Good_Queen_Bess

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1. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   I hate it when a nurse call goes off and you are busy and nurses are sat at the nursing station doing nothing and ignore it! "It's not my patient": So? Or they are lazy people who always avoid buzzers, or pretend to be busy. Or in "in charge" so "c...

2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   I have no children, so in reality I cannot understand how it feels to have a troublesome toddler. It sounds like you are bringing up a lovely boy though FutureNrse! I agree entirley with you on this. I often see parents loosing it with their childr...

3. Likes and dislikes...

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to cheripa's topic in Neuro

   I've only been working in NICU for about 3 months or so, but have a neuro background. I love it! It's so interesting! I like only having one patient as you can dedicate all your care and skills to that one person. I like the technical side of it,...

4. Vasospasm scare

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to Amberlynn1181's topic in Neuro

   One of my concerns is that your patient hasn´t got an arterial line. Surely it is of importance that her BP is monitored constantly as she is obviously unstable. (Sorry can´t go on for too long as I´m on holiday in Algarve in Portugal and have onl...

5. New to NICU......and a little nervous!

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Neuro

   Well at the time of this posting, I've been on the unit now for nearly 6 weeks. I have been supernumery all this time and go into the numbers next week. So far, I have really loved working there. Yes, there have been times when I have been a littl...

6. Nursing in the UK

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to USnurse's topic in UK

   I think there is a world of difference. Health care should be free on the basis of need. Not on the ability to pay. It's a person's life. What if you simply can't afford a "good" package. Just out of curiosity, how much is an "average" health ins...

7. New to NICU......and a little nervous!

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Neuro

   Cheers chuck!

8. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro

   I agree. IMO, whoever thinks that nurses who speak to brain dead patients means that we misunderstand brain death, are patronising and insulting.

9. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

   Good_Queen_Bess replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro

   Interesting topic. I think the subject has wandered off-track a little. People seem to be misunderstanding one another about whether other people mean by coma/pvs/brain dead/brain-stem dead/dead. I think the question really boils down to, "do you t...

10. New to NICU......and a little nervous!

    Good_Queen_Bess posted a topic in Neuro

    I am due to rotate to NICU at the end of November. I have worked in neurosciences for 4 1/2 years since qualifying, I had 18 months NHDU experience approx 2 1/2 years ago until I went to work on neurology for a while. I have now been back on NHDU f...

11. Glasgow Coma Scale

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro

    I think the GCS is a good basic tool, but I acknowledge that it does have limitations. How we document these "problems" is to put a "D" for dysphasic or "T" for trache in the verbal response box where no. 1 or nil is. As a side note, do other people...

12. Nursing in the UK

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to USnurse's topic in UK

    I was going to defend my 'basic' skills as a nurse, but I couldn't have said better myself. Thank you.

13. two out of three American adults think health care coverage should be a "guarantee"

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism

    That is such a sad story, and I suspect an all too common one. People are saying that "people should take responsibility for themselves", well I have no idea how much healthcare insurance costs, but what if you can only afford a $40 a month premium?...

14. Redneck Wooing

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

    Reminds me of something Will. E Coyote would do. :chuckle

15. A Woman's Perfect Breakfast

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

    I actually did something very similar to my husband re the remote control thing. I went to the shop with it in my pocket! It was only the corner shop 5 minutes away but I didn't stop laughing for a week.