Good_Queen_Bess

Good_Queen_Bess

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  1. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it when a nurse call goes off and you are busy and nurses are sat at the nursing station doing nothing and ignore it! "It's not my patient": So? Or they are lazy people who always avoid...

  2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I have no children, so in reality I cannot understand how it feels to have a troublesome toddler. It sounds like you are bringing up a lovely boy though FutureNrse! I agree entirley with you on this....

  3. Likes and dislikes...

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to cheripa's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I've only been working in NICU for about 3 months or so, but have a neuro background. I love it! It's so interesting! I like only having one patient as you can dedicate all your care and skills to...

  4. Vasospasm scare

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Amberlynn1181's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    One of my concerns is that your patient hasn´t got an arterial line. Surely it is of importance that her BP is monitored constantly as she is obviously unstable. (Sorry can´t go on for too long...

  5. New to NICU......and a little nervous!

    Good_Queen_Bess posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I am due to rotate to NICU at the end of November. I have worked in neurosciences for 4 1/2 years since qualifying, I had 18 months NHDU experience approx 2 1/2 years ago until I went to work on...

  6. New to NICU......and a little nervous!

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Well at the time of this posting, I've been on the unit now for nearly 6 weeks. I have been supernumery all this time and go into the numbers next week. So far, I have really loved working there....

  7. New to NICU......and a little nervous!

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Cheers

  8. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I agree. IMO, whoever thinks that nurses who speak to brain dead patients means that we misunderstand brain death, are patronising and

  9. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Interesting topic. I think the subject has wandered off-track a little. People seem to be misunderstanding one another about whether other people mean by coma/pvs/brain dead/brain-stem dead/dead. I...

  10. Glasgow Coma Scale

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I think the GCS is a good basic tool, but I acknowledge that it does have limitations. How we document these "problems" is to put a "D" for dysphasic or "T" for trache in the verbal response box...

  11. two out of three American adults think health care coverage should be a "guarantee"

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is such a sad story, and I suspect an all too common one. People are saying that "people should take responsibility for themselves", well I have no idea how much healthcare insurance costs, but...

  12. Redneck Wooing

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Reminds me of something Will. E Coyote would do.

  13. A Woman's Perfect Breakfast

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I actually did something very similar to my husband re the remote control thing. I went to the shop with it in my pocket! It was only the corner shop 5 minutes away but I didn't stop laughing for a...

  14. Cosmetic Surgery

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to lovingangeluk's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ohhh! That's so gross! It's one of the funniest things I have heard in

  15. The Cat

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, that positively proves that cats are cleverer than

  16. Okay hands up who knew...

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    I've heard of some of the changes, but not all. Incidentally, disappointed in the poll results. Why haven't more people voted for "Whisper stop babbling"? Eckey

  17. Asked to be counted in the numbers for one week. Help required

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to scleaver's topic in International Nursing

    Just read your post. I think the nurse was wrong to ask you. You are not paid to work there, you are there to learn. Call me a cynic, but in my opinion, she wasn't just asking you because the...

  18. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had no choice to be "down here" alone this afternoon, due to short staffing, but I think there has been some discussion amongst senior nurses as the nurse in charge is carrying the radio around with...

  19. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You'll have to bare with me as this make take some time, but I feel I have to get it off my chest as I am so angry. This morning I went to work. We have a staff shortage, but this morning, we were...

  20. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you consider this work overload to be due to National Health? Is the government trying to do things on the cheap, making nurses and patients suffer? Is the situation the same at all hospitals, or...

  21. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you consider this work overload to be due to National Health? Is the government trying to do things on the cheap, making nurses and patients suffer? Is the situation the same at all hospitals, or...

  22. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A few patients actually complained to me about it, so I have been to another senior nurse who is more approachable and she is going to bring safety issues up at the next sister's

  23. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A few patients actually complained to me about it, so I have been to another senior nurse who is more approachable and she is going to bring safety issues up at the next sister's

  24. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Technically, we are not a seperate ward, although it used to be before we merged. In other words, what was two seperate wards is now one (one long corridor). Yes safety IS compromised, however, we...

  25. Angry at feeling used

    Good_Queen_Bess replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks Gwen, you are very kind. I am thinking of speaking to the HCA who was actually working with her at the time to get her story of what happened. I am in too minds whether to report it to the...