bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. ICU nightmares

    bgxyrnf replied to CardiacDork's topic in Critical Care

    I've had this dream, too. It's just a variation on the classic of showing up on the day of finals to realize that you hadn't been going to class. When people talk about dreams (e.g. "living the dream"...

  2. If you had to do it over again

    bgxyrnf replied to heloooooBCRN's topic in Emergency

    There's my answer.And to address the response by an earlier poster, I *was* an engineer for many years and consider the jump to nursing as one of the best decisions that I've ever made (and being...

  3. when do you chart?

    bgxyrnf replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    Unless it's a critical situation, I basically refuse to be interrupted when I'm charting. There is a huge hit in efficiency and accuracy by not charting in near-real time. It's not enough for you to...

  4. ICU, Pros Cons, What to expect?

    bgxyrnf replied to kassiahgp's topic in Critical Care

    Well let's start with the fact that, in larger hospitals, there isn't "the ICU," there are several adult ICUs and each has its own character. At the facility where I work there are 7 adults ICUs...

  5. Can I ask to work exclusively day shifts?

    bgxyrnf replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    In my area, you do get an assigned shift (day, NOC, PM, mid) but the newbies nearly *always* get assigned to the NOC shift. That said, my first job out of nursing school was on the day shift but even...

  6. Can I ask to work exclusively day shifts?

    bgxyrnf replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

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  7. Failed Nursing 4 by .8 of a point

    bgxyrnf replied to Cherway95's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What if you do? I have... and anybody who claims not to have either (a) has forgotten, (b) doesn't realize it, © hasn't worked for long or in a busy department or at a frenetic pace, or (d) isn't...

  8. I don't want to be a nurse!!

    bgxyrnf replied to sharebear003's topic in General Students

    Counterpoint: Every single day I'm glad that I left my engineering career behind. I only wish that I'd done so 20 years

  9. Best way to avoid bedside care?

    bgxyrnf replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    The best way to avoid bedside care? Don't become a

  10. what's your pet peeve?

    bgxyrnf replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Do I only get one? OK, I'll go with when a colleague opens the last pack of EKG electrodes on the machine without taking the responsibility to restock it. Nothing more frustrating than trying to get...

  11. Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?

    bgxyrnf replied to ERgirlynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it looks suspicious.I regularly use Benedryl as an adjunct with Ambien or trazodone to combat pervasive shift-work sleep disorder. Anybody who's been around me at all knows that I am a...

  12. Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?

    bgxyrnf replied to ERgirlynurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my case, we actually were in this situation because these were single-nurse EDs. It was a little sketchy but the procedure was to label each waste and then document all the wastes at shift change....

  13. Shift work and dating

    bgxyrnf replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Get an ED job and land yourself a firefighter or a police

  14. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    bgxyrnf replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you know the answer: The CEO. It's been several months since you left so any appeal window has closed. If you wanted to fight it, the time was right as it was happening, not now. There's...

  15. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    bgxyrnf replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Letting NPs act as physicians makes just about as much sense as letting chiropractors or homeopathic practitioners act as

  16. NG insertion Doctors VS nurses

    bgxyrnf replied to BendyEm's topic in Critical Care

    Which takes all of perhaps 5 minutes to cover. I doubt that's

  17. Failed Nursing 4 by .8 of a point

    bgxyrnf replied to Cherway95's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm sorry that you made that mistake. You can throw yourself on their mercy but I doubt that they'll make an exception. Generally speaking, grade cut-offs are hard stops otherwise it becomes a...

  18. Nursing pay

    bgxyrnf replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    It's probably like any other state. Parts of it pay much higher than do others. My pay jumped from $29/hr to $55/hr when changing NorCal

  19. NCLEX....how bad is it REALLY...

    bgxyrnf replied to Joanie49's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My experience was similar to the one posted just prior to mine. I didn't study for the exam (despite having intended to) and finished with 75 questions in 55 minutes. If you did reasonably well on...

  20. Nursing pay

    bgxyrnf replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Keep in mind that total pay will be impacted by OT opportunities. Every ED that I've worked in has offered ample OT opportunities. With OT, it's not unheard of to earn over $200,000 per year here in...

  21. Detox in Jail?

    bgxyrnf replied to Glycerine82's topic in Correctional

    It doesn't work that way.Chemical dependency is not cause to deny someone their civil rights. While acutely intoxicated, she can be held against her will. If she is deemed an imminent and present...

  22. I Made an Absolute 'No-No" Mistake :(

    bgxyrnf replied to frustratedRN16's topic in General Nursing

    No you don't.Nobody deserves ridicule for a lapse in judgment. Correction is warranted. Education is logical. Admonition and even probation are perhaps appropriate. Ridicule, though? Nope, that's just...

  23. I Made an Absolute 'No-No" Mistake :(

    bgxyrnf replied to frustratedRN16's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the most effective way to ensure you never do this again is work in a facility where all meds come out of a dispensing machine and must be charted in an EMR utilizing a verification scanner or...

  24. Being a pre-med is so overated

    bgxyrnf replied to Ambreree's topic in General Nursing

    No, they're not. They are, however, taking physics, general chemistry, and organic chemistry and, quite often, calculus. Take a look at sample questions from the MCAT vs. TEAS and HESI... the former...

  25. Being a pre-med is so overated

    bgxyrnf replied to Ambreree's topic in General Nursing

    You're one-hundred percent