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  1. "Reading EKGs" has been updated at the MICU faqs website...

    heart queen replied to MarkHammerschmidt's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Sharing your info with some new staff. You are the best for sharing this!

  2. Staff Meetings

    heart queen replied to MayBaby's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you have accepted a volunteer position on your unit. Any time the manager requests your presence, constitutes "work". When at work, we are compensated with a pay check. my theory, you no...

  3. dress code before clocking in

    heart queen replied to dee_OB's topic in General Nursing

    Well, most of us park on the campus. If I drive a 1974 LTD with enough rust holes to resemble swiss cheeze, the muffler only passes inspection because you bought the sticker from a buddy, and one side...

  4. How desperate is your state for Nurses?

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

    I agree with JudyPRN 100%. Who would not return to bedside nursing with safe patient ratio's, TRUE shared governance and adequate bennies and pay? It is the inability to care for patients in a safe...

  5. juggling 2 part-time jobs?

    heart queen replied to Kudra's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure about the holiday and weekend requirements that each facility would demand of your time. I have two per diem positions, one in a heart transplant unit, one in a CCU/MICU, only the...

  6. Is that what I am worth??

    heart queen replied to BabyChainus's topic in Agency Nurses

    first depends on WHERE in Ca. I'm not familiar with the location. Call the HR department of the facility, look into signing on as perm. staff. Agency should pay 8-10 $ more per hour. second,...

  7. Flolan, again

    heart queen posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    hey all, I posted a flolan question before, but have a different question. Can you help? I thought I had a thorough understanding, until tonight. We're sending a patient home on long term therapy....

  8. Your Worst Mistake

    heart queen replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Now, i'm sure not my worst mistakes, but last night alone, call from the day shift nurse just two hours ago, two meds I forgot to give. doesn't seem that bad, one NaHC03, one coumadin. But I've...

  9. Ghostly presences in the hospitals?

    heart queen replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    in my old ccu, we had room 2, the room of death and train wrecks. whenever the room was empty, the call light would go off several times per shift. never without a reason when occupied. maintenence...

  10. IV Fentanyl use on Med/Surg Unit

    heart queen replied to abdnnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well there are a few sides of this. IV fentanyl in a CADD pump is used on our floors with q2 hr. pain, resp. and neuro assessment. Iv fentanyl is used on the step downs, with a bedside heart and...

  11. Is There a Room on Your Unit That Always Seems to Attract the Worst Patients?

    heart queen replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Our old csicu, bay 4 was the "gonner" room. every surgical train wreck landed there to the point that the surgons started calling out to see what room their fresh case was going into if it was...

  12. worried!!!

    heart queen replied to RS0302's topic in General Nursing

    Also wanted to add, If you are allowed to stick in nursing school, your instructor will be present and will have identified an appropriate patient, one that is not scared to the bejesus to begin with....

  13. How many really use STERILE technique?

    heart queen replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    okay, been doing this soo long I have to really think about it! I only do sterile with any incision period, I don't understand the clean. POD 1 cabg, sternum closed and dressed now, if not vented...

  14. Get This!

    heart queen replied to PedsNurse1981's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, been there done that... it went away. Then been there done that... it went away. If your management is like mine it has Zero follow through, and an inability to address concerns with problem...

  15. Patient Education

    heart queen replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent question!!! education is paramount to our patients! A soley designated patient educator will varry facility to facility. Where I was before we used to have a designated Diabetes, Stroke,...

  16. worried!!!

    heart queen replied to RS0302's topic in General Nursing

    hey, you hate needles? I hate them too, receiving them!!! I am the worst patient. At work, I developed an unexpected anaphylaxis to shrimp, airway closed, barely made it to the ER, airway closing,...

  17. Fayetteville

    heart queen replied to szccdw's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I sent you a

  18. Should I leave the ICU?

    heart queen replied to ladydi94956's topic in MICU, SICU

    When I make mistakes, and YES, years into an ICU I still do, I do write them up. I do talk about them, out loud... first to the charge nurse, If not me.. then to the biggest gossip. Who cares? Me...

  19. "wet reckless" please help

    heart queen replied to NPJohnson's topic in General Nursing

    Unsure of the wet thing, but I DID get a DWAI (driving while under the influence, close to legal limit in NY)(the most expensive three beers of my life!!!!) That was 4 years before I graduated NSG...

  20. question for dialysis/renal care nurses

    heart queen replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, forgot to add that many transplant centers offer "support group" meetings which include any family that is involved and cares... maybe this is available to you? Ours teaches about the process,...

  21. question for dialysis/renal care nurses

    heart queen replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto what Dialyizin' Dar says. Also not only is medication noncompliance DEADLY, rejection is possible with the compliant pt. as well. Just taking the anti-rejections does not give "immunity"....

  22. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    heart queen replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    1. Next of kin does not mean you have stood NEXT to the "kin' and now expect detailed info. 2. Yes, that limited visitation sign does include YOU too! Imagine that! 3. Don't sit next to ma's bedside...

  23. Does anyone else have this problem with their hospital pharmacy?

    heart queen replied to nursenancy57's topic in General Nursing

    While we have a policy on accepted times, the meds sheets print out with the standard times and I change them according to how I initiated orders. Now herein lies the difference, my pharmacy does not...

  24. Do you have intensivists in your unit

    heart queen replied to kc ccurn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I once worked in a non teaching facility, all attendings. So you have some general internist who gives crazy vent management, or tries to treat swan readings, although they could bring in an...

  25. How are "older" grads accepted?

    heart queen replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    No, No, No!! I've been the one responsible for training the new staff. My unit Loves new nurses, but we have very high expectations! My experience has taught me that a nurse with 7 years exp. can...