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  1. How many hours per week do you work?

    queenjean replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if you realize how varied a nursing career can be? In the last five years I have done peds, L&D, childbirth and breastfeeding education, and medical floor nursing. I've taken PALS and...

  2. Nursing and Spirituality

    queenjean replied to vlmusicalsound's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, the texts are telling you that spirituality, religion and culture can be very important to pts. I'm also an atheist, but I see myself as a thoughtful, spiritual person. Maybe a humanist?...

  3. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    queenjean replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, give yourself another 15 years. My hubby and I started dating when we were 16....just a small area of thin chest hair at that time. Now at 37 he is a hairy beast on his chest and abdomen. I'm...

  4. Lost my calm in an emergency...

    queenjean replied to tbanurse's topic in General Nursing

    How scary for you! It is so different when it is someone you love; I think you did great. I used to be a midwife's assistant, I've attended hundreds of births...but when I was the nurse at a...

  5. What exactly is a pyxis?

    queenjean replied to TraumaGirl1018's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We override all the time; but maybe that is because I work nights, and we only have one pharmacist to update profiles. If the hospital is swamped with admits, she might not update a profile for a...

  6. Echo Heron

    queenjean replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    The only advertising I saw was one for gerontology nursing, U of Phoenix, and the US Army. I'm still trying to figure out which one is associated with homosexuality. Don't ask, don't tell maybe? I'm...

  7. Would you work in a hospital that pays less if nurse:patient ratios were better?

    queenjean replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I do work for less at a place where the conditions are better. We are talking a medical floor here, in a smallish hospital. I do take tele pts, but ICU is responsible for reading and monitoring...

  8. How Many Times During the Night Do You Wake Your Patients?

    queenjean replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a medical floor. I (or my aide if I have one) checks on the pt every hour. People who are incontinent or debilitated are turned and changed every two hours or sooner as needed. VS are at...

  9. Breastfeeding and working...was I out of line?

    queenjean replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had no problem finding coverage to pump. In the beginning, we all (or at least, most of us know) that is has to be more frequent and longer. That diminishes as your baby gets older. People who...

  10. RN Pay

    queenjean replied to GrizRNinWash's topic in General Nursing

    The downside is that you have to live in a town the population of your block, with the nearest grocery store maybe 30 miles down the interstate, 6+ hours away from the nearest airport, maybe you have...

  11. RN Pay

    queenjean replied to GrizRNinWash's topic in General Nursing

    In northwestern Kansas, you'll be lucky to make much over 20 an hour. However, you're cost of living is going to be miniscule. You can buy a very nice house (I mean a VERY nice house) in some of...

  12. National American University???

    queenjean replied to LadyBug0387's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many other schools in the area; NAU costs exponentially more. Unless money isn't an issue, you are going to start with a huge amount of debt when you are finished. I've only known two...

  13. How long do you hold IVF when drawing blood from PICC line?

    queenjean replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always listen to lungs pretty thoroughly. If it is someone that is difficult to turn for whatever reason (size, debility, pain) I will only listen anteriorly initially, and then when it is the next...

  14. am I wrong to say this to a family?

    queenjean replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a medical floor, where we occasionally have the hospice or dying pt. What is so frustrating is that families often want you to be able to make this prediction. They will be upset that...

  15. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    queenjean replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I've never slept (on purpose!) during a shift; a couple of times right after I switched to nights I'd fall asleep charting at the desk. Now I don't have that problem, it went away after a couple of...

  16. "English Only" Rule at Work?

    queenjean replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    How does it harm the residents when two nonnatives speak their own language in the breakroom? I'm waiting to hear if Calebsmom speaks English at work on the phone with her husband, or if he sits with...

  17. "English Only" Rule at Work?

    queenjean replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    And when you call your husband (if you have an American husband) or son from work, do you also speak German on the phone with them? If they come up for lunch, do you speak German in the cafeteria, or...

  18. Has any dr tried to get you to do something outside of your scope?

    queenjean replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    We get consents for blood all the time. We always witness consents, but aren't the ones to introduce or explain whatever procedure is planned. I used to work for a doc in an out of hospital setting...

  19. Favorite Mnemonics / Memory Tricks

    queenjean replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    I used to have a hard time remembering where the radial vs ulnar aspect of the arm was. Now, imagine making a "thumbs up". Think like the Fonz: "Riiiight on." Right on = radial. Does that make...

  20. Am I Weird? I Love Med-Surg!

    queenjean replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the US and my hospital divides medical and surgical into their own floors. I started working on the medical floor as an aide, then moved up to Unit Secretary, then LPN, and finally RN,...

  21. Question about NOTE?

    queenjean replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    If the woman was past childbearing, then probably fine. If not, I would think this however slight increase in scarring would increase the possibilities of complications during a subsequent...

  22. Silly question about what is considered a liquid

    queenjean replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    True, that. Your posts definitely exemplified this was not as simple of a question as I originally

  23. Silly question about what is considered a liquid

    queenjean posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I had a CHFer on a pretty severe fluid restriction (severe for our floor, we are a medical floor in a smaller hospital). Anyhow, this gentleman was hungry, it was the middle of the night, and we...

  24. Silly question about what is considered a liquid

    queenjean replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input. I would like to note that my question is not whether I should have given my pt something to eat or not. The question is whether pudding is considered a liquid or a solid,...

  25. need info please! did you use caveduers in ns?

    queenjean replied to butterfly135's topic in General Nursing

    Neosho county does not use cadavers. I seriously doubt that Baker or Washburn do. If you want to avoid cadavers, take your A&P at a community college. Cadavers are expensive, and no community...