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  1. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    queenjean replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think it's because they look so dang pitiful when they hiccup. Their chest and abdomen suddenly cave in and jump out, their entire body convulses, it looks pretty dramatic and traumatizing, like a...

  2. stupid question about hours

    queenjean replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. 99% of the time my kids feel like it is "us against the world" when they are home alone together. They are nicer and more helpful towards one another than they ever are when one or...

  3. stupid question about hours

    queenjean replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Nursing

    My 13 and 10 year old have been getting themselves up and ready for the last three years. DH wakes them up, and then heads to work. They get themselves ready, do their chores and make their own...

  4. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    queenjean replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't live in a hurricane prone state; but we do get those pesky tornados. Ironically enough, we've never gone into disaster mode for them. We *have* gone into disaster mode for some other...

  5. Online LPN

    queenjean replied to ExAirBagRN's topic in General Nursing

    The state of Kansas requires clinical hours to get an LPN or RN license. So any on line class would be online in classwork only, and still require clinical time. Who takes care of your vet when you...

  6. *Sigh* How do I tell my family?

    queenjean replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't time right now to read all the responses--just the first couple--but do you think that you could work for the military in a civilian capacity? At a VA or other facility? You wouldn't have...

  7. OB nurse/educator

    queenjean replied to moosemadness's topic in General Nursing

    We do q 15 minutes x 1 hr, then q 30 x 1 hr, then q 1 hr x 2, then q 12. So basically they get very close monitoring for the first four hours (when the risk is greatest), and then q 12 hrs. This is...

  8. Doing a paper on HPV..need help

    queenjean replied to wanttofly94's topic in General Nursing

    My 9 year old has had no discussion of sex or sexuality at school. My 7th grader has only had the vaguest of discussions at school. We talk a lot about it at home. They both know what HPV is. My 7th...

  9. emergency

    queenjean replied to hywstella's topic in General Nursing

    You might go to the "region" area and post in the Texas forum. The nurses there might be able to help you. I'm not sure what exactly you mean. Do you have to have a finger print on your BON...

  10. Switched to dayshift, now cant sleep at night!

    queenjean replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but it's your punishment for your betrayal of the night shift culture. You know of what I

  11. Suicide. Please, help me right away. Please.

    queenjean replied to Ayeloflo's topic in General Nursing

    Jennifer, you would be surprised; many suicidal pts I have worked with are very upfront when you point-blank ask them if they are having thoughts of suicide, and if so, do they have a plan. Not all,...

  12. Noticing a trend here

    queenjean replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Did you read beyond that post? I can see how the initial post could be read that way, but if you read further I believe it was made exquisitely clear by the OP and other posters, including myself,...

  13. Noticing a trend here

    queenjean replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you feel that way; where is this consensus that nursing student views are unwelcome? I missed

  14. They sent us a 1 week postpartum pt...we do openhearts!

    queenjean replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    No way. No way is this pt a 1:5 care pt. Maybe 1:2 in the ICU, but NO FRICKIN WAY is this pt anything close to 1:5

  15. Stop The Title Madness

    queenjean replied to INFIDEL's topic in General Nursing

    I totallly love the BDSM. We were thinking TPITA as in "total pain in the a**". Or something internet/text-y, like OMG. As in Jean, RN OMG (probably couldn't get them to put an exclamation mark after...

  16. Stop The Title Madness

    queenjean replied to INFIDEL's topic in General Nursing

    I am not impressed by titles, and I'm a modest sort of person, so I'm not into wearing all my titles on my badge. Most people I work with don't even know all my titles and the certifications and...

  17. They sent us a 1 week postpartum pt...we do openhearts!

    queenjean replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    She would have been place in our ICU; they take critical postpartum pts who need cardiac monitoring. You are right, Mag pts are 1:1 on the OB floor in my facility, though I'm not sure about in the...

  18. Noticing a trend here

    queenjean replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean, Angelfire, and I completely agree. Why would I go to a teaching forum and talk about teaching philosophy, classroom management, good ideas for classroom education, how to treat...

  19. Nurse with bipolar disorder or adhd?

    queenjean replied to nursedudekl's topic in General Nursing

    We have a couple of nurses who are openly bipolar (lol that's a funny phrase...). I can tell you we have a couple who SHOULD be on meds. People talk about an aerosolized form of ativan--man, I'd...

  20. Sliding Scale Insulin

    queenjean replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you point us in the right direction so that we can educate ourselves? So, was EVERYTHING discussed on this thread incorrect? Or only parts of it? And what sort of reference could you...

  21. I'm just trying to help you!

    queenjean replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like people helping me without asking. In your example; maybe she knew they were discharged et had already done the discharge teaching. So if you would have gone in there to do it, it would...

  22. Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

    queenjean replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to echo the thoughts of PPs and encourage you to pursue this further. This should not be tolerated. I wonder, would the CEO of the hospital feel the same way if they looked at HIS...

  23. not working as a GN

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

    You won't ever get the big picture for the pt if you never work. For the first 6-12 months, I think most new grads feel that they are pill pushers, that they don't have a handle on the big picture,...

  24. Describing Skin Turgor

    queenjean replied to snwflknurse's topic in General Students

    Our assessment form has elastic/nonelastic/tenting in that

  25. I am a new girl in the forum and really can use your help,

    queenjean replied to 2bLPNhoneybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, try categorizing your drugs. Learn the actions/expected outcomes/side effects/contraindications for the drug class first. Then learn which drugs fall into that category, and learn a few...