bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. Medications NOT being scanned?!?!?

    bgxyrnf replied to scmelendez1's topic in Patient Medications

    One ED with which I'm affiliated still doesn't scan meds. They say it's coming but still not there as of this writing. Another ED with which I'm affiliated are hard-a$$es about scanning. Beyond that,...

  2. "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    bgxyrnf replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

    Personally, I look at: 1) Work and volunteer history, specifically either pertaining to health care, customer service, and/or "dirty" jobs. Servers get a bump up from me because it's perhaps the...

  3. "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    bgxyrnf replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

    when I read your comment I must say you really did give off the impression that you go to one of the "prestige" nursing schools that the OP was talking about.Looking at the wording, I'd imagine that...

  4. "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    bgxyrnf replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

    For certain disciplines, sure. Getting involved in medical research as a nursing student would be a turn-off to many hiring committees. It simply screams that you're a short-timer at the bedside and...

  5. "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    bgxyrnf replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

    Sorry to burst your bubble but...I've sat on several hiring committees and I can assure you that the degree-granting institution isn't on our list of considerations... it's not low, it's just not...

  6. 100k in loans worth it?

    bgxyrnf replied to ravindram's topic in General Nursing

    $72/hr, 1.5x after 8h, 2x after 12h, 1.5x for every consecutive day after 7, 1.5x for the first 4 hours worked if off for less than 8h between clocking out and clocking in, 2x for holiday

  7. Documenting injection the MD gave

    bgxyrnf replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    Same here.I was actually envisioning other scenarios in which two nurses are tag-teaming rather than a code or trauma resuscitation with a designated scribe. We've often charted meds as given or lines...

  8. 100k in loans worth it?

    bgxyrnf replied to ravindram's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it really depends on your expected earnings. In 2016, I earned over $250,000 between two jobs and a TON of overtime. If you find a similar gig, it's manageable. If you end up pulling down...

  9. Pill packets suck

    bgxyrnf replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Medications

    That's why I *hate* holding floor patients... AM med passes with these f-ing

  10. Question for nurses that are male...

    bgxyrnf replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I eschew the term, "male nurse." I prefer,

  11. Documenting injection the MD gave

    bgxyrnf replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, nothing wrong with that. You're just charting what

  12. Documenting injection the MD gave

    bgxyrnf replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    It's hit-or-miss. Technically, nurses aren't to push the meds but we often do because there isn't a second doc there. Yep... in reality, this happens in a lot of our traumas because there's just too...

  13. Documenting injection the MD gave

    bgxyrnf replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I routinely give phials of lidocaine to the providers after having scanned them into the MAR. I simply make a note: "Phial to provider at bedside." Likewise, in a code or a trauma during which...

  14. 3-12 hr shift question

    bgxyrnf replied to Kelly Jones's topic in General Nursing

    The sonographers at one of my faciliities work 3x12 but that's only because it's big enough to warrant having a sonographer around the clock. The smaller facility does 8s because there isn't an...

  15. Question for nurses that are male...

    bgxyrnf replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    this verse may be rather terseit's not a curse, to be a nurse who also is a dad. (the meter is a bit of a

  16. My coworker was high and got away with it

    bgxyrnf replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be writing her up for every single thing I could find... and God forbid I take one of her patients so that I get to legitimately peruse the

  17. Removing an EVD

    bgxyrnf replied to jrhic's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Ditto. They're removed by the NSG

  18. ATI Critical Thinking Exam

    bgxyrnf replied to FutureRN-rp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How would we know? We don't know what the school is nor its admissions criteria. What has the admissions office told you about their selection

  19. Dragging hospital communications, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century

    bgxyrnf replied to Rpw3b's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a mega-HMO and we have no means of remote access to anything. I also work for a large, academic medical center and we have remote access to everything via Citrix and a VPN... including, if...

  20. What goes on in an ED?

    bgxyrnf replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Emergency

    One of the things that I appreciate about the ED is the variety... patients from 5 days old to 105 years old. We care for patients and support families and assist providers in all kinds of...

  21. Question for nurses that are male...

    bgxyrnf replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    In 7 years, I can only think of a handful times that I've been asked to switch with a gal... and most of 'em due to douchebags making inappropriate comments and, yeah, a couple of times with an...

  22. Math requirement for RNs?

    bgxyrnf replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    No backup generators? Unlikely. No solar powered calculators? Very

  23. Math requirement for RNs?

    bgxyrnf replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    If we get to a point where there literally is no ciphering machine available, then I seriously doubt that we have the drugs available

  24. Math requirement for RNs?

    bgxyrnf replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    Of course you will... but you'll still have access to a ciphering machine to determine how many drops there should

  25. How long you push emergency drugs during codes

    bgxyrnf replied to Kaitef0716's topic in Emergency

    How long you push emergency meds? You keep pushing meds for as long as the resuscitative effort hasn't ended with either (a) ROSC or (b) pronouncement of death.If the patient has a shockable rhythm,...