SICU Queen

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  1. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    Are you a

  2. Pros and Cons of registry work?

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

    Also, when it comes to patient assignments, unless you're at a facility where they know you and don't want to screw you, you usually get stuck with the patients no one wants to take care of... It's a...

  3. Pros and Cons of registry work?

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

    I've always loved the flexibililty and lack of staff responsibility when working agency. My problem was motivation!! It's so easy to say I'll work X number of shifts per month, but then when I'd get...

  4. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    Did you not go through training about different isolation patients and what the requirement for care is for them? If the patient's on contact precautions due to MRSA of the wound, then gloves and gown...

  5. Jehovah Witness RNs

    SICU Queen replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    I guess she's what you could call a JW of convenience? I have no respect for someone who would use their JW status like a badge of honor when it can make them look like good faithful followers, but...

  6. Am I Just Bein a Baby or should i quit ???

    SICU Queen replied to traumajunkiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Only you can answer that. I think you've got great experience and would be able to handle the quick orientation that being a travel nurse requires. Are you interested in moving around and seeing the...

  7. interview from hell

    SICU Queen replied to grv68's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: I'm not laughing at YOU... just the story. Wonderful writing! I think I'd have to seriously consider NOT accepting a job at a facility that treated me so poorly during an interview. What other...

  8. My Pet-Peeve - Priming IV's

    SICU Queen replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

    I don't run into this a lot. In our ICU we use NS as a primary at a KVO rate and hang the abx as secondaries. I WOULD be totally irritated if I had to deal with that on a regular

  9. "If you're not happy here, get out!"

    SICU Queen replied to montieICURN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow... that's an awful attitude for your manager to have! Perhaps some of the more experienced nurses in the unit could have a meeting with her to discuss some alternatives to keep up morale? Maybe if...

  10. Help me stump the nun;)

    SICU Queen replied to southernatheart's topic in General Nursing

    *GROAN*

  11. Professional appearance

    SICU Queen replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've known only one... well, that I could tell anyway...oh my, lol... she was something else! She looked like a country/western singer from the 70's with that big teased up hair... but she was also a...

  12. Please allow me some arrogance!

    SICU Queen replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats to you! Enjoy your success, you've worked hard for it!

  13. "I don't want to clean up dirt!"

    SICU Queen replied to narcissistic's topic in General Nursing

    HA! What's going to be funny is when, during his training, he gets to get all up in someone's decub while doing whirlpool... or doing unna boots... or something else equally as "dirty" as nursing can...

  14. Heparinized vs Nonheparinzed saline in arterial lines

    SICU Queen replied to saranurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Normal saline here as

  15. Jehovah Witness RNs

    SICU Queen replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    WOW. I'm very glad that I'll never have to choose between violating someone's right to privacy and being a faithful follower of this religion.

  16. What Is The Least Stressful Nursing Specialty?

    SICU Queen replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking the RETIRED nurse is the least stressed!! (I know *I* would

  17. Legal Nurse consultant

    SICU Queen replied to abcrn84's topic in Legal

    Look on the specialty forums, under Legal Nursing. There are a TON of threads about

  18. How do you deal with disoriented patients?

    SICU Queen replied to drenched's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not slapping... um... waving around?? LOL!! I guess my post came across rather ugly; it certainly wasn't meant that way, rather, I was trying to be stern. I have had some "experiences" with people who...

  19. "Confessional?"

    SICU Queen replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the assumption has been made that the employee reporting the STD is male? That was never clarified in the original

  20. Inpatient nurses used for outpatient procedures??

    SICU Queen replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking she needs to tell them to hire a nurse for procedures, and next time they tell her to go, she either says "NO" or gives report to someone who is taking over her patients, and then she...

  21. "Confessional?"

    SICU Queen replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    You know, come to think of it... this would bother me tremendously. I have to wonder why this person would come to you, knowing you're friends with their spouse, about something so intimate? A...

  22. "Confessional?"

    SICU Queen replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's a tough one to deal with, but you're obligated to maintain confidentiality. Is there no centralized reporting of STDs where you are? At minimum, perhaps you could provide education that...

  23. question on travel nursing/working when pregnant

    SICU Queen replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on the pregnancy! :monkeydance: They can't ask you about your pregnancy status, nor is it their business. That being said, I think I'd stick with local agencies and book out a few weeks at a...

  24. Jehovah Witness RNs

    SICU Queen replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's a tough scenario. I watched a post CABG patient die once because of a refusal to accept blood. I wondered if that patient might have taken the blood if she didn't have people standing...

  25. Anyone work on a Liver Transplant ICU?

    SICU Queen replied to dorie43rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have an Abdominal Transplant Unit at my hospital. We also have a Surgical ICU (my home unit, we get the heart/lung stuff along with all other surgical type stuff), a CCU, and a Bone Marrow...