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  1. Nurses not following doctors orders

    queenjean replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like your facility is letting this happen. This wouldn't happen long at my hospital; you can only be written up about something like that so many times before probation and termination...

  2. DTaP in ER?

    queenjean replied to wizap's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, Sheri, you are right, I completely missed your point; and I also completely agree with you. When I heard my DH do that "whoop" cough, I thought, "I should know this; this is so distinctive,...

  3. Just wondering if anyone else has career related tattoo's

    queenjean replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, GothikRN, maybe you have set your profile so that you can't receive PMs, or maybe there is a glitch in the site, but I can't pm you. I would love to see pictures of both your tattoos, but...

  4. Just wondering if anyone else has career related tattoo's

    queenjean replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    They sound AWESOME. I am finishing my RN (I've been an LPN for about 10 years), and I am planning on commemorating with a new tattoo, but I've been uninspired. I'm pm'ing you!

  5. DTaP in ER?

    queenjean replied to wizap's topic in General Nursing

    ERs typically give tetorifice boosters to anyone who presents with a wound and isn't up to date on their immunizations. It is still the right of the parents and patients to consent or refuse, and I...

  6. Jehovah Witness RNs

    queenjean replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what a thread. Finally got to the end... Imagine that. A *religion* that has inconsistencies within it's teachings? Can you believe it, people within the religion interpreting the teachings...

  7. Jehovah Witness RNs

    queenjean replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    There are specific ways of slaughtering animals that include church approved methods of draining the blood--I assume similar to kosher and halal foods. Most of the JWs I know just get around this by...

  8. Re: blood transfusions

    queenjean replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my thought process: I'm assuming that when blood it transfused, it's pretty concentrated. Not a lot of excess fluids. So the clumping would affect it more. Also, it's going through an...

  9. Re: blood transfusions

    queenjean replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, SC, that's what I was looking for. Some sort of phyiological/biological reason behind

  10. Re: blood transfusions

    queenjean replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

    That was my thought, too; but then I wondered; what's the difference? If you stop it, flush with saline, IVP morphine over a minute, flush with saline, start the blood again, and then five or ten...

  11. Re: blood transfusions

    queenjean replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN, and in my facility we don't give blood; so I never take those patients. *WHY* should nothing run with the blood? What is the biological/physiological basis behind not being able to...

  12. greasy nurse :(

    queenjean replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    I notice this, too (on me, not on you!). I have bought some rosewater (it's a witchhazel product) and some cotton balls. I keep that and a toothbrush in my locker, and about 6-8 hours into my shift I...

  13. Work and Full Time School??? YIKES

    queenjean replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in school full time, I work 3 12-hour night shifts a week, and I have one kid in junior high, one in elementary school. *shrug* You do what you have to do. You manage your time, everyone pitches...

  14. Those of you working through your program, how are you doing it?

    queenjean replied to WickedRedRN's topic in LPN to RN

    If your school is good about scheduling clinicals ahead of time, that's awesome. If not; I can understand an employer being wary of employing a nursing school student. When I was in LPN school, my...

  15. Nuses prefix.

    queenjean replied to Reed04RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like to be called by my last name; it makes me feel old and it also seems contrived and forced. To me, to have doctors and patients call me Nurse S. would be a return to the nurse (and all...

  16. My nightmarish experience

    queenjean replied to Anona's topic in General Nursing

    Every nurse hits that moment where it really truly comes home to them, that their mistakes or missteps can kill someone. It's scary, and if you want to continue to be a nurse, you have to be able to...

  17. Nursing Clipboards? Are they a go or a no?

    queenjean replied to Syncere's topic in General Students

    Yes yes!!! I use one at work (LPN at a hospital). I keep my brain on it, and also some other reference materials--a handout on insulin, for example. I usually pull my meds, place them in a cup along...

  18. Why dont YOU wear a helmet??

    queenjean replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    My dh never, ever wears a helmet when he rides his bike as a commuter (we are talking bicycles here, not motorcycles; but he can still get flattened by a car). When he used to train and race...

  19. boards need to regulate MA's

    queenjean replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see how this is in any way, shape, or form an issue of good MA vs bad MA. The SOLE responsibility for this lies with the covering physician!!! It does not lie with the MA. The physician is...

  20. Any LPNs?

    queenjean replied to kubby83's topic in General Nursing

    This is probably the wrong forum for this type of question; this is a forum for nurses of all types who live in Kansas. And as you can see, there is not a lot traffic here. Check out the agency...

  21. Anyone ever "lost" credits at a community college?

    queenjean replied to junebug62's topic in LPN to RN

    You pay out the bum for that, though. Me, coming out of a community college program--tuition, $115 per credit hour. If I actually lived in the county in which the community college was situated, I'd...

  22. common to have a med nurse?

    queenjean replied to jenj1928's topic in Patient Medications

    Argh! Our hospital just tried to go to this...it's not working so well. LPNs were used to taking their own pts, and RNs are not enjoying NOT having their own pts, but rather sharing them. Most LPNs...

  23. Feeding Unpasteurized Goat Milk?

    queenjean replied to pirap's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw the goat milk thing many times when working with some members from the older, traditional religious communities--Amish, Mennonites, and Pennsylvania Dutch. If mom couldn't breastfeed, or didn't...

  24. Novolog flexpen

    queenjean replied to dak26's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe in an otherwise healthy person; but in an 80+ with fragile skin, we see skin breakdown a lot. Our CNS told us the same thing, that we were pushing too hard; so we invited her to try it--she...

  25. Anyone ever "lost" credits at a community college?

    queenjean replied to junebug62's topic in LPN to RN

    Yup. I have a previous degree, so with the exception of some of the advanced science classes, none of my classes that I took when completing my bachelors were deemed as too old. They did not make me...