Mandychelle79 ASN, RN

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    What Kind of Patients Do You LIKE Most?

    Mandychelle79 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agitated, but not violent psychotic patients, usually ones admitted for homicidal thoughts. Or the paranoid psychotics. For some reason they all seem to trust me and gravitate to me. So much in...
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    How to say no when someone asks for your stethoscope?

    Mandychelle79 replied to emt... rn student's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I dont mind when people borrow mine, I actually leave it in our nurses station ( locked unit) for people to use, as the supplied ones, cant hear crap out of. But mine has Betty Boop on it so its...
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    What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    Mandychelle79 replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    most people with an axis 2 diagnosis, specifically
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    Wet Hair Don't Care?

    Mandychelle79 replied to 2BRN123's topic in General Students

    I pull my hair up in a pony tail as soon as I get out of the shower. There are times when I leave work that when I pull it down it is still somewhat
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    9th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    Mandychelle79 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Management orginally installed those for patient usage but the staff wont
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When redirecting your daughter you ask her what she is doing and she replies perserverating ( which is one of my daughter ADHD manisfestations, she gets a thought stuck in her head and can go on and...
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    7th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    Mandychelle79 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I think I need 5 of Haldol and 2 of
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    Cleanliness is a must!

    Mandychelle79 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Eh I leave my work shoes at work, follow basic hand hygeine and take off my uniform when I get home. I figure my kids immune system will be as stong as mine. But I wasnt a germophobe when I had my...
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    Nurses and alcohol

    Mandychelle79 replied to kdbean530's topic in General Students

    As long as they are not drunk while on duty or patients are suffering because they are so hung over they cannot function, no biggie to me. It started in nursing school, we would celebrate the end of...
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    It scares me because I can see the fear in his eyes. It is even worse when I say we need to take the kids to the ER/ Quick clinic, when I am
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When your husband knows you are really sick when you say "Hon, I think I should go to the ER" I have never seen my husband get ready to go so fast in my life. Freaking
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Mandychelle79 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes I know that we reprimanded you for punching another patient in the face after that patient punched a staff member in the face, but in all honesty I wish you would have punched harder and I was...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Mandychelle79 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes I understand that people say things off the cuff when they are angry, but a behavioral health unit that you are trying to be discharged from is not the place to say you would like to kill someone...
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When you get texts asking what this drug is for and instead of telling them to google it themselves you look it up because you dont know and it is bugging
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    Refusing a Clinical assignment

    Mandychelle79 replied to SheldonCooperPHD's topic in General Students

    As a second semester student I refused one patient. The pt was being tested for TB. Had we been at the main hospital we did clinicals at I would have had no problem providing care because I had been...
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    My nurse looks like a zombie

    Mandychelle79 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Im pretty sure I will look like that after the next 4 days. I really need to start looking at the schedule before picking up extra hours. Maybe a low census day on Monday? But everytime I want one,...
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    Particular Patient Populations - Do You Struggle?

    Mandychelle79 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would take a borderline personality or psychotic patient over a drug addict ( who is just going through the motions to make us believe and d/c them) any day. Also have issues with dementia...
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    Holiday rotations...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Bec7074's topic in General Nursing

    Our recognized holidays are New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas. We work every other, with the ability to trade if we want. When...
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    If you could post your own...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Things I would like to have posted on the unit 1. The more you interrupt me the longer it is going to take for me to get everyones medications pulled. 2. No, our visiting hours are NOT suggested...
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    If you could post your own...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    One of the reasons I love working
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    NCLEX: Specific tasks to delegate to LPN? Charge Nurse role?

    Mandychelle79 replied to kajh20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    oh trust me i was shaking in my shoes, on the verge of tears, and thinking my manager ( who approved it) and my coworkers ( who were pushing for it) were absolutely nuts. but on our unit everyone is...
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    NCLEX: Specific tasks to delegate to LPN? Charge Nurse role?

    Mandychelle79 replied to kajh20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    sorry, I had to LOL about this. I was in charge my first day off orientation, on my first job as an
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    Vent: Why I won't accompany my mother to the ER anymore

    Mandychelle79 replied to BelgianRN's topic in Emergency

    I went to the ER yesterday for myself, had blisters on my eyeball and freaked out. Turned out to be allergic conjunctivitis caused by something that got in my eye while cleaning. Told my husband not...
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    Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    Mandychelle79 replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    I am a firm believer in the fact that some people need a (theoretical) punch in the
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Mandychelle79 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe next time you decide you want to go to rehab for your drug addiction it would be a good idea NOT to say you are planning on killing your self with an overdose to get into one. By saying those...