allygrl510

allygrl510 specializes in ICU, holistic nursing.

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1. What do you say when a patient asks you how old you are?

   allygrl510 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a teaching hospital with a lot of young (and some just young-looking) people. When I get questions directed about my age or the age of the interns, other RNs, etc, I tell my patients that is what makes teaching hospitals so wonderful (any h...

2. What do you say when a patient asks you how old you are?

   allygrl510 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

   I am also 23 and encounter this question from family members of my ICU patients. I feel that they think my younger age makes me somehow less qualified. I just tell people that "I am in my twenties." People have usually assumed on the higher end of th...

3. *Weird* Patient Allergies

   allygrl510 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   I LOVE THIS THREAD. After working last noc, it was the perfect thing to read and laugh at! My boyfriend avoids pills at all cost, but a couple years ago he was complaining of an awful sore throat at our friend's house, before we headed out for the ev...