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  1. RN to BSN, Fort Hays State University?

    queenjean posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Anyone going to FHSU for their online RN-BSN or MSN program? I just started there this

  2. ?? re: working for KU hospital

    queenjean posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have some questions for anyone who works at KU (the hospital, that is, not the university itself). 1. I hear they have a weekend option--do you have anymore specific details on that? Is it for...

  3. North Dakota and BSN only

    queenjean posted a topic in General Nursing

    My school is having us reading some old articles about how ND went to BSN as the entry level for RNs in the 80s. I know this didn't work ultimately; but I'm having problems finding information on...

  4. Shin splints, help!

    queenjean replied to ShelleyERgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've started doing a class 1-2 x a week that is a combo yoga/pilates/thaichi class, and I have noticed how WEAK my feet are. They HURT during class, and are sore afterwards. Now that I've been doing...

  5. Drawing Blood

    queenjean replied to fat cat's topic in General Nursing

    Adults have poorer circulation than infants and children. With lower extremity sticks the risks for clots and infection is much greater, and if it infiltrates, the complications are more severe due...

  6. Tattoo/employability question

    queenjean replied to smirkingvag's topic in General Students

    Where I work, we have plenty of nurses (and supervisors) with visible tats. There is no policy to cover them. In nursing school, we were supposed to cover them. Mine were covered by my lab coat (we...

  7. Paralyzed by emotion when children are the patient?

    queenjean replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work peds and nursery, and here are my two thoughts that helped me with this. One, this child needs taken care of. If I can't pull it together and take care of this child, the child won't...

  8. Nursing school interview today

    queenjean replied to Amanda1985's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    queenjean replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amybeth, I would like to point you to this: A vent thread is to commiserate with fellow nursing professionals about our common difficulties at work and to blow off steam so that we don't go crazy...

  10. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    queenjean replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    All in town employees are expected to be there; they are more flexible with employees who live in rural areas, which seems fair to me. I'm in the midwest, and the only time I called in for weather was...

  11. I NEED A JOB

    queenjean replied to miacox's topic in General Nursing

    Think persistence. Fax, mail, or hand deliver your resume not only to HR but also to the head of EVERY major department (ICU, Med/Surg, ER, etc). I find that many HR departments don't communicate...

  12. The pharmacy dispensed my mom a med she is allergic to.

    queenjean replied to nrsang97's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the error comes in the pt's listing of the reaction of the allergy. For example, in our facility, we would give a med the pt lists as an allergy if the allergy isn't a true allergy, but...

  13. Pediatric IV Infiltrate

    queenjean replied to cchsmp1999's topic in General Nursing

    Do your pumps have a pediatric setting? If so, make sure you use this all the time. If not; maybe this is something your hospital needs to invest in. So, what have you learned? Will it happen...

  14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    queenjean replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's an actual conversation I got to have last noc (and it felt good!): Pt, after we've discussed her plan of care for the noc: Thank god you're my nurse tonight. I had a real b!tch of a nurse...

  15. Nurses & their children..

    queenjean replied to jellybean321's topic in General Nursing

    I was soooo sad when I missed my oldest child's first day of kindergarten. What sort of horrible mom was I? I was in school, had clinicals, and absolutely could not miss to attend. My mom came to...

  16. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    queenjean replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know; just like there are general crazies running around out there, there are a few docs I've met who have such horrible temper problems. I'd honestly be afraid of them if they were armed....

  17. Doctor postponing surgery over MRSA Colonization (nares)

    queenjean replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has been an interesting read. Lots of good questions and information. Thanks! Of course, my nose itched the entire time I was

  18. Question about organ donation.

    queenjean replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously the medical community still has a ways to go in educating the general public about organ donation. I don't know when or how it should be done, but if people still believe that we just let...

  19. Question about organ donation.

    queenjean replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Nursing

    I'm shocked that people think

  20. possible causes & measures if there is discomfort after catheterization

    queenjean replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    If someone is complaining of pain from their catheter, I will make sure it isn't pulling (apply or adjust a leg strap). If that doesn't help or the pain is severe, I do the following: After...

  21. Nurse cannulating and phelbotomy

    queenjean replied to eimhear's topic in General Nursing

    Same here (I'm in the US, too). All our PICCs are placed by RNs who have taken an additional class/training. RNs start all the IVs in our area. I was in a sketchy situation one time where we...

  22. scared of being in a code

    queenjean replied to futurenicunurse2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My perspective from being a nurse on the medical floor. Number one thought--compressions. Start compressions if there is no pulse. Don't dink with clearing the room, grabbing the crash cart,...

  23. Why coffee with every meal?

    queenjean replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps my husband has a long lost twin? My husband makes some kind of espresso that is thick--it's turkish/eastern style. The kind that is so strong that it actually leaves a layer of sludge in the...

  24. Wish I Had Studied More Of....

    queenjean replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Students

    1) Spanish 2)

  25. Nurse with mental illness

    queenjean replied to cutegalrx's topic in General Nursing

    Do other state boards *really* ask this? I was only asked certain questions regarding my health for my school physical, but not in the board application! My state board only asks if you've ever been...