TraumaQueen

TraumaQueen

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  1. anyone actually get good grades in nursing school?

    TraumaQueen replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Students

    I dinked around a little with pre-requisite classes and made a few C's there, like Art Appreciation.... In nursing school, I made all A's and B's.... majority A's. Graduated Cum Laude. I didn't think...

  2. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

    TraumaQueen replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    I went through the MRI questionairre with a patient who was completely, 100% appropriate. I asked him if he had ever had stents placed, explained to him what they were, and he categorically denied...

  3. Bivad

    TraumaQueen replied to TraumaQueen's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for your replies! We're on our second bivad patient. They have both been bridge to transplant. They both suffered respiratory issues. The first one died after greater than 30 days. The...

  4. What do you think is the MOST difficult clinical skill to acquire in your experience?

    TraumaQueen replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Stopcocks, they're the debil! Other than that.... maybe learning how to interpret hemodynamic readings, and what interventions you need to use to improve cardiac output/index, cvp, pwcp, svr, pvr...

  5. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    TraumaQueen replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I have yet to find anyone who didn't think that at least part of nursing school wasn't a complete and total drag. We did so many teaching projects, group presentations, etc.... At the time, I thought...

  6. Standby: VENTING

    TraumaQueen replied to FlyingED's topic in Emergency

    Wow, I'm still a pretty fresh RN, 2 years, all in a surgical/trauma/transplant ICU, and I had no idea such drama existed. I don't work in Neverneverland, but we rarely ever have conflicts with other...

  7. Advice Please

    TraumaQueen posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Since I don't deal in this type of nursing, I would like to seek help from those of you who might know what I can/should do. My dad is an alcoholic, and progressively over the years has gotten worse....

  8. Advice Please

    TraumaQueen replied to TraumaQueen's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for all the replies, and Gatsby, I -know- what makes an alcoholic. I only meant, he's on to something that works quicker and hits him harder. My heart is just broken, but you guys are right....

  9. Orders from CRNA?

    TraumaQueen replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and please don't flame me, I didn't mean that as a slam. I just mean, in terms of education, etc.... a CRNA has a ton more schooling than a PA. Most of the PAs who round on our patients are all...

  10. Orders from CRNA?

    TraumaQueen replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    We can take their orders, as they are generally the ones who roll back in with the patients. I write their names. I'd be more concerned about taking an order from a PA. Mo

  11. night shifts....

    TraumaQueen replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I was -NOT- generalizing, I was telling what it's like where -I- work. Don't be so sensitive, it's not all that safe of a thing to do either. Eyerolls

  12. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    TraumaQueen replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    I'd make stained glass and sell it in my very own shop!

  13. night shifts....

    TraumaQueen replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift is THE bomb! I worked on days for a very short period of time when I was on orientation a few years ago, and the difference in personalities between the day and night nurses is HUGE. (no...

  14. Davis drug guide book

    TraumaQueen replied to Medic2005's topic in General Nursing

    Davis IV and regular drug guide, on my palm pilot.... it auto-updates online every so often.

  15. Physician/Nurse relationship

    TraumaQueen replied to Moho's topic in General Nursing

    I've personally never had any of the doctors be exceptionally rude to me. We have a surgeon who has an order that all other orders have to be cleared through him. One day, I called him and updated...

  16. Don't you love it when...

    TraumaQueen replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Woo, glad you guys had great nights.

  17. how do YOU deal with unruly patients?

    TraumaQueen replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, people are just jerks. Sometimes, they need attention, even if it's negative. I've been known to give a short lecture about respecting your healthcare worker. I had a patient, whom I...

  18. Things that make you go eww...

    TraumaQueen posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, thought of this topic while posting to another one heh... All of us have something that we have to deal with at work that just makes us eww louder than normal. :) boogers... I absolutely hate...

  19. I hate it when people say this...

    TraumaQueen replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    heh, all I can think about when people comment on male nurses is.... Jack Byrnes: Greg's in medicine too. Bob Banks: What field? Greg Focker: Nursing. Bob Banks: Ha ha ha ha. No, really, what field...

  20. I hate it when people say this...

    TraumaQueen replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    People are constantly asking me.... so, when are you going to go to school and become a doctor so you can make some real money? Is it soo hard to imagine that I actually like being a nurse? Sure,...

  21. Did you have to go the scenic route to complete nursing school?

    TraumaQueen replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from highschool in 1990, with a 6 month old baby. I took some of the basics at a local college, and met my husband about a year later, and we got married and moved to Jacksonville, FL,...

  22. For PDAing RN's

    TraumaQueen replied to 1 Leg Lance's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly how we do report. 2-3 patients at the most, usually working 3 in a row, and we're also a teaching facility.... however, we don't practice very good continuity of care, since we have a...

  23. RN to MD track

    TraumaQueen replied to rhp123's topic in General Nursing

    Real doctors end up with a dirty white coat at the end of the day. :) We have -very- few residents that will see us turning and cleaning up a patient and actually jump in to help. I remember one...

  24. For PDAing RN's

    TraumaQueen replied to 1 Leg Lance's topic in General Nursing

    I use a PDA, but that almost sounds like more work than it's worth, considering how busy I am throughout my shift. Would be easier to have a portable voice recorder to pass off. And, I'm one of the...

  25. Most dreaded Dr.'s orders

    TraumaQueen replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    Or more appropriately, Go Heavily :) But yeah, the most feared orders usually include, Go Heavily, x-prep, rectal suppositories, colace, etc.... all on ONE