NewAggieGrad09

NewAggieGrad09

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About NewAggieGrad09

NewAggieGrad09 specializes in Peds.


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  1. The Case Against Med-Surg!

    I wanted to do L&D...always have. Peds was a second choice. After 6 months of looking and looking, the only unit who would hire me was...you guessed it...peds med-surg! I had applied to other units at my peds hospital, but this med-surg one ca...
  2. I have been a day/night rotator since I started in Dec 2009. I was hired for rotation, which was good for me because I wasn't sure what I would like better. Our scheduler told me that she could see me as a night person...and she was right! Even th...
  3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Yes...we purposely have your child, who is here for PNA and JUST came off oxygen like 2 hours ago, on the monitor so that it will drive you both crazy overnight. If I have to be up for 12 hours overnight, as should you! Hospital does not equal hote...
  4. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    i am currently going through this....
  5. Dead bodies?

    I am TERRIFIED of dead bodies....which I can attribute to my love for horror movies. Even at funerals, I am silently screaming in my head "Get me the hell away from this casket!" when I walk up to view the body. I have touched two of my friends in th...
  6. honestly, how soon will you leave bedside nursing...

    I'm unsure...I don't necessarily mind bedside nursing as a whole, but doing it on this unit is what bothers me. However, it'll be 2 years next month since I started, and I can say that I have grown so much during this time.
  7. ME TOO!!!
  8. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    Him: I had a fever last night. Me: Really? How do you know? Him: Well, my body felt dumb-hot, and I felt lightheaded. I was sweating bullets...and I was tired when I got home from work. Me: Did u take your temp? All of those COULD be signs, but it ...
  9. i feel guilty, help!

    Yeah, I feel like that sometimes, but hell, in order to take care of these kids, I need to be sane!
  10. AMEN! LMAO If this does happe, however, we are called between 5 and 5:30 am/pm, and given the option to be on-call (PRN staff or OT staff are automaticaly cancelled for that shift) for 4 hours IF they think they may need someone. If they do not need...
  11. Water Pitchers

    I forgot the rest of my post lol. Anyone can fill them up...RNs, techs, PSAs (here, we have Patient Service Attendants, who help with trays, menus, making beds, etc). If my patients are on strict I&O, I usually like to handle getting beverages ...
  12. Water Pitchers

    I work at a pediatric hospital, so here we always give patients/families empty pitchers when they are admitted, but only fill them up when asked. A lot of these kids either drink bottle water (they can get one or two bottles with each meal), or are ...
  13. Telling time in the 2400 format. Anytime I'm watching a military show, I get so excited because I understand what they mean by "We will start running at 1400 hours". SMH
  14. You Know You Are a Nurse When...

    When you envy your friends who have jobs where they don't work weekends or holidays, work less than 12 hours, and actually get off on time.
  15. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    "Oops I Did it Again" by Britney Spears :chair: "Scream" by Michael and Janet Jackson