CareQueen BSN, RN

CareQueen has 10 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in PICU, Pediatrics.

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1. Duke Peds Cardiac ICU

   CareQueen replied to adventure_rn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Hey! I worked there for about a year and a half in 2015 & 2016. I started there as a new grad. I had ZERO complaints about it. What questions do you

2. Patient Assignments

   CareQueen replied to CareQueen's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Just the other day, I had to pick LAST..and I was lucky that the other nurse just ahead of me chose to keep the more intensive assignment, who would up tanking that day too. It just shouldn't happen....

3. Patient Assignments

   CareQueen replied to CareQueen's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Basically, yes. The orientees/preceptors can take whatever they want if they feel like it is something they haven't experienced..even if it is an "easier" patient load. The sickest patients (i.e fresh...

4. Patient Assignments

   CareQueen posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Does anyone else work on a unit where they get to choose assignments? I do and I absolutely hate this method. I'm a new grad who has been on my unit now for 6 months. Once I was off orientation, I was...

5. Duke RN Residency 2016

   CareQueen replied to GolferBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Nope. No steth needed! You won't be doing any patient care aside from assistance positioning a patient,

6. Duke RN Residency 2016

   CareQueen replied to GolferBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello! I work here at Duke now in a Peds critical care unit. I applied maybe 2-3 weeks before graduation and actually made Duke wait about a month to interview me after they expressed interest, so I...

7. Took NCLEX Yesterday, Just Checked my Board of Nursing Just Now....

   CareQueen replied to jns1md's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Does it say "Complete" on the checklist part when you pass? When I checked the day of the test(yesterday), it didn't say complete in that part. Today is the day after the test and it now has my...

8. Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Pay

   CareQueen replied to BSNangel's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Wonderful to know! I'm looking to move to ATL as a new grad BSN,RN upon graduation in

9. Got my dream job as a new grad !!

   CareQueen replied to nursewr's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Way to go!!! Best

10. CHLA RN residency September 2015

    CareQueen replied to miranda.fife's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Best wishes everyone. I hope you all get accepted!! I received a packet, but wasn't able to get all of the paperwork together in time as one of my instructors never came through with the last...

11. Current 2014 new grad pay for Maryland hospitals

    CareQueen replied to Spierre9's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I think they were referring to JHH East Baltimore Campus and not JH Bayview Campus...b/c I'm positive that JHH starts new grad nurses at about $27/hr right

12. Clinical Extern Student Nurse Position

    CareQueen replied to DMF91's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Did you get it?? I hope so! I just started as a CNE in the ED there at the beginning of the year. I'm learning a

13. Is there any up from rock bottom?

    CareQueen replied to clover89's topic in General Students

    You can do this! Study as hard as you can and be prepared to explain what life dealt you, to the powers that be. They WILL listen! Believe

14. Getting BACK into nursing school.

    CareQueen replied to Jromonal's topic in General Students

    Wow. It's unbelievable to me that they would put you out of the entire program for not passing one exam. At my institution, each semester we're required to take dosage calc exams multiple times until...

15. Currently failing!!!

    CareQueen replied to Cmoudry's topic in General Students

    Yep..been there before...and it all ended well. I'm there again right now in Med-Surg 2...and I'm confident that it will end well again. It has to lol. I graduate in 5 months and there's nothing...