audreysmagic RN

Psych, Peds, Education, Infection Control

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    Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    audreysmagic replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    That was my experience. I'm known as a team player at work because I like to make sure that no one is too overwhelmed if possible - because I've been there doing ALL the work when we're short and it...
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    I am not a chew toy

    audreysmagic posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Another day, another dollar... I'm sore and annoyed. Got bit by a patient yesterday (adolescent female, not that it really matters) and BOY was she going for the gold. Trying to curse me out around...
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    Psych pts protocol

    audreysmagic replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    My facility is inpatient psych rather than ER, but hope this is helpful to explain... We offer them access (within reason) to the hospital phone at my facility, which covers their right to communicate...
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    Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    audreysmagic replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this exactly. Right now my facility is short of nurses and not techs, but when I first started here we had the opposite problem and nurses were often asked to work as the tech for all or part of...
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    Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    audreysmagic replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    I used to struggle with this too, both with co-workers and The Powers That Be asking me to pick up extra shifts. I knew I had every right to just say no but I had problems feeling like I needed SOME...
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    MSN in Informatics

    audreysmagic replied to nurse2yu's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I don't know specifically about their informatics program because I'm in a different MSN track (nurse educator), but if you're looking at online programs, so far, I really have had a great experience...
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    Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    audreysmagic replied to ModernRN's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone still playing Flounce Bingo? I think I could check off a few squares
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    Bullies

    audreysmagic replied to dream'n's topic in School

    Oh, I don't deny that's a factor, too, sometimes...one I find frustrating as a nurse for this population. And don't get me started on the insurance companies. I've had so many situations where a kid...
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    Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    audreysmagic replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, we all learn our limits! :-D And, yeah, wake-up times are hardly my favorite either. My child unit, no one needs to wake them; they pop up on their own at 6 am sharp. Probably because we have...
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    Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    audreysmagic replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you have to have those kind of jokes to get through the day. When the you-know-what was hitting the fan while I worked in psych crisis/admissions, one of my favorite psychiatrists and I...
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    What does your username mean?

    audreysmagic replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    I use this screen/acccount name pretty frequently because I'm so used to it. My first name isn't actually Audrey, but it's very close, and as "Audrey" is a far more common name, many have called me...
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    Bullies

    audreysmagic replied to dream'n's topic in School

    Thanks for this! I'd been looking for that same article for work earlier but wasn't finding it. Impulsivity is SUCH a huge factor in teen
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    Bullies

    audreysmagic replied to dream'n's topic in School

    You said SO much of what I was going to! And probably better than I could have, since shifting to nights has my brain fried a bit this week. SO MANY parents just do not understand how sick their kid...
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    Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    audreysmagic replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I have a lot of nurses/students come to peds psych with a similar mindset, that these kids just need love and hugs and they'll be fixed, because what kind of actual mental health issues could a kid...
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    Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    audreysmagic replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Same speciality...absolutely. I don't actually want to work with adults. When I have, it's been out of necessity. My go-to joke is, "If you're whining, it had better be developmentally appropriate."...
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    Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    audreysmagic replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ This. Management agreed to the arrangement, but they need to be fair to their other employees as well. And I can understand the union wanting to leave the religious accommodation issue alone,...
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    Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    audreysmagic replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any specific advice, but I know my mom (also a nurse) told me once about dealing with this issue when she was working at an Adventist hospital. She had one nurse who insisted she could...
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    Submit a School Review and Qualify to Win $100!

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

    Northern Virginia Community College - Springfield, VA (Medical
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    Open book exams

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Students

    I see your point, definitely. I'm not a fan of tests like that at all. An instructor's job, in my opinion, is to set students up for success and not failure. But...we've all met instructors that...
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    Open book exams

    audreysmagic posted a topic in General Students

    PRAISE THE NURSING GODS FOR OPEN-BOOK EXAMS. ...actually, I could leave this post at that and call it a day. Technically, unless it's proctored, any test in an online program could be open-book if...
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    Open book exams

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Students

    Yup. I totally agree on the open-book theory; that's exactly how I do it myself. Go back and check things you were fuzzy on. As for not learning the material...total agreement there. You wanna...
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    Got the job!!!

    audreysmagic replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Awesome!
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    Inappropriate nurses?

    audreysmagic replied to hgraves64's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Seriously! I work in psych, it would benefit patients and staff.
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    Feel stupid for having BLS question (getting ambu bag ready first)

    audreysmagic replied to Zithromax's topic in General Nursing

    If people think we're harsh on AN sometimes, they REALLY need to go to Reddit for a wakeup call. I've never had a particularly great experience there... To OP - welcome, and definitely don't be...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    audreysmagic replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Amazing...I actually laughed out loud at