audreysmagic RN

audreysmagic has 15 years experience as a RN and specializes in Psych, Peds, Education, Infection Control.

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   Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

   audreysmagic replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   This. It's my understanding that the employees fired were not at all involved in the individual's care. They were literally just peeking. I work on a small unit in which we work as a team as well....
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   Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

   audreysmagic replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   There can be a lot of information on the name screen, too, at least in
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   Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

   audreysmagic replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   This has been all over the news in Chicago...realistically, Northwestern can probably absorb losing the 50 employees (they weren't solely nurses) pretty quickly - it's a huge facility. I work at a...
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   Ain't no fire now, it's gone...

   audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   What can I say? I cope with humor.
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   Ain't no fire now, it's gone...

   audreysmagic posted a topic in General Nursing

   It has been a weird few weeks here at my current hospital, which I have decided is probably an affiliate of @Davey Do's Wrongway Medical Center...but this last week or so takes the cake. (Maybe it's...
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   Blast from the past...

   audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   And here I thought being stressed was just a common side effect of nursing.
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   Blast from the past...

   audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not laughing - I'd be sitting on the couch next to you watching
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   Blast from the past...

   audreysmagic posted a topic in General Nursing

   So, yours truly is of an age where the original Power Rangers was her must-see TV in her preteen years. And because I've been stressed and needing a bit of 90's nostalgia, I've been re-watching the...
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   If you could give one piece of advice back when you were a new grad RN, what would it be?

   audreysmagic replied to Mursthetics's topic in General Nursing

   If someone can't be a good example, they might become a horrible
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    If you could give one piece of advice back when you were a new grad RN, what would it be?

    audreysmagic replied to Mursthetics's topic in General Nursing

    And: Go on to your BSN right away, kid. Don't think that year or two gap will cure your academic fatigue, because you'll jump right in to working full-time and eventually two years will become 13....
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    If you could give one piece of advice back when you were a new grad RN, what would it be?

    audreysmagic replied to Mursthetics's topic in General Nursing

    Eventually, there will be a day when you will fail to be surprised by a patient's antics. Impressed, perhaps, but not
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    Happy dance!

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Pediatric

    Funny enough, I was in Albuquerque this weekend...I must've taken a right on the way back, because I ended up in
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    Happy dance!

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks, guys! I went away for the weekend and my current job welcomed me back with a burst pipe issue... ? So this made me smile for sure when I logged back
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    Happy dance!

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks! I'm really excited. I've been longing to get back to working with small
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    How do you decompress?

    audreysmagic replied to BarrelOfMonkeys's topic in General Nursing

    I love the trend of adult coloring books. I have one specifically for nurses...it's a little sassy (ie, "The 'H' out front doesn't stand for hotel!"), but it sure helps with the stress