LoveMyBugs BSN, CNA, RN

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    Online application status change?

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hate the whole applying online job application thing, never realized how many different computer programs there are for applying on line There are two different places that use the same type of...
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    LPNS AND RNRags to Riches 2016 almost 2017 stories

    LoveMyBugs replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in General Nursing

    Make it easier on yourself and use food stamps, I did. I was a single mom of 2 boys, my youngest was recently diagnosed with autism when I was working on my pre-reqs for nursing school. It was long...
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    Do you have to hate adults to love peds?

    LoveMyBugs replied to SweetPotatoes's topic in Pediatric

    I initially wanted to go in the ED right away, due to the market when I graduated I went into adult SNF. I don't hate adults, just don't care for them if given a choice I choose peds. I work peds ED...
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    New FL RN grad - moving to OR soon after graduation!

    LoveMyBugs replied to RMM86's topic in Oregon Nursing

    My experience with one of the systems was my application was auto rejected unless I checked the box that I was in a program. they can be very picky with 10 programs in the area. When I applied to a...
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    New FL RN grad - moving to OR soon after graduation!

    LoveMyBugs replied to RMM86's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I would encourage you to look at RN-BSN programs as most of the bigger hospital systems Providence, Legacy and OHSU and I think Salem are moving to BSN required. With your behavioral health background...
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    Do you have to hate adults to love peds?

    LoveMyBugs replied to SweetPotatoes's topic in Pediatric

    Well you do have to teach adults in pediatrics, you have to teach the parents. everyone is different, but I know a couple of nurses who work peds as their main job and then work a mixed ER, so they...
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    Is LTC a predictor of the kind of nurse you will be in a hospital setting?

    LoveMyBugs replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    I went from a SNF to now working pediatric ED. SNF/LTC nursing is so much different than acute and critical care. There is much more resources and people to back you up in a hospital than LTC. Like...
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    TNCC Certification

    LoveMyBugs replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting... I work a level 1 trauma center, all of our trauma transfers still stop by the ED 1st, because the trauma doc is there. Then they go to the unit. Does the trauma team then meet them at...
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    TNCC Certification

    LoveMyBugs replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    Trauma nursing. it teaches the systematic assessment of the 1st assessment and secondary assessment during the trauma resuscitation. If you are not working in the ED, I don't see how the class will...
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    Unable to leave building for lunch...

    LoveMyBugs replied to Funkymiss187's topic in General Nursing

    My facility non Union required that our security officers respond to every call even while on lunch. the officers railed together and now they work a straight 8 hrs fully paid for and have been told...
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    Why Are There Neonatal NPs When There's Pediatric NPs

    LoveMyBugs replied to Shookclays's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NICU is highly specialized. most NICU babies are not even supposed to be born yet, the way they are cared for is very different than a pediatric pt. Pediatric you have birth to 18-20 yrs of age and...
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    Oregon RN job market

    LoveMyBugs replied to ejnjj143's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Don't know if you are still considering moving and doing a travel assignment. my unit used a traveler over the summer and she wanted to stay on and we wanted her too. my unit is currently hiring,...
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    ER Orientation

    LoveMyBugs replied to chelsea554's topic in Emergency

    My system has a residency program for new grads that is 18 weeks long with 3 different preceptors and classroom time, we were using the Versent program, but then we created our own. For a experienced...
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    Night Shift Complications

    LoveMyBugs replied to knurse10's topic in General Nursing

    Do you stay awake when you get off on your last day of work? sometimes I will make appts on the end of my stretch and be forced to stay awake, then crash early and flip my sleep around. however after...
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    Oregon RN job market

    LoveMyBugs replied to ejnjj143's topic in Oregon Nursing

    With a BSN and 4 years of experience I don't think you would have a hard time finding a job. the job market tends to be tight for new
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    Still get anxiety with peds IVs

    LoveMyBugs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a peds ED and fluffy babies 4 month -18 month crowd is the hardest to get the line. Give me a 10 day old or a 10yr old no problem. Do you have help holding? We always take 2 people to start...
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    Long Term Care Facilities

    LoveMyBugs replied to offandaway's topic in Pediatric

    Sad to hear. I got my start in pediatrics in a LTC facility for medically fragile children. In my state we had medication aides to do the med pass and CNAs to help with Turing and changing as a RN I...
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    Experienced RN relocate to Portland??

    LoveMyBugs replied to registeredin06's topic in Oregon Nursing

    With your experience I don't think you will have any issues getting a job. The good thing is you are in a BSN program, because every hospital in the area is making BSN a requirement by 2018. My unit...
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    Excited about ER internship, but just found out I'm pregnant. Should I take the internship

    LoveMyBugs replied to LovelyBlue's topic in Emergency

    Worked with 2 nurses now who got pregnant during their ED internships, has worked out fine for both of them. What are your concerns? The pace? Possible exposures? Stress? If the ED is what you want,...
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    Pediatric oncology nurse salary?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Tara227's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Everywhere that I have worked staff nurses have a pay scale that goes up with years of experience. Not certifications. My facility offers a yearly bonus if you hold a certification in your specialty....
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    Prayer is it mandatory for nurses in Adventist hospital system???

    LoveMyBugs replied to byrone's topic in General Nursing

    Worked for an Adventist hospital years ago. They do not force you to pray. The reflections before meetings or shift huddles were quick. But never forced upon you. They do not discriminate as I worked...
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    Was your first job out of school your dream job?

    LoveMyBugs replied to team_nurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Defiantly not I worked as a tech in an ED and did my practicum in the ED hoping to land a job there.....it didn't work out management changed. I started doing flu shot clinics and home health until I...
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    Dedicated Trauma Nurses in the ED

    LoveMyBugs replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    My facility (level 1) Has trauma nurses assigned to the trauma bays then during our peak hours we have a Trauma nurse that wears the pager but floats everywhere in the facility all the ICUs and PICU...
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    Switching from ICU to Peds..need advice

    LoveMyBugs replied to vzcookie's topic in Pediatric

    What is it that you are not liking in your current position? I worked 11 months with adults in SNFs before I made the jump to peds. Pediatrics can be rewarding and awesome and gut wrenchingly heart...
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    Can a nurse get in trouble if....

    LoveMyBugs replied to Ariel143's topic in Rehabilitation

    It's been awhile since I have worked SNFs but having a trach dosent always make someone "sub acute" Heck people live at home on trachs just fine Now someone may need more complex medical needs than a...