bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. Why is nursing school so expensive!?

    bgxyrnf replied to jwillnyc's topic in General Students

    Because the demand for seats far exceeds the capacity at publicly subsidized schools and that's what the market will

  2. No longer required for Nursing program

    bgxyrnf replied to bighusky1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What Julius Seizure states is what has always been my experience. Whatever requirements are in place when you are admitted are those to which you are held; they typically release new course catalogs...

  3. Irritated MDs: to SBAR or not to SBAR?

    bgxyrnf replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    I just talk to the docs like any other person - I ask 'em if they know the patient and go from there with the background and detail appropriate for the doc's familiarity with the patient. The doc in...

  4. Should I fight for this grade

    bgxyrnf replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Good choice.The take-home lessons in this are (a) if you're going to appeal, do it immediately, and (b) be fully informed before choosing any course of action. Congratulations on your outstanding...

  5. No Restraint Policy

    bgxyrnf replied to khrisrk's topic in General Nursing

    And I wouldn't work in an ED that had a "no restraint" policy... that's not safe for the staff nor for the

  6. No Restraint Policy

    bgxyrnf replied to khrisrk's topic in General Nursing

    Handcuffs are neither treatment nor behavioral restraints and my hospital policy is irrelevant. What do I do? Nothing at all. The patient is in custody and if the officers believe that the prisoner...

  7. Non opioid pain options

    bgxyrnf replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    You're asserting that morphine has a safer risk profile than does acetaminophen? I could not disagree

  8. Drug Calculation Questions Need Answers Please

    bgxyrnf replied to anita jones's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Let's see.... 25 is half of 50... 50 is two halves of 50... 100 is four halves of 50... 150 is six halves of 50... So how many halves of 50 are you going to use each day? How many pills are needed for...

  9. RN GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away

    bgxyrnf replied to Accolay's topic in Nursing News

    First off, the law does *not* say that an ED must treat everybody... it must stabilize those patients who need such treatment. If the patient was stable walking in, there's no mandate that the...

  10. Ethics of the DOA screen

    bgxyrnf posted a topic in Emergency

    Long ago I had a conversation with my mentor which I still think about from time to time. For many types of patients we routinely do a "tox screen" or a "drugs of abuse" panel yet they often don't...

  11. Colonoscopy Without Sedation

    bgxyrnf posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I am sometimes floated to other departments and recently, to the GI lab, where I observed a patient get a colonoscopy without any sedation or pain medications for reasons that I was not clear about....

  12. Is nursing right for me?

    bgxyrnf replied to Terran22's topic in General Nursing

    My answers in

  13. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    It is noteworthy that two of the most articulate posters on this site over the last several years - BostonFNP and llg - are also two of the more highly

  14. Dilemma situation! I'm not a nurse, but is this common practice??

    bgxyrnf replied to Nursing617's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Here's my take on it: 1) It may or may not have been heparin... only the person drawing up the med or holding the phial/syringe knows what it is. 2) Presuming it was: Perhaps it was ordered that...

  15. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently you do not realize that ADN programs include the entire breadth of GE requirements. Upon earning an AS/AA, one no longer has to take GE classes when pursuing a BA/BS. An ADN is not a...

  16. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Or, perhaps it's simply time for you to

  17. Where can I get male only patients?

    bgxyrnf replied to Firas5's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I still find his viewpoint somewhat ridiculous based on my experience. However, your rational and eloquent statement makes it hard for me to justify my view. And you're right: He's not asking...

  18. Med/Surge/Tele to ER

    bgxyrnf replied to Pistachio830's topic in Emergency

    There's nothing wrong with making the jump... unless you find yourself looking again in the next 24-36 months. Do be aware, though, that the safety issue will persist in the ED... and perhaps be...

  19. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    It would be interesting to me to see what a BSN program would look like if it were developed de novo rather than slowly evolving along the diploma to ADN to baccalaureate continuum. Personally, I...

  20. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Word. Whence long ago I needed to obtain the services of an expert neurosurgeon, I did my best to do due diligence. It turns out that he was nationally renown which was immediately revealed by the...

  21. Finding a job in or near SF?

    bgxyrnf replied to ilovebirds's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Nope, not really. All of the urban/suburban areas in the NorCal region are highly impacted with new grads.Your best bet is to look outside of the immediate area to the rural communities where they...

  22. New job seems sketchy

    bgxyrnf replied to smartiipants's topic in General Nursing

    "I've got a part-time educational gig that I really enjoy so I'm planning to keep doing that for

  23. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I don't "think that reading rhythms is something every nurse would be doing on a routine basis" but I do think the knowledge of doing so is something which every nurse should graduate with,...

  24. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    No... there is simply a dearth of clinical opportunities for many programs. In my DEMSN program, I put in all of 1 Foley during nursing school. It wasn't that we weren't taught, it simply was that...

  25. BSN is a joke

    bgxyrnf replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    No, but cardiac electrophys and multi-lead ECG are fundamental and broadly applicable from neonates to geriatrics, from tox cases to trauma, from the maternity wards to the ortho floor, from the ED to...