Audreyfay

Audreyfay

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  1. Totally Smoke-Free Facility and Grounds?

    Audreyfay posted a topic in General Nursing

    My facility and entire property is going totally smoke-free on 1/1/06. There has been no smoking in the facility for years now. But now there is absolutely no smoking, even on the property. The...

  2. Totally Smoke-Free Facility and Grounds?

    Audreyfay replied to Audreyfay's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your responses. This should be interesting. Employees who smoke are hot right now. Some have mentioned that neighbors around the hospital were told they should inform the hospital if...

  3. Magnet recertification

    Audreyfay replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    The system I work with got theirs renewed last winter. They were working on it pretty intensively for a year. There were a lot of inservices region-wide regarding different aspects of it. They made...

  4. RN Magazine ~ 1948

    Audreyfay replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the history lesson. Whew! Glad I'm alive in

  5. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    Audreyfay replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perfect job Dutch! You did the right thing. The others will set her straight. So she talks about you a little. You did the right

  6. A patient complained about me...

    Audreyfay replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I call this a "heads up" e-mail. My managers always prefer that they know about a situation before they are taken by surprise. I usually start it off with: "I just wanted you to know about a...

  7. Truth is stranger than fiction

    Audreyfay replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for sharing. The patients are the reason I am here. You met your calling.

  8. Plan B

    Audreyfay replied to NICU_nurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    BWAAA HAAA HAAA! I saw the topic and thought you were talking about the morning after

  9. Rude Family Members: Just Venting!

    Audreyfay replied to sarahRN482's topic in General Nursing

    99.9% of the time, I never had problems with the patient. My problem was always with the overprotective family; the family member who was trying to soothe their guilty conscience because they didn't...

  10. Have you ever done/wanted to do this?

    Audreyfay replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The power of the brain, "the placebo effect," is a known phenomenon. I hear what you are saying though. It is very difficult to stay nonjudgemental in some situations. When things got to me too...

  11. I am very embarrassed... my work day yesterday.

    Audreyfay replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Rachel, You have touched us all. You are just the kind of nurse I would LOVE to work with. If I had a nickel for every tear I shed in my 29 years of nursing, I'd be rich! Tears just make us

  12. New nurse scared to talk to doctors!!

    Audreyfay replied to cparrish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can definitely empathize with you. I was a shy self-conscious gal when I started nursing. Over the years, I've grown and learned. You will too. You will go through times when you will be think...

  13. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    Audreyfay replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    That was, by no means, a cut. Just cute! I can recall so many things I did. Like the time, as a student nurse, when I went to replace a foley cath, only to find the woman had about 6 holes that any...

  14. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    Audreyfay replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    You get the prize for the best, funniest story!

  15. Bad Week...

    Audreyfay replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Even if the first thing you had done was to call in the OR team when the patient called you from home, the outcome would have been the same. I had a tough time dealing with fetal demise when I worked...

  16. Funny Sign In Slips

    Audreyfay replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    Sweet little kindergarten girl: My testicles hurt. (She had heard the word intestines and got it mixed up!) I've never heard of people signing in. You mean there is no receptionist to take down...

  17. Call light question-Please help...(m)

    Audreyfay replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Even if they don't use it, it is negligence to not have it within reach. Glad I'm not a patient in that facility!

  18. Ok guys....I'm stumped!!!

    Audreyfay replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    It's a long shot, but I have a friend who lives in Upper Michigan who developed similar problems (except for the cardiac issues), and was years later diagnosed with Lyme Disease. It's a long shot,...

  19. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

    Audreyfay replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

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  20. Problem patient and family

    Audreyfay replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you ended up being in a nursing home, what kind of patient would you be? I figured that if I end up being demented and in a nursing home, I would definitely be the one who would be pinching and...

  21. Looking like a Nurse

    Audreyfay replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    Just like said before, a smile can say more than anything else. I am tall and big (for a woman). Sometimes my size has definitely been beneficial. Patients seem to give me less guff, however, I...

  22. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Audreyfay replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of the hospitals I used to work at, received a bomb threat, which was called into the Operator. The Operator was suspicious because #1 It was an internal call, #2 She could hear an IV pump...

  23. My patient fired me!

    Audreyfay replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    I've had two patients "dismiss" me in my 29 years of nursing. One was an inpatient back surgery person. I hardly even recall what he said, but the ANM talked with me and said he didn't even want me...

  24. Your Worst Mistake

    Audreyfay replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    My most favorite story of all!

  25. New Grad ready to quit...

    Audreyfay replied to nelligolitely's topic in Nursing Career

    Everyone has a different niche in nursing. And there are many. Not everyone is right for floor nursing in either hospitals or nursing homes. Taking care of that many people at one time is not easy....