MAGIK GIRL

MAGIK GIRL

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  1. just another burning question......

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    ouch! that smarts! (well, maybe not to smart for that hospital. soon the er nurses will

  2. How do you protect yourself in unsafe situations in the ER?

    MAGIK GIRL replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    as i said in one of my previous posts, i have reviewed charts for an attorney. i am not saying that this makes me an expert but i have seen the consequences of poor documentation. i also did not say...

  3. Another vent!

    MAGIK GIRL replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    my personal favorite is the healthy choice meatloaf

  4. why do we baby our pts

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    * do i have to get that needle? i don't like needles! (torodol injection) * well, i don't care if i do need surgury. i am leaving because you won't feed me! (small bowel obstruction) *...

  5. just another burning question......

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    yes, yes. you can take the nurse out of the er but you can't take the er out of the nurse. no matter how long you are gone, or where ever you go, the mentality stays.....even if it's just a...

  6. just another burning question......

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    so true, so true. the last time i assisted with and cared for a venticulostomy, we didn't use bandaides! lol:) fab, glad to see you

  7. why do we baby our pts

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    explaining and educating is different from begging. the ligitimate complaint patients who just don't know about the disease are not the issue

  8. just another burning question......

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    i understand where you are coming from and no offence taken from this chic, but look at the bb where is says critical care. i am sure that you have done different things in the cvicu but i am also...

  9. How do you protect yourself in unsafe situations in the ER?

    MAGIK GIRL replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    you can document anywhere! the er nurses notes with addendums are good places to start. as long as you are not sounding accusitory (sorry, i really can't spell) it is ok, ie; "pt complaining of...

  10. why do we baby our pts

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    how true, how true! after all, i am not these pts mother! thank goodness!! how did our society become so needy? why have we allowed everyone else to do for us what we should be doing for...

  11. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    MAGIK GIRL replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    i so agree with you! you have made some wise statements that i think people of all ethnic back grounds would benefit it they thought along these lines! shame on all of you who claim that you have...

  12. Another vent!

    MAGIK GIRL replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    hey marci! just do what i do, smile and nod! it makes life alot more tolerable. laugh out loud to the funny things you are thinking and no one will be the wiser! i would not get to upset at that...

  13. why do we baby our pts

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    i baby no

  14. why do we baby our pts

    MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    sometimes i get ticked like when they refuse proceedures. you tell the doctor and the next thing you know, he is in the patients room on one knee begging them to have the test! well, i ain't no...

  15. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency

    well, then maybe at your meeting he will give you all free pizza and

  16. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency

    AMEN

  17. Ghostly experiences??

    MAGIK GIRL replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    the dark is not bad. evil is not necessarily "black". as a matter of fact, i have seen a lot of evil things in bright costumes. i think you are scared of dark things because if you think about it...

  18. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in General Nursing

    as the peds er resident thanked me when i pointed out that 25mg of benedryl one time stat dose she ordered was just a little to much for the infant! she was also gracious when i "helped" her figure...

  19. and the problem is..........?

    MAGIK GIRL replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    hahahahahahaha! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lmao lmao lmao lmao:chuckle :roll

  20. and the problem is..........?

    MAGIK GIRL replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    but i'll bet you that you were one fun ....... to work with!!!!! and as far as your quote, dr scott must have a wide spread practice because i have heard pts in this neck of the woods saying the same...

  21. How do you protect yourself in unsafe situations in the ER?

    MAGIK GIRL replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    DOCUMENT,DOCUMENT,DOCUMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did i mention document? stuff rolls down hill so i document who i told, when i told them and what they said. i also document that i told the...

  22. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency

    and if you are unhappy with your 4 star room, you may chose another. this includes our penthouse suites! sure, why not move your daughter with a rash from a hallway suite to a fully monitored...

  23. Ghostly experiences??

    MAGIK GIRL replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    me

  24. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in General Nursing

    :p amem! i have learned that "little man syndrome" is not gender

  25. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in General Nursing

    things that residents have taught me: that they never realize that 9-9-1-1 really isn't a call back extention. that when staff asks them to call a pt's family member for info, who just happens to...