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  1. what is the youngest mi that you have seen

    heart queen replied to kcrnsue's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo sorry to hear of everyones' personal loss, you forget how it hit's home sometimes, when this is what you do every day. 17yr. old, went to OR for setting of broken humerous, had undiagnosed...

  2. Slandered at work by another nurse...need advice asap

    heart queen replied to rosieseattle's topic in General Nursing

    Anxious to hear how the meeting went. Personally, in the past I have first pulled the person asside and mentioned that their comments have made their way back to me and wish to discuss them. This has...

  3. What does your screenname mean?

    heart queen replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    okey dokey, mine's a bit lame, I work with cardiac patients... I precept and do charge which is called the "queen bee" position. Now looking back, queen of hearts would have been

  4. Leaving the profession to do...what?

    heart queen posted a topic in General Nursing

    I read an interesting thread on people leaving professions to join our ranks of nursing. Yet thousands supposidly are leaving the profession to persue other interests. To do What? No, no Wallmart...

  5. Daughters headaches--have questions

    heart queen replied to gilliganracing's topic in General Nursing

    Now, don't go crazy !!! take a deep breath... an aneurysm that "poped" would mean certain stroke and untreated... death... hasn't happened. My 11yr. old has had sinus headaches and migranes since 4....

  6. Families and the "ICU culture"

    heart queen replied to djmicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hopefully this won't evolve into a "visitation" thread. But you bring up an excellent point and thanks for the reminder. I don't work peds or NICU, yet why do some nurses let visitors be more lienent...

  7. Sink or Swim/Eat Their Own

    heart queen replied to organic_matter's topic in General Nursing

    The horrible experiences that I encountered enabled me to be a better preceptor. Doen't mean that I never went home saying "just shoot me now and put me out of my misery", when I showed up the next...

  8. What unions?

    heart queen replied to RN4NICU's topic in General Nursing

    My union is the CWA 1168, my facility has 52 collective bargining units . We're a merged hospital system, with a variety of unions representing the outlying hospitals as well. My cwa 1168 represents...

  9. 7 Days On/7 Days Off- Love It or Hate It?

    heart queen replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends upon the type of nursing that you do. I work critical care,,, come day 4, I am a zombee, unorganized, and down right retarded. plus, if you change my patient assignment, someone...

  10. How to help, but not step on a friendship...or sometimes do you have to step on it?

    heart queen replied to Still Riding's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    try somethingsfishy.com it's a support group for those with eating

  11. How to help, but not step on a friendship...or sometimes do you have to step on it?

    heart queen replied to Still Riding's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your post states she's 1 and from the 5 foot description, I'm guessing in her teens. You're in a precarious postion, where many people would take and hands off approach because it is the safest. If...

  12. Combative patient and supervisor took his side!

    heart queen replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds very upsetting to you!!! First you've made it clear that this person was in their right mind, lashed out at you, possibly harming you and then quickly repented once an authority figure...

  13. Recommend a HeadHunter from personal experience?

    heart queen replied to hospicenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had the need. I have had TWO moves 700 miles away. did ALL my research on the net, made phone calls to HR. Then arranged phone interviews. Once I had an interest, I made the treck....

  14. Too Many Nurses?

    heart queen replied to LilStudent's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it's cyclic. In '92 when I went to school, there was a two year wait list to get in. Only 4.0's then lower were chosen, mind you upstate NY. When I graduated, mind you our economy here...

  15. Career switch - from 6 figure salary

    heart queen replied to melly06's topic in General Nursing

    mel, if you're still out there? Husband works IT, I'm a nurse, we have a real good comparison to what you're looking at trading off, feel free to pm me. IT hubby, works ungodly hours for salary,...

  16. ??? School Loans ???

    heart queen replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    I was a stay at home mom of 2 1/2 kids when I entered nursing school. There was NO way for us to pay for $2500 per semester. I ended up with about $12,000 in loans, still paying for them 9 years...

  17. What NOT/Never to talk about at work...

    heart queen replied to susanna's topic in General Nursing

    Before I add to the list let me share a personal point. Before a move I worked with only 20 other nurses. EVERYONE was open and honest about themselves. We listened to a gay nurse who was dumped...

  18. IELTS, TSE: A Regulation? or a Discrimination?...

    heart queen replied to chronicTX's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hope this helps. I believe that any misconceptions or erronious interpertations come from cultural barriers as much as language. We, in America, based on the location have a multitude of "slang,...

  19. noobie

    heart queen replied to RNmac97's topic in MICU, SICU

    hey mark!!! WNY here too! I work in Rochester and we do both 8 and 12 hrs. you can be 36 or 40 hr. Very few if any people do 5 eight hour days. Our usual is two 12's and two

  20. Non-invasive hemodynamic?

    heart queen replied to TREBORICUNURSE's topic in MICU, SICU

    we trialed of Lidco or Ldco. The lithium based non invasive monitor. Pt. swaned and had the lithium monitor, started pre op- went through CABG with anesthesia then post op for 48 hrs. We found them...

  21. to heartqueen

    heart queen replied to donnar232's topic in General Nursing

    I have never been denied employment or licensure because of the DWAI. In Ohio, I did need to provide some legal documents and a statement to the board. Then they had a review process and it went...

  22. criminal history

    heart queen replied to donnar232's topic in General Nursing

    From my experience, every facility I have ever applied at, down to Mc Donalds, asked if I had a criminal record. Each application stated I would be terminated without full disclosure. I've had a...

  23. Are u extremely organized and meticulous?

    heart queen replied to susanna's topic in General Nursing

    my refuge is my mini van "Bessie", when you open the passenger door, empty micky D's bags, pop cans, glass coffee mugs pour out. (The pile is as high as the seat !) At home and especially work, I...

  24. Pulmonary Shunting

    heart queen replied to mspringer's topic in MICU, SICU

    Nipride is a VERY potent venous and arterial vasodilator. It can potentiate Right to left

  25. BCAT exam for critical care nurses

    heart queen replied to koda's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I'm not aware of your experience, but after one year I took the test and passed it no problem. I did have exposure to a variety of patients which helped. It skims the surface of everything, swans,...