SICU Queen

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  1. Help for a letter to be reconsidered for rehiring

    SICU Queen replied to BethulieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, go for it!! Good luck and let us know how it turns

  2. Stethoscope Info...HELP

    SICU Queen replied to SweetnSinister's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'd wait until you actually learn how to use one before you decide that it's not working. That being said, you can always go exchange it for another one. I personally found, during my learning years,...

  3. Patient is requesting PRN Xanax with PRN Ativan at the same time..Is that allowed?

    SICU Queen replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    I've given them together plenty of

  4. L&D Nurses who have no living children

    SICU Queen replied to MarySunshine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm so sorry for your loss. It could be very difficult, at first, for you to work with new moms and their babies. That being said, I think you'd be a perfect nurse for L&D. You're obviously drawn...

  5. I finally did it. My BACK is really injured... now what??

    SICU Queen posted a topic in General Nursing

    I and another nurse were cleaning my very large, vent-dependent patient who had a bed full of runny poop... and I strained my back while we were trying to hold him over (he was fighting). At first I...

  6. In this place....

    SICU Queen replied to la bellota's topic in General Nursing

    What a fabulous story! Thanks for

  7. I finally did it. My BACK is really injured... now what??

    SICU Queen replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and actually I am unable to sit for longer than 5 or 10 minutes at a time right now; it causes excruciating pain in my left groin and down my leg - hence the "frequent position changes" noted on...

  8. I finally did it. My BACK is really injured... now what??

    SICU Queen replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    I can say with all honesty that I'd rather walk with a cane and roll around in a Walmart electric wheelchair when I grocery shop than let ANYONE cut on my back. Once that starts, it never seems to...

  9. I finally did it. My BACK is really injured... now what??

    SICU Queen replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, a lawyer?? Really? Wow... I never even considered that. I guess I'll think about it... but I would feel like such a traitor. I do want to get better and get back to work, with my current...

  10. PACU vs Tele for new grad

    SICU Queen replied to ava'smomRN's topic in General Nursing

    DEFINITELY stick with the PACU job!! You get a lot of exposure there to many different kinds of patients, both critical and floor sorts, and overall I think it's just a better job. Good

  11. Are psych nurses safe to float?

    SICU Queen replied to Jelli_Belli's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, you need to leave. That's just ridiculous.

  12. Breaks

    SICU Queen replied to frog96's topic in General Nursing

    Your phone should roll over when it's turned off, so turn it off while you eat. EVeryone deserves a lunch

  13. What are the barriers for career change for nurses?

    SICU Queen replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I don't do this because $20 an hour is half of what I currently

  14. Do you know of any nurses that left nursing?

    SICU Queen replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I have recently resolved to leave nursing as well. I've worked in different areas in addition to SICU and none of them are better than the other. Earlier this year I left for a Case Management job and...

  15. For all the nurses that want to quit...

    SICU Queen replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wanna go to Hawaii too!! Count me

  16. Thinking about getting into nursing

    SICU Queen replied to jlbird's topic in General Nursing

    You've gotten great advice that I don't feel the need to add to, but I had to tell you that I have often thought about interior design as MY second career,

  17. What do you consider 'am'

    SICU Queen replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    I've found that, in most ICUs, they're usually scheduled for 4 am but we can do them when we want, pretty much... especially if a patient is a new admit. The nice thing is that WE draw the blood, not...

  18. Hypersomniac moving soon to nights! Have I messed up?

    SICU Queen replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Why did you take a nightshift job when you have sleeping issues with a normal schedule? Night shift is VERY hard on the body. I worked nights for years and it's my favorite shift, but I had to switch...

  19. Children left to rot in their cribs

    SICU Queen replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I can't click the links. I'm horrified just by reading the descriptions and responses.

  20. MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    SICU Queen replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    I have no reservations at all about giving morphine to a dying patient. Could it speed up the inevitable? POSSIBLY. But it's much more humane to hasten what is going to happen anyway rather than let...

  21. nursing caps

    SICU Queen replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I had to wear one. I graduated in 1993. I hated every second that I wore that cap.

  22. Does anyone like Med-Surg?

    SICU Queen replied to swee2000's topic in General Nursing

    I don't "dislike" or "like" MedSurg, but have found in my own experience that it's an understaffed dumping ground. I'm sure a good MedSurg unit, with supplies and APPROPRIATE staffing, is just as good...

  23. Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

    SICU Queen replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen plenty of patients that look like they're possessed. Usually they're confused and a bit paranoid, sometimes not, but as a nurse I don't run out and tell all the other nurses about how scary...

  24. Calling out Sick on a Holiday

    SICU Queen replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, that's debatable. Mine wouldn't be over it - not at

  25. Calling out Sick on a Holiday

    SICU Queen replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    If you worked at my hospital, you'd be working Christmas Day as a make-up shift, even WITH a note from Employee Health!! One of our nurses came in SUPER sick today so she wouldn't have to do just...