queen_mimi

queen_mimi specializes in Med/Surg, Trauma/Surgical ICU.

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1. Nursing student and over weight

   queen_mimi replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

   My class has all shapes and sizes... personally, I'm 5'9" and wear sz lg clothing (so I'm definitely not small)... nursing school is so stressful and demanding that it IS hard to eat right, exercise, etc. A group of students and I decided that we wa...

2. Please give INPUT!!!!

   queen_mimi replied to griffly's topic in General Students

   Hey Mr. President! Yeah, these tests are pretty much awful! I get done with my questions really quick and have nodded off a time or two waiting for the next question.... And on the flip side, the international students whose first language is not E...

3. I am a visual and hands on learner

   queen_mimi replied to Shawnygirl003's topic in General Students

   I'm DEFINITELY a visual/hands-on learner... and have done most of my learning in the lab/clinical setting. Make sure that when you're in lab or clinicals to ask a lot of questions... And if any opportunity (i.e. putting in a catheter, inserting an i...

4. How many hours do Nurse Techs and Externs work a week?

   queen_mimi replied to Lajimolala's topic in General Students

   At my hospital, it depends on whether or not you want insurance benefits... if no, you can work PRN, needing only to fulfill I think 48 hours in 2 month's time (get paid more per hour, just no insurance). If you do want to have insurance, the minimu...

5. Transgender Nursing Student

   queen_mimi replied to Transgender_n_TN's topic in General Students

   This thread really saddens me honestly... I go to a private Christian nursing school, and am a Christian myself... and saddens me that, unfortunately, you probably WOULD face a lot of static from admin, etc. I wish that you could be able to go to ...

6. What's YOUR crappy summer job?

   queen_mimi replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

   I transferred about a month ago as a tech on a med/surg floor to a trauma/surgical ICU. I LOVE IT! Everyday is unique... some are awful and I've seen some of the worst things I'll ever see in my life... and some are amazing, watching a patient crit...

7. Any NP hopefuls??

   queen_mimi replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

   I'm thinking I'll prob go on to get my critical care NP. Have two semesters to go... and am working in trauma/surgical ICU and LOVE it! Good luck with your schooling!

8. Acclimating to Death?

   queen_mimi replied to missjennmb's topic in General Students

   This post reminds me of a conversation I had with my mom a few weeks ago after having a patient come in from a bad trauma, his wife died in the accident, and he was horribly injured. I went home and cried. But, I realize that I dont ever want to lo...

9. 2009 Grads

   queen_mimi replied to goodstudentnowRN's topic in General Students

   May 2009!!! I'm so ready to be done!!! Going to start out in surgical/trauma ICU and eventually move down to ER/trauma. Good luck all!!!

10. Just feels SO right... what about you guys?

    queen_mimi replied to queen_mimi's topic in General Students

    Sorry? I just joined this forum a few weeks ago... and a majority of the threads are people freaking out about nursing school. Haven't seen very many threads at all talking about positives.... I guess to the poster who thinks I'm blind... I won't ap...

11. Just feels SO right... what about you guys?

    queen_mimi replied to queen_mimi's topic in General Students

    Posted this a week or so ago... kinda surprised I didn't get many responses... yes, nursing school is super hard and pretty much life consuming. Yet, I believe that, in order to maintain your sanity, we should all take a step back from all the worry...

12. Anyone else going crazy waiting for nursing school to begin?

    queen_mimi replied to mom4jesus's topic in General Students

    All I know is that I'm TOTALLY enjoying my summer break!!! Even though I'm ready to be done (have 2 semesters left), I am dreading when school starts up again and it'll be crazy insane! So enjoy your free time... because you won't have much of it o...

13. POLL: How far in debt will you be???

    queen_mimi replied to pumpkinhead's topic in General Students

    after changing majors and finishing up my BSN, will be about 50k in debt...

14. Just feels SO right... what about you guys?

    queen_mimi posted a topic in General Students

    I'm fixing to start my senior year in NS (yay!!!)... have worked the last 2 years on a med/surg floor and recently transferred to the surgical/trauma ICU unit in a pretty decent sized hospital. Last night was my 3rd night on the job. We got back to...

15. Worried... please help me.

    queen_mimi replied to twinjeep97's topic in General Students

    I wasn't awarded any aid from FAFSA... my parents made lower middle income which was just enough for them to get by and support my siblings still at home... but not enough to help me through school. I've ended up taking the max I could out of staffo...