NewAggieGrad09

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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...

  16. 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

    Sigh....the dad of one of my patient's DID say that. Had it been earlier in my night shift, I would have found it funnier....but somehow humor goes out of the window at 4am. Just let me take the...

  17. 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

    Your son is 4 months....I'm pretty sure he will not think he is gay just because I have to stick a rectal thermometer up his yahoo. You brought him here for fevers, so I'm taking the temp. And btw,...

  18. 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

    You came in for a GI issue. Yes, if the doc says he wants strict I&Os, that includes your stool, as well. Trust me, I would like nothing more than for u to flush that rank sh*t down the...

  19. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a Nurse Hooker, as

  20. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    LMAO!

  21. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    The peds hospital where I work has a bear as it's logo, named Dr. Bear. We also have a real doctor here whose last name happens to be Bear. How

  22. Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOVED READING

  23. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sorry but bwahahahahaha!! I would have given her the MEANEST look

  24. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had one peds patient hit the call bell because he couldn't figure out how to change the Wii from 1 player to 2 player so that his guest could play a video game with him. I try to remember these are...

  25. Almost a year in and more scared than before

    NewAggieGrad09 replied to aerorunner80's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same exact way about some of my coworkers!! I always say to myself, "Man, I can't wait to come to work and not seem phased like he/she