audreysmagic RN

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    July 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

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

    Here at Murray and Morris, we take pride in taking out the middleman to get you
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    July 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

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

    Our firm ran over budget for those TV infomercials,
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    My face when...

    audreysmagic posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Meme thread? Meme thread. ...it's been a rough week; I could use a good
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    Running into former patients

    audreysmagic replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who also works in a freestanding psych facility, in a major city, I have the same policy. I don't initiate contact unless they do, but if they approach me, I'll make polite conversation....
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    My face when...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Nursing Humor

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    My face when...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Nursing Humor

    You know I do. Here at Wrongway, if you're doing something that sounds too much like right - it's definitely
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    Increasing Press Gainey Scores

    audreysmagic replied to karlamparo's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been really amused/frustrated (depends on my mood) by the fact that, per facility policy, we have to give my patients (and not their families, the patients themselves) the surveys at...
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    My face when...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm sure it'll be worth the wait. :-D I was having the same issue last night with the work computers refusing MY
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    audreysmagic replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    I went to high school with a girl whose last name was Case...her first name was pretty average, but I'll not mention it here because I know she did go on to become a nurse. She had a brother named...
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    Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Now that just sounds too much like reasonable for a lot of healthcare
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    Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, there's a lot of times I'd be happy to reschedule my plans if my employer offered a decent incentive... I never understood why employers who offer nothing but the extra hours are so...
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    Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I've never understood what's so hard about that. I have to make those same calls when I'm supervisor...I always keep a list of who I called and their response if it carries over into the next shift....
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    Keeping textbooks for reference?

    audreysmagic replied to cnsrn1's topic in General Nursing

    This is definitely something I'm considering while doing my RN-MSN bridge. I've bought the books for the foundation classes or the ones I think I'm going to really enjoy (like my humanities elective,...
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    Keeping textbooks for reference?

    audreysmagic replied to cnsrn1's topic in General Nursing

    I keep my mom's 1970's medical dictionary from HER nursing school days for exactly that reason. We found it in the basement, had a good chuckle over it, and now it lives on my living room bookshelf...
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    Best strategies to deal with verbal abuse from patients?

    audreysmagic replied to mmjp77's topic in Psychiatric

    Davey summed up a lot of what I would have said, so let me just add... There will come a day when you really, truly don't care what they just called you because you're more frustrated with them than...
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    New Grad Psych Nurse

    audreysmagic replied to PSyChRnBSn's topic in Psychiatric

    Congrats on the new job(s)! Psych's a great field, even if some shifts do leave you questioning your life choices. :) But as you can see on AN, that's not exclusive to our specialty. To echo what...
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    Another potential new grad psych RN

    audreysmagic replied to Heylove's topic in Psychiatric

    Congrats on the offer! Adolescents are a challenging but often rewarding population. You want to knock their heads together sometimes (in a tough-love sort of way), but other times they can be...
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    Feeling burnt out

    audreysmagic replied to Joy4021's topic in Psychiatric

    I feel you. I've been crispy at the edges lately...*apply head to desk PRN* So many of my adolescent patients lately have been avoiding law enforcement/court dates/overall consequences for their...
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    CPNE passed at Albany Medical Center-My Journey

    audreysmagic replied to PFCDowning's topic in Excelsior College

    Congratulations! I tutored a student on skills and care plans for the CPNE once and I'm impressed by anyone who can pass
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    "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    audreysmagic replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    ...oh, yes. I mean, I can see OP becoming one of those "fun police" nurses if it's SO troublesome to see a questionable joke on a t-shirt now... But I'm with you. I really love when people who...
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    "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    audreysmagic replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    ...though there's always one nurse in every workplace who enjoys being high and mighty and feels the need to go out of the way to remind others that their gallows humor "isn't funny" and is...
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    "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    audreysmagic replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]24679[/ATTACH] ...I couldn't help myself. But, seriously, I agree - even socially acceptable humor often comes from darker places. And don't get me started on how many people in...
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    "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    audreysmagic replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I find so many of those popular "nurse" slogans so pretentious. I own like three...not all of which I wear outside of the house, LOL. The "Night Shift - Keeping 'Em Alive 'til 7:05" is one...
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    Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get guilted into extra shifts because I liked the person who was calling and/or wanted to be a team player, and I always regretted it. Burned myself to a crisp that way. Now I have very...
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    Being called a baby nurse

    audreysmagic replied to NurseA1987's topic in General Nursing

    Heh, count me in the ones who originally thought this thread was going to be about nurses working with actual infants... I don't find the term offensive, personally, and I've been a nurse for 14...