NewAggieGrad09

NewAggieGrad09 specializes in Peds.

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1. ALL nights or day/night MIX shift to pick? HELP! need to reply to recruiter!

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to froggy8's topic in First Year After Licensure

   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...

2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   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...

3. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

   i am currently going through

4. Dead bodies?

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to relgis15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   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...

5. honestly, how soon will you leave bedside nursing...

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to EDnursetobe's topic in First Year After Licensure

   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...

6. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

   ME

7. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

   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...

8. i feel guilty, help!

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, I feel like that sometimes, but hell, in order to take care of these kids, I need to be

9. How does your unit staff for census? Standby (on call) versus called off

   NewAggieGrad09 replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

   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...

10. Water Pitchers

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    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...

11. Water Pitchers

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    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...

12. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    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".

13. You Know You Are a Nurse When...

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to ParvulusPuella's topic in Nursing Humor

    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

14. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

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

15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Patient's Mom: He is so fussy...what is wrong with him? Me: Let me recheck his temp. The tylenol we gave him an hour ago should have helped, but let me do that and look him over to see what else may...