MQ Edna

MQ Edna

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  1. Over reacted

    MQ Edna replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    I remember once that my nephew came in limping after swimming int he pool for a bit. I freaked. It happens when it's your kin. Don't beat yourself

  2. Hrsa 08-09 Nursing Scholarship

    MQ Edna replied to geteducated123's topic in General Students

    Oh wow. I'm going to bookmark this page! I can't believe how great this scholarship is. When they say monthly stipend... is that like being paid to go to school? This will definitely be helpful if I...

  3. NJ board nightmare, any advice?

    MQ Edna replied to finally new nurse's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA.... thanks for that. I'm going to go drink a glass of wooter. I'm kinda hungry too... Jeet yet? Good thing there is a Wawa within one mile of each other around

  4. NJ board nightmare, any advice?

    MQ Edna replied to finally new nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Does this really surprise anyone? I love my state and I'm very elitist when it comes to it... but seriously... does this really surprise anyone... I mean.... it's Jersey! (I'm technically a piney, so...

  5. Gay Nurses... help!

    MQ Edna replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I believe that if I trust someone enough with that information then I will tell them. If they ask me a direct question I will not lie to them. If they judge me there are laws in place that protect me....

  6. Gay Nurses... help!

    MQ Edna replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    ... and you don't want attention for being straight? Maybe not you in particular, but you could say the same thing for co-workers that flaunt wedding photos, children's pics, ginormous wedding bands,...

  7. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

    MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Good to

  8. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    MQ Edna replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    Well....... this happened today. A fellow peer of mine in A&P was asked a question about the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) in the neck and she was having trouble with it, then she just blurted...

  9. wonder what the opinion is on the "new" ACLS guidelines

    MQ Edna replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I've had the pleasure of working successful EDcodes as well. I suppose you will have to take our word, MassED. As we have yours (that you've not had a successful code in the ED). I've had the...

  10. What did you do

    MQ Edna replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    See... I think I'm going to have a problem with this after I graduate. I have a hard time telling "no" to people unless its totally unreasonable. I think I'm more of the "count to 10" type of guy......

  11. Black scrubs?

    MQ Edna replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think it would be awesome to wear black scrubs with skeletons on them (I'm a bit 'gothic' myself), but I think I would have to work in a morgue to do

  12. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

    MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Well I'm def. going for my higher education, its just right now I wanted to make a little more money to be able to afford going to school for my RN. My dream is to someday be a

  13. some younger male nurses.....

    MQ Edna replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm sorry to attribute to the tangent, but frankly, who cares who "started" the nursing profession. If you want to get technical and all that, healers have always existed in one shape or another, be...

  14. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    MQ Edna replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Listen... We're all human and I can understand where you're coming from and your frustrations but I'm going to be blunt: You are naive. You can not sit there and complain about solidarity when you...

  15. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    MQ Edna replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    "How do you spell 'of'?" ... I was really

  16. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

    MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Okay... I'm going to go back to class on Monday and request that my peer be given a drug test. (jk, if it's one thing I've learned so far since starting school is that it's NOT a competition and if...

  17. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

    MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You know it's actually funny. I'm from South Jersey and know all those hospitals very well. I knew I had to be misunderstanding something. This girl was trying to make it sound like it was

  18. What I do to relax

    MQ Edna replied to Babs0512's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That was

  19. Shoes

    MQ Edna replied to Lilloman's topic in Men in Nursing

    I know there are a lot better brands out there, but personally for me it's Adidas all-stars or sambas. I just have a thing for the old-school shoes I used to wear when I was younger. If they had...

  20. some younger male nurses.....

    MQ Edna replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    Whenever you use the word "all" when referring to a group of people... someone is BOUND to get a kink in their ceil-blue

  21. opening a practice

    MQ Edna replied to almostarn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm slightly confused. Can't one open their own practice if they are Nurse Practitioner either with a Masters or Doctorate (as in

  22. How far can a hospice nurse go, spiritually-speaking?

    MQ Edna replied to GardenerGirl's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Since becoming a member of this site I have learned a lot from all of you nurses and for that I just want to say "thanks". The former "Irishpooh". Changed my user name to honor my terrier-mix Scruffy...

  23. At dinner out, I am chastised for drinking before work by manager -- help?

    MQ Edna replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    OP did state paid no attention to what manager was saying at dinner: Could it be the manager tried to point out about alcohol consumption and going to work, but didn't want to make a scene.......??...

  24. How far can a hospice nurse go, spiritually-speaking?

    MQ Edna replied to GardenerGirl's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The Scripture I shared was for GardenerGirl's benefit, not, obviously, for her to be quoting to a patient. We are free to share our beliefs only upon the patient's request and never to try and coerse...

  25. How far can a hospice nurse go, spiritually-speaking?

    MQ Edna replied to GardenerGirl's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Congratulations on your new job and welcome to the forum!!! God