bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. Awful Preceptor

    bgxyrnf replied to RN Grad 17''s topic in General Students

    So you think faking vitals is ok? This response reveals a lack of basic reasoning skills as well as an argumentative nature. student_nrs said nothing about faking vitals, let alone rendering an...

  2. Keeping textbooks for reference?

    bgxyrnf replied to cnsrn1's topic in General Nursing

    If you can get cash for them, sell them. If you have room for them, keep them... until you realize that they have no real value beyond school. The only book that was worth reading afterwards was my...

  3. Does it matter where I get my RN?

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

    Sure, it matters quite a lot from *where* you get your RN. You need to get it from the Board of Registered Nursing in the state in which you intend to work. As far as where you get your education,...

  4. Help! Desperately seeking advice before I turn my life upside down!

    bgxyrnf replied to Tempest626's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    IMO, a lot of nursing burnout comes from attitudes like this. It is a hard job and quite often thankless. And you often can't provide the kind of care which really is needed because of the constraints...

  5. Help!!!

    bgxyrnf replied to Melisa Galaviz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Of course you should take chemistry and anatomy

  6. I want to change my career and go to nursing school.

    bgxyrnf replied to lala93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is no typical workday. Today I spent the day triaging patients. Yesterday I was in the trauma assignment. The day before I was floating. The day before that I was orienting in PICU. The day...

  7. Microbiology

    bgxyrnf replied to David1234's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Because I didn't have my glasses on. Because I didn't focus the microscope. Because my technique sucked. Because I looked in the wrong place. Because maybe there's something about the Gram stain which...

  8. Has anyone overmedicated a pt?

    bgxyrnf replied to jl18's topic in General Nursing

    In my case, twice... once as a new new-grad and a complete accident; the other as a newish ED nurse and was partly intentional and partly an accident (that is, I overshot the sedation level while...

  9. I just want to let it out....

    bgxyrnf replied to xxbeatrix's topic in General Students

    I disagree; that is the *best* reason to go to nursing

  10. New Grad Nurse Starting in Tramua 1 ER

    bgxyrnf replied to Runner_12345's topic in Emergency

    Or to quote me, "Chill Out." Block my posts if you want, ban me from the site if you want, but if someone is going to hang the label "100% troll" on one of my well-intentioned posts, I'm going to...

  11. I just want to let it out....

    bgxyrnf replied to xxbeatrix's topic in General Students

    That sounds wonderful.It also sounds like a sure path to the poorhouse. I'd ask your granddad how he was passing his time when he was your age. I don't know too many older folks who passed their first...

  12. New Grad Nurse Starting in Tramua 1 ER

    bgxyrnf replied to Runner_12345's topic in Emergency

    And to you, AZQuik, I'll also say, chill out. It's not trolling at all, and I have said it regularly to my colleagues in our level 1 trauma center, and I would happily say it to you and your...

  13. Nursing school dosage calculations help?

    bgxyrnf replied to miss.martz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    PM me if you need additional

  14. Being called a baby nurse

    bgxyrnf replied to NurseA1987's topic in General Nursing

    Oh...I do call some young 'uns "grasshopper..." I also have been heard to refer to them as, "young Padawan..." In my milieu, those are both very respectful

  15. Starting nursing school at 37...

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

    I was just shy of 45 when I graduated and 53 is now right around the corner as I'm presently orienting for my 6th nursing position.Age is nothing to be embarrassed

  16. ED Nurse Role Assignments

    bgxyrnf replied to EmilyD722's topic in Emergency

    Our charge nurse makes the assignment and generally rotates assignments but some of the mid-shifters do get stuck in the same spot for multiple shifts... which really sucks if that happens to be...

  17. Futile ressusitation

    bgxyrnf replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    The rate of intact survival from cardiac arrest is very low; the more fragile the patient and the more comorbidities, the lower the rate.Traumatic arrests are nearly always futile. Generally, if a...

  18. In room charting?

    bgxyrnf replied to amyjm333's topic in Emergency

    I rarely stay in the room to chart because I am then removed from everything else that's going on and unavailable to respond to phone calls, call lights, narc wastes, questions from the doc, urgent...

  19. Graduated as Top Student of BSN Class and Failed NCLEX at 75 questions.

    bgxyrnf replied to JaceLucien's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I know you say that you are fluent in English but when I read your posts, it doesn't seem that way. Your usage and word choices are... notable... in that I am aware of them while I generally don't...

  20. Discharge patient with Foley, but forgot to give the syringes to remove foley

    bgxyrnf replied to Bamafan2011's topic in General Nursing

    Panicking is never a good thing because your rational mind ceases to

  21. Pharmacology Flashcards (drug cards)

    bgxyrnf replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would, especially along with an introductory text like the "incredibly easy" book or a used pharm book in order to learn about the various classes of

  22. Petechiae

    bgxyrnf replied to ashleybobashley's topic in General Students

    It's never a normal finding but neither is it necessarily an ominous finding. From an ED perspective, I wouldn't be terribly worried about a few petechiae in the absence of signs of bacteremia or...

  23. Told to fake vital signs

    bgxyrnf replied to gypsierose's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always shake my head with the ease that people toss out the suggestion to quit. I have been trapped in a job and been asked to do things for which I wasn't qualified. When I sought advice on how to...

  24. New Grad Nurse Starting in Tramua 1 ER

    bgxyrnf replied to Runner_12345's topic in Emergency

    And I'm curious: How many times have you honestly had 2 codes running in parallel with only a single

  25. New Grad Nurse Starting in Tramua 1 ER

    bgxyrnf replied to Runner_12345's topic in Emergency

    Oh, chill out and don't look for reasons to be insulted. It's a tongue-in-cheek commentary on my personal experience in a busy pediatric and adult trauma center as well as the 7 adult ICUs to which...