way my ER works, is the triage RN and a tech, plus a registration staff all are at the front, that way the RN sees everyone who walks...
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    New Grad BSN for '11

    LoveMyBugs replied to Wicks1ml's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I am working flu clinics and the nurse I worked with yesterday was from Ohio, graduated in May and moved here in June, she had a BSN and went to a well known school associated with the University...
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    Shin Splits! How do I stop them

    LoveMyBugs replied to Stu_RNSOON's topic in General Nursing

    per the terms of service we can not give medical adivce. Have you consulted with your
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    Gender/Race info on applications - to answer or not to answer?

    LoveMyBugs replied to R!XTER's topic in Nursing Career

    I fill in the gender, but as far as the race goes I leave blank half the time, manily because I am unsure how to answer. My mom is Purto Rican, however she never was raised in that culture, and my...
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    For the Student or for the Teacher

    LoveMyBugs replied to SchoolNurseLaura's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You did the right thing! There is so much I would love to say, but reading through the responses it has already been said. Good for you for being there for the child. As a mother with a special needs...
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    Advice needed...how to survive the night shift commute...literally.

    LoveMyBugs replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    This there anyone that would be willing to drive you to work and pick you up on your night shifts? Or I know how expensive this is, but take a cab or rent a motel room and go to sleep before driving...
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    precepting GN's

    LoveMyBugs replied to newwavegirl89's topic in General Nursing

    Wait................where are you at? There is a place that is hiring new
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    Physical restraint on uncooperative children

    LoveMyBugs replied to Aleccandra's topic in General Nursing

    Little ones are incredibily strong. Fight or Flight is a natural reaction. A couple of weeks ago we had to do a LP on a 14 day old, it took me and the nurse to hold her in the correct position while...
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    Need a Journal article written by an RN about sensory disorders

    LoveMyBugs replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Best bet would be to go to your schools library website and look through EBSCO, or talk to your schools research librarian don't know how much you already know about your topic, but a good start would...
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    Question about student nurses working at your facility

    LoveMyBugs replied to karenbear's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing to consider is when you have students who are also employees, which happened to me. Once I became a student my computer ID shows CNA/SN, and now whenever I click on a patient I have to...
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    Opinions and Experiences with Patient Restraints?

    LoveMyBugs replied to jax14's topic in General Nursing

    Work in a ED and we have to use restraints a couple of times a day. Allways aim for the least amount of restraint as possible and remove the restraint as soon as possible For the 4 point restraints on...
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    Need advice to get a head start in nursing. Please!!!

    LoveMyBugs replied to KyleMims's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    hopefully by the time you graduate things will have turned around. Vollentering and working as a CNA should not hurt you at all, as experince is experience. However the people that were hired right...
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    Important Question about Nursing!

    LoveMyBugs replied to NewgradR.N2022's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    you have gotten some great advice on here already, thought I would throw my in. Since you are 99% sure you want to go into nursing, but have mentioned going the PA route, why don't you do the 4 year...
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    finally all is set to apply to RN program, worried to death..

    LoveMyBugs replied to bernikitty's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with what others are saying, there are some people who will tell their horror stories of NS. Nursing school IS a lot of work, the testing is unlike any other type of testing, the work load is...
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    Do not spare me..

    LoveMyBugs replied to kplp1111's topic in General Nursing

    if you want to work in the ER then some places hire CNA's or EMT's. My hospital where I worked as a CNA in the ER while in nursing school is making the switch to EMTs. I was a CNA worked part time...
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    Do nurses still time tape the bag when hanging fluids?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Selene006's topic in General Nursing

    New grad here, and we had to learn to time tape, I remeber going to clinicals and asking the RN I was working with if she did time tapes and she said she had never even heard of
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    Job application etiquette

    LoveMyBugs replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above poster. There is a job that I desperatly want and applied online, and this is a large multi state hospital system. I looked online for HRs number, or at least the department...